The Cardiff String Ensemble - String Quartet & Trio

The Cardiff String Ensemble was formed in 2006 with post-graduate string players from the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama and provide live music for weddings, civil partnerships, corporate product launches and high profile functions. .  

They have a flexible group and can offer string trio, duo and solo string options, for clients with tighter space and budget requirements. 

Repertoire consists of over ten hours of music ranging from popular classical pieces by Bach, Handel, Pachelbel and Mozart to swing, jazz, ragtime and modern pop arrangements of Beatles, Oasis, Coldplay and  Angry Anderson. 

The quartet are happy to guide you through choosing the music for your wedding ceremony or event and pride themselves on offering a package that is professional in its quality of musicianship, presentation and customer service.

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The Cardiff String Ensemble - String Quartet & Trio Repertoire

Please note that repertoire listed marked with an *, is not available for String Trio

Baroque

  • Purcell - Movements from ‘The Fairy Queen’ *
  • Vivaldi - Seasons (Selected movements) 
  • Vivaldi - Lute Concerto in D (II)  *
  • J.S. Bach - Sleepers Wake 
  • J.S. Bach - Air from the Suite in D Cabaret 2
  • Purcell - Two Rondeaux Cabaret 3 *
  • Handel - Movements from the ‘Water Music’
  • Handel - Movements from the ‘Firework Suite’ 
  • J.S. Bach - Jesu’ Joy of Man’s Desiring 
  • Handel - The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba 
  • Chedeville - (Recorder) Suite in G *
  • Scheidt - Battle Galliard *
  • Pachelbel - Canon in D 
  • Pachelbel - Fuga 1 *
  • Gabrieli - Canzona per Sonare No. 1 & 2 ‘La Spiritata’ *
  • Dirute - Ricercare del Settimo Tuono *
  • Poglietti - Recercar Primi Toni *
  • Palestrina - Mori Quasi il Mio Core *
  • J.S. Bach - Dances from the 2nd & 3rd Orchestral Suite in D 
  • Telemann - Tafel Music *
  • Charpentier - Prelude To Te Deum 
  • J.S. Bach - Fuga1 *
  • J.S. Bach - Slow Movement from Brandenburg No.2 *
  • Handel - Fireworks Music 
  • Handel - Water Music - Suite in G 
  • Jeremiah Clarke - Suite for String Quartet *
  • Playford - Trumpet Minuet
  • Bach - Brandenburg Concerto No 3 in G major *
  • Lassus - Bonjour Mon Coeur
  • Prince of Denmark’s March 
  • J.S. - Bach Sheep May Safely Graze 
  • J.S. Bach - Double Violin Concerto in D minor *
  • John Blow - Ayre
  • Anon - Bath Minuets *
  • Playford - Dances *
  • Anon - Pavane ‘La Cornetta’
  • Rossi - Canzon *
  • Arbeau - Pavane: Belle Qui Tiens Ma Vie
  • Handel - Let the Bright Seraphim
  • Byrd - Pavane: Earl of Salisbury
  • Stanley - Trumpet Voluntary in D
  • J S Bach - Arioso from Cantata - BMV 156 *
  • Handel - Sarabande in D minor
  • Handel - Lascia Ch’io Panga 
  • Handel - I Know That My Redeemer Liveth *
  • William Boyce - Hearts of Oak *
  • J S Bach - Rondeau (from Flute Suite) *
  • J S Bach - Sarabande (from Flute Suite) *
  • J S Bach - Bourrees (from Flute Suite) *
  • J S Bach - Polonaise (from Flute Suite) *
  • J S Bach - Menuet (from Flute Suite) *
  • J S Bach - Badinerie (from Flute Suite) *
  • Tielman - Susato La Mourisque *
  • Tielman - Susato Ronde - Mon Amy *
  • Tielman - Susato Basse Dance Bergeret *
  • Purcell - Suite from Abdelazar *
  • J S Bach - Toccata & Fugue in D minor

