Experienced and lively sting quartet with extensive repertoire in a variety of musical genre. Arioso String Quartet is a lively, vibrant, experienced group of musicians based in Suffolk. Well established, with an excellent reputation, Arioso regularly play throughout Suffolk, Essex, Norfolk and Cambridgeshire.
Arioso String Quartet was established around 1999 and have been playing together ever since. We have an extensive and diverse repertoire and we are happy to advise you on suitable music for your event.
Arioso have played at all of the major venues in East Anglia. We are highly recommended wherever we play, including such prestigious locations as Wherstead Park, Hintlesham Hall and Layer Marney Tower. We will often liase directly with events coordinators at your venue which helps reduce the work load involved in organising a big day.
A string quartet creates a fine welcoming atmosphere adding a touch of class and sophistication to your event. A quartet is made up of two violins, one viola and a ’cello. A string quartet can give you music throughout the day, we don’t need a power supply and so can happily play outdoors (weather permitting).
Arioso Strings were the perfect wedding musicians: friendly, professional and of course highly accomplished. Honestly, everyone at our wedding was raving about the ambiance and magic they added to our special day! I can’t thank them enough for their support, particularly when we had to reschedule our date for a year later due to the pandemic. Thank you so so much for the perfect day.
"Dear Arioso,
Bravo, bravo, bravo!!! Our guests loved you and they loved your work tremendously. Several of them talked about you continuously over the weekend and we are still receiving messages from them of your magical musical performance. Thank you and well done on an excellent show.
A particular memory that stands out is a few guests coming to tell me that they wanted to move to other rooms, but couldn’t bare the thought of not being able to hear you play...Amazing! On several occasions when I came into the room there was quiet listening and thoughtful appreciation. Thank you.
We confidently applaud you and highly recommend you, knowing from energetic, enthusiastic, joyous and sparkling feedback that you did an incredible job of not only entertaining our guests, but inspiring young and old to take up forgotten instruments. Thank you.
Thank you Arioso String Quartet and bravo once again.
Our very best wishes to you,
James and Theo"
We can play for any part of your wedding day.
Classical Repertoire
Light Repertoire
Title Composer
Forgotten Dreams Anderson
Sandpaper Ballet Anderson
The Typewriter Anderson
Air (Orchestral Suite No.3 In D Major) Bach
Air From Suite No. 3 Bach
Badinerie (Orchestral Suite No.2) Bach
Bist du bei mir Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No.3 Bach
Double Violin Concerto Bach
Jesu Joy Bach
My Heart Ever Faithful Bach
Sheep May Safely Graze Bach
Ave Maria Bach- Gounod
Cavatine Beethoven
Für Elise Beethoven
Minuet From Septet Beethoven
Prelude to Carmen Bizet
Instrumental from Master and Commander Boccherini
Minuett Boccherini
First Polovtian Dance Borodin
Theme From Quartet No. 2 Borodin
Adagio (Main Theme) Bruch
O Sole Mio Capua
Por Una Cabeza Carlos Gardel
Vide Cor Meum Cassidy
Te Deum, Tu Devicto Charpentier
Scherzo Cherubini
From Polonaise in A flat Major Chopin
Grande Valse Brilliante Chopin
Hoe Down Copeland
Theme from Pride and Predjudice Davis Carl
Clair de Lune Debussy
Girl with the flaxen hair Debussy
