The Sakura String Quartet

  • from £420 for Trio in North West Help
  • from £430 for Trio in West Midlands
  • from £435 for Trio in East Midlands
  • from £445 for Trio in Yorkshire & Humberside
  • from £460 for Trio in Wales
  • from £530 for Trio in North East

Highly professional Manchester based function & wedding string quartet, with a large repertoire of classical wedding music, pop, jazz, gypsy & folk music. Available to hire as a string trio as well as quartet.

Special offer! £50 off for all quoted fees for events Jan-March 2012.

Founded at one of the top UK music conservatoires, The Royal Northern College of Music, The Sakura String Quartet specialise in providing high quality live music for weddings, functions, galas, christenings, product launches, corporate events and more in the North West of England.

The four members are all highly trained professional musicians. They have a wealth of experience performing in venues all over Europe  including The Wigmore Hall, Purcell Room, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Dukes Hall RAM, St John Smith Square, Versaille Palace France, Munich Cathedral, Manchester's Bridgewater Hall, Edinburgh Usher Hall, Edinburgh Queen's Hall, Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh Cathedral,  Birmingham Concert Hall, Nottingham Concert Hall, Aberdeen City Music Hall, Manchester Town Hall, Cultural Palace Romania, Budapest Cathedral, Glasgow concert hall, Ripon Cathedral, the Krakow, Prague and Bucharest music conservatoires and more.

Performance information

Line-up Trio (violin; viola; cello) or quartet (2 violins; viola; cello)
Performance duration 2 - 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

Requests (if not in repertoire) £15
Quartet Add £120
Extra performances by trio Add £35 per half hour
Extra performances by quartet Add £50 per half hour

What people say Help

  • Thank you so much for the wonderful music you provided for our wedding reception. Although we didn't much chance to speak to you much on the day, our guests were very complimentary and said how much they enjoyed the music.

    Aletta, The National Trust

  • We engaged the Sakura Quartet to play at a National Trust donor event at Lyme Park this autumn. From an event coordinators perspective I would like to highlight how easy and accommodating the quartet were to deal with before the event. They were keen to understand the purpose of the evening and interpreted our requirements very well on the night. The quartet played with real character and our guests commented through out the evening on how much they enjoyed the music and that it really enhanced their experience of the setting. We will definitely be using them for future events at National Trust properties.

    Lord (MP house of Lords) and Lady Maclennan of Rogart

  • Amy played (beautifully) a Bach violin solo at our son's marriage service and the duo performed at the reception with a more secular repertoire. They are thoroughly professional artistes with style, verve, zest as well as excellent performance skills.

