Bows Strings & Belles are a superb Hertfordshire based string quartet who perform regularly at weddings, functions, corporate events, parties and concerts. Booking options range from a haunting soloist to a stylish 4 piece ensemble.
Abreu - Tico-Tico
Albert - Feelings
Anderson - Belle of the Ball Waltz
Anderson - Blue Tango
Anderson - Forgotten Dreams
Arlen - Over a Rainbow
Arlen - Stormy Weather
Bach/Gounod - Ave Maria
Bandolim - Noites Cariocas
Barber - Adagio for strings
Bartok - Rumanian Folk Dances
Beatles - Beatles Selection
Beethoven - Adagio Cantabile from the Pathetique Sonata
Beethoven - Ode to Joy
Beltran - Sway Cherry Pink
Bernstein - America from "West Side Story"
Bernstein - I Feel Pretty from "West Side Story"
Bernstein - Maria from "West Side Story"
Bernstein - One Hand One Heart from "West Side Story"
Bernstein - Somewhere from "West Side Story"
Bernstein - Tonight from "West Side Story"
Bizet - Selection from Carmen
Bock - Sunrise Sunset
Bonfa - Manha de Carnaval from "Black Orpheus"
Borodin - Prince Igor
Bowles - Scarborough Fair
Brahms - Hungarian Dances
Brooks - You Light Up My Life
Carpenters - Goodbye to Love
Chopin - Selection of Waltzes
Collins/Leigh - Cock Linnet
Copland - Hoe-down from Rodeo
Copland - Saturday Night Waltz from Rodeo
Corelli - Christmas Concerto
Debussy - Clair de Lune
Debussy - Golliwog's Cake-walk
Debussy - The Girl with the Flaxen Hair
Delibes - Flower Duet from Lakme
Denver - Leaving on a Jet Plane
Denza - Funiculi Funicula
Devinez - Bass Vile Blues
Diamond - Suddenly
Donaldson - Makin' Whoopee
Dudley - Jeeves and Wooster Theme
Dvorak -Humoresque
Dvorak -Largo from the New World Symphony
Dvorak -Waltz from Symphony no. 8
Elgar - Chanson de Matin and Nuit
Elgar - Nimrod
Elgar - Salut d'Amour
Ellington - It Don't Mean a Thing
Farranto - Morenita do Brazil
Faure - Pavane
Fisher - Chicago
Foster - For Just a Moment
Foster - You're the Inspiration
Frank - Panis Angelicus
Gade - Jalousie Tango
Gardel - Por Una Cabeza Tango from "Scent of a Woman"
Garland - In the Mood
Garner - Misty
Gershwin - An American in Paris
Gershwin - Do It Again
Gershwin - Embraceable You
Gershwin - I got Rhythm Variations
Gershwin - Just Another Rhumba
Gershwin - Prelude no. 2
Gershwin - Someone to Watch Over Me
Ginastera - Danzas Argentinas No 2
Glover - Beside the Seaside
Greig - Morning from Peer Gynt
Haggart - What's New?
Handel - Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
Handel - La Rejouissance
Handel - Largo
Handel - Violin Sonata in D major
Handel - Water Music
Haydn - Serenade
Hendrix - Purple Haze
Herbert - Gypsy Life
Horner - My Heart Will Go On from "Titanic"
Hupfield - As Time Goes By
Ivanovici - Anniversary Waltz
J.S. Bach - Air on a G String
J.S. Bach - Arioso from Cantata no 156
J.S. Bach - Badinerie
J.S. Bach - Brandenburg Concertos nos 2 and 3
J.S. Bach - Cantata no 140
J.S. Bach - Double Violin Concerto
J.S. Bach - Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
J.S. Bach - Minuet in G (Anna Magdalena)
J.S. Bach - Sheep May Safely Graze
J.S. Bach - Two Chorale Preludes
J.S. Bach - Violin Concerto mve. 1 in E major
Jenkins - Palladio
Johnson - Pennies From Heaven
Joplin - Selection of Rags
Kander - New York New York
Kander/Ebb - Cabaret
Kreisler - Allegretto
Kreisler - Caprice Viennois
Kreisler - Leibeslied
Kreisler - Liebesfreud
Kreisler - Midnight Bells Waltz
Kreisler - Schon Rosmarin
Kreisler - The Old Refrain
Legrand - The Summer Knows
Legrand - What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?
