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Rhapsody String Quartet
Rhapsody String Quartet has a large, varied and ever expanding repertoire.
Listed below are our most regularly played pieces from our current repertoire.
To make it easier for you to peruse our repertoire list, we've split it up into different genres which you can jump to by clicking on the following links;
Classical Music for Weddings, Music from the Stage and Screen, Popular Music and Jazz, Traditional Music, Hymns and Festive Favourites.
If you have a favourite piece of music that we don't have listed here - don't worry - our Gold Wedding Ceremony Package and Platinum Wedding Music Package offer an arrangement service where we can arrange a song or piece of music of your choice especially for your day.
To listen to Rhapsody String Quartet playing a selection of these tracks, please click on our See & Hear Us section.
Classical Music for Weddings
| Composer | Name of piece | |
|---|---|---|
| Anderson | Plink, Plank, Plunk | |
| Bach | Air from Suite No.3 (Air on a G String) | |
| Bach/Gounod | Ave Maria† | |
| Bach | Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring† | |
| Bach | Largo from Double Violin Concerto in D Minor | |
| Bach | Sheep May Safely Graze | |
| Bach | Wachet Auf | |
| Barber | Adagio from String Quartet, Op.11 (original version of Adagio for Strings) | |
| Beethoven | Adagio Cantabile from Pathetique | |
| Beethoven | Ode to Joy | |
| Charpentier | Prelude to a Te Deum | |
| Clarke | Trumpet Voluntary | |
| Debussy | Clair de Lune | |
| Delibes | Flower Duet from Lakme | |
| Elgar | Salut d'amour | |
| Fauré | Pavane | |
| Franck | Panis Angelicus† | |
| Grieg | Morning from Peer Gynt | |
| Grieg | Våren (Letzter Frühling) | |
| Handel | Aria from Xerxes | |
| Handel | Arrival of the Queen of Sheba | |
| Handel | Royal Fireworks Music (La Rejouissance, Minuet) | |
| Jenkins | Benedictus from The Armed Man: A Mass For Peace† | |
| Jenkins | Theme from Palladio | |
| Lizst | Liebestraum | |
| Massenet | Meditation from Thaïs | |
| Mendelssohn | Wedding March from the music to Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream | |
| Mouret | Rondeau | |
| Mozart | Eine Kleine Nachtmusik | |
| Pachelbel | Canon in D | |
| Paganini | Cantabile | |
| Parry | Jerusalem† | |
| Purcell | Rondeau from Abdelazer | |
| Purcell | Trumpet Tune | |
| Rutter | For The Beauty Of The Earth† | |
| Schubert | Ave Maria† | |
| Schumann | Träumeri | |
| Tchaikovsky | Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy | |
| Tchaikovsky | Sleeping Beauty Waltz | |
| Tchaikovsky | The Rose Adagio from Sleeping Beauty | |
| Ungar | Ashokan Farewell | |
| Vivaldi | Allegro from Spring (from The Four Seasons) | |
| Vivaldi | Largo from Winter (from The Four Seasons) | |
| Wagner | Bridal Chorus from Lohengrin | |
| Walton | Touch Her Soft Lips Then Part from Henry V | |
| Warlock | Pieds-en-l'air from Capriol Suite |
The pieces above which are marked with a † are considered to have religious connotations and therefore are not allowed to be performed as part of a civil wedding ceremony.
