Harmonia String Quartet | String Duo, Trio Or Quartet Leicestershire

The Harmonia String Quartet are an outstanding ensemble whose members trained at prestigious UK music colleges and have performed with The BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, The Halle Orchestra, The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and The English String Orchestra as well as enjoying more intimate chamber performances for weddings and corporate events.

Having performed for countless weddings, corporate functions and events throughout The East Midlands, their impressive venue portfolio includes Belvoir Castle, Bosworth Hall Hotel, Cranford Hall, Hambleton Hall Hotel, Oakham Castle, RAF Waddington and Whittlebury Park.

Without fail, the performances were considered to be of the highest quality and carried out with superb professionalism by all concerned. Duchess of Rutland, Candlelight Evenings, Leicestershire

The quartet can perform for your wedding ceremony, drinks reception, and wedding breakfast and they are always on hand to offer music suggestions for the ceremony in particular if this would be of use. Otherwise you are welcome to make your own selections from their wide repertoire including Mozart, Handel, The Verve and The Beatles!

The ensemble offer a string quartet (2 violins, viola and cello) or string trio (violin, viola and cello), the latter being a good option for venues with sound or space restrictions.

Performance info

Line-up	2 violins; viola; cello
Performance duration	1 - 4 hours

Booking options

Quartet Add £90
1 hour performance Deduct £90
2 hours performance As advertised
1 hour performance Add £90

Classical Repertoire

Ah, Fuggi Il Traditor From Don Giovanni – Mozart
Air – Bach
Air – Handel
Allegro In F – Scarlatti
Alleluia – Mozart
Allemande – Couperin
Andante From Piano Conc’ 21 – Mozart
Aria – Handel
Arie – Bach
Arioso – Bach
Autumn Mvt 1 – Vivaldi
Autumn, Finale – Vivaldi
Ave Maria – Schubert
Ave Maria–Bach – Gounod
Badinerie – Bach
Ballata From Rigoletto – Verdi
Berceuse – Faure
Bist Du Bei Mir – Bach
Brandenburg No 3 – Bach
Brandenburg No 5 – Bach
Bridal Chorus – Wagner
Canon – Pachelbel
Canzona – Hasse
Canzonetta – Mendelssohn
Cavatina – Beethoven
Chanson De Matin – Elgar
Chanson Du Roi From Faust – Gounod
Concerto Grosso – Geminiani
Corrente – Corelli
Corrente – Corelli
Danza Pastorale – Vivaldi
Deh Vieni, Non Tardar From The Marriage Of Figaro – Mozart
Divertimento In B – Mozart
Divertimento In D – Mozart
Divertimento In F – Mozart
Double Violin Concerto – Bach
Eine Kleine Nachmusik – Mozart
Entrance Of Queen Of Sheba – Handel
Entr’acte From Carmen – Bizet
Flower Duet – Delibes
Forlane: Orchestral Suite No1 – Bach
Gavotte – Rameau
Gigue – Handel
Gigue – Telemann
Girl – Flaxen Hair Debussy
God Save Our Queen – Trad.
Greensleeves – Trad.
Gymnopedie No 1 – Satie
Hornpipe & Air – Purcell
If With All Your Hearts – Mendelssohn
Intermezzo Sinfonico, Cavalleria Rusticana – Mascagni
Jesu Joy Of Man’s Desiring – Bach
La Rejouissance – Handel
Largo From Winter – Vivaldi
Largo – Handel
Largo – Purcell
Les Rozeaux – Couperin
Libiamo From Traviata – Verdi
Liebestraum – Liszt
Maestoso–Sonata In G Minor – Handel
Meditation – Massenet
Menuet – Boccherini
Menuett – Beethoven
Menuetto – Corelli
Menuetto – Mozart
Morning – Grieg
My Heart Ever Faithful – Bach
Ode To Joy – Beethoven
Panis Angelicus – Franck
Passacaile – Handel
Pavane – Faure
Quando M’en Vo Soletta Per La Via – Puccini
Romance – Shostakovich
Rondeau – Mouret
Royal Fireworks – Handel
Salut D’amour – Elgar
Scherzo – Cherubini
Serenade – Haydn
Sheep May Safely Graze – Bach
Sleeping Beauty Waltz – Tchaikovsky
Sonata De Chiesa – Corelli
Sonata In D For 2 Vlns – Tartini
Sonata –Telemann
Spring Mvt 1 – Vivaldi
Spring Mvt 2 – Vivaldi
Te Deum – Charpentier
The Fairy Queen – Purcell
The Swan – Saint Saens
The Young Prince & Princess – Korsakov
Traumeri – Schumann
Trumpet Tune – Purcell
Trumpet Voluntary – Clarke
Variation 18 Rhapsody Theme – Paganini
Vin O Biere From Faust – Gounod
Wachet Auf – Bach
Waltz from Serenade For Strings – Tchaikovsky
Water Music Suite In D – Handel
Water Music Suite In F – Handel
Wedding March – Wagner