    Mr and Mrs Bailey, Rochdale

Repertoire Help

  • Classical
  • Albeniz - Tango
  • Albinoni - Concerto (trio)
  • J.S Bach - Wachet Auf (trio)
  • J.S Bach - Ave Arioso (trio)
  • J.S Bach - Ave Arioso (trio)
  • J.S Bach - Air On The G String (trio)
  • J.S Bach - Sheep May Safely Graze (trio)
  • J.S Bach - Prelude From The English Suite No.3
  • J.S Bach - Air From Orchestral Suite No.3
  • J.S Bach - Badinerie
  • J.S Bach - Double Violin Concerto
  • J.S Bach - Bist Du Bei Mir
  • J.S Bach - Jesu Joy Of Man's Desiring (trio)
  • Bach - My Heart Ever Faithful
  • Beethoven - Fur Elise
  • Beethoven - Symphony No.5 Mov. 1
  • Beethoven - Ode To Joy (trio)
  • Bizet - Music From Carmen
  • Boccherini - Minuet And Trio (trio)
  • Brahms - Menuetto From Serenade No. 1
  • Brahms - Hungarian Dance No.5 (trio)
  • Bruch - Adagio From Violin Concerto
  • Capua - O Sole Mio
  • Charpentier - Te Deum
  • Chopin - Nocturne In E Flat Major
  • Chopin - Polonaise Militaire
  • Chopin - Prelude In E Minor
  • Clarke - trumpet Voluntary (trio)
  • Corelli - Pastorale From Concerto Grosso No. 8 "Christmas Concerto"
  • Debussy - Claire De Lune
  • Debussy - Le Petit Negre
  • Debussy - Girl With The Flaxen Hair
  • Dvorak - Humoresque (trio)
  • Dvorak - Finale From The Violin Sonatina
  • Elgar - Chanson De Matin
  • Frank - Panis Angelicus (trio)
  • Faure - Pavane (trio)
  • Grieg - Gavotte From Holberg Suite
  • Grieg - In The Hall Of The Mountain King (trio)
  • Grieg - Morning From Peer Gynt (trio)
  • Grieg - Waltz From Op.12
  • Grieg - Slavonic Dance No.9
  • Grieg - Norwegian Dance No.2
  • Grieg - Wedding Day At troldhaugen
  • Gounod - Ave Maria (trio)
  • Handel - Music From Water Music In F (trio)
  • Handel - Music From Water Music In D (trio)
  • Handel - Music From The Royal Fireworks (trio)
  • Handel - Entrance Of The Queen Of Sheeba (trio)
  • Handel - Largo From The Violin Sonata In D Major
  • Handel - All We Like Sheep
  • Handel - March In D Major
  • Haydn - Symphony No.77 Mov.1
  • Haydn - Serenade From String Quartet No.5
  • Mendelsohn - Wedding March (trio)
  • Mendelsohn - If With All Your Hearts From Elijah
  • Mozart - Eine Kleine Nacht Musik (trio)
  • Mozart - Divertimentii I, Ii And Iii
  • Mozart - Alleluja From Exultate Jubilate (trio)
  • Mozart - Andante From Piano Concerto No.21 (trio)
  • Mozart - Ave Verum Corpus
  • Mozart - Rondo Alla Turka
  • Mozart - If With All Your Hearts
  • Mouret - Rondeau (trio)
  • Moussorgsy - Gopak
  • Offenbach - Barcarolle
  • Pachebel - Canon (trio)
  • Purcell - trumpet Tune (trio)
  • Purcell - Suite From The Fairy Queen
  • Rachmaninoff - Vocalise
  • Satie - Gymnopedie No.1
  • Schubert - Ave Maria (trio)
  • Schumann - Traumeri (trio)
  • Strausse Jnr. - Chit Chat Polka
  • Strausse Jnr. - Pizzicato Polka
  • Sullivan. A - Three Little Maids From The Mikado
  • Tchaikovsky - Waltz From Sleeping Beauty (trio)
  • Tchaikovsky - March From The Nutcracker Suite
  • Vivaldi - Music From The Four Seasons (trio)
  • Wagner - Bridal Chorus (trio)
  • Wagner - Ride If The Valkyries
  • Pop
  • Abba – SOS
  • Abba – Mamma Mia
  • Abba – Dancing Queen
  • Abba – Money Money Money
  • Abba – Take A Chance On Me
  • Abba – I Have A Dream
  • Abba – Super Trouper
  • Adele – Make You Feel My Love
  • Aerosmith – Dream On
  • Aerosmith – I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing
  • Aznavour – She
  • Barry White – My First My Last My Everything
  • Beatles – Hey Jude
  • Beatles – Yesterday
  • Beatles – Here Comes The Sun
  • Beatles – All You Need Is Love
  • Beatles – Norwegian Wood
  • Beatles – Here There And Everywhere
  • Beatles – In My Life
  • Beatles – Get Back
  • Beatles – Grow Old With Me
  • Beatles – And I Love Her
  • Beatles – Eleanor Rigby
  • Beatles – Penny Lane
