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Based in Dorchester, Dorset, the Arioso String Quartet is available to play for weddings and receptions, civil partnership ceremonies, corporate functions and private parties throughout the south and south west of England. Many of our engagements are in the counties of Dorset, Devon and Somerset; however we frequently travel further afield to Cornwall, Bristol and Bath, Hampshire and Wiltshire, and far beyond. We will be pleased to quote wherever your event is to be held.
We always aim to provide delightful and entertaining music to suit the exact occasion. You can listen to us playing tracks from our extensive library of wedding music by using the media player at the bottom of your screen.
- My favourite tune is not on your list. Will you be able to play it?If it’s at all possible, yes we like to be able to do this for our clients. Please ask.
- How many breaks do you take? How long are they?We take 5 minutes break per hour; for example, in a three hour session, this might be taken as one break of 15 minutes.
- Can you play out of doors?Yes and No! String instruments are delicate and valuable things, often 200 years old or more, and should never be exposed to rain, sun or extremes of temperature. However, if we are given advance notice it may well be possible, provided that we are under
- Do you have public liability insurance?Yes, the individual members of the Arioso Quartet have UK Public Liability Insurance to a level of indemnity of £10 million.
- Do you play recorded music during breaks?No, we believe that recorded music in the breaks detracts from our performance and the atmosphere of your event.
- How much space do you need?Ideally, about 2 x 3 meters, although we have been known to squeeze into smaller spaces.
- How will you dress for my wedding?We can ‘dress up’ or ‘dress down’. The gentlemen of the quartet would normally wear dinner jackets, black or white at your choice, but we can wear dark suits, black or coloured shirts, or indeed full white tie and tails if you prefer.
- What instruments do you play?Like all string quartets, the Arioso Quartet consists of two violins, a viola, and a cello.
- Can you play out of doors?Yes and No! String instruments are delicate and valuable things, often 200 years old or more, and should never be exposed to rain, sun or extremes of temperature. However, if we are given advance notice it may well be possible, provided that we are under
- Do you have public liability insurance?Yes, the individual members of the Arioso Quartet have UK Public Liability Insurance to a level of indemnity of £10 million.
- Do you play recorded music during breaks?No, we believe that recorded music in the breaks detracts from our performance and the atmosphere of your event.
- How many breaks do you take? How long are they?We take 5 minutes break per hour; for example, in a three hour session, this might be taken as one break of 15 minutes.
- How much space do you need?Ideally, about 2 x 3 meters, although we have been known to squeeze into smaller spaces.
- How will you dress for my wedding?We can ‘dress up’ or ‘dress down’. The gentlemen of the quartet would normally wear dinner jackets, black or white at your choice, but we can wear dark suits, black or coloured shirts, or indeed full white tie and tails if you prefer.
- My favourite tune is not on your list. Will you be able to play it?If it’s at all possible, yes we like to be able to do this for our clients. Please ask.
- What instruments do you play?Like all string quartets, the Arioso Quartet consists of two violins, a viola, and a cello.
Set List/Services
A Hard Day's Night Beatles
A Kiss from A Rose Seal
A Million Love Songs Gary Barlow
A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square Sherwin
A Piece of Sky Legrand
A Thousand Years Perri
ABBA Medley Andersson & Ulvaues
Acorazado Rivadavia Villoldo
Adagietto (Symphony No.5) Mahler
Adagio Albinoni
Adagio (Violin Concerto) Bruch
Adagio for Strings Barber
Air Blow
All About You McFly
All I Want Is You U2
All of You Cole Porter
All Time High (Octopussy) John Barry
All You Need Is Love Beatles
Always Look on the Bright Side of Life Eric Idle
America (West Side Story) Bernstein
And I Love Her Beatles
Andante Piano Concerto 21 - Elvira Madigan Mozart
Angel Gabriel Stewart
Annie's Song John Denver
Anniversary Waltz Dubin