Music from the Stage and Screen
| Name of song/theme | Taken from musical/film |
|---|---|
| Ascot Gavotte | My Fair Lady |
| All I Ask Of You | Phantom of the Opera |
| Can You Feel The Love Tonight | The Lion King |
| Cavatina | The Deer Hunter |
| Edelweiss | The Sound of Music |
| Everything I Do, I Do It For You | Robin Hood; Prince of Thieves |
| Feather Theme | Forrest Gump |
| For The Love Of A Princess | Braveheart |
| I Could Have Danced All Night | My Fair Lady |
| I Don't Want To Miss A Thing | Armageddon |
| Les Misérable Selection | Les Misérables |
| Love Changes Everything | Aspects of Love |
| Love Theme/Kissing You | Baz Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet |
| Love Theme | The Godfather |
| Moon River | Breakfast at Tiffany's |
| My Heart Will Go On | Titanic |
| Nobody Does It Better | 007 - The Spy Who Loved Me |
| Portugese Love Theme | Love Actually |
| Deep Space Nine, Main Theme | Star Trek: Deep Space Nine |
| Theme | Fawlty Towers |
| Throne Room Theme | Star Wars |
| The Godfather Waltz | The Godfather |
| Wouldn't It Be Loverly | My Fair Lady |
| You'll Never Walk Alone | Carousel |
Popular Music and Jazz
| Name of song | Made famous by |
|---|---|
| All You Need Is Love | The Beatles |
| Bitter Sweet Symphony | The Verve |
| Bright Eyes | Art Garfunkel |
| Endless Love | Lionel Ritchie/Diana Ross |
| Karma Police | Radiohead |
| Let's Do It, Let's Fall In Love | Ella Fitzgerald |
| Mack The Knife | Bobby Darin |
| Nightswimming | R.E.M. |
| Over The Rainbow | Eva Cassidy |
| Perfect Day | Lou Reed |
| She's The One | Robbie Williams |
| Somethin' Stupid | Frank and Nancy Sinatra |
| Songbird | Eva Cassidy |
| Stand By Me | Ben E. King |
| The Luckiest | Ben Folds |
| Unchained Melody | The Righteous Brothers |
| When You Say Nothing At All | Ronan Keating |
| You Raise Me Up | Josh Groban |
| Your Song | Elton John |
| You're Still The One | Shania Twain |
| You're The First, The Last, My Everything | Barry White |
Traditional Music
A Man's A Man For A' That
Ae Fond Kiss
Flow Gently Sweet Afton
Highland Cathedral
John Anderson
Loch Lomond
Londonderry Air
My Love is Like a Red, Red Rose
Neil Gow's Lament
Rowan Tree
Skye Boat Song
Ye Banks And Braes
Hymns
All Things Bright and Beautiful (All Things Bright and Beautiful, Royal Oak)
Be Still for the Presence of the Lord
Be Thou My Vision (Slane)
Bind Us Together Lord
Blaenwern
Doxology
For The Beauty Of The Earth (Lucerna Laudoniae)
Give Me Joy In My Heart
Here Is Love, Vast As The Ocean
Highland Cathedral
I Believe My Heart
I Vow To Thee, My Country
Jerusalem
Jesus Loves Me
Lord of the Dance
Majesty
Make Me A Channel of Your Peace
Morning Has Broken
My Soul Is Filled With Joy
O Perfect Love
One More Step Along The World I Go
Praise, My Soul
Sing to God New Songs of Worship
The Love I Have For You
Will You Come and Follow Me
Will Your Anchor Hold
Festive Favourites
| Name of Christmas carol/seasonal song | Composer/Origin |
|---|---|
| Away In A Manger | Kirkpatrick |
| Angels, from the Realms of Glory | Traditional French |
| As With Gladness | Kocher |
| A Virgin Most Pure | Traditional English |
| Blue Danube Waltz | Strauss |
| Cantique de Noel | Adam |
| Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire | Torme/Wells |
| Deck The Hall | Traditional Welsh |
| Ding Dong Merrily On High | Traditional French |
| The First Nowell | Traditional English |
| Frosty The Snowman | Nelson/Rollins |
| God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen | Traditional English |
| Good Christian Men Rejoice | Traditional German |
| Good King Wenceslas | Traditional |
| Hark! The Herald Angels Sing | Mendelssohn |
| Have Yourself A Very Merry Christmas | Martin/Blane |
| The Holly And The Ivy | Traditional English |
| I Saw Three Ships | Traditional English |
| In The Bleak Mid Winter | Holst |
| Infant Holy | Traditional Polish |
| It Came Upon The Midnight Clear | Traditional English |
| Jingle Bells | Pierpont |
| Joy To The World | Handel |
| Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow | Cahn/Styne |
| O Come, All Ye Faithful | Wade |
| O Little Town Of Bethlehem | Traditional English |
| Once In Royal David's City | Gauntlett |
| Past Three O'Clock | Traditional English |
| Sans Day Carol | Traditional English |
| Santa Claus Is Coming To Town | Coot |
| See Amid The Winters Snow | Goss |
| Sleigh Ride | Anderson |
| Stille Nacht (Silent Night) | Gruber |
| Sussex Carol | Traditional English |
| The Twelve Days Of Christmas | Traditional English |
| Unto Us Is Born A Son | Traditional |
| We Three Kings | Hopkins |
| We Wish You A Merry Christmas | Traditional English |
| While Shepherds Watched | Psalter |
| White Christmas | Berlin |
| Winter Wonderland | Bernard |