Light Repertoire

A Foggy Day In London Town – Gershwin
A Medley Of Songs – Abba
Adagietto From Symphony No.5 – Mahler
All My Loving –Beatles
As Long As He Needs Me – Oliver
Basse – Dance – Warlock
Beautiful Dreamer – Foster
Bittersweet Symphony – The Verve
Blue Danube Waltz – Strauss
By A Sleepy Lagoon – Coates
Can’t Buy Me Love – Beatles
Can’t Help Lovin’ Dat Man – Kern
Caravan – Ellington And Tizol
Cats – Lloyd Webber
Cielito Lindo – Yradier
Cock Linnet – Collins & Leigh
Concerning Hobbits From Lord Of The Rings – Howard Shore
Country Club Rag – Joplin
Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy – Tchaikovsky
Dixie – Emmett
Don’t Get Around Much – Ellington
Eleanor Rigby – The Beatles
Fascinatin’ Rhythm – Gershwin
First Polovtsian Dance – Borodin
Flower Duet – Delibes
Food, Glorious Food from Oliver – Bart
Funiculi – Denza
Getting To Know You – Julie Andrews
Hallelujah – Cohen
Happy Birthday – Trad.
Homage to Irving Berlin
Hornpipe From Water Music – Handel
I Do Like To Be Beside The Seaside – Glover
Imagine – Lennon
In The Hall Of The Mountain King – Grieg
Irish Sherry – Trad.
It Don’t Mean A Thing – Ellington
I’ve Got Rhythm – Gershwin
James Bond Theme From “Dr No” – Barry
Jesus Christ Superstar – Lloyd Webber
La Paloma – Iradier
Let’s Do It – Porter
Let’s Face The Music And Dance – Berlin
Londonderry Air – Trad.
Love Is Here To Stay – Gershwin
Love Theme From St. Elmo’s Fire – Foster
Love Walked In – Gershwin
Makin’ Whoopee – Donaldson
Maple Leaf Rag – Joplin
Mexican Hat Dance – Trad.
Moonlight and Roses – Jim Reeves
Moonlight in Vermont – Suessdorf
Mr. Mistoffelees – Andrew Lloyd Webber
My Favourite Things – Rodgers and Hammerstein
My Funny Valentine – Rodgers and Hart
My Love Is Like A Red Red Rose – Trad.
New York, New York – Bernstein
Norwegian Dance – Greig
O Sole Mio – Di Capua
Over The Rainbow – Arlen
Paragon Rag – Joplin
Pineapple Rag – Joplin
Pizzicato Polka – Strauss
Ragtime Dance – Joplin
Scarborough Fair – Trad.
Scott Joplin’s New Rag
Send In The Clowns – Sondheim
Sinfoina And Final Duet – Monteverdi
Slap That Bass – Gershwin
Smoke Gets In Your Eyes – Kern
Some Enchanted Evening - Rodgers and Hammerstein
Star Dust – Carmichael
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot – Spiritual
S’Wonderful – Gershwin
Take The “A” Train – Strayhorn
Thanks For The Memory – Robin And Rainger
The Celebrated Czardas – Monti
The Entertainer – Joplin
The Folks Who Live On The Hill – Kern
The Grasshoppers’ Dance – Bucalossi
The Greatest Love Of All – Masser
The Harry Lime From The Third Man – Karas
The Man I Love – Gershwin
The Phantom Of The Opera – Lloyd Webber
The Skaters – Waldteufel
The Sound Of Music – Rogers & Hammerstein
Theme From Fawlty Towers – Wilson
Theme From Ice Castles – Hamlisch
Theme From New York New York – Kander
Theme From Poirot – Gunning
Theme From Pride And Predjudice – Davis
Theme From Schindler’s List – Williams
Theme From The Godfather – Rota
This Nearly Was Mine – A Wonderful Guy
Thunder & Lightning Polka – Strauss
Ticket To Ride – The Beatles
Toccata – Dubois
Two Rondeaux – Purcell
Waltz From Jazz Suite No 2 – Shostakovitch
Waltzing Matilda – Trad.
You Light Up My Life – Brooks

