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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
Every performance is unique and bespoke so this price guide provides a generic estimate of £300 per hour pro-rata. We discuss and decide the details of the performance and agree to a specific contract. I do not ask for deposits, but payment in full is due at least 7 days before the event by bank transfer using the Faster Payments method.

About / Biography

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 2025 is laid out in the Sample repertoire box and I can send you a list which includes durations so that you can decide how many items to choose. The list also has 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 choosing a selection from our a la carte menu.

Reviews (21)

There are currently 21 user ratings for The Craxton String Quartet

AVERAGE RATING

10 / 101

Location

Based in Haverhill, Suffolk

Will travel up to 300 miles
green circle = areas covered (up to 300 miles)
pink circle = free travel (up to 50 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.

A Hard Day’s Night - The Beatles


A Million Dreams - Greatest Showman


A Thousand Years - Christina Perri


A Whole New World - Menken


AC/DC Medley


Acis and Galatea Overture - Handel


Adagio Cantabile- Beethoven Pathetique


Ain't No Mountain High Enough - Diana Ross

Albeniz Granada Op47


Albeniz Tango


Alexander’s Ragtime Band - Berlin


All I Ask of You - Phantom of the Opera


All Of Me version 1 - John Legend


All Of Me version 2 - John Legend


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 - Newton


And I Love Her - The Beatles


Annen Polka - Strauss


Anything Goes - Porter


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 BWV147 - Jesu Joy 1


Bach BWV147 - Jesu Joy 2


Bach BWV147 - Jesu Joy 3


Bach BWV854 Prelude


Bach BWV1007 - cello suite prelude


Bach BWV1080


Bach Et In Unum


Bach Fugue in D major


Bach Fugue in G minor


Bach Sheep May Graze


Bach Sleepers Wake


Ballads of Britain


Beauty and the Beast - Menken


Because You Loved Me - Celine Dion


Beethoven Minuet


Beethoven Pastoral and FurElise


Bellini Casta Diva


Best Day Of My Life - American Authors


Best Of Abba


Bethena - Scott Joplin


Bittersweet Symphony - The Verve


Bizet Aragonaise


Bizet Carillon


Bizet Farandole


Bizet Pearl Fishers Duet


Bizet Sequidilla


Black Orpheus


Blue Moon


Bluesette


Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen


Borodin Prince Igor


Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon and Garfunkel

Brigg Fair - Delius


Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison


Bye Bye Blackbird


Byrd Ave Verum Corpus


Caledonia - Dougie MacLean


Can You Feel the Love Tonight - Elton John


Can't Help Falling In Love - Elvis


Can't Take My Eyes Off You - Frankie Valli


Candle in the Wind - Elton John


Caravan


Chanson de Matin - Elgar


Chanson de Nuit - Elgar


Chasing Cars - Snow Patrol


Chelsea Bridge


Christmas Medley 1


Christmas Medley 2


Christmas Medley 3


Christmas Medley 4


Christmas Medley 5


Conversations in the Dark - John Legend


Cowboy Songs


Czardas from Coppelia


Czardas from Swan Lake


Dance of the Swans


Danny Boy - Trad


Death of a Bachelor - Panic at the Disco


Debussy Clair de Lune


Debussy Golliwogg’s Cake Walk


Debussy The Sunken Cathedral


Delius Serenade


Delius Walk to the Paradise Garden


Desafinado


Desmond Take 5


Donizetti Una Furtiva Lagrima


Dowland Lachrimae


Dream a Little Dream of Me - Mamas and Papas

Dvorak Humoresque


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 - Bryan Adams

Everything - Michael Buble


Fairytale of New York - The Pogues


Fascinatin’ Rhythm - Gershwin


Faure Pie Jesu and Pavane


Faure Sicilienne


Fields of Gold - Sting


Flower Festival - Goddard


Fly Me To The Moon - Sinatra


Franck Panis Angelicus


Get Back - The Beatles


Girl From Ipanema


Gluck Che Faro


Gluck Dance of the Blessed Spirits-etc


God Only Knows - Beach Boys


Gondoliers


Good Day Sunshine - The Beatles


Gounod Bach BWV846


Greatest Day - Take That


Greensleeves


Grieg Studenternes Serenade


Groovy Kind of Love - Phil Collins


Hallelujah - Leonard Cohen


Halo - Beyonce


Handel Hornpipe


Handel HWV369


Handel Sarabande HWV437


Handel Water Music


Harry Lime Theme - Karas


Haydn Creation Pt 3 opening


Haydn Oboe Concerto Andante


Haydn Serenade Op3-5


Heaven - Bryan Adams


Here Comes The Sun - The Beatles


Hey Jude - The Beatles


Holst Air


How High The Moon


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 - Porter


I Just Can’t Wait To Be King


I Say a Little Prayer - Bacharach

I’ll Never Love Again - Lady Gaga

I’m A Believer - Smash Mouth


I’m Kissing You - Romeo and Juliet

I’ve Got Rhythm - Gershwin

Imagine - Lennon

Into The Mystic - Van Morrison

Iris - Goo Goo Dolls


Irish Sherry


Isn't She Lovely - Stevie Wonder

It Had To Be You

It Must Be Love - Madness


Just One of Those Things - Porter


Just The Way You Are - Bruno Mars

Keating Tea Dance


Killing Me Softly - Roberta Flack


Kiss Me - Ed Sheeran


Kiss The Girl - The Little Mermaid


Kiss The Rain - Yiruma


Knees Up!