Classical

  • J.C. Bach - (Flute) Quartet in *
  • J.C. Bach - (Flute) Quartet in C *
  • J.C. Bach - (Flute) Quartet in A *
  • Haydn - ‘The Lark’ Quartet in D *
  • Mozart - Quartet in G K387 *
  • Mozart - Quartet in G K80 *
  • Mozart - Quartet No 2 in D K155 *
  • Mozart - Quartet No 3 in G K156 *
  • Mozart - Quartet No 4 in C K157 *
  • Haydn - ‘The Sunrise’ Quartet No.49 in Bb *
  • Abel - (Flute) Quartet in G *
  • J.C.F. Bach - Quartet No. 3 *
  • Mozart - Divertimenti *
  • Haydn - ‘The Bird’Quartet *
  • Mozart - Eine Kleine Nacht Musik *
  • Charles Wesley - Quartet No. 2 in D *
  • Borodin - Quartet No. 2 in D *
  • Chopin - Preludes –Op.28 No 4 & 6 *
  • David Stone - Minature Quartet No. 1 *
  • Haydn - Op.76 Quartets Nos 1 - 6 *
  • Massenet - Meditation from Thais 
  • Schubert - Ave Maria 
  • Faure - Berceuse from Dolly Suite 
  • Mendelssohn - Venetian Gondola Song *
  • Saint-Saens - My Heart At Thy Sweet Voice *
  • Anon - Prince of Wales Waltz *
  • Anon - Pavilion Waltz *
  • Wesley - Quartet No 2 in D *
  • Saint Saens - Danse Macabre *
  • Mozart - Adagio from Violin Concerto in G major *
  • Boccherini - Celebrated Minuet 
  • Haydn - St. Anthony Chorale 
  • Debussy - Le Petit Negre *
  • Dittersdorf - Anglaise No 1 & 2 *
  • Schubert - Serenade
  • Beethoven - Minuet in G 
  • Chopin - Mazurka Op. 67 No 3 
  • Puccini - Mio Babbino Caro *
  • Rossini - Tarantella *
  • Mascagni - Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana
  • Puccini - Nessun Dorma *
  • Mozart - Minuet from Symphony No. 39 
  • Greig - Morning from Peer Gynt
  • Debussy - Clair De La Lune
  • Puccini - Humming Chorus from Madame Butterfly 
  • J S Bach - Bist Du Bei Mir
  • Mozart - Duet from The Magic Flute *
  • Mozart - Wedding March from Figaro *
  • Rimsky-Korsakov - Selection from Scheherazade *
  • Faure - Pavane 
  • Moussorgski - Promenade *
  • Delibes - Dance Hungroise (Coppelia) *
  • Grigoras Dinicu - Hora Staccato *
  • Charles Widor - Toccata from the Organ Symphony *
  • Beethoven - Romance in F for Violin & Strings *
  • Tchaikovsky - Canzonetta from the Violin Concerto *
  • Madeline Dring - Flute/Oboe Piano Trio – movement 2 *
  • Mozart - (arranged JER Harvey) Themes from The Magic Flute

