The Rose Street String Quartet

  • from £575 for Trio in Scotland Help
  • from £610 for Trio in North East
  • from £650 for Trio in North West

The Rose Street String Quartet includes some of Scotland’s highest caliber chamber musicians and has a decade of experience playing at weddings, funerals and other formal ceremonies.

Special offer! 20% discounts available on weekday bookings (Mon - Thurs).

Members of the Edinbrugh based string quartet have performed with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, the Orchestra of the Scottish Ballet and other leading ensembles.

The quartet specialise in weddings; from intimate performances during your wedding or civil partnership ceremony to more extrovert performances later in the day. Their unique and extensive repertoire, covering genres from traditional and classical to pop and jazz, ensures that our sets can be tailored to your needs.

In addition to weddings, Rose Street performances make an invaluable contribution to corporate events, business functions, product launches, fashion shows and more, where music is used to enhance the overall atmosphere.

In recognition of our outstanding quality of service, we have recently been shortlisted in the category of Music & Entertainment at the prestigious VOWS (Voted Outstanding Wedding Supplier) Awards 2008.

The quartet have performed for members of the Royal Family, foreign presidents, dignitaries, parliamentary ministers and celebrities at venues including Holyrood Palace, Edinburgh Castle, the Scottish Parliament, Gleneagles Hotel, Scone Palace, Hampden Park and Murrayfield Stadium, to name but a tiny fraction.

The quartet can perform acoustically or - by way of our high quality pick-up microphones ready to be plugged into any existing PA system - amplified depending on the size of gathering and the acoustics of the proposed performance are. They are also available as a trio.

Performance information

Line-up Trio: violin; viola; cello | Quartet: 2 violins; viola; cello
Performance duration 1 - 4 hours
Arrival & set-up Help 45 minutes before start
Requirements Help A well-lit space of 3 x 2 metres; 4 armless chairs

Booking options

Quartet Add £120
1 hour performance Subtract £100 (£120 for quartet)
2 hours performance As advertised
3 hours performance Add £100 (£120 for quartet)

What people say Help

  • The Rose Street Quartet play from a very wide and varied repertoire and perform to an extremely high standard, providing the perfect ambience for social functions.

    Timothy O'Shea, Principal & Vice-Chancellor, University of Edinburgh

  • Their playing was faultless, their programme was varied and fun. We would expect to use the Rose Street Quartet on future occasions and have no reservations in recommending them to others

    Malcolm McVittie, Society of Writers to her Majesty's Signet, Edinburgh

  • A treat to listen to!

    Peter Hamblin, Artistic Programmer, Usher Hall

  • …feedback has been fantastic…

    Louise Baird, Edinburgh First

Repertoire Help

  • Sample Classical music
  • Albinoni’s Adagio in G Minor
  • Pachelbel’s Canon in D
  • Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons
  • Bach’s Brandenburg Concerti
  • Orchestral Suites (including the Air on a G String
  • Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring, Sheep May Safely Graze & Sleepers Awake
  • Handel’s The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba & Zadok the Priest
  • The Water Music (including the famous Hornpipe in D
  • & Music for the Royal Fireworks
  • Beethoven’s Ode to Joy , Für Elise, Trios, & Quartets
  • Haydn’s Trios & Quartets
  • Mozart’s Divertimenti, Serenades (including Eine Kleine Nacht Musik)
  • String Quartets & and opera arias
  • Schubert’s Ave Maria & Boccherini’s Quartets
  • Debussy’s Clair de Lune, & Satie’s Gymnopédies
  • Brahms’ Hungarian Dances, Dvorák’s Slavonic Dances
  • Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite
  • & selections from The Sleeping Beauty & Swan Lake
  • Grieg’s Peer Gynt Suite (Including Morning, & In the Hall of the Mountain King)
  • Elgar's Salut d’Amour, Chanson de Matin
  • &Nimrod from the Enigma Variations
  • Fauré’s Pavane (used in the 1990 World Cup) & Holst’s Planets suite
  • Borodin's famous Nocturne Prokofiev’s March of the Montagues and Capulets
  • Ravel’s Bolero (used by Torvill & Dean in the 1984 Winter Olympics)
  • Sample Opera
  • overtures from The Marriage of Figaro, & The Magic Flute (Mozart)
  • Carmen (Bizet), William Tell (Rossini), Ruslan & Ludmilla (Glinka)
  • Arias such as O Mio Babbino Caro (From Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi)
  • Nessun Dorma (from Puccini’s Turandot)
  • O Sole Mio (Capua’s gift to Cornetto lovers everywhere)
  • The Flower Duet (from Delibes’ Lakmé)
  • Intermezzo (from Mascagni’s Cavalleria Rusticana)
  • Sample Waltzes, Tangos and Polkas
  • The Blue Danube (Strauss)
  • The Waltz of the Flowers (Tchaikovsky)
  • Polkas, including Strauss’ Pizzicato, & Tristch Trastch Polkas
  • Tango numbers, including Jealousy (Gade) & La Cumparsita (Rodriguez)
  • Sample Pop, Jazz & Film music
  • West Side Story
  • Singin’ in the Rain
  • Me and My Girl
  • My Fair Lady
  • Braveheart
  • The Mission
  • La Vita e Bella
  • Moon River
  • Dream a Little Dream
  • Pennies From Heaven
  • What a Wonderful World
  • Can’t Take my Eyes off You
  • Fly Me to the Moon
  • The Beatles
  • Beach Boys
  • Cole Porter (Anything Goes, Let’s Do It etc.)
  • Gershwin (Summertime, I Got Rhythm etc.)
  • …and many more…

Bookings

For all bookings please contact Function Central:

For more pictures and audio demos, please visit:
http://www.functioncentral.co.uk/acts/rose_street_string_quartet/