The Bainsfield String Quartet
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This highly experienced string quartet has over 500 dinner, cocktail party and wedding appearances to its credit. They’ve entertained royals, celebrities and politicians, including: HRH The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall; HRH Princess Michael of Kent; Dame Helen Mirren; Fashion designer Vivienne Westwood and MP Gordon Brown, to name but a few.
Their extensive repertoire includes classical music, show tunes and jazz standards. They’ve delighted international audiences, performing in venues such as Kensington Palace, Tower Bridge, The Banqueting House, Whitehall, Earls Court Exhibition Hall, St Paul's Cathedral Crypt, Claridges Hotel in Mayfair, Nymphemburg Castle in Munich, Hotel Cap Estel on the Cote d'Azur, Monte Carlo and Chateau de Bagnols in Lyon.
If you have specific songs you’d like for your event, and they're not listed on the repertoire, the quartet is pleased to take requests in advance of a performance. They’re sure to be an asset for any event, adding an exclusive and stylish ambience.
Sample Repertoire
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BAROQUE & CLASSICAL |
WEDDING FAVOURITES |
BROADWAY, POPS, JAZZ & LATIN contd… |
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BACH |
Bach/Gounod - Ave Maria |
Danzas Argentinas (Ginastera) |
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Air from Suite no 3. |
Clarke - Trumpet Voluntary |
Do it Again (Gershwin) |
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Minuet in G (Anna Madgelena) |
Frank - Panis Angelicus |
El Chocolo Tango (Villoldo) |
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Ariso from Cantata no, 156 |
Handel - Arrival of the Queen of Sheba |
Embraceable You (Porter) |
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Brandenburg concerti (complete) |
Massenet - Meditation |
Evergreen (Streisand) |
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Cantata no. 140 "Wachet Auf" |
Mendelssohn - Wedding March |
Every Time We Say Goodbye (Porter) |
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Chorale Prelude "Leibster Jesu, wir sind heir" |
Pachelbel - Cannon |
Fawlty Towers (Wilson) |
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Chorale Prelude "Wachet Auf, ruf uns die Stimme" |
Purcell - Trumpet Tune |
Feelings (Albert) |
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"Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring" |
Schubert - Ave Maria |
Forgotten Dream (Anderson) |
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Largo from concerto for two violins |
ROMANTIC/MODERN |
For Just a Moment from "St Elmo's Fire" (Foster) |
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Violin concerto in E major (1st mvt) |
Barber - Adagio for Strings |
Funiculi Funicula (Denza) |
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BEETHOVEN |
Bartok - Rumanian Folk Dances (complete) |
Goodbye to Love (Carpenter) |
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Ode to Joy |
Borodin - "Prince Igor" (Polovtsian Dances) |
I Feel Pretty from West Side Story (Bernstein) |
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Cantabile (Pathetic Sonata) |
Brahms - Hungarian Dances 1-7, 10, 11 & 21 |
I Got Rhythm Variations (Gershwin/Naughtin) |
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HANDEL/td> |
Chopin - Waltzes op 18 & op 64 |
I Love Paris (Porter) |
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Aria from Xerxes |
Copeland - Hoe-down from Rodeo |
If You Could Read my Mind (Lightfoot) |
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Arrival of the Queen of Sheba |
Debussy - Golliwog's Cake Walk |
It Had to be You (Jones) |
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Bourrees from the Water Music |
Debussy - The Girl with the Flaxen Hair |
In the Mood (Lightfoot) |
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Hornpipe from the Water Music |
Debussy - Clair de Lune |
Jeeves and Wooster (Dudley) |
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Violin Sonata no. 4 Afagio/Allegro |
Debussy - Mandoline |
The King & I Highlights (Rodgers) |
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MOZART |
Debussy - Romance |
La Bamba (Traditional) |
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Andante from Piano Concerto no. 21 |
Dvorak - Largo from the New World symphony |
Leaning on a Lamppost (Gay) |
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Ave Verum Corpus |
Dvorak Humoresque |
Leaving on a Jet Plane (Denver) |
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Divertimenti in D and F |
Elga - Salut D'amour |
Let's Do It (Porter) |
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Exultate Jubilate |
Faure - Pavane |
Looney Tunes Fugue (Naughtin) |
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String Quartets - various including: |
Gershwin - Prelude no. 2 |
Makin' Whoopie (Donaldson) |
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The Early Quartets |
Greig - Norwegian Dances |
Maria from West Side Story (Bernstein) |
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Eine Kleine Nacht Music |
Greig - Waltz |
Memory from Cats (Lloyd-Webber) |
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The Ten Clebrated Quartets including: |
Kreisler - Tambourin Chinois |
