| Description | Price |
| Quartet, minimum fee | £450 |
| Quartet, 90 mins start to finish | £450 |
| Quartet, 120 mins start to finish | £600 |
| Quartet, 180 mins start to finish | £900 |
About us:
After 30 years as a Molecular Biologist (with music always on the side) Molly Craxton wanted to devote her remaining days to spreading joy with music. Molly shares a link of descent with the well known British musicians, Harold and Janet Craxton. For that reason, her musical offerings are labelled with her surname. Molly plays violin and can organise a range of ensembles to play live background music: solo violin, string groups and mixed instrument groups. The string quartet format is ideal, as it can give voice to a vast range of musical ideas and moods. The Craxton String Quartet was born in 2018.
Repertoire:
The Craxton String Quartet are a group of classically trained, musically omnivorous generalists dedicated to professionalism. We will play anything you want in order to convey the right mood for the occasion. Our repertoire list for the year 2024 is laid out in the Sample repertoire box and is available as an Excel file from the external site. The Excel file includes durations so that you can judge how many items to choose. It also includes links to MP3 files so that you can listen to each item. The repertoire list undergoes annual review during the winter months. Special requests can be accommodated on occasion. Together, we create a bespoke song list for your event by your emailing me a copy of the repertoire list with your choices indicated.
Based in Haverhill, Suffolk
= areas covered (up to 300 miles)
= free travel (up to 50 miles)
A Hard Day’s Night
A Million Dreams-Greatest Showman
A Thousand Years-Christina Perri
A Whole New World
AC/DC Medley
Acis and Galatea Overture
Adagio Cantabile-Beethoven Pathetique
Ain't No Mountain High Enough-Diana Ross
Albeniz Tango
Alexander’s Ragtime Band
All I Ask of You - Phantom of the Opera
All Of Me-John Legend version 1
All Of Me-John Legend version 2
All Of The Lights-Kanye West
All You Need is Love-Beatles
Always Remember us This Way-Lady Gaga
Always-Bon Jovi
Amazed-Lonestar
Amazing Grace
And I Love Her
Annen Polka-Strauss
Anything Goes
Arrival of the Queen of Sheba-Handel
At Last - Etta James
Bach Air - On a G String
Bach Bist du bei mir
Bach Brandenburg 3
Bach BWV854 Prelude
Bach BWV1007 - cello suite
Bach BWV1080
Bach Jesu Joy-BWV147
Ballads of Britain
Beauty and the Beast
Because You Loved Me-Celine Dion
Beethoven Pastoral and FurElise
Best Day Of My Life - American Authors
Best Of Abba
Bethena-Scott Joplin
Bittersweet Symphony - The Verve
Bohemian Rhapsody
Bridge Over Troubled Water
Brigg Fair
Brown Eyed Girl-Van Morrison
Byrd Ave Verum Corpus
Caledonia-Dougie MacLean
Can You Feel the Love Tonight
Can't Help Falling In Love-Elvis
Can't Take My Eyes Off You
Candle in the Wind
Chanson de Matin
Chanson de Nuit
Chasing Cars - Snow Patrol
Christmas 1
Christmas 2
Christmas 3
Christmas 4
Christmas 5
Conversations in the Dark - John Legend
Cowboy Songs
Czardas from Coppelia
Czardas from Swan Lake
Dance of the Swans
Danny Boy
Death of a Bachelor - Panic at the Disco
Debussy Clair de Lune
Debussy The Sunken Cathedral
Delius Serenade
Delius Walk to the Paradise Garden
Desmond Take 5
Dowland Lachrimae
Dream a Little Dream of Me
Elgar Salut d’Amour
Empire State of Mind-Alicia Keys
End Of Time-Beyonce
Enya May It Be
Enya Only Time
Everything I do-I do it For You
Everything-Michael Buble
Fairytale of New York
Fascinatin’ Rhythm
Faure Pie Jesu and Pavane
Faure Sicilienne
Fields of Gold-Sting
Flower Festival
Fly Me To The Moon
Franck Panis Angelicus
Get Back-Beatles
Gluck Che Faro
Gluck Dance of the Blessed Spirits-etc
God Only Knows-Beach Boys
Good Day Sunshine
Gounod Bach BWV846
Greatest Day - Take That
Groovy Kind of Love-Phil Collins
Hallelujah-Leonard Cohen
Halo-Beyonce
Handel Hornpipe
Handel HWV369
Handel Water Music
Harry Lime Theme
Haydn Creation Pt 3 opening
Heaven-Bryan Adams
Here Comes The Sun-Beatles
Hey Jude
Holst Air
How Long Will I Love You-Boden
I Believe in a thing called Love - The Darkness
I Don't Want To Miss A Thing-Aerosmith
I Get a Kick Out of You
I Say a Little Prayer
I’ll Never Love Again - Lady Gaga
I’m A Believer - Smash Mouth
I’m Kissing You - Romeo and Juliet
I’ve Got Rhythm
Imagine-Lennon
Into The Mystic-Van Morrison
Iris-Goo Goo Dolls
Isn't She Lovely-Stevie Wonder
It Must Be Love - Madness
Just One of Those Things
Just The Way You Are - Bruno Mars
Keating Tea Dance
Killing Me Softly
Kiss Me - Ed Sheeran
Kiss The Girl-The Little Mermaid
Kiss The Rain-Yiruma
L-O-V-E-Nat King Cole
La Calinda
La Mer/Beyond The Sea
La Paloma
La Vie En Rose
Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off
Let's Stay Together-Al Green
Liberty Bell
Love Me Like You Do - Ellie Goulding
Love On Top-Beyonce version 1
Love On Top-Beyonce version 2
Love Someone-Lukas Graham
Love Story-Taylor Swift
Mahler Adagietto
Mairi's Wedding
Married Life - from Disney Up
Marry You-Bruno Mars
