Duo |
1 - 2 hours: £540 |
Up to 3 hours: £580 |
Up to 4 hours: £600 |
Up to 5 hours: £725 |
Trio: |
1 - 2 hours: £705 |
Up to 3 hours: £755 |
Up to 4 hours: £795 |
Up to 5 hours: £985 |
Quartet: |
1 - 2 hours: £885 |
Up to 3 hours: £945 |
Up to 4 hours: £1000 |
Up to 5 hours: £1215 |
The Platinum String Quartet, Trio and Duo incorporate world-class female musicians for all kinds of events and are passionate about offering the highest level of musicality and elegant presentation, to ensure that your entertainment radiates perfection and becomes the personalized event you deserve.
Platinum Strings have performed for many well-established artists and venues, both within the UK and internationally, and were chosen to compose and perform a modern symphony for strings and voice on BBC television in 2007 . They are constantly in demand to perform at events ranging from weddings and corporate functions to parties, recordings and television appearances.
Having played for the Man Booker Prize Awards, the Monte Carlo Television Festival and the National Music Awards in London, Platinum Strings are highly experienced at performing for all kinds of events, and are dedicated to ensuring that their programme creates the perfect atmosphere for your guests. Platinum Strings have performed recitals aboard Holland Americaʼ s and Cunardʼ s luxury cruise ships; at prestigious venues such as the Grosvenor House and Hilton on Park Lane hotels; and at Westminster Abbey. Platinum have also been invited to perform alongside a host of well-known popular artists, such as Jesse J, Enya, Rod Stewart and Stereophonics.
All Platinum Strings artists have been classically trained at respected conservatoires and are renowned for their stunning attention to appearance and detail.
Platinum Strings have a wide and varied repertoire, incorporating classical, opera, jazz and pop, and are dedicated to helping you find the perfect music for your event. They are happy to search for music that is not on their current repertoire lists, and can even offer to arrange music that is not in print. They have arranged music by artists such as Snow Patrol, Robbie Williams and The Feeling, and have built up an enviable reputation for performing arrangements of such modern classics.
Weddings
Platinum Strings regularly perform at wedding ceremonies, civil partnerships and receptions.
They have an extensive repertoire from which to choose, ranging from classical to pop, and are happy to discuss repertoire ideas to ensure the perfect event.
Platinum Strings can offer a string duo, trio or quartet and are always glad to offer advice on which group may best suit your event.
Whichever Platinum ensemble you choose, their commitment to excellence and professionalism will enhance the elegance and beauty of your special day.
Corporate events
Whether your event is in a small, intimate setting or on a grand scale, Platinum Strings will add that touch of class to make it an event to remember.
With an extensive and diverse repertoire, plus a choice of ensembles, you are sure to find the perfect combination to complement the occasion.
Choice of line ups:
Offering a string duo, trio or quartet, Platinum Strings specialise in supplying the highest quality music and are renowned for their extensive selection of repertoire and unique arrangements.
Based in East London
QUARTET REPERTOIRE
Adagio- Albinoni
Adagio for Strings- Barber
Air on the G- Bach
Alleluja from Exultate Jubilate - Mozart
Arioso - Bach
Arrival of the Queen of Sheba - Handel
Ave Maria - Bach ~ Gounod
Ave Verum Corpus - Mozart
Badinerie - Bach
Barber of Seville - Rossini
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 - Bach
Canon - Pachelbel
Contrapunctus No.1 - Bach
Divertimento (Various)- Mozart
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik - Mozart
Excerpts from the 'Four Seasons' - Vivaldi