Lehar - Merry Widow Waltzes
Lightfoot - If You Could Read My Mind
Lloyd Webber - All I Ask of You from "Phantom"
Lloyd Webber - I Don't Know How to Love Him
Lloyd Webber - Memory from "Cats"
Lloyd Webber - Music of the Night fom "Phantom"
Louiguy - La Vie en Rose
Manchester - Come in From the Rain
Mascagni - Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana
Massenet - Meditation from Thais
Mendelsson - Wedding March
Monti - Czardas
Mozart - Allelujah
Mozart - Divertimeni in D and F
Mozart - Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
Mozart - Figaro Overture
Mozart - Marriage of Figaro (wedding march)
Naughtin - Looney Tunes Fugue
Naughtin - Natal Variations (Happy Birthday)
Norman/ Barry - James Bond Themes
O'Carolan - Irish Sherry
Offenbach - Barcarolle
Pachelbel - Canon
Pheloung - Inspector Morse Theme
Piazzola - Tanguedia III
Porter - Anything Goes
Porter - Begin the Beguine
Porter - I Love Paris
Porter - Lets Do It
Puccini - Che Gelida Manina from La Boheme
Puccini - Musetta's Waltz
Purcell - Trumpet Tune
Purcell - Trumpet Voluntary
Purcell - Two Rondeaux from The Fairy Queen
Rachmaninov - Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Rachmaninov - Vocalise
Raskin - Laura
Ravel - Bolero
Ravel - Menuet from Le Tombeau de Couperin
Ravel - Pavane pour une infante defunte
Richard Rogers - Selection of Waltzes
Richie - Truly
Rogers - "King and I" selection
Rogers - My Funny Valentine
Rossini - Thieving Magpie Overture
Rota - Love Theme from "The Godfather"
Rota - Romeo and Juliet Love Theme
Rouse - The Orange Blossom Special
Saint Seans - The Swan
Sarasate - Romanza Andaluza
Satie - 3 Gymnopedies
Schostakovich - Romance
Schubert - Ave Maria
Schubert - Standchen
Setzer - Hawaii Five 0 Theme
Sondheim - Send in the Clowns
Stolz - Two Hearts in Three-Quarter Time
Strauss J. - Blue Danube Waltz
Strauss J. - Czardas from Die Fledermaus
Strauss J. - Die Fledermaus Waltzes
Strauss J. - Pizzicato Polka
Strauss J. - Radetzky March
Strauss J. - Tales from the Vienna Woods
Strauss J. - Trish Trash Polka
Strauss J. - Wiener Blut Waltzes
Strauss R. - Der Rosenkavalier
Streisand - Evergreen
Strouse - "Annie" Highlights
Tchaikovsky - Russian Dance
Tchaikovsky - Selection from the Nutcracker
Traditional - Amazing Grace
Traditional - Country Medley
Traditional - Dark Eyes
Traditional - Golden Earings
Traditional - Greensleeves
Traditional - La Bamba
Traditional - Loyko
Ungar - Ashokan Farewell from "The Civil War"
Van Morrison - Have I Told You Lately
Van Morrison - Moondance
Various - Selection of Christmas Music/Carols
Various - Selection of Hymns
Verdi - La Forza del Destino
Villoldo - El Choco Tango
Vivaldi - Concert Grossi in A and D minor
Vivaldi - Four Seasons
Wagner - Bridal Chorus
Williams - Red Sails in the Sunset
Arlen - Somewhere Over The Rainbow
Aznavor - She
Aznavor - Yesterday When I Was Young
Bach - Air on a G String
Bach - Sarabande and Gavotte
Bach - Brandenburg Concerto Grosso no III
Bach - Sheep May Safely Graze
Bach - Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring
Bart - I’d Do Anything from “Oliver”
Beethoven - Minuet no 1 in C
Beethoven - Minuet no 2 in G
Beethoven - Minuet no 6 in C
Berlin - Cheek to Cheek
Berlin - Sisters
Berlin - There’s No Business Like Show Business
Berlin - Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
Bergman - What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?
