Music for Your Special Occasion
Whether you're planning a big event or a small, intimate one, music can help create the right mood. Live music brings an added excitement, and a string quartet brings a touch of elegance too.
We have a large and wide-ranging repertoire which allows us to offer a varied accompaniment and a programme to suit the occasion.
We have years of experience of providing stylish background music at many prestigious venues in the Bath / Somerset / Wilts area.
The Occasion
We can provide a musical backdrop for numerous types of event, for example :
- Formal dinners
- Mess dinners
- Conference dinners
- Receptions
- Private parties
- Family celebrations
- Corporate events
- Charity fundraisers
- Product launches
CORPORATE - impress your clients with a concert performance, including some 'genuine' string quartets and perhaps some lighter repertoire. We could provide background music for the rest of the evening too.
CAFE/RESTAURANT/HOTEL OWNERS - we'd be delighted to accompany your Sunday lunch, or a specially arranged meal. We offer special rates for regular bookings.
The Music
We can be completely flexible in planning your programme. Our repertoire includes arrangements of classic and up-to-date pop songs, as well as well known classics and original jazz arrangements. You're welcome to choose the style you prefer, or opt for a mixture.
Here is a typical mixed programme, with a smooth and sophisticated slant, lasting about 2 1/2 hours :-
- Voi che Sapete (Figaro)
- Pachelbel Canon
- Chopin Raindrop Prelude
- Flower Duet from Lakme
- Vivaldi 4 Seasons - excerpts
- Spring 3rd movt
- They Can't Take that away from Me
- Stardust (Hoagy Carmichael)
- The Very Thought of You
- Somebody Loves Me (Gershwin)
- Satin Doll (Duke Ellington)
- How Deep is Your Love (The BeeGees)
- How Sweet it is (James Taylor)
- Songbird (Eva Cassidy)
- When You Say Nothing at all (Ronan Keating)
- Strauss Fledermaus Waltzes
- The Girl from Ipanema
- Unforgettable
- The Shadow of your Smile
- Night and Day (Cole Porter)
- Pennies from Heaven
- The Beatles - Yesterday
- Elvis - Can't Help Falling in Love
- Just the Way You Are(Billy Joel)
- You Make Me Feel Brand New(Mick Hucknall)
- Fly Me to the Moon
- Over the Rainbow
- A Foggy Day in London Town
- Moon River (Breakfast @ Tiffany's)
- Irish Sherry (folk medley)
Here is another programme, in a more lively mood, lasting about 90 minutes :-
- Overture Marriage of Figaro
- Kreisler Viennese Dances
- Strauss Tritsch Tratsch Polka
- Glen Miller
- A String of Pearls
- Moonlight Serenade
- In the Mood
- Love is All Around (Wet Wet Wet)
- Angels (Robbie Williams)
- Simon & Garfunkel
- Mrs Robinson
- Cecelia
- Tom Jones medley
- Uptown Girl (Billy Joel)
- The Beach Boys
- God Only Knows
- Good Vibrations
- Bring Me Sunshine
- Slap that Bass (Gershwin)
- I Can't Give You Anything but Love
- Come Fly with Me
- ABBA
- Take a Chance on Me
- Chiquitita
- Dancing Queen
- Waterloo
We're based in Bath and cover the surrounding areas - Somerset, Wiltshire and Bristol - but we'd be happy
to discuss travelling further afield.