L-O-V-E - Nat King Cole


La Calinda - Delius


La Mer/Beyond The Sea - Trenet


La Paloma - Iradier


La Vie En Rose - Piaf


Leoncavallo Vesti La Giubba


Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off - Gershwin

Let's Stay Together - Al Green


Liberty Bell - Sousa


Love Me Like You Do - Ellie Goulding


Love On Top version 1 - Beyonce


Love On Top version 2 - Beyonce


Love Someone - Lukas Graham


Love Story - Taylor Swift


Lullaby Of Birdland


MacDowell A Deserted Farm


Mahler Adagietto


Mairi's Wedding - Bannerman


Married Life - from Disney Up


Marry You - Bruno Mars


Mascagni Intermezzo


Massenet Meditation


Mazurka from Coppelia


Mendelssohn Sehnsüchtig


Mendelssohn Wedding March


Monteverdi Poppea Finale


Moon River - Mancini


Morgenstemning - Grieg


Mozart Adagio K356


Mozart Adagio K361


Mozart Allelujah-Exultate Jubilate


Mozart Ave Verum Corpus


Mozart Presto K552


Mozart Rondo Alla Turca


My Girl - Temptations


Never Enough - Greatest Showman


Night And Day - Porter


Nimrod - Elgar


Now I See The Light - Tangled


Ode To Joy - Beethoven


One Day Like This - Elbow


Pachelbel Canon


Paganini Andantino


Paper Moon


Paperback Writer - The Beatles


Paradise - Coldplay


Perfect Day - Lou Reed


Perfect - Ed Sheeran


Pergolesi Arietta


Pergolesi Stabat Mater


Poirot Theme - Gunning


Ponchielli Cielo e mar!


Pretty Woman - Roy Orbison


Pride and Prejudice Theme - Carl Davis

Puccini Mi Chiamo Mimi


Puccini Quando me’n vo’ Soletta


Purcell Dido’s Lament


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


Satin Doll


Say You Won’t Let Go - James Arthur

Scarlatti Sonata K87


Schindler’s List - Williams


Schubert Ave Maria


Schubert Moment Musicale


Schubert Ständchen


Schumann Kinderszenen


Schumann Träumerei


Sentimental Mood


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 - Gershwin

Somewhere over the Rainbow - Arlen

Speak Softly Love - Rota


Sullivan Three Little Maids


Swan Lake Pas des deux


Take The A Train - Ellington


Telemann Fugue


Tenerife Sea - Ed Sheeran


The Angel’s Farewell - Elgar


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 - Ungar


The Man I Love - Gershwin


The Swan version 2


The Way You Look Tonight - Sinatra

Theme from E.T. - Williams


Thinking Out Loud - Ed Sheeran


Toccata - Dubois


Tomorrow Never Knows - The Beatles

Valse Lent - Coppelia


Verdi Anvil Chorus


Verdi Forza del Destino


Verdi La Donna e Mobile


Verdi Libiamo


Viva La Vida version 1 - Coldplay


Viva La Vida version 2 - Coldplay


Vivaldi Seasons


Wagner Wedding March


Warlock Pieds en L’Air


What A Wonderful World - Armstrong


What is This Thing called Love? - Porter

When I'm 64 - The Beatles


Whiter Shade of Pale - Procol Harum


Wild Mountain Thyme - McPeake


Wildest Dreams - Taylor Swift


Without You - Ham and Evans


Work - Rhianna


World Without Love - Peter and Gordon

Yesterday - The Beatles


You Are The Reason - Calum Scott


You’re The Top - Porter


You’ve Got a Friend in Me - Toy Story

Young and Beautiful - Lana Del Rey

Technical Info

What are your basic technical requirements?

We bring our own stands, chairs and simple lighting. We do not require mains power.


Do you provide sound and lighting equipment?

We are not amplified and we have our own battery powered stand lights.


What information do you require about a venue?

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.


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

We do not supply recorded music.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the best gig you've ever done and the best venue you've ever played at?

We expect that the best of everything lies ahead.


Which artists have you been most influenced by, who is your favourite artist and what is the greatest song of all time?

We love all music, from the dawn of written music right up to the present day - pitch and rhythm calls to us all.


What's your previous experience and how did you start gigging?

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 .


What's your favourite type of event to play at?

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.

Performance Info

What are your typical setup and performance times?

I shall arrive on site one hour prior to the performance start time in order to set up for the band.


Are you happy to perform outside?

We can play outside but require the provision of sun shading. Once on site, we can move from place to place quite easily.


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

We play your selection of material from our ever increasing menu - we thus offer an "a la carte" service. We can include one or two special requests, given notice of approximately two months.


How do previous clients most commonly describe your performances?

"Fantastic"

Recent Clients

The Craxton String Quartet has performed for these clients:

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

Venues

The Craxton String Quartet has performed at these venues:

We typically perform at venues all over East Anglia.

More Info

Events types:

Wedding

Birthday Party

Private Event

Corporate Event

Hotel / Restaurant Event

Bar / Venue Event

Funeral / Memorial

Recording Session

Christmas Party

Genres:

Classical

Film / TV

Opera

Musical Theatre

Medieval / Early Music

1920s Music

1930s Music

1940s Music

1950s Music

1960s Music

1970s Music

1980s Music

1990s Music

2000s+ Music

Folk

Jazz

Christmas

Church Music

Easy Listening

Background Music

Pop

Acoustic

Covers

World Music

Features:

Lighting system included

Instrumental

100% acoustic (no power)

Public liability insurance

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