Another Op'nin, Another Show Cole Porter
Antoinette March Scott Joplin
Anything Goes Cole Porter
Arioso Bach
Arrival of the Queen of Sheba Handel
At Last Etta James/Warren
At My Most Beautiful REM
Ave Maria (Gounod) Gounod
Ave Maria (Schubert) Schubert
Ave Verum Mozart
Baby Elephant Walk Mancini
Back in the USSR Beatles
Bad Romance Lady Gaga
Badinerie from Suite No. 2 Bach
Ballnacht Galopp Strauss
Barber Of Seville Overture Rossini
Barcarolle Offenbach
Beatles Medley Beatles
Begin the Beguine Cole Porter
Bella's Lullaby Burwell
Belle of the Ball Anderson
Better Together Jack Johnson
Big Spender Coleman
Bill Kern
Billie Jean Michael Jackson
Bittersweet Symphony Verve
Black Adder Goodall
Black Eyes (Ochi Chernye) Hermann
Bliss (Bollywood) Pyarelal Sharma
Blue Danube Strauss
Blue Tango Anderson
Blues in the Night Arlen
Bluesette Thielemans
Bohemia Rag Lamb
Bolero Ravel
Bonnie Banks O' Loch Lomond Traditional
Both Sides Now Joni Mitchell
Brandenberg Concerto No 3 Bach
Braveheart James Horner
Bridget's Theme Gregson-Williams
Brindisi (La Traviata) Verdi
Brown Eyed Girl Van Morrison
Butterfly Waltz Brian Crain
Caberet Kander
Can-Can Offenbach
Candle In The Wind Elton John
Canon and Gigue Pachelbel
Can't Buy Me Love Beatles
Can't Help Falling in Love Elvis Presley
Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You Gaudio
Cantabile Tartini
Caprice Viennois Kreisler
Caravan Duke Ellington
Carmen Prelude Bizet
Cats Suite Lloyd Webber
Cavaquinho Nazareth
Cavatina from The Deer Hunter Myers
Champagne Galop Lumbye
Chanson de Matin Elgar
Chanson de Nuit Elgar
Charade Mancini
Chariots of Fire Vangelis
Charleston Mack
Chasing Cars Snow Patrol
Che Faro Senza Euridice? Gluck
Chicken Reel (bluegrass) Traditional
Christmas Concerto Corelli
Christmas Medley 1 & 2 Traditional
Clair de Lune Debussy
Clocks Coldplay
Cock Linnet Collins & Leigh
Common People Pulp
Con Te Partiro Sartori
Concerning Hobbits Howard Shore
Concerto Grosso in D minor Vivaldi
Concerto in A Vivaldi
Congratulations Martin & Coulter
Coronation Scott Ellis
Country Club Scott Joplin
Crawdad (bluegrass) Traditional
Crazy World Mancini
Crisantemi Puccini
Crown Imperial Walton
Cry Me a River Hamilton
Czardas Monti
Daisy Dacre
Dam Busters March Coates
Dance of the Comedians Smetana
Dancing Cheek to Cheek Irving Berlin
Days of Wine and Roses Mancini
Dear Heart Mancini
Decadent Days Camfield
Deep River Traditional
Desafinado Jobin
Devil's Dream (bluegrass) Traditional
Devil's Galop Williams
Dexter's Tune (Awakenings) Randy Newman
Divertimento No 1 in D Mozart
Divertimento No 2 in B flat Mozart
Divertimento No 3 in F Mozart
Dolly Suite Faure
Don't Cry For Me Argentina Lloyd Webber
Don't Stop Believin' Journey
Don't You (Forget About Me) Simple Minds
Double Violin Concerto Bach
Dr. Mackinnon's Reel Traditional
Drink To Me Only With Thine Eyes Traditional
Drink Up Thy Zider (Bristol City FC) Wurzels
Drinking Song Romberg
Easy Winners Scott Joplin
Ebben Ne Andro Lontana Catalani
Ecstasy of Gold Morricone
Edelweiss Richard Rodgers
Eight Days A Week Beatles
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik Mozart
El Capitan Sousa
Eleanor Rigby Beatles
Emperor Waltz Strauss
Endless Love Richie
Entertainer Scott Joplin
Estudiantina Waltz Waldteufel
Eugene Onegin Waltz Tchaikovsky
Euphonic Sounds Scott Joplin
Every Breath You Take Sting
Every Time We Say Goodbye Cole Porter
Everybody's Free (To Feel Good) Cox / Swanston
Everything I Do I Do It For You Adams/Kamen
Exultate Jubilate - Alleluja Mozart
Fairy Queen - 2 Suites Purcell
Fallen (Pretty Woman) Lauren Wood
Fanfare Mouret
Fauna & Flora of Japan Traditional
Faust Waltz Gounod
Fawlty Towers Wilson
Feeling Good Bricusse/Newley
Fiddle-Faddle Anderson
Fields Of Gold Sting
Fire on the Mountain (bluegrass) Traditional
Fix You Coldplay
Fledermaus Quadrille Strauss
Floral Dance Katie Moss
Flower Duet from Lakme Delibes
Folks Who Live On The Hill Jerome Kern
Food, Glorious Food Bart
Fool On The Hill Beatles
Foot Print (Bollywood) Pyarelal Sharma
Forgotten Dreams Anderson
Forrest Gump Silvestri
Four Seasons Vivaldi
From This Moment On Shania Twain
Funiculi Funicula Denza
Gabriel's Oboe (The Mission) Morricone
Galop Offenbach
Get Back Beatles
Girl With The Flaxen Hair Debussy
Girls Of Baden Kromzak
Gladiator Zimmer
God Bless The Child Holiday
Gondoliers Sullivan
Good Day Sunshine Beatles
Got To Get You Into My Life Beatles
Grand March (Tannhauser) Wagner