Light Classical

  • Bizet - Prelude to Carmen  *
  • Offenbach - Barcarolle  *
  • Rachmaninov - Vocalise  *
  • Tchaikovsky - Dance of the Mirlitons  *
  • Mozart - Rondo alla Turca  *
  • J.S. Bach - Air from Suite in D 
  • Dvorak - Slavonic Dance No VIII  *
  • Purcell - Two Rondeaux Cabaret  *
  • Grieg - Norwegian Dance No. 3  *
  • Strauss - Pizzicato Polka  *
  • Delibes - Flower Duet 
  • Handel - Hornpipe from the Water Music
  • Di Capua - O Sole Mio 
  • Grieg - Norwegian Dance No. 2 *
  • Strauss - Radetsky March *
  • Elgar - Salut d’Amour *
  • Bizet - Carillon *
  • Saint-Saens - The Swan 
  • Saint-Saens - The Elephant
  • Elgar - Idyll *
  • Dvorak - Humoresque Cabaret *
  • Strauss - Emperor Waltz *
  • Borodin - Polovtsian Dance No. 1 *
  • Grieg - Wedding Day at Trollhaugen *
  • Schumann - Traumerei *
  • Pachelbel - Canon in D 
  • Strauss - II Roses from the South *
  • Strauss - II Blue Danube Waltz *
  • Mozart - Magic Flute Overture *
  • Tchaikovsky - Waltz from Symphony No. 5 *
  • Mozart - Eine Kleine Nacht Musik *
  • Mendelssohn - Wedding March 
  • Wagner - Wedding March
  • Dias - Guantanamera 
  • Albeniz - Tango 
  • Rodriguez - La Cumparsita 
  • Massenet - Meditation from Thais 
  • Mendelssohn - Venetian Gondola Song *
  • Saint-Saens - My Heart At Thy Sweet Voice *
  • Granados - Spanish Dance No. 5 
  • Pixinghuinha - Lamentos *
  • Myers - Cavatina 
  • Greek Dance - Milissi Mou *
  • Trad. - Santa Lucia 
  • Verdi - Grand March from Aida
  • Cesar - Franck Panis Angelicus 
  • Faure - Cantique de Jean Racine 
  • Debussy - Girl with the Flaxen Hair 
  • Holst - I Vow to Thee My Country 
  • Elgar - Chanson de Matin 
  • Faure - Pie Jesu *
  • Handel - Sarabande in D minor 
  • Handel - Lascia Ch’io Panga 
  • Gluck - Dance of the Blessed Spirits *
  • Angel G. Villoldo - El Choclo - Tango Criollo
  • Zerillo & Howard - Milonga de Arrabal (Tango)
  • Angel G. Villoldo - Acorazado Rivadavia - Tango Argentino
  • Johann Kok Joska - Zigeuner Romanze *
  • Verdi - La Donna e Mobile *
  • Karl Jenkins - Palladio - 1st movement 
  • Elgar - Nimrod *
  • Mozart - (arranged JER Harvey) The “Magic Quartet” Overture – Themes from the Magic Flute Overture
  • Rachmaninov Variation 18 from ‘Rhapsody on a theme by Paginini’ 

