The Helix Quartet Versatile & experienced London based string quartet

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Price Guide

The guide prices below are for events in South East London. Outside this area extra travel expenses will apply. Please get in touch for an accurate quote.
Duo:
Up to 2 hours: £434
Up to 3 hours: £496
Up to 4 hours: £558
Up to 5 hours: £620
Up to 6 hours: £666
Trio:
Up to 2 hours: £635
Up to 3 hours: £726
Up to 4 hours: £817
Up to 5 hours: £908
Up to 6 hours: £998
Quartet:
Up to 2 hours: £847
Up to 3 hours: £968
Up to 4 hours: £1089
Up to 5 hours: £1210
Up to 6 hours: £1416
+ Music Arrangements (price per piece): £40
These timings would include a 10 minute break for each hour (not including the first hour) and for bookings of 4 or more hours one of these breaks would be 20 mins. We can be flexible here to fit with other timing considerations.
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About / Biography

Formed in 2013, The Helix Quartet combine the high calibre and brilliance of classical virtuosity with the diversity, fluidity and creativeness of improvising Jazz musicians. The quartet receive bookings for recitals, weddings, corporate functions and recording sessions, as well as providing a string section for artists, shows and tours.

The members of The Helix Quartet are all graduates from London’s Music Conservatoires; The Royal College of Music, Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music & Dance and The Royal Academy of Music. Between them, they have performed in venues including The Royal Albert Hall, Wigmore Hall, The Royal Festival Hall and St Johns Smith Square.

The Helix Quartet’s members have recorded sessions for Universal Studio’s Germany, Sony Records, BBC radio 3 and gained airplay on BBC 6 music, BBC radio 2, Amazing Radio and BBC London. The members of the quartet also work regularly in improvisatory settings with Folk, Jazz and Pop Musicians.

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AVERAGE RATING

10 / 101

Location

Based in South East London

Will travel up to 500 miles
green circle = areas covered (up to 500 miles)
Please note that the circles shown on the map are calculated "as the crow flies". By road distances may vary, so please get in touch for an accurate quote.

CLASSICAL

Air

JS Bach

Alla Siciliana From Sonata Op. 1 No. 11

Handel

Allegro 1 And 2 From Sonata Op. 1 No. 11

Handel

Arabesque

Debussy

Arie

JS Bach

Arrival Of The Queen Of Sheba

Handel

Ases Tod From Peer Gynt

Grieg

Autumn From The Four Seasons

Vivaldi

Basse Dance

Warlock

Besame Mucho

Velazquez

Blue Danube Waltz

Strauss

Brandenburg Concerto No. 2

JS Bach

Brandenburg Concerto No. 3

JS Bach

Bridal Chorus (Here Comes The Bride)

Wagner

Bulgar From Odessa

Traditional

Canon

Pachelbel

Cardas From Swan Lake

Tchaikovsky

Chanson De Matin

Elgar

Chanson Du Nuit

Elgar

Clair Du Lune

Debussy

Czardas

Monti

Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairies From The Nutcracker

Tchaikovsky

Dance Of The Swans From Swan Lake

Tchaikovsky

Dance Suite

Mozart

Divertimento In D Major

Mozart

Divertimento In F Major

Mozart

Double Violin Concerto

JS Bach

Eine Kleine Nachtmusik

Mozart

Flower Duet

Delibes

Fur Elise

Beethoven

Gabriel's Oboe

Morricone

Gavotte From Holberg Suite

Grieg

Gloria In D Major

Vivaldi

Greensleeves

Traditional

Gymnopedie No. 1

Satie

Habanera From Carmen

Bizet

Hornpipe

Handel

Humming Chorus From Madame Butterfly

Puccini

Humoresque

Dvorak

Hungarian Dance No.5

Brahms

In The Hall Of The Mountain King From Peer Gynt

Grieg

Irish Sherry (Folk Medley)