Grand March from Aida Verdi
Grasshoppers' Dance Bucalossi
Greatest Day Take That
Greensleeves Traditional
Gremlins Rag Jerry Goldsmith
Grow Old With Me Lennon
Gymnopedie No 1 Satie
Habanera from Carmen Bizet
Hallelujah Leonard Cohen
Happy Birthday Hill
Harry Lime Theme Karas
Heart of Oak Boyce
Heaven Bryan Adams
Hebrew Slaves (Nabucco) Verdi
Hedwig's Theme (Harry Potter) John Williams
Heliotrope Bouquet Scott Joplin
Hello Goodbye Beatles
Here Comes The Bride Wagner
Here Comes The Sun Beatles
Here There And Everywhere Beatles
Herz-Tone Waltz Strauss
Heski-Holski Polka Strauss
Hey Jude Beatles
Highland Whisky Traditional
Hi-Ho Down (bluegrass) Traditional
Holberg Suite Grieg
Hong Kong Fireworks Mancini
Hoppipolla Sigur R�s
Horizon (Bollywood) Pyarelal Sharma
Horse and Buggy Anderson
House of Cards Radiohead
How Deep Is Your Love Bee Gees
How Do You Keep The Music Playing? Legrand
Humming Chorus from Madame Butterfly Puccini
I Concentrate On You Cole Porter
I Do Like To Be Beside The Seaside Glover
I Feel Fine Beatles
I Get A Kick Out Of You Cole Porter
I Heard It Through The Grapevine Whitfield/Strong
I Know Him So Well Rice
I Love You Cole Porter
I Melt With You Modern English
I Say A Little Prayer Bacharach
I Wonder where my Baby is Tonight Donaldson
Idylle Elgar
If I Fell Beatles
If You Knew Sousa Like I Knew Sousa Sousa
Im Fluge Polka Strauss
In a Sentimental Mood Duke Ellington
In My Life Beatles
Indian Summer (Bollywood) Pyarelal Sharma
Indiana Hanley
Inner Voice (Bollywood) Pyarelal Sharma
Inspector Clouseau Theme Mancini
Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana Mascagni
Invitation To The Dance Weber
Irish Cradle Song Traditional
Irish Mist Traditional
Irish Reel Traditional
Is You Is Or Is You Ain't Ma Baby Austin/Jordan
It Had To Be You Isham Jones
It's All Right With Me Cole Porter
It's Easy To Say Mancini
I've Got You Under My Skin Cole Porter
James Bond Theme Norman
Jazz Legato Anderson
Jazz Pizzicato Anderson
Jeeves and Wooster Theme Dudley
Jerusalem Parry
Jessica (Top Gear) Dicky Betts
Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring Bach
Jumpin' Jack Flash Rolling Stones
Jupiter (The Planets) Holst
Jurassic Park Theme John Williams
Just One Of Those Things Cole Porter
Kalinka Larionov
Killarney Balfe
Kissing You (Romeo + Juliet) Des'ree
La Bamba Traditional
La Calinda Delius
La Ci Darem La Mano Mozart
La Folia Corelli
La Paloma Iradier
La Serenissima Rondo Veneziano
La Solitudine Pausini/Cremonesi
Lady Madonna Beatles
Lara's Theme (Dr. Zhivago) Jarre
Largo Handel
Lark Ascending Vaughan Williams
Latin American Ludwig Beethoven
Lay All Your Love On Me Andersson/Ulvaeus
Layla Clapton
Le Coucou Daquin
Leaning on a Lampost Gay
Let's Do It Cole Porter
Let's Face The Music and Dance Berlin
Liberty Bell Sousa
Liebesfreud Kreisler
Liebeslied Kreisler
Life in a Looking Glass Mancini
Lilac Time Schubert
L'Incoronazione Di Poppea (Sinfonia & Duet) Monteverdi
Little Boy Lost Legrand
Londonderry Air Traditional
Long and Winding Road Beatles
Lord MacDonald & Drowsy Maggie Traditional
Louise Whiting
Love and Marriage van Heusen
Love Is All Around Presley
Love Is Here To Stay Gershwin
Love Me Tender Elvis Presley
Love Story Lai
Love Story (Taylor Swift) Swift
Love Walked In Gershwin
Lover Come Back To Me! Romberg
Lullaby from Bavarian Dances Elgar
Lullaby of Birdland Shearing
Lullaby of Broadway Warren
Lullabye (Goodnight, My Angel) Billy Joel
Mad Dogs and Englishmen Coward
Magnificent Seven Elmer Bernstein
Make You Feel My Love Adele
Makin' Whoopee Donaldson
Mandy English/Kerr
Maple Leaf Rag Scott Joplin
March from Marriage Of Figaro Mozart
March from The Prophet Meyerbeer
March Militaire Schubert
March Of The Toys Herbert
Maria Bernstein
Married Life - Up Theme (Disney Pixar) Giacchino
Marry You Bruno Mars
Mazurka Op 17 No 3 Chopin
Mazurka Op 33 No 3 Chopin
Mazurka Op 50 No 1 Chopin
Meditation from Thais Massenet
Meggie's Theme Mancini
Meistersingers - Prelude to Act 3 Wagner
Memory (Cats) Lloyd Webber
Menuet from Petite Suite Debussy
Michelle Beatles
Midnight in Moscow traditional
Mignon Gavotte Thomas
Miniature Viennese March Kreisler
Minuet Boccherini
Minuet from L'Arlesienne Bizet
Minuetto No 1 Puccini
Minuetto No 2 Puccini
Mirage (Bollywood) Pyarelal Sharma
Misty Garner
Molly Maguire's Theme Mancini
Molly on the Shore Grainger
Moon River Mancini
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