Show Tunes, Film and T.V. Themes, Pop Songs & Miscellaneous

  • Gay - Leaning on a Lampost *
  • Bernstein - Maria 
  • Bernstein - New York, New York *
  • Sullivan - Mikado *
  • Rogers & Hammerstein - Some Enchanted Evening
  • Frederick Loewe - On the street where you live - My Fair Lady *
  • Frederick Loewe - Get Me To The Church On Time - My Fair Lady 
  • Frederick Loewe - I Could Have Danced All Night - My Fair Lady *
  • Frederick Loewe - Wouldn’t it Be Loverly - My Fair Lady 
  • Irving Berlin - You’re Just In Love from Call Me Madam *
  • Irving Berlin - It’s A Lovely Day Today from Call Me Madam *
  • Rogers & Hammerstein - Oh What A Beautiful Day - Oklahoma
  • Rogers & Hammerstein - People Will Say We’re In Love - Oklahoma *
  • Leonard Bernstein - Somewhere - West Side Story *
  • Noel Coward - Chorus of “Mad Dogs and Englishmen” *
  • Noel Coward - I’ll Follow My Secret Heart *
  • Noel Coward - I’ll See You Again *
  • Andrew Lloyd Webber - I Believe My Heart (Woman In White) *
  • Rodgers & Hammerstein - Eidelweiss k
  • Beadell & Tollerton - Cruising Down The River *
  • Henson & Pottle - Muppet Theme 
  • Batt - The Wombling Song *
  • Nott - Wallace & Gromit - ‘A Grand Day Out’ *
  • Washington & Harline - When You Wish Upon A Star 
  • Wilson - Fawlty Towers
  • Maurice Jarre - Laurence of Arabia *
  • Maurice Jarre - Somewhere My Love - Lara’s Theme 
  • John Williams - Theme from ET 
  • Michael Nyman - Theme from ‘The Piano’ *
  • Barry Gray - Theme from Thunderbirds 
  • Jim Parker - Ground Force *
  • Lisk Tim - Behaving Badly 
  • Courage - Theme from Star Trek *
  • E. Morricone - Gabriel’s Oboe from ‘The Mission’
  • Nina Rota - Theme from Godfather I 
  • Nina Rota - Theme from Godfather II 
  • Lalo Shifrin - Theme from Mission Impossible *
  • Marvin Hamlisch - The Spy Who Loved Me *
  • Denis King - Galloping Home from Black Beauty 
  • John Barry - Dances with Wolves *
  • Carl Davis - Pride & Prejudice - Main Theme  *
  • Carl Davis - Pride & Prejudice - The Gardiners *
  • Carl Davis - Pride & Prejudice - Pemberley *
  • Carl Davis - Pride & Prejudice - Thinking About Lizzy *
  • Carl Davis - Pride & Prejudice - Double Wedding *
  • Trevor Rabin - Theme Tune from Armageddon 
  • Trevor Jones - Last of the Mohicans - The Kiss *
  • John Williams - Harry Potter - Harry’s Wondrous World *
  • John Williams - Harry Potter - Diagon Alley *
  • John Williams - Harry Potter - Hedwig’s Theme *
  • John Williams - Harry Potter - Hogwart’s Forever *
  • From the Far Side of the World - Master & Commander *
  • Mozart - Musical Joke – Presto (Horse of the Year Show Theme) *
  • Jean-Claude - Petit Theme from Jean de Florette (Stella Artois advert) *
  • John Williams - Yoda’s Theme (Star Wars) *
  • Eliot Daniel - The Lucy Show Theme *
  • Eliot Daniel - I Love Lucy Theme *
  • John Williams - Star Wars Theme *
  • Barrington - Phelong Inspector Morse Theme *
  • Craig Armstrong, Marius De Vries & Paul Hooper - Balcony Scene – Romeo & Juliet Film Score *
  • John Barry - You Only Live Twice *
  • Mel Leven - Cruella de Vil – from 101 Dalmations *
  • Anne Dudley - Theme to Jeeves & Worcester *
  • Don Williams - You’re My Best Friend *
  • The Verve - Bittersweet Canon 
  • Donaldson - My Baby Just Cares For Me *
  • Beatles Selected Songs String Works *
  • John Lennon - Imagine 
  • John Hurley & Ronnie Wilkins - Son of a Preacher Man *
  • Brian Wilson - Wouldn’t It Be Nice (Beach Boys) *
  • Baker/Myers - Once Upon A Lifetime *
  • ABBA - I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do  *
  • Savage Garden - Truly Madly Deeply *
  • Coldplay - Clocks MS - Pink Book *
  • Withers & Scarborough - Lovely Day *
  • Thiele & Weiss - What A Wonderful World  *
  • Ewan McColl - First Time Ever I Saw Your Face *
  • Alex North & Hy Zaret - Unchained Melody *
  • Ben E King - Stand By Me *
  • Oasis - Don’t Look Back in Anger *
  • Robbie Willliams - Nan’s Song *
  • Will Jennings & James Horner - All Love Can Be *
  • Kaiser Chiefs - I Predict a Riot *
  • W G “Snuffy” Walden - The West Wing *
  • Albert Hammond & Mike Hazelwood - The Air That I Breathe *
  • Lennon & McCartney - All You Need is Love 
  • Smokey Robinson & Ronald White - My Girl *
  • Simon & Garfunkel - Mrs Robinson *
  • Vince Clarke (Depeche Mode) - Just Can’t Get Enough *
  • Cathy Denis & Rob Davis (Kylie Minogue) - Can’t Get You Out of My Head *
  • Cathy Dennis & Andrew Todd (S-Club7) - Reach Up for the Stars *
  • Bryan Adams - Heaven – Candlelight Remix *
  • Lennon & McCartney - With a Little Help & Yesterday *
  • John Barry - We Have All The Time In The World *
  • Smith & Dickinson (Iron Maiden) - Two Minutes to Midnight *
  • Don McClean - Starry Starry Night *
  • James Newton - Howard Pretty Woman *
  • Trad - The Lark in the Clear Air *
  • Weatherly - Danny Boy *
  • Glover-Kind - Oh I Do Like To Be Beside The Seaside *
  • Welsh Folk Melody - David of the White Rock *
  • Trad Folk Jiggery-Pokery: The Irish Washerwoman, Father O’Flynn, Haste
  • Ye To The Wedding, The Bridal Jig *
  • Manos Hadjidakis - Never On A Sunday 
  • Trad. - Sailor’s Hornpipe 
  • Trad. - Trumpet Hornpipe (Captain Pugwash) 
  • Korb & Roever - The Highland Cathedral *
  • Trad - Negro Spiritual Swing Low Sweet Chariot *
  • Les Reed & Barry Mason - Delilah *
  • Charles Jolly - The Laughing Policeman *
  • The Good Old Days - Waltz Medley 
  • John Denver - Annie’s Song *
  • J W Bratton - Teddy Bear’s Picnic
  • Gunnar Madsen - Anna *
  • Offenbach - The Can Can 
  • Rogers & Hammerstein - You’ll Never Walk Alone *
  • Hal David & Burt Bacharach - Magic Moments 
  • John Barry - We Have All The Time In The World
  • Lucio Quarantotto - Time To say Goodbye
  • Jay Ungar - Ashokan Farewell