Fur Elise - Beethoven
Hornpipe from the Water Music - Handel
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring - Bach
La Rejouissance (Music for the Royal Fireworks) - Handel
Liebestraum - Liszt
Nimrod from Enigma Variations - Elgar
Nutcracker Suite - Tchaikovsky
Ode to Joy - Beethoven
Pachelbel's Canon in D - Pachelbel
Panis Angelicus - Franck
Pathetique - Beethoven
Pavane - Faure
Piano concerto no. 21 (Andante) - Mozart
Prelude from 'Te Deum' - Charpentier
Radetzky March - Strauss
Rondeau - Mouret
Rondo alla Turca - Mozart
Sheep May Safely Graze - Bach
Trumpet Tune in D - Purcell
Trumpet Voluntary - Clarke
Two Rondeaux from Abdelazar & The Fairy Queen- Purcell
Wachet Auf - Bach
Water Music Extracts - Handel
Adagio from Violin Concerto No.1 - Bruch
Ave Maria - Schubert
Barcarolle - Offenbach
Bolero - Ravel
Bridal Chorus (Here Comes the Bride) - Wagner
Girl with the Flaxen Hair - Debussy
Gymnopodie No 1 - Satie
Hungarian Dances (various) - Brahms
In the Hall of the Mountain King - Grieg
Meditation (from Thais) - Massenet
Norwegian Dance No. 2&3 - Grieg
O Sole Mio - di Capua
Polovtsian Dance - Borodin
Salut D'Amour - Elgar
Slavonic Dance No.8 - Dvorak
Sleeping Beauty Waltz - Tchaikovsky
The Girl with the Flaxen Hair - Debussy
The Swan - Saint-Saens
Traumerei - Schumann
Valse - Chopin
Waltz - Grieg
Waltz from Sleeping Beauty - Tchaikovsky
Wedding Day at Troldhaugen - Grieg
Blue Danube Waltz - Strauss
Cock Linnet - Collins/Leigh arr. Martelli
Czardas - Monti
Funiculi, Funicula - Denza
Palladio - Jenkins
Pizzicato Polka - Strauss
Simple Symphony- Britten
TRIO REPERTOIRE
All You Need is Love, Lennon
Kissing You, Des’ree
One Day Like This, Elbow
I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing, Aerosmith
Moon River, Mancini
Can Feel the Love Tonight, Elton John
Make You Feel My Love, Bob Dylan
Bitter Sweet Symphony- The Verve
Feather Theme from Forest Gump, Silvestri
P.M.’s Love Theme from Love Actually, Armstrong
Somewhere Over the Rainbow, Arlen
Where is Love from Oliver, Bart
Here, There and Everywhere, McCartney
The Fives, Thomas
Everything I Do I Do it For You, Kamen
Summertime, Gershwin
The Man I Love, Gershwin
I Got Rhythm, Gershwin
Summertime, Gershwin
‘S Wonderful, Gershwin
I Got Plenty O’ Nuttin’, Gershwin
Rhapsody in Blue, Gershwin
Tango, Albeniz
Tango por una Cabeza, Gardel
Tago Maria, Tarrega
Stand by Me, King
Chasing Cars, Snow Patrol
How Deep is Your Love?, Gibb
I’ve Got You Under My Skin, Porter
It Had to Be You, Isham Jones
When I’m Sixty Four, McCartney
Schindler’s List, Williams
Fields of Gold, Sting
You’re the First the Last my Everything, Barry White
When a Man Loves a Woman, Percy Sledge
You’re Beautiful, James Blunt
Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds, Lennon & McCartney
Can’t Help Falling in Love, Weiss, Peretti, Creatore
Angels, Williams and Chambers
Nobody Does it Better from The Spy Who Loved Me, Hamlisch
Everlasting Love, Cason & Gaydon
Imagine, Lennon
Annie’s Song, Denver
There She Goes- The Las, Mavers
Nothing Else Matters, Metallica
Songbird, Cassidy
You Raise Me Up, Graham & Lovland
Somebody to Love- Queen, Mecury
Clocks, Coldplay
Just the Way You Are, Billy Joel
It Must be Love, Labri Safiri
Viva La Vida, Coldplay
God Only Knows, Wilson/Asher
We’ve Only Just Begun, The Carpenters
You Are the Sunshine of My Life, Wonder
Wonderwall, Oasis
Oh, Pretty Woman, Orbison & Dees
Halleluja, Cohen
A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square, Sherwin
The Final Countdown. Tempest
I Have a Dream, Anderson & Ulvaeus
Consider Yourself/I’d Do Anything from Oliver, Bart
The Very Thought of You, Noble
Pineapple Rag, Joplin
Country Club Rag, Joplin
Pleasant Moments, Joplin
Paragon Rag, Joplin
Solace, Joplin
The Chrysanthemum, Joplin
Peacherine Rag, Joplin
Maple Leaf Rag, Joplin
The Ragtime Dance, Joplin
The Tangled Waltz, Levin
