The Herts String Duo: Violin & Guitar Beautiful music for weddings, restaurants, hotels, parties & other events.

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Up to 1 hour£250
Up to 2 hours£350
Up to 3 hours£450
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The Herts String Duo play a variety of material ranging from classical favourites to pop, film, musicals, jazz standards, folk and blues. Perfect as background music for weddings, hotels, restaurants, formal dinners, afternoon tea, cocktail parties, anniversaries, summer balls, corporate events and private functions.

The combination of violin and classical/acoustic guitar will add a touch of class to any event, with a beautiful blend of instrumental sounds.

Angela ( violin/electric violin) and Clive (classical/acoustic/electric guitar) are experienced professional musicians who have played with various bands, ensembles and orchestras throughout their careers, touring and performing at theatres and concert venues in the UK and abroad, including the South Bank, Royal Albert Hall, Barbican, Brixton Academy, Covent Garden and West End Theatres, as well as working on TV, radio shows and recording sessions. They have also played in hotels, including the Savoy in London, restaurants, weddings and parties in a variety of groups.

They formed the Herts String Duo, having worked together on various other projects for several years. They have a wide repertoire of music, which is being continually expanded and updated, and they are happy to personalise your event.

The Herts String Duo are able to play acoustically or with amplification as required.

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AVERAGE RATING

10 / 101

Location

Based in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire

Will travel up to 100 miles
green circle = areas covered (up to 100 miles)
pink circle = free travel (up to 30 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 on a G string - JS Bach

Arioso-Bach

Ave Maria - JS Bach -Gounod

Bourree from Lute Suite No1 E minor - JS Bach

Canarios - Sanz

Can Can - Offenbach

Cancion - Manuel de Falla

Concerto in D Major-1st movement-Vivaldi

Concerto in D Major-2nd movement-Vivaldi

Concerto in D Major-3rd movement-Vivaldi

Canon in D – Pachelbel

Dance of the Swan - Saint-Saens

El Noy de la Mare-trad Catalan

Gavotte - Gossec

Greensleeves - Trad

Gymnopedie1 - Satie

Jesu, Joy of Man’s desiring - Bach

Judas Maccabeus March

Judas Maccabeus Chorus

Lagrimas De Las Ondas

Little Italian song - Tchaikovsky

Meditation from Thais - Massenet

Melodie - Schumann

Menuet - Bach

Mazurka - Chopin

Minuet - Mozart

Musette - Bach

Pavane - Faure

Pavane Pour Une Infante Defunte - Ravel

Romanza-Anon

Scarborough Fair - trad

Serenade - Schubert

Sicilienne - Faure

Siciliano - JS Bach

Sleepers Wake - JS Bach

Spring Song - Mozart

The Swan – Saint-Saens

Valse Sentimentale - Schubert

POPULAR:

Annie’s Song

Bad Guy-Billie Eilish

Can’t get you out of my Head-Kylie Minogue

Can’t help falling in love

Fairy tale of New York – Mac Gowan & Finer

Fields of Gold-Sting

First Time Ever I saw your face – Mac Coll

Fly me to the moon-Howard

Hallelujah-Cohen

Hey Jude-Beatles

How deep is your love-Bee Gees

If I were a boy-Beyonce

Killing me softly-Fox/Gimbel

Light My Fire-Jose Felciano

Lovin’ You-Minnie Riperton

Mad World-Orzabal

Make you feel my love

Mamma Mia - Abba

Nights in White Satin-Moody Blues

Perfect-Ed Sheeran

Scarborough fair-Trad

Shallow-Lady Gaga

She-Charles Aznavour

She’s Not There-Argent

Someone You Loved - Lewis Capaldi

Songbird-Fleetwood Mac

Strangers in the night-Kaempfert

Tears in heaven-Clapton/Jennings

The Model-Kraftwerk

A Thousand Years-Christina Perri

Video killed the Radio Star-Buggles

Whiter Shade of Pale-Procol Harem

Wonderful world-Weiss & Thiele

Your Song-Elton John

BEATLES:

