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Allestri
Allestri
- String trio or Quartet
The Allestri
String Quartet was formed in 2005 and is based in
Scotland. The members of the quartet have played
individually with many of the British symphony
orchestras including the BBC Scottish Symphony
Orchestra, the Royal Scottish National Orchestra and the
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic.
Morag Swietlicki leads the quartet and after gaining her
degree in Music Performance and Postgraduate Certificate
in Orchestral Studies from the RSAMD has gone on to have
a very successful and accomplished career as a freelance
orchestral violinist.
This versatile group has played for weddings at many of
the Scottish castles including Torosay Castle on the
Isle of Mull and Eilean Donan Castle which was made
famous by the film 'Highlander'. Other engagements
undertaken by members of the quartet include
entertainment for 1st class guests aboard Cunard's QE2,
and also performed at the Cannes Film Festival.
As well as providing beautiful music for your religious
or civil wedding ceremony the quartet can also play
background music during your champagne reception and
wedding meal.
The Allestri String Quartet will create an elegant and
entertaining atmosphere whatever your occasion may be,
and to make your day even more memorable the quartet can
accommodate requests and perform an arrangement of a
song that is particularly meaningful to you.
The experience and professionalism of this quartet means
that you can be assured of the highest standard of
performance and immaculate presentation.
Their extensive repertoire includes classical, jazz,
film themes, Scottish folk arrangements, songs from the
musicals, and pop hits. Examples include:-
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Classical Music |
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Adagio In G Minor -
Albinoni
Air From The Water Music - Handel
Air On The G String - Bach
Aria From Xerxes - Handel
Arioso - Bach
Ave Maria - Schubert
Canon in D - Pachelbel
Chanson De Matin - Elgar
Concerto For 2 Violins (Allegro) - Vivaldi
Duet From The Pearl Fishers - Bizet
Divertimento in D KV 136 - Mozart
Divertimento in Bflat Major K 137 - Mozart
Divertomento in F Major K 138 - Mozart
Entrance Of The Queen Of Sheeba - Handel
Jesu Joy Of Man's Desiring - Bach
Largo From The Four Seasons - Vivaldi
Meditation From Thais - Massenet
Morning From The Peer Gynt Suite No. 1 - Greig
Panis Angelicus - Frank
Pavane - Faure
Quartet 17 op. 3 No. 5 - Haydn
'Romance' From The Gadfly - Shostakovich
Sheep May Safely Graze - Bach
The Young Prince And Princess From "Scheherezade" -
Rimsky-Korsakov
Trumpet Tune - Purcell
Trumpet Voluntary - Clarke
Wedding March - Wagner
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Jazz |
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Anything Goes - Cole
Porter (arr. Thorpe)
Every Time We Say Goodbye - Cole Porter (arr.
Thorpe)
Lets Do It - Cole Porter (arr. Thorpe)
Makin' Whoopee - Walter Donaldson (arr. Thorpe)
Moonlight In Vermont - Karl Suessdorf (arr. Thorpe)
My Funny Valentine - Richard Rogers (arr. Thorpe)
Pennies From Heaven - Arthur Johnstone(arr. Thorpe)
The Folks Who Live On The Hill -
Hammerstein,Kern(arr. Thorpe)
The Ragtime Dance - Joplin
Solace - Joplin
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Film Music |
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Concerning Hobbits -
Lord of the Rings
Gabriel's Oboe - The Mission
My Heart Will Go On - Titanic
Speak Softly Love - The Godfather
Theme From E.T
Moon River
Schindler's List
A Whole New World
Music of the Night - Phantom of the Opera
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Pop |
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Get Back - The Beatles
Good Day Sunshine - The Beatles
Hey Jude - The Beatles
World Without Love - The Beatles
Yesterday - The Beatles
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Folk |
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Irish Sherry - Folk
Arrangement
Londonderry Air - arr. A.L. Christopherson.
My Love is like a Red Red Rose.
A Scottish Arrangement.
The Tryst – James McMillan (arr. Julian Marshall)
Ye Banks and Braes
She Moved Through the Fair
Will Ye No Come Back Again
Coming Thro’ the Rye
Mairie’s Wedding |
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