Traditional

Jupiter ("I Vow To Thee, My Country") From The

Planets

Holst

Liebesfreud

Kreisler

Liebesleid

Kreisler

March From Carmen

Bizet

March

Handel

Menuett

Boccherini

Menuetto From Serenade No. 1

Brahms

Morning From Peer Gynt

Grieg

Nella Fantasia

Morricone

Nimrod From Enigma Variations

Elgar

O Mio Babbino Caro

Puccini

O Sole Mio

Capua

Overture From The Magic Flute

Mozart

Palladio

Jenkins

Pavane

Faure

Pie Jesu

Andrew Lloyd-Webber

Polonaise

Chopin

Polovtsian Dances

Borodin

Pomp And Circumstance

Elgar

Prelude In E Minor

Chopin

Quartet No. 53 In D Major ("The Lark"), Op. 64 No. 5

Haydn

Quartet No. 61 In D Minor ("Fifths"), Op. 76 No. 2

Haydn

Quartet No. 63 In B♭ Major ("Sunrise"), Op. 76 No. 4

Haydn

Radetsky March

Strauss

Romance

Shostakovich

Rondo Alla Turca From Sonata In A Major

Mozart

Russian Dance From The Nutcracker

Tchaikovsky

Salut D'Amour

Elgar

Sarabande And Two Variations

Handel

Serenade

Haydn

Serenade For String Orchestra

Elgar

Sleeping Beauty Waltz

Tchaikovsky

Solveig's Song From Peer Gynt

Grieg

Spring From The Four Seasons

Vivaldi

String Quartet Op. 18 No. 4

Beethoven

String Quartet Op. 18 No. 6

Beethoven

String Quartet Op. 59 No. 2

Beethoven

Summer From The Four Seasons

Vivaldi

Tango

Albeniz

The Erkling

Schubert

The Fire Music

Handel

The Girl With The Flaxen Hair

Debussy

The Swan From Carnival Of The Animals

Saint-Saens

The Water Music

Handel

Trumpet Voluntary

Clark

Variation Eighteen From Rhapsody On A Theme By

Paganini

Rachmaninov

Waltz Of The Flowers From The Nutcracker

Tchaikovsky

Wedding March

Mendelssohn

Winter From The Four Seasons

Vivaldi

ROCK & POP

A Thousand Years

Christina Perri

Ain't No Sunshine When She's Gone

Withers

All Of Me

John Legend

All You Need Is Love

The Beatles

Billie Jean

The Jacksons

Bittersweet Symphony

The Verve

Can't Help Falling In Love With You

Elvis Presley

Candle In The Wind

Elton John

Chapel Of Love

The Dixie Cups

Eleanor Rigby

The Beatles

Everything I Do, I Do It For You

Bryan Adams

Hey Jude

The Beatles

Hippipolla

Sigur Rós

I Don't Wanna Miss A Thing

Aerosmith

I'll Be There

The Jacksons

I've Had The Time Of My Life

Medley & Warnes

Is This Love

Bob Marley

Isn't She Lovely

Wonder

It Must Be Love

Madness

Kissing You

Des'ree

Lean On Me

Withers

Let It Be

The Beatles

Make You Feel My Love

Adele

Mama Mia

Abba

Michelle

The Beatles

One Day Like This

Elbow

One Love

Bob Marley

Penny Lane

The Beatles

Six Ribbons

English

Smooth Criminal

Michael Jackson

Someone Like You

Adele

Stairway To Heaven

Led Zeplin

Stand By Me

Ben E King

Thank You For The Music

Abba

The Long And Winding Road

The Beatles

The Rose

McBroom

The Winner Takes It All

Abba

Viva La Vida

Coldplay

Whatever

Oasis

When I Fall In Love

Young

When I’m Sixty Four

The Beatles

With A Little Help From My Friends

The Beatles

Wouldn't It Be Nice

The Beach Boys

Yesterday

The Beatles

You Are The Sunshine Of My Life

Stevie Wonder

Your Song

Elton John

JAZZ & SWING

A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square

Sherwin

Agitation Rag

Hampton

Black And White Rag

Botsford

Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man

Kern

Come Fly With Me

Frank Sinatra

Feeling Good

Nina Simone

Fly Me To The Moon

Frank Sinatra

I Got Rhythm

Gershwin

I Put A Spell On You

Nina Simone

I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free

Nina Simone

I've Got You Under My Skin

Frank Sinatra

In A Sentimental Mood

Duke Ellington

Is You Is Or Is You Ain’t Ma Baby

Jordan

Mood Indigo

Duke Ellington

Moon River

Mancini

My Funny Valentine

