Description | Price |
Up to 1 hour | £250 |
Up to 2 hours | £350 |
Up to 3 hours | £450 |
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.
Based in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire
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.
1 plug socket.
2 chairs without arms.
Small space required.
Cover and shade if outside.
1 Parking space.
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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 .
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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.
We’re happy to play outside but we ask for shade, a flat level surface and a power supply close to the performance area.
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.
Beautiful music!
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