Misty (Garner) |
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"The Hunt" and "The Dissonance" |
Kreisler - Schon Rosmarin |
The Music of the Night from Phantom (Lloyd-Webber) |
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VIVALDI |
Lehar - Villa & Waltzes from the Merry Widow |
My Funny Valentine (Rodgers) |
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The Four Seasons (Complete) |
Mendelssohn - Song without Words Op, 38, #2 & Op.102 #3, 5 &6 |
My Heart Will Go On from Titanic (Horner) |
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OPERA FAVOURITES |
Offenbach - Barcarolle |
New York, New York (Kander) |
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Bizet - Flower Song, Habanera, Entr'acte to acts III and IV |
Ravel - Pavane pour une infante defunte |
Noites Cariocase (Bandolin) |
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Delibes - Flower Duet from Lakme |
Ravel - Minuet from Le Tombeau de Couperin |
One Hand, One Heart from West Side Story (Bernstein) |
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Di Capua - "O Sole Mio" |
Ravel - Bolero |
Over the Rainbow (Arlen) |
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Mozart - Der Voglfanger & Bei Mannern (Tfrom he Magic Flute) |
Rachmaninov - Pagannini Variations |
Pennies from Heaven (Johnson) |
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Moazrt Wedding March (from The Marriage of Figaro) |
Rachmaninov - Vocalise |
Perfect Day (Read) |
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Puccini - "O Mio Babbino Caro (from Gianni Schicci) |
Satie - Gymnopedie |
Por Una Cabeza Tango from Scent of a Woman (Gardel) |
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Puccini - "Che Gelida Manina" & Mustetta's Waltz (from La Boheme) |
Schubert - Die Rose |
Ragtime Two Step (Joplin) |
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Puccini - Nesun Dorma |
Schubert - Wiegenlied |
Rags - various (Joplin) |
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Verdi - The Force of Destiny (Overture) |
Schumann - Traumeri |
Romeo and Juliet love theme (Rola) |
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CHRTISMAS MUSIC |
Shostakovich - Romance |
Send in the Clowns (Sondheim) |
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Angels We Have Heard on High |
Sarasate - Romanza Andaluza |
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes (Harbach/Kern) |
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Bell Carol |
R Strauss - Der Rosenkavalier |
Someone to Watch Over Me (Gershwin) |
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Bring a Torch, Jeannette, Isabella |
Strauss - Pizzicato Polka |
Seven by the Beatles, inclduing: Eleanor Rigby, Yellow Submarine, Yesterday,When I'm Sixty Four Lennon/McCartney) |
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Carol of the Drum |
Strauss - The Blue Danube & Die Fledermaus Waltzes |
Somewhere from West Side Story (Bernstein) |
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The Coventry Carol |
Strauss - Tales from the Vienna Wood |
Spread a Little Happiness (Ellis) |
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The First Noel |
Strauss - Wiener Blut |
Stormy Weather (Arlen) |
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Forest Green |
Tchaikovsky - Dance of Mirlitons |
Sunrise, Sunset from Fiddler on the Rood (Bock) |
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Good King Wenceslas |
Tchaikovsky - Sleeping Beauty Waltz |
The Folks Who Live on the Hill (Kern) |
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Hark! The Herald Angels Sing |
Traditional - Greensleeves |
Tico Tico (Albreu) |
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He is Born, the Holy Child |
BROADWAY, POPS, JAZZ & LATIN |
Tonight from West Side Story (Bernstein) |
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The Holly and the Ivy |
A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square (Sherwin) |
Truly (Richie) |
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I saw Three Ships |
All I Ask of You from Phantom (Lloyd-Webber) |
What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life? (Legrand) |
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Jingle Bells |
America from West Side Story (Bernstein) |
You Light up My Life (Brooks) |
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Joy to the World |
Annie highlights (Strouse) |
You're the Inspiration (Foster) |
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March of the Kings |
Anything Goes (Porter) |
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O Come, All Ye Faithful |
As Time Goes By (Hupfeld) |
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O Holy Night |
Bachinas Brazileiras No. 5 (Villa Lobos) |
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On the Day Everywhere |
Begin the Beguine (Porter) |
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Ring Christmas Bells |
Blue Tango (Anderson) |
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Silent Night, Holy Night |
Chicago (Fisher) |
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Sleigh Ride |
Come in from the Rain (Manchester) |
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We Wish You a Merry Christmas |
Country Club (Joplin) |
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