Bizet - Habanera from “Carmen”
Boccherini - Menuette
Bock - “Fiddler on The Roof “ selection
Brahms - Hungarian Dances no 5 and 6
Delibes - Flower Duet
Delibes - Pizzicato Polka
Denver - Annie’s Song
Dudley - Jeeves and Wooster Theme
Dvorak - Humoresque
Elgar - Nimrod
Faure - Pavane
Frank - Panis Angelicus
Gay - Lambeth walk
Gay - Run Rabbit Run
Gershwin - Swanee
Gershwin - Lady Be Good
Gershwin - Fascinating Rhythm
Gershwin - Summertime
Gershwin - I Got Plenty O’ Nothing
Glover - Rose of Tralee
Greig - Waltz
Handel - Water Music
Handel - Arival of The Queen of Sheba
Handel - Andante and Saraband
Haydn - German Dance
Haydn - Serenade
Haydn - Trio in 3 movements
Henderson - You’re The Cream in My Coffee
Henderson - Five Foot Two
Herman - Hello Dolly
Hiller - Save Your Kisses For Me
Howard - Fly Me To The Moon
Hupfield - As Time Goes By
Joplin - The Easy Winners Rag
Joplin - Country Club Rag
Kaempfert - Strangers in The Night
Kern - A Fine Romance
Kreisler - Liebeslied
Kreisler - Liebesfreud
Kreisler - Schon Rosmarin
Kreisler - Polichinelle
Lai - Love Story Theme
Lauro - Valse Venezolano
Lenon - All You Need is Love
Lloyd Webber - The Music of The Night from “Phantom”
Lloyd Webber - All I Ask of You
Macheod - Summer Holiday
Mancini - Moon River
Martini - Gavotte
Mascagni - Cavalleria Rusticana
Massenet - Meditation from “Thais”
Mer/Eling/Stra - Satin Doll
Mozart - Andantino
Mozart - Divertimento in 5 movements
Mozart - Adagio and Menuetto
Mozart - Eine Kleine Nact Musik
Mozart - Selection of Trios
Mendelssohn - Wedding March
Pachelbel - Canon
Porter - Night and Day
Porter - I’ve Got You Under My Skin
Purcell - Trumpet Voluntary
Rota - Themes from “The Godfather”
Schonberg - I Dreamed a Dream
Schumann - Soldier’s March
Sherwin - A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square
Sieben - Menuette
Strauss - Voices of Spring
Strauss - Vienna Blood
Traditional - Greensleaves
Traditional - Heissa Troika
Traditional - Irish Medley
Traditional - Congratulations
Traditional - Happy Birthday
Traditional - Tum Balalayka
Traditional - Hava Nagila
Traditional - Museltov
Traditional - Scarborough Fair
Thaikovsky - Dance of The Cygnets
Turk - Are You Lonesome Tonight?
Turk - Largetto Amoroso
Vivaldi - Spring and Winter from “The Four Seasons”
Wagner - Bridal Chorus
Youmans - Tea for Two
Albeniz - Tango
Aznavour - Yesterday When I Was Young
Aznavour - She
Bach - Air on a G String
Bach - Badinerie
Bach - Bourree
Bach - Sarabande and Gigue
Bach - Gavotte
Bach - Selection of Inventions
Bart - I’d Do Anything from Oliver
Beatles - Yesterday
Beatles - When I’m 64
Beethoven - Minuet in G
Bergman - Windmills of Your Mind
Bergman - What Are You Doing For The Rest of Your Life?
