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Founded in London in 1994, the Limelight Quartet will add elegance and good music to your occasion, be it in the smartest of hotels or in the intimacy of a private home, a marquee in a garden or a boat on a river. All they need is enough space to play, lighting to see the notes and people to enjoy the music.

The quartet can perform classics, light music, popular, shows and the magic of tango. Alternatively, you can leave it to the quartet's discretion to choose the best music to fit the mood of your event on the day.

Quartet members are:

Hélène Barrière, Violin

Hélène was born in Montréal and studied the violin at the Conservatoire de Montréal. She then went to the University of Toronto to further her studies in music. She won a scholarship to study in Michigan, USA and at the Zurich Conservatorium under Ricardo Odnoposoff. She played with the Montréal Symphony Orchestra and since emigrating to England she has played with numerous West End productions and top orchestras.

Anda Vican, Violin

Anda was born in Bosnia and graduated from the Sarajevo Academy of Music. She was a member of the Philharmonic Orchestra of Sarajevo and the orchestras of the Sarajevo and Dubrovnik Opera Houses. Anda now freelances and teaches in London.

Jane Park, Viola

Jane was a performance undergraduate at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in Cardiff, receiving the Ernest and Doris Haigh Memorial Award for achievement and commitment to studies, and has a masters degree in Contemporary Music Studies from Goldsmiths College, University of London. She too is a freelance professional, combining performing work with orchestras, ensembles and operatic societies with working with autistic children at the Rainbow School. Jane also teaches viola at Kingston University. Recent solo appearances include Walton’s Viola Concerto, two performances of Beethoven’s Romance in F, Bach’s Concerto for Oboe and Violin and Corelli's Christmas Concerto with Kingston Philharmonia, Atterberg's Suite for Violin, Viola and Strings with Richmond Chamber Symphony and in Berio’s Duetti with her husband, violinist Alex Postlethwaite.

Kate Harding, Cello

Kate grew up in Oxfordshire and Rutland. She continued to study the cello privately after graduating from Cambridge University. She is now a freelance cellist and teacher. Kate is the principal cellist of the London Phoenix Orchestra, Surrey pro Musica and several opera companies in London and the home counties. She also is a regular member of the Aurelian Ensemble and the Camerata of London, in addition to playing in other freelance orchestras and chamber music groups.


Repertoire:

Pachelbel – Canon
Bach - Air on G String
Handel - Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
Vivaldi – Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter
Mozart - Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, Quartets, Divertimenti
Purcell – Chaconne, Favourites
Corelli - Concerto Grosso
Beethoven – Fugue
Bach - Double Violin Concerto
Anon – Greensleeves
Donizetti – Quartet
Chopin - Valse
Grande Valse Brillante
Fauré – Pavane
Elgar - Chanson du Matin, Salut d'Amour, Nimrod, Idylle
Holst – Planets
Satie – Gymnopedie
Delibes - Pizzicato Polka, Flower Duet
Shostakovitch – Romance
Grieg - Waltz – Ravel
Bolero – Operatic
Puccini - Quando M'en vo
Mozart - Voi Che Sapete, Non Più Andrai
Verdi - La Donna è Mobile, Caro Nome, Bella Figlia, Drinking Song, Rigoletto
Puccini - O My Beloved Father
Offenbach - La Vie Parisienne, Can Can, La Périchole
Gounod - Soldier Chorus, Faust Waltz
Bizet – Carmen, Aragonaise, Habañera
Strauss - The Laughing Song
Thomas – Mignon
Brahms - Hungarian Dance No 5
Monti - Czardas
Anon - Black Eyes
Bartok - Roumanian Dances
Anon - Mexican Hat Dances, Irish Hornpipe and Jigs
Dvorak - Slavonic Dance No 8

Joplin - The Entertainer, Country Club, Paragon Rag
Porter - Anything Goes, Every Time We Say Good-Bye, Night And Day
Gershwin - Lady Be Good, I Got Rhythm, Summertime, Just One Of Those Things
Anon - Spread A Little
Howard - Fly Me To The Moon
Jobim - The Girl From Ipanema, Desifinado
Thielemans – Bluesette
Shearing - Lullaby Of Birdland
Ellington - In A Sentimental Mood, Caravan
Beatles – Michelle, Yesterday, When I'm 64

and many more ....