Repertoire

We in the Lysandra String Quartet understand that musical tastes vary. Accordingly, we offer a wide-ranging repertoire from which we can devise a programme to suit your own likes and dislikes, as well as those of your guests.

The following shows a selection of our repertoire, to give you an idea of how we might tailor a programme to your own requirements. If the music you want isn't in our repertoire, we can usually arrange it specially for you.

Items marked are audio files, taken from our demo CD - click to listen. The complete CD is available on request, as well as a CD containing more than 60 music samples.

Classical

Even if you think you think you don't know much classical music, you'll be surprised how many of the following pieces you'll recognise. There's something here to suit any mood - lively or contemplative, celebratory or mellow.

Quartets by :: Mozart, Haydn, Schubert,; Dvorak and more

Operatic favourites, including :: Flower Duet from Lakme; Intermezzo from
Cavalleria Rusticana; Meditation from Thais; Overture Marriage of Figaro; Voi che Sapete (Figaro); Pearl Fishers Duet; Gilbert & Sullivan songs

Baroque treasures, including :: Bach Air on the G string; Pachelbel Canon; Sound the Trumpet - Purcell; Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring; Handel Sonata Op1 no 11; Telemann Concerto for 4 violins; Corelli Concerto Grosso in D; Torelli Concerto for 2 violins; Handel Water Music; Monteverdi Beatus Vir; Vivaldi 4 Seasons - excerpts; Bach Brandenburg Concertos; nos 3 and 4

Classical delights, including :: Mozart Clarinet Concerto, slow movt.; Mozart Divertimenti; Mozart Eine Kleine Nachtmusik; Boccherini Minuet

Romantic favourites, including :: Scheherezade - Rimsky-Korsakov
( exerpts); Kreisler Viennese Dances; Strauss Waltzes; Barcarolle from The Tales of Hoffmann; Chopin piano music

English classics: Elgar Chanson de Matin; Greensleeves (after Vaughan Williams)

Traditional Wedding music: Wagner Bridal March (Lohengrin); Mendelssohn Wedding March; Handel Arrival of the Queen of Sheba; Trumpet Voluntary; Trumpet Tune & Air - Purcell; Hornpipe from the Water Music; Music for the Royal Fireworks - Handel; Prelude to Charpentier Te Deum; Ave Maria (Schubert)

Light

Whilst the classical repertoire is usually a string quartet's home turf, we in Lysandra are just as much at home playing on the lighter side. We can offer arrangements of songs immortalised by the great crooners - Sinatra, Nat King Cole etc; writers such as Gershwin & Cole Porter; styles ranging from mellow jazz to swing; songs from stage & screen.

Crooner / Jazz etc: Someone to Watch over Me; A Room with a View; Fly Me to the Moon; Somebody Loves Me; Makin' Whoopee; Lullaby of Birdland; The Very Thought of You; Anything Goes; Stardust; Night and Day; Unforgettable; The Shadow of your Smile; They Can't Take that Away from Me; Come Fly with Me

Big Band: Satin Doll (Duke Ellington); Glenn Miller -; A String of Pearls; Moonlight Serenade; In the Mood

Film / show themes: Titanic; Mrs Robinson (The Graduate); Over the Rainbow (The Wizard of Oz); Moon River (Breakfast at Tiffany's); Lara's Theme (Dr Zhivago); Gone with the Wind; I Will Always Love You (The Bodyguard)

'Pop' songs (60's to recent)

Classic pop songs in arrangements which stay faithful to the originals. This is the category where we're most often asked to arrange a song specially.

: From This Moment On (Shania Twain); Love is All Around (Wet, Wet, Wet); How Sweet it is (James Taylor); Angels (Robbie Williams); When You Say Nothing at all (Ronan Keating); You Make Me Feel Brand New (Simply Red); Just the Way You Are (Billy Joel); Better Together (Jack Johnson)

A good selection of songs by :: Tom Jones; ABBA; The Beatles; The BeeGees; The Beach Boys; Simon and Garfunkel; Elvis; Stevie Wonder

Christmas

Christmas favorites of all sorts - classical, crooner, kids, comic, pop - to give a seasonal backdrop in the style of your choice.

: Handel Messiah excerpts; The Shepherds' Farewell (Berlioz); Christmas Concerto (Corelli); Deck the Halls; Ding Dong Merrily on High; Sussex Carol; We Wish You a Merry Xmas

I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas

Winter Wonderland

Sleighride

Chestnuts Roasting

Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

Frosty the Snowman

Santa Claus is Coming to Town

Walking in the Air

Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer

Stop the Cavalry

Rocking Around the Xmas Tree

A Spaceman came Travelling(C de Burgh)

Fairytale of New York (The Pogues)

I Believe in Father Christmas

I Wish it cld be Christmas Every Day

Merry Christmas Everybody (Slade)

Don't forget - this is only a selection of our repertoire - a full list is available on booking.