Hart

Stand By Me

Ben E King

Summertime

Gershwin

The Entertainer

Joplin

The Man I Love

Gershwin

Theme From New York, New York

Kander

We Have All The Time In The World

Louis Armstrong

What A Wonderful World

Louis Armstrong

When I Fall In Love

Young

FILM & THEATRE

A Thousand Years

Christina Perri

A Whole New World From Aladdin

Alan Menken

All I As Of You From Phantom Of The Opera

Andrew Lloyd-Webber

America From West Side Story

Bernstein

Ashokan Farewell

Ungar

Beauty And The Beast

Alan Menken

Caberet

Kander

Can You Feel The Love Tonight

Elton John

Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man

Kern

E.T.

John Williams

Family Guy

Murphy

Fawlty Towers

Wilson

I Dreamed A Dream From Les Miserables

Schönberg

I Got Rhythm

Gershwin

I've Had The Time Of My Life

Medley & Warnes

If I Were A Rich Man

Harnick/Bock

Maria From West Side Story

Bernstein

Memory From Cats

Andrew Lloyd-Webber

The Muppets Theme

Henson

Music Of The Night From Phantom Of The Opera

Andrew Lloyd-Webber

My Funny Valentine

Hart

My Heart Will Go On

Horner/Jennings

On My Own From Les Miserables

Schönberg

Over The Rainbow

Arlen

Pirates Of The Caribbean

Badelt

Schindler’s List

John Williams

Somewhere From West Side Story

Bernstein

Summertime

Gershwin

The Man I Love

Gershwin

The Simpsons

Danny Elfman

The Sound Of Music

Hammerstein

Theme From New York, New York

Kander

Theme From The A Team

Carpenter

Theme Song From The Godfather

Rota

Wallace & Gromit

Nott

You'll Never Walk Alone From Carousel

Hammerstein

Your Song

Elton John

FESTIVE

Away In A Manger

Traditional

Deck The Halls

Traditional

Ding Dong Merrily On High

Traditional

Frosty The Snowman

Rollins & Nelson

God Rest Ye Merry Gentleman

Traditional

Good King Wenceslas

Traditional

Hark The Herald

Traditional

Jingle Bells

Traditional

Once In Royal David's City

Traditional

Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer

Johnny Marks

Silent Night

Traditional

The Coventry Carol

Traditional

The First Nowell

Traditional

We Wish You A Merry Christmas

Styne

White Christmas

Irving Berlin

Winter Wonderland

Felix Bernard

RELIGIOUS

All Things Bright And Beautiful

Traditional

Alleluia

Mozart

Amazing Grace

Traditional

Ave Maria

Schubert

Ave Verum Corpus

Mozart

Be Still For The Presence Of The Lord

Traditional

Give Me Joy In My Heart

Traditional

Hallelujah Chorus

Handel

Jerusalem

Parry

Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring

J.S. Bach

Laudate Dominum From Psalm 116

Mozart

Morning Has Broken

Traditional

Ode To Joy

Beethoven

Panis Angelicus

Franck

The Lord’s My Shepherd

Traditional

Technical Info

What are your basic technical requirements?

- 4 chairs without arms
- A safe space to store belonging (cases, bags etc.)
- If outdoors - cover from direct sunlight and any rain.

Performance Info

What are your typical setup and performance times?

We aim arrive 30-45 minutes before we are due to start, this gives us time to liaise with the venue and get everything set up. Pack down would take no more than 15 minutes.

We can provide anything from full string sections down to duos. Typically though it would be quartet. We are also able to provide a singer to join us.

Quartet: 2x Vlns, vla, Cello
Quartet & Singer
Trio: Vln, Vla, Cello or 2x Vln, Cello
Duo: Vln, Cello or Violin, Viola
String orchestra: size dependant on what is required. from 2.2.2.2 upwards

Recent Clients

The Helix Quartet has performed for these clients:

The Royal Navy

General Medical Council

Investec

Pearson Business College

Marshall

Channel 4

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