Berlin - Cheek to Cheek
Berlin - There’s No Business Like Show Business
Bernstein - I Feel Pretty
Bock - Fiddler on The Roof Selection
Brahms - Hungarian dances nos 5 and 6
Bizet - Carmen Excerpts
Dancla - Two Duos Sonatas op.108 nos 2 and 3
Donaldson - Makin Whoopie
Dudley - Jeeves and Wooster
Dvorak - Humoreske
Elgar - Salut d’ Amour
Ellington - Satin Doll
Ellis - Spread a Little Happiness
Farrauto - Morenita do Brazil
Garner - Misty
Gershwin - Swanee
Gershwin - Summertime
Gershwin - Fascinating Rhythm
Gershwin - Lady Be Good
Gershwin - I Got Plenty of Nothing
Greig - Norwegian Dance
Greig - Waltz
Handel - La Rejoussance
Haydn - Serenade
Haydn - Romanze
Haydn - Adagio and Rondeau
Haydn - German Dance
Henderson - You’re The Cream in my Coffee
Henderson - Five Foot Two
Herman - Hello Dolly
Herman - As Time Goes By
Heusen - Busy Doing Nothing
Hiller - Save All Your Kisses For Me
Hoffmann - Duo in F
Howard - Fly Me to The Moon
Irving - Tea For Two
Joplin - Selection of Rags
Kern - A Fine Romance
Kern - Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
Kreisler - Leibesfreud
Kreisler - Liebesleid
Lai - Love Story Theme
Lauro - Valse Venezolano
Lloyd Webber - Selection From Phantom
Machoed - Summer Holiday
Mancini - Moon River
Martini - Gavotte
Mendelsshohn - Wedding March
Morrison - Moondance
Mozart - Divertimento
Mozart - Sonatas in C and F
Pachelbel - Canon in D
Porter - Night and Day
Porter - Just One of Those Things
Preston - The Gay Nineties
Purcell - Two Rondeaux from The fairy Queen
Rameau - Rigaudon
Rota - Godfather Excerpts
Schonberg - I Dreamed a Dream
Schumann - The Reaper’s Song
Sherwin - A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square
Sinatra - Strangers in The Night
Strauss - Radetzky March
Strauss - Selection of Polkas
Strauss - Selection of Waltzes
Strauss - Blue Danube
Strouse – Songs from Annie
Tchaikovsky - Barcarolle
Traditional – Congratulations
Traditional – Ceildh Duet
Traditional – Siman Tov
Traditional – Irish Tunes
Traditional – Happy Birthday
Turk - Are You Lonesome Tonight?
Vivaldi - Winter and Spring from The Four Seasons
Wagner - Bridal Chorus
Just a quick note to say thank you so much for performing on Saturday at Stanmer House. You were fantastic! Everyone enjoyed the music and you really contributed to making it a wonderful occasion. Thank you particularly for being so easy to work with; you were all so friendly, accommodating and laid back - much appreciated. We will make sure the cards you left out get distributed amongst the guests and we will certainly keep you in mind for next time. Kind regards, Elroy
We wanted to thank you and Joanne - the music was terrific!
Can I say how pleased Liz and I were with the music that you provided for our wedding last Sunday. We both felt that your playing was the icing on the cake at the ceremony and afterwards at the reception and wedding breakfast. Absolutely perfect! Thank you so very much for your wonderful contribution to our perfect day. Ps your cello has a lovely voice :)
We wanted to write to thank you for the fantastic music that you provided for our wedding ceremony. Your performances were outstanding and everybody mentioned how superb you were. We were extremely impressed by your lengthy repertoire, which allowed us to choose the perfect music not only for our ceremony but also for the drinks outside in the gardens and the Safari Lodge. We really appreciated being able to speak to you whenever we needed to. It was a wonderful relief to know that someone was paying attention to every detail. We would recommend you to anybody looking for wonderful musicians for any event. Best wishes and thank you.
Alex and I would like to thank you and the other members of the quartet for playing at Sue and Will’s wedding. The music added so much to making it a very special day for both of them. So many people told us that they thought the quartet was marvellous and Iain, who is a dedicated follower of classical music, thought you were stunningly good.
I had the great pleasure of hearing you playing last night at my brother-in- law’s birthday party at Tower Bridge
You sound brilliant!
Bows, Strings and Belles have performed at a wide range of prestigious venues such as Buckingham Palace, Blenheim Palace, Goodwood House, Spencer House, Wallace Collection, Claridges, Woburn Abbey and many top London hotels. Members of the team have also worked with popular artists such as Joan Armatrading, Take That, Alesha Dixon, The Spice Girls, Shirley Bassey, Madonna and Peter Gabriel (to name a few), as well as The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra, Birmingham Opera and Moscow City Ballet. They've also performed in numerous West End shows, including Matilda, Ghost, Les Miserables and The Lion King. The presentation can be formal, with co-ordinated ball gowns or evening wear, or a more relaxed smart casual affair if preferred.
Bows, Strings and Belles are based in Hertfordshire but are more than to happy to travel UK wide.