Flower Duet Delibes
Funiculi Funicula Denza
Toccata Dubois
Slavonic Dance Dvorak
Chanson de Matin Elgar
Chanson de Nuit Elgar
Nimrod Elgar
Salut d'amour Elgar
Pavane Faure
Con te Partiro Francesco Sartori
Panis Angelicus Frank
Morning from Peer Gynt Greig
Norwegian Dance No 3 Greig
Norwegian Dance No. 2 Greig
Waltz Greig
Wedding Day at Troldhaugen Greig
Theme from Poirot Gunning Christopher
Air, Bourree from Water Music Handel
Arrival of the Queen of Sheba Handel
Honpipe from Water Music Handel
Largo Handel
Rejoissance from Fireworks Handel
Canzona Hasse
Serenade Haydn
Blue Danube Waltz J Strauss
Chit-Chat Polka J Strauss
Pizzicato Polka J Strauss
Radetzky March J Strauss
Thunder and Lightning Polka J Strauss
Tritsch-Tratsch Polka J Strauss
Palladio Jenkins Karl
Elves Dance Jenkinson
The Prince of Denmarks March Jeremaiah Clarke
In a Persian Market Ketelbey
Adagio from "Spartacus" Khachatarian
Liebesleid Kreisler
One day more Les Miserable
All I Ask of You Lloyd Webber
Adagietto from Symphony No.5 Mahler
Intermezzo, Cavalleria Rusticana Mascagni
Meditation from Thais Massenet
Canzonetta Mendelssohn
If With All Your Hearts Mendelssohn
Wedding March (Out) Mendelssohn
Sinfonia & Final Duet Monteverdi
Czardas Monti
Divertimentos, 1, 2 and 3 Mozart
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik Mozart
Minuetto from Quartet E flat Major Mozart
Rondo alla Turca Mozart
Cavatina from the Deerhunter Myers
Barcarolle Offenbach
Canon Pachelbel
O Mio Babbino Caro Puccini
Two Rondeaux, the Fairy Queen Purcell
Vocalise Rachmaninoff
The Swan Saint-Saens
Gymnopedie Satie
Deutsche Tanze Schubert
Traumerei Schumann
Dance of the Mirlitons Tchaikovsky
From Romeo and Juliet Tchaikovsky
From Symphony No. 5 Tchaikovsky
March (Nutcracker Suite Op.71) Tchaikovsky
Waltz of the flowers Tchaikovsky
Greensleeves Traditional
Irish Sherry Traditional
British Sea songs Various
British sea songs Various
Autumn from Four Seasons Vivaldi
Largo from Guitar Concerto in D Vivaldi
Spring from Four Seasons Vivaldi
Wedding March (In) Wagner
Light Repertoire
Mama Mia Abba
Feel My Love Adele
Someone like you Adele
A whole new world Alan menken
Blue Tango Anderson
Jazz Pizzicato Anderson
Music of the Night Andrew Lloyd Webber
Can't Take My Eyes of You Andy Williams
Music to watch girls by Andy Williams
Boating Medley Anon
Hearts and Flowers and Tangos Anon
Over The Rainbow Arlen
Whole Again Atomic Kitten
She Aznavour
Don\'t know much Barry Mann
All you need is love Beatles
In this Life Beatles
Let it be Beatles
Medley Beatles
Penny Lane Beatles
How deep is your love? Bee Gees
Stand by me Ben E King
Take my breath away Berlin
New York, New York Bernstein
Halo Beyonce
Ain't no Sunshine Bill Withers
Can\'t take my eyes off you Bob Crewe
Just the way you are Bruno mars
Marry You Bruno Mars
Everything I Do Bryan Adams
Goodbye to love Carpenters
Top of the world Carpenters
Yesterday once more Carpenters
Lord Of The Dance Carter
The Prayer Celine Dion
One thousand Years Christina Perry
Love theme Cinema Paradiso
Rather Be Clean Bandit
The Dambusters March Coates
Paradise Coldplay
Viva la vida Coldplay
Black Beauty Theme Denis Andrew King
Fawlty Towers Dennis Wilson
Kissing You (from Romeo & Juliet) Des're
Time of my life Dirty Dancing
Let it go Disney, Frozen
Making Whoopee Donaldson
Perhaps, perhaps, perhaps Doris Day
Blue is the Colour (Chelsea football!) Drew Cullen
One day like this Elbow
Can you feel the love tonight Elton John
Chi Mai Ennio Morricone
Layla Eric Clapton
Wonderful Tonight Eric Clapton
Habanera Ernesto Halffter