Jazz, Swing and Ragtime

  • Cole Porter - Anything Goes *
  • Noel Gay - Leaning on a Lampost  *
  • Sherwin - A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square *
  • Donaldson - Making Whoopee *
  • Porter - Lets Do It *
  • Joplin - Ragtime Dance *
  • Kern - The Folks that live on the Hill *
  • Joplin - The Entertainer 
  • Joplin - Pleasant Moments 
  • Joplin - The Cascades 
  • Joplin - Calico Rag 
  • Joplin - The Easy Winners 
  • Joplin - Roseleaf Rag 
  • Joplin - Solace *
  • Johnson - Pennies from Heaven *
  • Cole Porter - Every Time We Say Goodbye *
  • Richard Rogers - My Funny Valentine *
  • Gershwin - Love is Here to Stay *
  • Joplin - Cascades
  • Duke Ellington - In a Sentimental Mood 
  • Duke Ellington - Sophisticated Lady
  • Carmichael & Arodin - Lazy River
  • Cole Porter - True Love *
  • Hupfeld - As Time Goes By
  • Victor Young - When I Fall In Love
  • Ellington - It Don’t Mean A Thing If It Ain’t Got That Swing 
  • Errol Garner - Misty *
  • Isham Jones - It Had To Be You 
  • George Shearing - Lullaby of Birdland
  • Thielemans - Blusette *
  • Mancini - Moon River *
  • Bart Howard - Fly Me To The Moon 
  • Schoenberg - I Dreamed A Dream  *
  • Cole Porter - You’re the Top *
  • Gershwin - A Foggy Day in London Town *
  • Gershwin - Fascinatin’ Rhythm *
  • Gershwin - I Got Rhythm *
  • Gershwin - I’ll Build Astaire Way to Paradise *
  • Gershwin - Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off *
  • Gershwin - Nice Work If You Can Get It *
  • Gershwin - Slap That Bass *
  • Gershwin - S’Wonderful *
  • Gershwin - The Man I Loved *
  • Gershwin - They All Laughed *
  • Joplin - Euphonic Sounds 
  • Joplin - Country Club
  • Duke Ellington, Irving Mills & Albany Bigard - Mood Indigo *
  • Jerome Kern - Smoke Gets In Your Eyes *
  • Cole Porter - I Get A Kick Out of You *
  • Fats Waller & Harry Brooks - Ain’t Misbehavin’ 
  • Garland & Razaf - In The Mood *
  • Trad. arr. after Glenn Miller - Little Brown Jug *
  • Ryuichi Sakamoto - Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence *
  • Percy Wenrich - Red Rose Rag
  • Cole Porter - Who Wants To Be A Millionaire *
  • James Van Heusen - Love and Marriage