Mascagni Intermezzo
Massenet Meditation
Mazurka from Coppelia
Mendelssohn Wedding March
Monteverdi Poppea Finale
Moon River
Morgenstemning
Mozart Adagio K361
Mozart Allelujah-Exultate Jubilate
Mozart Ave Verum Corpus
Mozart Presto K552
My Girl-Temptations
Never Enough-Greatest Showman
Night And Day
Nimrod
Now I See The Light-Tangled
Ode To Joy-Beethoven
One Day Like This - Elbow
Pachelbel Canon
Paganini Andantino
Paperback Writer
Paradise-Coldplay
Perfect Day-Lou Reed
Perfect-Ed Sheeran
Pergolesi Stabat Mater
Poirot Theme
Pretty Woman-Roy Orbison
Pride and Prejudice Theme
Purcell Music for a while
Purcell Rondeaux
Rameau Danse des Sauvages
Rather Be-Clean Bandit
Rewrite the stars-Greatest Showman
Sail Away-David Gray
Saint Saens The Swan
Say You Won’t Let Go - James Arthur
Schindler’s List
Schubert Moment Musicale
Schubert Ständchen
Schumann Kinderszenen
Schumann Träumerei
Shallow-Lady Gaga
She-Aznavour
Sky Full of Stars-Coldplay
Skyfall-Adele
Slow Hands-Niall Horan
Somebody To Love - Queen
Someone to Watch over Me
Speak Softly Love
Somewhere over the Rainbow
Swan Lake Pas des deux
Take The A Train
Telemann Fugue
Tenerife Sea-Ed Sheeran
The Angel’s Farewell
The Book of Love-Peter Gabriel
The Entertainer-Scott Joplin
The Greatest Love of All - Whitney Houston
The Joker and the Queen - Ed Sheeran
The Lovers Waltz
The Man I Love
The Swan
The Way You Look Tonight
Theme from E.T.
Thinking Out Loud - Ed Sheeran
Toccata-Dubois
Tomorrow Never Knows
Valse Lent-Coppelia
Viva La Vida-Coldplay-version 1
Viva La Vida-Coldplay-version 2
Vivaldi Seasons
Wagner Wedding March
Warlock Pieds en L’Air
What A Wonderful World
What is This Thing called Love?
When I'm 64 - Beatles
Whiter Shade of Pale
Wild Mountain Thyme
Wildest Dreams - Taylor Swift
Without You
Work-Rhianna
World Without Love
Yesterday
You Are The Reason-Calum Scott
You’re The Top
You’ve Got a Friend in Me - Toy Story
Young and Beautiful - Lana Del Rey
We bring our own stands, chairs and simple lighting. We do not require mains power.
We are not amplified and we have our own battery powered stand lights.
In order to plan how to transport the equipment, is useful to know how easy or complicated it is to access the performance space. Level surfaces make things easier.
We do not supply recorded music.
We expect that the best of everything lies ahead.
We love all music, from the dawn of written music right up to the present day - pitch and rhythm calls to us all.
We bring together four individuals each with their own rich experience of life. Together, we create, with integrity, an appropriate and authentic ambience for each event .
We play best when we can see and hear each other as well as having some contact with the audience in order to pick up the vibes in the moment.
I shall arrive on site one hour prior to the performance start time in order to set up for the band.
We can play outside but we shall require the provision of sun shading.
We play your own bespoke list of material chosen from our ever increasing menu - we thus offer an "a la carte" service. We are also happy to include one or two special requests, given notice of approximately two months.
"Fantastic"
Leigh Bendall, Wedding, April 2018
Thomas Nixon, Wedding, June 2018
Eliza Sany, Wedding, September 2018
Samantha and Peter, Wedding, July 2019
Natalie and Kristian, Wedding, October 2019
Alice and Daryl, Wedding, July 2021
Kerrie and Mick, Wedding, July 2021
Sophie and Luke, Wedding, August 2021
Abaigh and Toby, Wedding, August 2021
Georgia and Adam, Wedding, August 2021
Michele and Martin, Wedding, August 2021
Sadie and Andy, Wedding, August 2021
Alisa and Tom, Wedding, August 2021
Amanda and David, Wedding, October 2021
Ethne McCord, Wedding, October 2021
Hayley and Blake, Wedding, April 2022
Rachel and Isaac, Wedding, May 2022
Daisy and Callum, Wedding, May 2022
Cambridge University, garden parties, June 2022
Megan and Tom, Wedding, June 2022
Markus and Cristina, Wedding, July 2022
Lora and Tom, Wedding, July 2022
Laura and Pawel, Wedding, August 2022
Linda, Wedding, September 2022
Eve and Danny, Wedding, October 2022
Rebecca and Benjamin, Wedding, December 2022
Victoria and Graham, Wedding, June 2023
Cambridge University, garden parties, June 2023
Nick and Hannah, Wedding, July 2023
Annie and Sam, Wedding, July 2023
Helen and Danny, Wedding, July 2023
Shannon and Sam, Wedding, August 2023
Jane and Adrian, Wedding, August 2023
Megan and Nathan, Wedding, August 2023
Jodie's wedding, August 2023
Ros and Bryan, September 2023
Charlotte and Rino, October 2023
CATS Cambridge, Christmas party 2023
Kelly's wedding at Bassmead Barns, February 2024
AACP anniversary conference gala dinner at Wyboston Lakes, May 2024
William's woodland wedding, Norfolk, June 2024
Jen and Adrian, Essex, June 2024
Sam's party, Norfolk, July 2024
Newmarket Town Council event, September 2024
Hannah's wedding, Essex, October 2024
We typically perform at venues all over East Anglia.
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