Trio Repertoire

A Whole New World – Menken
Adios Muchachos – Sanders
Air From Water Music – Handel
Air – Bach
All I Ask Of You – Lloyd – Webber
Alleluja From Exultate Jubilate – Mozart
Amoroso – Arne
Andante From Berenice – Handel
Andante, Piano Concerto No 21 – Mozart
Aria From La Griselda – Vivaldi
Arioso – Bach
Ave Maria – Bach – Gounod
Ave Maria – Schubert
Bist Du Bei Mir – Bach
Bittersweet Symphony – The Verve
Bourree From Water Music – Handel
Bridal Chorus – Wagner
Canon in D – Pachelbel
Chorus:They Shall Be As Happy
Eine Kleine, 1st Mov – Mozart
Eleanor Rigby – The Beatles
Entrance of The Queen Of Sheba – Handel
Flower Duet – Delibes
Fur Elise – Beethoven
Gavotte From Il Pastor Fido – Handel
Gavotte From Oreste – Handel
Gavotte In A From Oreste – Handel
Gigue From Partenope – Handel
Have I Told You Lately – Morrison
Hornpipe From Water Music – Allegro Maestoso
Hornpipe From Water Music – Handel
How Deep Is Your Love – Gibb
If With All Your Hearts – Mendelssohn
Jesu Joy Of Man’s Desiring – Bach
Jigg From Oreste – Handel
La Rejouissance – Handel
La Vie En Rose – Édith Piaf,
Larghetto From Theodora – Handel
Largo From Winter From The Four Seasons – Vivaldi
March From Rinaldo – Handel
March In C From Tigrane – Scarlatti
March In D From Tigrane – Scarlatti
Meditation From Thaïs – Massenet
Minuet From Arminio – Handel
Minuet From Il Pastor Fido – Handel
Minuet From Imeneo – Handel
My Heart Ever Faithful – Bach
O Mio Babbino Caro – Puccini
Ode To Joy – Beethoven
Panis Angelicus – Franck
Pavane – Faure
Phantasie No 1 – Purcell
Phantasie No 2 – Purcell
Phantasie No 3 – Purcell
Revirado – Piazzolla
Rondeau From Ariodante – Handel
Rondeau – Mouret
Scarf Dance – Chaminade
Sheep May Safely Graze – Bach
Sinfonia From Giustino – Handel
Sinfonia From Scipione – Handel
Sinfonia From Xerxes Handel
Sleeping Beauty Waltz – Tchaikovsky
Spring – Vivaldi
Suite From The Fairy Queen, Hornpipe – Purcell
Te Deum, Prelude & Tu Devicto – Charpentier
The Closest Thing To Crazy – Melua
The Young Prince And The Young Princess – Rimsky-Korsakov
Traumeri – Schumann
Trumpet Tune – Purcell
Trumpet Voluntary – Clarke
Turkey Creek – Critelli
Unchained Melody – The Righteous Brothers
Wachet Auf – Bach
Waltz In A – Brahms
Wedding March – Mendelssohn
We’ve Only Just Began – Nicholls & Williams
You Are So Beautiful – Cocker

Demo tracks

Book with confidence! After events, we ask our clients what they thought of our acts. We publish what they say here, so you can read genuine, unbiased feedback before booking.

“I am writing to say a big thank you for your performance at my daughter's wedding. Unfortunately in all the hubbub and excitement of the evening I did not manage to speak to you all. It was a wonderful evening and the variety and quality of the music from the quartet contributed immensely to everyone's enjoyment. Thank you again.”

PG, Wedding, July 2019

“Many thanks for playing so beautifully at our Marriage Blessing. We had a wonderful day, and you made it all the more special. We'll pass your name on to others. Thanks again.”