Second Anniversary Waltz, Levin
A Miller’s Waltz, Levin
Age & Remembrance, Levin
Gypsy Waltz, Levin
County Clare Waltz, Levin
Trumpet Tune, Purcell
Trumpet Voluntary, Clarke
Wedding March, Wagner
Entrance of the Queen of Sheba
Rondeau, Mouret
Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring, Bach
Ave Maria, Schubert
Air on the G String, Bach
Canon in D, Pachelbel
Largo from The Four Seasons, Vivaldi
La Rejouissance, Handel
Air from Water Music, Handel
Bouree from Water Music, Handel
Hornpipe in F from Water Music, Handel
Hornpipe in D from Water Music, Handel
Wedding March, Mendelssohn
Alleluja from Exultate Jubilate, Mozart
Traumeri, Schumann
Wachet Auf, Bach
Sheep May Safely Graze, Bach
Ode to Joy, Beethoven,
Arioso, Bach
Panis angelicus, Franck
Andante from Piano Concerto No.21, Mozart
Sleeping Beauty Waltz, Tchaikovsky
Te Deum- Prelude & Tu Devicto, Charpentier
Bist du bei mir, Bach
If With All Your Hearts, Mendelssohn
My Heart Ever Faithful, Bach
Meditation from Thais, Massenet
Ave Maria, Bach-Gounod
Suite from The Fairy Queen, Purcell
Daydream, Tchaikovsky
Pavane, Faure
Morning, Grieg
The Barber of Seville Overture, Rossini
Chanson de Matin, Elgar
Salut D’Amour, Elgar
Eine Kleine Nacht Musik- Allegro, Andante & Allegretto, Mozart
Divertimento No 1, Mozart
Divertimento No 2, Mozart
Divertimento No 3, Mozart
Voi Che Sapete, Mozart
Sonata in D Major for 2 Violins, Tartini
Quartetto in F Major, Scarlatti
Concerto Grosso in G minor, Geminiani
Concerto Grosso No. 10, Corelli
Les Rozeaux from Ordre No. 13, Couperin
Concerto in A minor for 2 Violins, Vivaldi
Sonata, Telemann
Italian Concerto, Bach
Mio Babbino Caro from Gianni Schicchi, Puccini
Intermezzo Sinfonico from Cavalleria Rusticana, Mascagni
Entr’acte from Carmen, Bizet
Ah, Fuggi il Traditor! From Don Giovanni, Mozart
Deh Vieni, Non Tardar from Le Nozze di Figaro, Mozart
Libiamo from La Traviata, Verdi
Vin O Biere from Faust, Gounod
Quando M’en Vo Soletta per la Via from La Boheme, Puccini
The Flower Duet from Lakme, Delibes
Nessun Dorma from Turandot, Puccini
Non piu andrai from Le Nozze di Figaro, Mozart
Minuet from String Quartet No.11, Boccherini
Hungarian Dance No.5, Brahms
The Swan from Carnival of the Animals, Saint-Saens
Nimrod from the Enigma Variations, Elgar
Humoreske, Dvorak
Trio No.1, Haydn
Barcolle from The Tales of Hoffman, Offenbach
Amazing Grace, Traditional
Allegro from Spring, Vivaldi
Sinfonia from Xerxes, Handel
Jigg from Oreste, Handel
Minuet from Il Pastor Fido, Handel
Gavotte in A from Oreste, Handel
Sinfonia from Scipione, Handel
Rondeau from Ariodante, Handel
Minuet from Arminio, Handel
Andante from Berenice, Handel
Minuet from Imeneo, Handel
Sinfonia from Giustino, Handel
Gavotte from Il Pastor Fido, Handel
Gavotte from Oreste, Handel
Larghetto from Theodora, Handel
Courante from Theodora, Handel
Gigue from Partenope , Handel
March from Rinaldo, Handel
Amoroso, Arne
Menuet from Orfeo ed Euridice, Gluck
Aria from La Griselda, Vivaldi
March in D from Tigrane, Scarlatti
March in C from Tigrane, Scarlatti
Prelude No. 19 from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Bach
Concerto in D minor for 2 Violins, Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No.2, Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No.3- mvt.1, Bach
Sarabande from Partita No.3, Bach
Prelude No.24 from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Bach
Air from Partita No.6, Bach
Echo from French Overture, Bach
Prelude and Fugue No.9 from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Bach
Fugue No.21 from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Bach
Cantilena from Pestis Mediolanensis or The Plague of Milan, Charpentier
Fantasia, Pachelbel
Ricercare, Pachelbel
Sonata in G minor, Vivaldi
Concerto for 2 Violins in G minor, Telemann
Voluntary No.4, Greene
Overture, Greene