  • Beatles – Something
  • Billy Joel – She’s Always A Woman
  • Billy Joel – Just The Way You Are
  • Bette Midler – Wind Beneath My Wings
  • Bruno Mars – Your Amazing
  • Beyonce – Halo
  • Blur – Universal
  • Bryan Adams – Everything I Do I Do It For You
  • Boston – More Than A Feeling
  • Carly Simons – Nobody Does It Better
  • Celine Dion – My Heart Will Go On
  • Chaplin – Smile
  • Clapton – Wonderful Tonight
  • Coldplay – Viva La Vida
  • Coldplay – Clocks
  • Coldplay – Life In Technicolour
  • Coldplay – Yellow
  • Coldplay – Fix You
  • Cyndi Lauper – True Colours
  • Desree – Kissing You
  • Elbow – One Day Like This
  • Elton John – Your Song
  • Elton John – Circle Of Life
  • Etta James – At Last
  • Eva Cassidy – Songbird
  • Elvis – The Wonder Of You
  • Can’t Help Falling In Love
  • Frank Sinatra – Sangers In The Night
  • Europe – The Final Countdown
  • Eurythmics – Sweet Dreams Are Made Of These
  • Goo Goo Dolls
  • Irene Cara – What A Feeling
  • Jason Mraz – I'm Yours
  • Journey– Don't Stop Believing
  • Jeff Buckley – Hallelujah
  • Josh Groban – You Raise Me Up
  • Kings Of Leon – Use Somebody
  • Killers – Mr Brightside
  • Lady Gaga – Poker Face
  • Louis Armstrong – All The Time In The World
  • Louis Armstrong – What A Wonderful World
  • Madness – It Must Be Love
  • Mama Cass – Dream A Little Dream Of Me
  • Michael Jackson – Beat It
  • Michael Jackson – Ben
  • Michael Jackson – Billie Jean
  • Moody Blues – Nights In White Satin
  • Miller – Moonlight Serenade
  • Moby – Raining Again
  • Muse – Feeling Good
  • Oasis – Champagne Super Nova
  • Oasis – Don’t Look Back In Anger
  • Oasis – Wonderwall
  • Oasis – Whatever
  • Queen – We Are The Champions
  • Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody
  • Queen – Crazy Little Thing Called Love
  • Queen – Don’t Stop Me Now
  • Radiohead – Paranoid Android
  • Radiohead – House Of Cards
  • REM – Nightswimming
  • REM – Unchained Melody
  • Robbie Williams – Angels
  • Roy Orbison – Pretty Woman
  • Shins – New Slang
  • Simon And Garfunkel – Bridge Over Oubled Water
  • Snow Patrol – Chasing Cars
  • Snow Patrol – Run
  • Susan Boyle – Perfect Day
  • Sting – Fields Of Gold
  • Take That – Rule The World
  • Take That – Greatest Day
  • Tina Turner – Simply The Best
  • Tom Jones – Delilah
  • Tony Christie – Is This The Way To Amarillo
  • The Pretenders – I'll Stand By You
  • U2 – One
  • Opera Favourites
  • Mozart - Der Vogelfanger From The Magic Flute
  • Mozart - Bei Mannern From The Magic Flute
  • Bizet - Habenera From Carmen
  • Toreador's Song From Carmen
  • Delibes - The Flower Song From Lakme
  • Massenet - Meditation From Thais
  • Puccini - O Mio Babino Caro
  • Puccini - Nessun Dorma
  • Mascagni - Intermezzo From Cavelleria Rusticana
  • Jazz/Blues/Swing
  • Gershwin - - It Aint Necessarily So (trio)
  • Gershwin - Summertime (trio)
  • Joplin - Paragon Rag (trio)
  • Joplin - Entertainer
  • Joplin - Ragtime Dance
  • Joplin - Country Club Rag (trio)
  • Joplin - Pineapple Rag (trio)
  • Joplin - Pleasant Moments (trio)
  • Joplin - The Chrysanthemum (trio)
  • Joplin - Solace (trio)
  • Joplin - Peacherine Rag (trio)
  • Harold Arlen - It's Only A Paper Moon
  • Gus Kahn - It Had To Be You
  • Richard Rogers - Blue Moon
  • Richard Rogers - My Funny Valentin
  • Morgan Lewis - How High The Moon
  • Ray Henderson - Bye Bye Blackbird
  • Paul Desmond - Take Five (trio)
  • Bill Martin - Congratulations
  • Jean Thielemans - Bluesette
  • Karl Suessdorf - Moonligth In Vermont
  • Walter Donaldson - Makin Whoopee
  • Mannin Sherwin - A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square
  • Duke Ellington - In A Sentimental Mood
  • Duke Ellington - Caravan
  • Duke Ellington - Satin Doll
  • George Shearing - Lullaby Of Birdland
