Rigaudon String Quartet can be booked for all events, from weddings, corporate functions, birthday parties and anniversaries to home concerts or dinners. The quartet is highly flexible, mobile and adaptable to the venue. If you are arranging a garden party and the weather is good, the quartet can even play outdoors. Just remember, we need shade on sunny days, as string instruments cannot tolerate direct sunlight. We can advise and help in planning music that is suitable to the function and complements the venue and theme (if applicable) you have in mind. Rigaudon String Quartet has a vast repertoire, including baroque, classical and romantic music, wedding music, Christmas carols, waltzes, ragtime and jazz, Latin-American hits, films, shows and opera favourites, folk and world music.
It is also possible to book the string quartet together with another Rigaudon ensemble, for example the Rigaudon Piano Trio can play at the wedding ceremony followed by the Rigaudon String Quartet at the wedding reception. We can tailor a package to suit your requirements and give a discount for booking more than one ensemble for the same event.
Rigaudon String Quartet is based in London and covers mainly South-East England. Further travel may be possible so do ask for a quote even if your function takes place outside the area we usually cover!
Available music samples:
Handel |
La Rejouissance |
 (1.4MB) |
Satie |
Gymnopedie I |
(2.9MB) |
| Traditional |
La Bamba |
(4.0MB) |
Gardel |
Tango ("Por Una Cabeza") |
(1.9MB) |
Mack/Johnson |
Charleston |
(2.1MB) |
Vivaldi |
Largo from "Spring" |
(1.9MB) |
Mozart |
Rondo alla turca |
(2.5MB) |
Bizet |
Habanera from "Carmen" |
(1.5MB) |
Double String Quartet
If you are planning something a bit more extravagant for a bigger venue, consider hiring a double string quartet. This stunning ensemble of eight players – four violins, two violas, a cello and a double bass – is effectively a small string orchestra that will be better heard in large spaces where a big crowd is present. So, for example, this would be a perfect solution if you were to be married in St. Paul’s Cathedral or have reserved Blenheim Palace for a corporate dinner. Most of Rigaudon String Quartet’s repertoire can be played by a double string quartet and a list can be provided on request. We are happy to advise about this bold and unusual choice of live music and give you some ideas about how to make the most of it.
Rigaudon String Duo
Live music does not have to cost the earth. For smaller events and budgets we also offer string duos, consisting either of two violins or a violin and cello. The repertoire for the duos is primarily in a classical style. Duos are a good option if there is a limited space for musicians and a string quartet cannot be accommodated, or if you are having a gathering for a small number of guests.
Repertoire for String Quartet
Rigaudon String Quartet has a wide repertoire and we pride ourselves on being able to offer music to suit all occasions. If you can’t find what you are looking for in the list below, make a special request and we will probably be able to grant it! If the music is not available, we also have professionals who can make brilliant arrangements for our string quartet (there is a small extra charge for this).
The repertoire is divided into the following sections:
- Wedding Music
- Baroque
- Classical & Romantic
- Opera
- Jazz & Ragtime
- Music from Films & Shows
- Latin-American Music
- Waltzes
- Popular
- Folk & World Music
- Christmas Music
Wedding Music
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Amazing Grace (Traditional) |
Bach |
Air from Suite No. 3 in D |
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Arioso from Cantata No. 156 |
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Chorale Prelude: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme |
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Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring |
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Sheep May Safely Graze from Cantata No. 208 |
Bach-Gounod |
Ave Maria |
Beethoven |
Ode to Joy |
Bernstein |
One Hand, One Heart from West Side Story |
Bock |
Sabbath Prayer from Fiddler on the Roof |
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Sunrise, Sunset from Fiddler on the Roof |
Clarke |
Trumpet Voluntary in D from Prince of Denmark |
Elgar |
Salut d’Amour |
Franck |
Panis Angelicus |
Handel |
Entrance of the Queen of Sheba from Solomon |
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Hornpipe from the Water Music |
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Menuet from the Water Music |
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Overture from Royal Fireworks Music |
Kuula |
Häämarssi (“Wedding March”) |
Massenet |
Meditation from Thais |
Melartin |
Juhlamarssi (“Festive March”) |
Mendelssohn |
Wedding March |
Mouret |
Rondeau from Symphonies des fanfares |
Pachelbel |
Canon in D |
Purcell |
Trumpet Tune |
Schubert |
Ave Maria |
Wagner |
Bridal Chorus from Lohengrin |
Rodgers |
Wedding Processional from The Sound of Music |
Baroque
J.S Bach |
Air from Suite No. 3 in D |
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Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F |
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Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G |