All my Loving

And I Love her

Here There and Everywhere

Hey Jude

Penny Lane

When I’m 64

While my Guitar Gently Weeps

FILMS AND MUSICALS:

Cavatina-from ‘The Deer Hunter’-Myers

‘Can you feel the Love Tonight?’ From The Lion King -E. John

‘Don’t cry for me Argentina’-Lloyd Webber

‘Get me to the Church on time’-My Fair Lady

Godfather Love Theme - Rota

‘If I Were a Rich Man’-from ‘Fiddler on the Roof’

‘My favourite Things’ from Sound of Music

Moon River - Mancini

One Hand One Heart-West Side Story

‘Somewhere Over the Rainbow’

‘Sunrise Sunset’-from Fiddler

Tomorrow - Annie

‘Wouldn’t it be Loverly’ from ‘My Fair Lady’

LIGHT JAZZ/BLUES:

All of Me

Ain’t Misbehavin’

Autumn Leaves-Kosma

Corcovado

Cry Me A River

Georgia on my Mind

Girl from Ipanema

House of the Rising Sun-Trad.

I’m beginning to see the Light

Lullaby of Birdland-Shearing

Lullaby of Broadway

Making Whoopee – Donaldson

Smoke Gets in Your Eyes - Kern

Sunny-Bobby Hebb

Take the A train

Tea for Two

The Way You Look Tonight - Kern

When I Fall in Love

BRAZILIAN:

Acordai Doncela. –Trad. Brazilian

A Rosa Vermelha -trad Brazilian

Cancion de Cuna-Preiss

Marchinha de Carnaval -Machado

FOLK:

Various selections inc. English/ Irish/ Welsh/ Scottish

Blantyre Explosion

Barwick Green

College Hornpipe

Colonel John Irwin Air-Carolan

Drowsy Maggie

Harvest Home Hornpipe

Mairi’s Wedding -Bothy Ballad

Mrs Macleod’s Reel

Peter Street Reel

Road to Lisdoovarna

Staten Island

Skye Boat Song

The Red Haired Boy

The Steam Boat

The Wind that Shakes the Barley

TRADITIONAL WEDDING ENTRY MUSIC:

Mendelssohn - Wedding March

Wagner - Bridal March

Handel - Water Music Suite I

Handel-Judas Maccabeus March and Chorus

CHRISTMAS CAROLS/SONGS AND BIRTHDAY SONGS:

Assorted favourites as required.

Technical Info

What are your basic technical requirements?

1 plug socket.
2 chairs without arms.
Small space required.
Cover and shade if outside.
1 Parking space.


Do you provide sound and lighting equipment?

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What information do you require about a venue?

We need to know any directions that will help us find the venue.It's useful to know in advance if there is a car park and if there's a back entrance to take in our gear .


Can you provide a Spotify/DJ service before and between your sets?

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Performance Info

What are your typical setup and performance times?

We aim to arrive a couple of hours before the performance time. Setup takes about 30 mins.
We're happy to play set lengths to suit the occasion.


Are you happy to perform outside?

We’re happy to play outside but we ask for shade, a flat level surface and a power supply close to the performance area.


Do the clients have a say in what you play or is it a set repertoire list only?

We are happy to learn some requested songs before the event . The clients are welcome to pick a set list from our repertoire or let us choose the music for them.


How do previous clients most commonly describe your performances?

Beautiful music!

Venues

The Herts String Duo: Violin & Guitar has performed at these venues:

St John's College , Oxford

The American Museum, Bath

Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institute

Thunderbolt Pub, Bath Road, Bristol.

The Hop Room, North Brink Brewery,

Ealing Project, London.

Questors Theatre, Ealing, London.

Fishery Wharf Cafe, Herts.

Steiner Kindergarten, St Albans.

Steiner School, Kings Langley.

Advent Spiral, Steiner School, Herts.

Vegan Spartan Restaurant, Herts.

Baracca's Restaurant, Herts

Yoga luncheon-Hemel Hempstead

Hightown Methodist Church, Luton

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