  • Antonio Carlos Jobim - Desafinado
  • Antonio Carlos Jobim - The Girl From Ipanema
  • Bart Howard - Fly Me To The Moon
  • Billy Strayhorn - Chelsea Bridge
  • Billy Strayhorn - Take The 'A' Train
  • Cole Porter - Lets Do It
  • Cole Porter - Anything Goes
  • Cole Porter - Every Time We Say Goodbye
  • Contemporary Classical
  • Karl Jenkins - - Theme From Palladio
  • Karl Jenkins - Agnus Dei From The 'Armed Man, A Mass For Piece'
  • Karl Jenkins - Benedictus
  • Karl Jenkins - In Pariadisum From Requiem
  • Karl Jenkins - Pie Jesu
  • Musicals / Film
  • Andrew Lloyd Webber - Memory (trio)
  • Andrew Lloyd Webber - Don't Cry For Me Argentina
  • John Williams - Theme From E.T
  • John Williams - Jurassic Park Theme
  • John Williams - Star Wars Theme
  • John Williams - Schindlers List Theme
  • Claude - Michel Schonberg - I Dreamed A Dream From 'Les Miserables'
  • Alan Silvestri - Forest Gump
  • Cy Cloleman - Big Spender From 'Sweet Charity'
  • Alan Menken - A Whole New World From Aladdin
  • Benny Anderson - I Know Him So Well
  • Leonard Bernstein - Maria
  • Leonard Bernstein - New York New York
  • Vangelis - Chariots Of Fire
  • Bono And The Edge - James Bond, Golden Eye
  • Ritchie Valens - La Bamba
  • Elton John - Circle Of Life From The Lion King
  • Luigi Denza - Funiculi Funcula
  • James Bond – Main Theme, Diamonds Are Forever, Goldfinger
  • Traditional
  • Londonderry Air (Danny Boy) (trio)
  • Amazing Grace (trio)
  • The Dark Island (trio)
  • My Love Is Red Red Rose (trio)
  • Loch Lomond (trio)
  • Gypsy Salon
  • Romanian, Hungarian, Russian And Moldavian Gypsy Pieces, Kalinkak, including:
  • Kalinka
  • Maruntal
  • The Basso
  • Czardas
  • My Gypsy Girl
  • Kinokio
  • Hungarian Dance
  • Dark Eyes
  • Bollywood
  • Bazigar O Bazigar
  • Chura Liya
  • Dil De Diya
  • Do Pal
  • Kabootar Ja Ja Ja
  • Khabi khabie mere dil mein
  • Kal Ho Na Ho
  • Kuch Na Kaho
  • Kuch Kuch Hota Hai
  • Humko Humise Churalo
  • 'Jai Ho'
  • Mehndi Laga Ke Rakhna
  • Pehla Nasha
  • Pehli Nazar Mein
  • Suraj Hua Maddham
  • Surili Ankhiyon Wale
  • Tere Liye
  • Tujhme Mein Rab Dikhta Hai
  • Tujhe Deka To
  • Teri Ore
  • Jewish
  • Hava Nagila,
  • Siman Tov
  • Mazel Tov /Chosen Kallah
  • Dodi Li
  • Hevenu Shalom Alechem
  • Tumbalaika
  • Erev Shel Shoshanim/Night of Roses
  • Hatikvah
  • Uru Achim
  • K'Shoshana Ben HaChochim/Like A Rose
  • Oif'n Weyg/ By The Wayside Stands a Tree
  • Bei Mir Bist Du Shayn
  • Scher
  • Kvar Achare Chatzot
  • Y'did Nefesh
  • Hitragut
  • Jerusalem Of Gold
  • Wedding March
  • Chorshat Ha'ekaliptus
  • Dona Dona
  • Mayim Mayim
  • Chanukah, Oh Chanukah
  • Rock of Ages
  • Ose Shalom
  • En Kelohenu
  • Bashana Haba'a
  • Eli El
  • Christmas
  • Hark The Herald Angels Sing
  • Away In A Manger
  • Once In Royal David’s City
  • Good King Wenceslas
  • In the Bleak Mid Winter
  • Good Christian Men Rejoicing
  • The First Nowell
  • Silent Night
  • God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
  • Coveny Carol
  • Deck The Halls
  • The Holy and The Ivy
  • Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
  • We Wish You A Merry Christmas
  • Jesu Joy of Mans Desiring
  • O Christmas ee
  • What Child Is This-Greensleaves
  • We Three Kings
  • O Little Town Of Bethlemen
  • The Twelve Days of Christmas
  • I Saw Three Ships
  • Jingle Bells
  • While Shepherd Watched
  • Let It Snow
  • Ding Dong Merrily On High
  • Winter Wonderland
  • Frost The Snowman
  • Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
  • Rudolph The Red Nose Reindeer
  • White Christmas
  • Hymns
  • Morning has broken
  • The Lord Is My Shepherd
  • As I kneel before You
  • Shine Jesus Shine
  • Here I am Lord
  • Jerusalem
  • Sing hosanna

Bookings

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