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Cantata No. 140, Verse 1 Wachet Auf |
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Chorale Prelude: Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier |
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Chorale Prelude: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme |
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Concerto for two violins in D minor |
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Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring |
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Minuet in G Anna Magdalena |
Corelli |
Christmas Concerto |
Handel |
Violin Sonata No. 4 in D |
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Hornpipe from the Water Music |
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Larghetto from Alcina |
Pachelbel |
Canon |
Vivaldi |
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Concerto Grosso in D minor, Op. 3, #11 |
Classical & Romantic
J.C. Bach |
Quartet in C major |
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Quartet in G major |
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Quartet in D major |
Beethoven |
Andante from Piano Sonata in A-flat Op. 26 |
Beethoven |
Adagio from the Pathetique Sonata |
Borodin |
Polovtsian Dances No. 1 |
Brahms |
Hungarian Dances No. 1 -7, 10 and 11 |
Debussy |
Clair de Lune |
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The Girl With the Flaxen Hair |
Dvorák |
Largo from the New World Symphony |
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Slavonic Dance No. 8 |
Faure |
Pavane |
Grieg |
Morning Mood from Peer Gynt |
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Waltz from Op. 12 |
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Norwegian Dance No. 2 |
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Wedding Day at Troldhaugen |
Haydn |
Andante from Symphony No. 94 (“Surprise”) |
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Adagio in F |
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Various String Quartets |
Kreisler |
Allegretto after Boccherini |
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The Old Refrain |
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Tambourin Chinois |
Mozart |
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Eine Kleine Nacht Musik (K525) |
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Alleluja from Exultate, jubilate K165 |
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Larghetto from Clarinet Quintet K581 |
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Ave Verum Corpus K618 |
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Various String Quartets |
Paradies |
Sicilienne |
Rachmaninov: |
Vocalise |
Ravel |
Menuet from Le Tombeau de Couperin |
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Pavane por une infante defunte |
Satie |
Three Gymnopedies |
Sarasate |
Romanza Andaluza |
Schubert |
An die Musik |
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Entr’acte from Rosemunde |
Schumann |
Träumerei |
Sibelius |
Andante Festivo |
Tchaikovsky |
Dance des |
Opera
Bizet |
Prelude to Carmen |
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Entr'acte to Act IV of Carmen |
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Flower Song from Carmen |
Bellini |
Casta Divafrom Norma |
di Capua |
O Sole Mio |
Donizetti |
Una furtive lagrima from L’elisir d’amore |
Léhar |
Vilja Lied from The Merry Widow |
Leoncavallo |
Vesti la giubba from Pagliacci |
Massenet |
Meditation from Thais |
Offenbach |
Barcarolle from The Tales of Hoffmann |
Ponchielli |
Cielo e mar! from La Gioconda |
Puccini |
Mi chiamo Mimi from La Boheme |
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Quando me’n vo’ soletta from La Boheme |
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Che Gelida Manina from La Boheme |
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Musetta's Waltz from La Boheme |
Strauss |
Czardas from Die Fledermaus |
Verdi |
Libiamo from La Traviata |
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La donna é mobile from Rigoletto |
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The ‘Anvil ‘ chorus from Il Trovatore |
Jazz & Ragtime
Arlen |
Stormy Weather |
Ashwander |
Friday Night Rag |
Debussy |
Golliwog's Cake-walk |
Ellington |
Satin Doll |
Fisher |
Chicago |
Gay |
Leaning on a Lamppost |
Garner |
Misty |
Gershwin/Donaldson |
Rialto Ripples |
Hanley/ McDonald |
Indiana |
Hampton |
Cataract Rag |
Howard |
Fly Me to the Moon |
Jobim |
Girl from Ipanema |
Johnson |
Pennies from Heaven |
Joplin |
Ragtime Dance |
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Bethena Concert Waltz |
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Elite Syncopations |
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Stoptime Rag |
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The Cascades |
Kahn/Donaldson |
I Wonder where My Baby is Tonight |
Kern |
The Folks Who Live on the Hill |
Lamb |
Ragtime Nightingale |
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Top Liner Rag |
Mack/Johnson |
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McNutty |
There is nothing New Under the Sun |
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Oh Joe |
Morath |
The Golden Hours |
Scott |
Calliope Rag |
Sherwin |