Occasional Tunes

  • Denis Burton Pride of Lions – Regimental March of the Adjutant General’s Corps *
  • Newstead Wings-Regimental March of the Royal Engineers *
  • Walker & Atkins Be Fit – Regimental March of Army Physical Training Corps*
  • Traditional Lillibulero – Regimental March of the Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers *
  • Jeremy Savile & J A Thornburrow Here’s A Health Unto His Majesty – Regimental March of the Royal Army Medical Corps *
  • Walford Davies RAF March Past Traditional Hurrah for the CRE – a marching song of the Corps of Royal Engineers *
  • Kenneth J Alford Colonel Bogey *
  • Traditional Happy Birthday *
  • Traditional The National Anthem *
  • Traditional The Flower of Scotland *
  • Dubin The Anniversary Waltz 
  • Trad. Auld Lang Syne
  • Coulter Congratulations
  • Traditional Christmas Carols – selection of various popular choices
  • Irving Berlin White Christmas
  • Mel Torme and Bob Wells The Christmas Song 
  • Walter “Jack” Rollins & Steve Nelson Frosty The Snowman

Hymns

  • Irish Trad. Hymn Slane – Lord Of All Hopefulness
  • Hymn Morning Has Broken 
  • Joseph Parry Myfanwe 
  • C H Parry Repton – Dear Lord And Father of Mankind
  • John Goss Goss (Praise My Soul the King of Heaven)
  • Anon Hymn: O Store Gud (O Lord my God)
  • Holst Thaxted (I Vow to Thee My Country) 
  • Trad Shaker Melody Lord of the Dance 
  • W P Rowlands Blaenwern (Love Divine All Loves Excelling)
  • William Howard Doane To God Be The Glory 
  • Jessie Seymour Irvine Crimond (The Lord’s My Shepherd) 
  • W H Monk All Things Bright & Beautiful
  • C H H Parry Jerusalem
  • Trad English Royal Oak – All Things Bright & Beautiful 
  • Robert Lowry Here is Love, Vast as the Oceans
  • Words by McLellan Colours of the Day (Light Up the Fire)
  • Anon. Give Me Oil in My Lamp (Give Me Joy in My Heart)
  • John Hughes Cwm Rhondda (Guide Me O Thou Great Redeemer)
  • J G Nageli Dennis (Blest Be The Tie That Binds)
  • John Bacchus Dykes Dominus Regit Me (The King of Love)
  • Josef Barnaby O Perfect Love
  • Charles Crozat Converse What A Friend We Have In Jesus
  • Ralph Vaughn Williams Down Ampney (Come Down, Love Divine)
  • Colin Murphy Close To You (I Watch The Sunrise Lighting The Sky)
  • Sydney Carter Southcote (One More Step Along The World I Go)

 

 

The Cardiff String Ensemble - String Quartet & Trio Feedback

Yes thank you the day was great. As was the quartet. They were all there on time smartly dressed and were genuinely excellent! Everything we could have hoped for - please pass on our thanks. Booking process and communication was great too. Many thanks again from us both.

Owen & Cary, , none (May, 2013)

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