The Avenas String Quartet

Our current repertoire for functions includes...

Classical
Water Music:  Handel
Polovtsian Dances:  Borodin
Humoresque:  Dvorak
Duo from “The Pearl Fishers”:  Bizet
Tango:  Albeniz
Entrance of the Queen of Sheba:  Handel
Three Little Maids from School:  Sullivan
Chanson De Matin: Elgar
Trumpet Tune:  Purcell
Trumpet Voluntary:  Clarke
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik:  Mozart
Kanon und Gigue:  Pachelbel
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3:  J.S. Bach
Serenade:  Haydn
Brandenburg Concerto No. 2:  J.S. Bach
Minuet (Sonata Op. 49, No. 2):  Beethoven
Rondo alla Turca (Sonata K331):  Mozart
Presto (“A Musical Joke” K552):  Mozart
Standchen (from “Schwanengesang”):  Schubert
Moment Musicale:  Schubert
Funiculi Funiclua:  Denza arr. Thorp
Rondeau:  Mouret
Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring:  J.S. Bach
Ave Maria:  Schubert
Air:  J.S. Bach
Aria from “Xerxes”:  Handel
Largo from “Winter”:  Vivaldi
Liebestraum:  List
Wedding March:  Mendelssohn
Wedding March:  Wagner
Three Divertimenti:  Mozart
"Spring" from the Four Seasons:  Vivaldi arr. Martelli
Norwegian Dance No.3:  Greig arr. Thorp
Two Rondeaux from Abdelazar & The Fairy Queen:  Purcell arr Thorp
Flower Duet from Lakme:  Delibes arr. Thorp
Pizzicato Polka:  Strauss arr. Thorp
Wedding Day at Troldhaugen:  Grieg arr. Thorp
Vocalise:  Rachmaninoff arr. Thorp
Danse Des Mirlitons from The Nutcracker:  Tchaikovsky arr. Thorp
Barcarolle:  Offenback arr. Thorp
Prelude to Carmen:  Bizet arr. Thorp
Norwegian Dance No. 2:  Grieg arr. Thorp
O Sole Mio:  Capua arr. Thorp
Hornpipe from Water Music:  Handel arr. Thorp
First Polovtsian Dance:  Borodin arr. Thorp

Jazz, Pop & Rock
The Entertainer:  Joplin
Golliwogg’s Cake-Walk:  Debussy
Elite Syncopations:  Joplin
“Sunshine of Your Love”:  Cream
“Stairway to Heaven”:  Led Zepplin
Let's Do It:  Cole Porter arr. Thorp
Anything Goes:  Cole Porter arr. Thorp
Pennies From Heaven:  Johnson arr. Thorp
Every Time We Say Goodbye:  Cole Porter arr. Thorp
My Funny Valentine:  Rodgers arr. Thorp
The Folks Who Live on the Hill:  Kern arr. Thorp
New York, New York From On The Town:  Bernstein arr. Thorp
Ragtime Dance Joplin arr. Thorp
Michelle:  Lennon & McCartney
I Feel Fine:  Lennon & McCartney
Norwegian Wood:  Lennon & McCartney
Strawberry Fields Forever:  Lennon & McCartney
Eight Days A Week:  Lennon & McCartney
Flop-Eared Mule:  Trad. American arr Dabczynski
Easy Winners:  Joplin
Makin' Whoopee:  Donaldson
Moonlight in Vermont:   Suessdorf arr Thorp
Plink, Plank, Plunk: Anderson

and many more...

We are also more than happy to discuss any requests you might have for music.  Arrangements of music not currently available for string quartet can be commissioned for an extra charge. 

The quartet have played at numerous wedding ceremonies and would like to make the following recommendations for music you might like as part of your wedding ceremony:

Bride's Entrance:

Handel:  Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
Elgar:  Chanson de Matin
Pachelbel: Cannon

Register Signing:

Handel:  Water Music
Pachelbel:  Cannon
Beethoven:  Minuet

Bride and Groom's Exit:

Pachelbel:  Cannon
Mozart:  Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
Trumpet Tune:  Purcell
Trumpet Voluntary:  Clarke

The above recommendations are all suitable for both civil and religious ceremonies.  If your ceremony is taking place in a church you may like to consider the following recommendation as part of your programme:

Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring:  J.S. Bach
Any hymns for which the sheet music is readily available - the quartet will happily provide musical accompaniment.