La Partenza from Notturno for 2 sopranos and Bass, Mozart
Piu non si Trovano from Canzonetta for 2 sopranos and Bass, Mozart
23rd Psalm, Schubert
Love One Another from Anthem, Blessed Be the God & Father, Wesley
Organ Prelude, Wesley
Offertory from Messe Solennelle, Gounod
Piacevole from The Vesper Voluntaries for Organ, Elgar
Pensoso from The Vesper Voluntaries for Organ, Elgar
Allemande, La Guerre
Sarabande, La Guerre
La Villageoise, Fiocco
Andante, Fiocco
Pastorale, Wesley
Air, Wesley
Gavotte, Wesley
Prelude, Wesley
Menuet from Rodelinda, Handel
Presto, Roman
Minuet, Arne
Gigue, Arne
Minuet and Trio, Bird
Fughetta, Pachelbel
Alein Gott in der Hoh sei Her, Pachelbel
Greensleeves, Traditional
March from The Nutcracker, Tchaikovsky
Where e’er you walk from Semele, Handel
DUO REPERTOIRE
Adagio- Albinoni
Adagio from Clarinet Concerto- Mozart
Air- Bach
Air from Water Music- Handel
Amazing Graze- Traditional American melody
Andante from Violin Concerto- Mendelssohn
Arioso- Bach
Ave Maria- Bach- Gounod
Ave Maria- Schubert
Bach 2-Part Invention 1-15 - BAch
Blow the Wind Southerly- Traditional English melody
Bouree from Water Music- Handel
Breval Duo Number 6
Breval Duo, Number 5
Canon in D- Pachelbel
Cantabile- Tartini
Chasing Cars- Snow Patrol
Come, Landlord, Fill the Flowing Bowl- Traditional Scottish student song
Crazy for You- Madonna
Daisy, Daisy- Dacre
Dance to Your Daddy- Traditional Northumbrian melody
Dick’s Maggot- From John Playford’s The Dancing Master
Donkey Riding- Traditional Canadian melody
Duos (varied) - Mazas
Duos (varied) - Mozart
Entrance of the Queen of Sheba- Handel
Flower Duet from Lakme- Delibes
Goldberg Variations, 1st Variation- Bach
Goldberg Variations, Aria- Bach
Hallelujah Chorus from ‘Messiah’- Handel
Hava Nagila- Traditional Jewish melody
Hornpipe from Water Music- Handel
Hornpipe from Water Music- Handel
I Do Like to be Besides the Seaside- Glover- Kind
J’ai Du Bon Tabac- Traditional French melody
Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring- Bach
La Donna e Mobile- Verdi
La Rejouissance from Fireworks Music- Handel
Largo from The Four Seasons- Vivaldi
Largo- Handel
Linstead Market- Traditional Jamaican melody
Little Brown Jug- Winner
Love Story- Taylor Swift
Lullaby- Brahms
Mango Walk- Traditional Jamaican melody
Matchmaker- from Fiddler on the Roof
Meditation from Thais- Massenet
Minuet in G- Beethoven
Mozart Duo KV 423
Mozart Duo KV 424
Nearer My God To Thee- Mason
Ode to Joy- Beethoven
Pavane - Faure
Prelude from Te Deum- Charpentier
Rondeau- Mouret
Rondo alla Turca- Mozart
Rule, Britannia- Arne
Sheep May Safely Graze- Bach
Soldier, Soldier- Traditional English melody
Sonata VI- Carr
Sonatina 1 - Clementi
Sonatina 2 - Clementi
Still, Still, Still- Traditional Austrian melody
Swing Low- Spiritual
The Ash Grove- Tradtional Welsh melody
The British Grenadiers- Traditional English melody
This Jazzy Old Man- Adapted from a traditional English melody
To Life- from Fiddler on the Roof
Traumeri- Schumann
Trumpet Tune- Purcell
Trumpet Voluntary- Clarke
Wachet Auf- Bach
Waltzing Matilda- Cowan
Wedding March- Mendelssohn
Wedding March- Wagner
Power socket near the performance area
Parking
Refreshments
Changing Room
3 Chairs
Events:
National Music Awards (performing at the VIP lounge)
National Television Awards (performing with Kimberey Walsh)
Michael Jackson Tribute Concert at the Millennium Stadium
Strictly Come Dancing (Backing strings)
Britain’s Got Talent (Backing strings)
X Factor (Backing strings)
Man Booker Prize Awards
The Guardian First Book Awards
Locations:
Harrods
The Gherkin
Houses of Parliament
All England Lawn Tennis Club
The Savoy
Claridgeʼs, Mayfair
Hilton on Park Lane hotel
Locanda Locatelli
Mandarin Oriental
Old Royal Naval College
Stars:
Katie Melua (Selected by Katie to tour Europe)
Leona Lewis
Spice Girls
Andreas Bocceli
Enya
Jessie J
Vivienne Westwood
Cirque Du Soleil