P & JD, Wedding Blessing

“We just wanted to say a big thank you with regards to our wedding held at Oakham Castle. Now that we are back from our honeymoon, we are able to formally thank those that have helped to make the day special. The music provided by yourself and colleagues was truly wonderful and we would be grateful if you could pass on our thanks to your colleagues. Once again, thank you!”

Chris, Wedding at Oakham Castle in Rutland

“I am writing on behalf of the committee to express our very sincere thanks to you and the other members of the quartet for a wonderful evening. Many people have expressed to me their enjoyment of the evening, hopefully they got the opportunity to pass this onto you directly on the night. The music was fantastic and a well matched blend of different types which I believe worked well. Our sincere thanks once again.”

NB Chairman

“Thank you very much for the lovely music that the quartet played at our wedding reception. Various guests commented and enjoyed the music.”

R & C L, Wedding

“I am writing to thank you for your participation in the 2007 Belvoir by candlelight evenings. The performances were so completely amazing this year. The standard just gets better and better with each year that passes, without fail the performances were considered to be of the highest quality and carried out with superb professionalism by all concerned. Once again many thanks.”

Duchess of Rutland, Candlelight Evenings in Leicestershire, 2007

“I am writing to ask you to pass on to all your quartet our grateful thanks for playing at the wedding at Prestwold Hall. Everyone commented on how lovely it was to have music backing the occasion. I'm sorry I didn't see you again but as Mother of the Bride I was just about to make a speech!! I hope we are able to hear you again at some other event. But meanwhile may I wish you every success in all your events. We had a wonderful day from start to finish and you will be a part of the memory recorded, and which we carry with us.”

SN M.B.E., Wedding at Prestwold Hall in Leicestershire

“The Harmonia String Trio were an absolute delight and very professional! The music they provided in the ceremony was perfect for the occasion of our daughter's wedding. With the added advantage of a lovely warm day they were able to play in the court yard, which added to the enjoyment and pleasure of our guests. The music drifting across the grounds of the venue was enchanting. I would certainly recommend them for any occasion.”

Helen, Wedding in Warwickshire, April 2015

“Thank you very much for the excellent and beautifully performed music you gave us last Sunday. From the comments we received, it went down extremely well with our guests... We will certainly recommend you, if the opportunity arises.”

Dr NK, Barnsdale Lodge Hotel in Rutland

“I wanted to write to say thank you so much for playing at our wedding-I tried to get to talk to you, but kept getting side tracked! The music was wonderful really perfect for the setting. I concentrated on it coming down the stairs, I was so nervous but it was just so beautiful, I was down before I even realized!! I hope that you heard some of the comments made by our guests, they loved the music as well. Thanks again, I wish you loads of success for the future, it was just perfect.”

M & NP, Wedding in Leicestershire

“I just wanted to drop you a line and thank you very much for coming to Belvoir Castle and giving such a marvellous performance. I stood at the door of the Castle as people were leaving, and there can be no doubt that everyone leaving had thoroughly enjoyed themselves”

AN, Leicestershire

“Thank you so much for the beautiful music you played on Saturday. I could hear it in the bedroom as I was getting ready and it was so soothing and relaxing. It helped to make our day very special, so thank you again!”

Danielle, Wedding

“They played beautiful music. They played all the music during our ceremony and then afterwards on the lawn while having photos. Thank you.”

Greg, Wedding in Grantham, May 2016

“Thank you so much for the wonderful musical accompaniment to our champagne reception. Everyone commented on how fabulous the string quartet was, they really made the atmosphere quite special.”

H & J S, Wedding

“We would like to express our sincere thanks to you for helping to make our Day such a memorable and special occasion. You played beautifully, and my only regret was not getting to speak to any of you in person.”

R & SP, Wedding

“The Harmonia String Quartet were absolutely lovely and played all the pieces we asked for. We had many comments from our guests about the quartet and how much they enjoyed the music during the service and then the more jazzy music during the meal. All in all very successful and the music helped to make a great day for us.”

Helen, Wedding in Leicestershire, March 2016

“Just to say thank you for sorting out the Harmonia String Quartet to play at our wedding at such short notice - they really played a part in making our reception one to remember!”

Gavin & Katie, Wedding in Warwickshire, September 2015

“Thank you for being there on our wedding day and playing such wonderful music. It really did add that special touch to our day.”

D & A, Wedding in Leicestershire