At Last Etta James
Over the Rainbow Eva Cassidy
Theme from Love story Francis Lai
Jealousy (Tango) Gade
Leaning on a Lamppost Gay
Can't Help Falling in Love (Elvis) George Weiss
Embraceable You Gershwin
Fascinating Rhythm Gershwin
Somebody Loves Me Gershwin
Someone to Watch Over Me Gershwin
Paradise city Guns and roses
That\'s Amore Harry Warren
The Muppets! Henson, Jim & Pottle, Sam
Fly Me to the Moon Howard (Sinatra)
Amarillo Howard Greenfield
La Paloma Iradier
High James Blunt
You're Beautiful James Blunt
All Time High James Bond
Bond Theme James Bond
Love and Marriage James Von Heusen
Hernando\'s Hideaway Jerry Ross
Are you gonna be my girl Jet
Come Fly With Me Jimmy Van Heusen
In the Mood Joe Garland
All of Me John Legend
Star Wars theme, throne room music John Williams
Pennies from Heaven Johnson
Pineapple Rag Joplin
Ragtime Dance Joplin
The Entertainer Joplin
The Harry Lime Theme Karas
Firework Katie Perry
Somewhere only we know Keane- Lily Allen
I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles Kellete
Moonlight and Roses Lemare
A moment like this Leona Lewis
Hallelujah Leonard Cohen
As Long as He Needs Me (Oliver) Lionel Bart
Food Glorious Food (Oliver) Lionel Bart
Amazed Lonestar
Wonderful World Louis Armstrong
Crazy for you Madonna
In the Wee Small Hours of The Morning Mann
Somewhere Out There (The Rescuers) Mann
Copocabana Mannilow
I Write the Songs Mannilow
It\'s all about you Mcfly
La Cumparsita (Tango) Meredith
Everything Michael Buble
Ben Michael Jackson
Smooth Criminal Michael Jackson
Thriller Michael Jackson
The Heart Asks for Pleasure First Michael Nyman
Come what may Moulin rouge
Let there be love Nat king cole
Let\'s face the music Nat King Cole
Whatever Oasis
These Arms of mine Otis Reading
When a man loves a woman Percy Sledge
Groovy Kind of Love Phil Collins
Libertango (Tango) Piazzolla
Anything Goes Porter
Every Time we Say Goodbye Porter
I've Got You Under My Skin Porter
Lets Do It Porter
Whiter Shade of Pale Procol Harum
Don't Stop Me Now Queen
I believe I can fly R Kelly
You needed me Randy Goodman
Harmony Ray Conniff
My Favourite Things (Sound of Music) Richard Rodgers
Eternity, She's the One + Angels Robbie Williams
Some Enchanted Evening Rodgers & Hammerstein
My Funny Valentine Rogers
Dr Who theme Ron Grainer
When You Say Nothing at All Ronan Keating
Oh How We Danced Saul Chaplin
Hoppipolla Sigur ros
Bridge Over Troubled Water Simon and Garfunkel
Beyond the sea Sinatra
Chasing cars Snow patrol
Isnt she lovely Stevie Wonder
Signed, Sealed, Delivered, I'm Yours! Stevie Wonder
You are the sunshine of my life Stevie Wonder
Every breath you take Sting
Fields of Gold Sting
Take the a Train Strayhorn
Moonlight in Vermont Suessdorf
Greatest Day Take that
Patience Take that
Rule the world Take that
Love story Taylor swift
Goodbye to Love The Carpenters
Top of the World The Carpenters
Yesterday once more The Carpenters
Yesterday Once More The Carpenters
Light my fire The Doors
Marino Waltz The Dubliners
Don\'t stop believing The journey
Bittersweet symphony The Verve
My Heart Will Go On Titanic
Tie a Yellow Ribbon Tony Orlando and Dawn
A Beautiful Day U2
All I want is you U2
Moondance Van Morrison
Love is in the air Vanda/ Young
Film medley Various
Song Cycles Various
English Country Garden Vaughan Williams
Love Me Tender Vera Matson
Ei Choclo (Tango) Villoldo
All I Ask of You Weber
Somewhere West Side Story
Flying without wings Westlife
What about now Westlife
One Moment in Time Whitney Houston
Evergreen Will Young
Neopolitan Serenade Winkler