A Nightingale Sang in Berkley Squre |
Strayhorn |
Take The “A” Train |
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Chelsea Bridge |
Music from Films & Shows
Bernstein |
from West Side Story: |
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America |
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Maria |
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I Feel pretty |
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One Hand, One Heart |
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Somewhere |
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Tonight |
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New York, New York from On the Town |
Bock |
Sabbath Prayer from Fiddler on the Roof |
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Sunrise, Sunset from Fiddler on the Roof |
Bonfa |
Manha de Carnaval from the film Black Orpheus |
Fisher |
Chicago |
Gardel |
Por Una Cabeza Tango from the film Scent of a Woman |
Gershwin |
Someone to Watch Over Me |
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Do It Again |
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I Got Rhythm |
Hupfield |
As Time Goes By from the film Casablanca |
Horner |
My Heart Will Go on from film Titanic |
Lloyd-Webber |
All I Ask of You from Phantom of the Opera |
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The Music of the Night from Phantom of the Opera |
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Memory from Cats |
Mayer |
Cavatina from film Deer Hunter |
Porter |
Anything Goes |
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Everytime We Say Good- bye |
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Begin the Beguine |
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I love Paris |
Raksin |
Laura |
Rodgers & Hart |
My Funny Valentine |
Rota |
Love Theme from the film Godfather |
Sondheim |
Send in the Clowns from A Little night music |
Latin-American Music
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La Bamba (Traditional) |
Albeniz |
Tango in D |
Abreu |
Tico-Tico |
Anderson |
Blue Tango |
Bandolim |
Noites Cariocas |
Bonfa |
Manha de Carnaval from Black Orpheus |
Gade |
Jealousie Tango |
Gardel |
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Gianneo |
Lamento Quichua |
Ginastera |
Danzas Argentinas No. 2 |
Piazzolla |
Tanguedia III |
Villold |
El Choclo Tango |
Villa-Lobos |
Bachianas Brazileiras No. 5 |
Waltzes
Anderson |
Belle of the Ball |
Copland |
Saturday Night Waltz |
J. Strauss, Jr. |
Blue Danube |
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Tales from the Vienna Woods |
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Waltz Suite from Die Fledermaus |
Ivanovic |
Danube Waves Waltz |
Kreisler |
Liebesfreud |
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Midnight Bells |
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Schön Rosmarin |
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Caprice Viennoise |
Lehar |
Waltz Suite from The Merry Widow |
Marchetti |
Fascination (Valse Tzigane) |
Rodgers |
The Most Beautiful Girl in the World |
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Falling in Love with Love |
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The Carousel Waltz |
Popular
Hendrix |
Purple Haze |
Horner |
My Heart Will Go on from Titanic |
Lennon/McCartney |
Best of Beatles: Day Tripper, A Hard Day’s Night, |
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Eleanor Rigby, Yellow Submarine, Yesterday, |
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When I am 64, Back in the U.S.S.R. |
Folk & World Music
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Selection of Finnish Folk Music |
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Golden Earrings Traditional “Gipsy Music” |
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Galway Rambler Medley Traditional Irish |
Bartók |
Romanian Folk Dances |
Copland |
Hoe-Down from Rodeo |
Herbert |
Gypsy Life |
Ivanovici |
Danube Waves Waltz |
Keler |
Son of the Puzta |
Marchetti |
Fascination (Valse Tzigane) |
Sarasate |
Romanza Andaluza |
Christmas Music
Christmas Medley I (Includes: Silver Bells, Let It Snow, Have a Merry Little Christmas and White Christmas) |
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Christmas Medley II (Includes: Shepherds Leave Your Sheep, Come, O Come Emmanuel and Here We Come A-Caroling) |
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Christmas Medley III (Includes: Coventry Carol, God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen and Listen, Lordlings, Unto Me) |
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Bring a Torch, Jeannette, Isabella |
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Bell Carol and Good Christian Men Rejoice |
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Carol of the Drum |
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We Wish You a Merry Christmas |
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What Child is this? (Greensleeves) |
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Adam |
O Holy Night |
Anderson |
Sleigh Ride |
Corelli |
Christmas Concerto |
Gruber |
Silent Night |
Praetorius |
Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming |
Leontovich |
Ring, Christmas Bells |
Murto (arr.) |
Medley of Christmas Carols (includes In Dulci Jubilo and Finnish Christmas Carols) |