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We have played at hundreds of venues in Kent, London and the home counties. Venues varying from the grand such as the Imperial War Museum, Claridges, Penshurst Place, Chiddingstone and Hever Castles, to smaller hotel venues, pubs, village halls, even a bandstand in a village fair – and many gazebos and marquees in private homes and gardens of all sizes.
The players are all highly experienced professionally trained musicians. Music is what we all do for a living, full time. Our guarantee to you: beautiful music played for your event at the highest possible standard.
We can provide an elegant and entertaining atmosphere for your special day, playing music ranging from Vivaldi, Bach and Mozart through to Cole Porter, the Beatles, Blur and Coldplay with an overall classical feel.
We are always very happy to offer friendly advice about suitable repertoire, when and where to have musicians playing, and can arrange pieces to order for a fee.
FAQs
Please, describe your act or business in on sentence:
Top class professional musicians providing classical and light music for your special day.
What are the highlights of your career?
Possibly the best fun we've ever had was playing the test match cricket theme at a wedding in Lord's cricket ground..! Or there was the bride and groom who came in to Sonic the Hedgehog..or in huge contrast playing Haydn's Op 71 at a birthday party in an idyllic country barn. Of course as individuals we've played with many well known musicians and organisations - from Ballet at the Royal Opera House to recording sessions with the BBC.
What is your competitive advantage (special features)?
Huge range of music. Large pool of players who play with us regularly and know our repertoire well, so reliability guaranteed. We love playing together and really enjoy what we do.
What kind of events do you usually serve?
Weddings, corporate events, parties,
Who are your previous clients?
Mostly private events - we've been working as an ensemble for over 20 years so there are many ! References available on request.
How can event planners pay for your services?
BACs
How long do you play for?
from one hour to four hours inclusive of breaks
Do you have your own PA and lighting?
No PA, but we bring lights for us to read music
Do you have Public Liability Insurance and PAT tested equipment?
Yes
How much space do you require?
Quartet ten foot by ten foot is generous. Trio and Duo less respectively.
My favourite tune is not on your list. Will you be able to play it?
Ask us - we may already have it - or may be able to sort it out for you. We'll always do our best !
How many breaks do you take? How long are they?
We take ten minutes break for every hour of playing. In a four hour booking one break is longer.
Set List/Services
The Haysden String Quartet. Professional musicians for hire covering Kent, Sussex, Surrey, Middlesex and London. Music for weddings, funerals, parties, celebrations, recitals and corporate events since 1996.
Also available to hire as a Trio comprising violin, viola and cello – or as a Duo with violin and cello. Ideal for the smaller venue or leaner budget.
With 20 years experience of planning musical entertainment for all types of events, we ensure the most reliable and very highest standard of performance for you and your guests.
Repertoire:
Classical for Quartet
We have many more pieces than is listed below – please ask if you want something that isn’t here, we might have it!
Bach – Air from Suite No 3, Jesu Joy, Arioso, Concerto in D minor for two violins, Brandenburg 3, Badinerie from Suite No 2
Bach – Brandenburg 2
Bizet – Duet from Pearl Fishers, Carmen melodies
Boccherini – Minuet
Borodin – First Polotsvian Dance, Notturno from Quartet No 2
Brahms – Hungarian Dances No 1 and No 5
Brahms – Hungarian Dance No 6
Caccini – Ave Maria
Capua – O Sole Mio
Copeland – Saturday Night Waltz
Corelli – Concerti Grossi
Chopin – Nocturne Op 9, No 2
Davies – Pride & Prejudice
Delibes – Flower Duet from Lakme
Dvorak – Humoresque
Elgar – Chanson di Nuit
Elgar – Salut D’Amour, Chanson De Matin, Idylle
Faure – Pavane
Field – Nocturne in Bflat
Franck – Panis Angelicus
Grainger – English Country Gardens
Grieg – Holberg Suite
Grieg – Waltz op 12, Norwegian Dance
Gossec – Tamborin
Handel – Passacaglia from Suite in G, Arrival of the Queen of Sheba, Largo, movements from Water Music and Fireworks music including the Hornpipe
Haydn – various quartet movts
Jenkins – Palladio
Kreisler – Liebesfreud, Leibesleid, Schon Rosmarin
Mascagnini – Intermezzo for Cavaliraria Rusticana
MacDowell – To a Wild Rose
Massenet – Elegia, Meditation
Mendelssohn – Wedding March, Nocturne from Midsummer Night’s Dream
Monti – Czardas
Mozart – Divertimenti in D, F & Bflat, Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, Voi Che Sapete & Non piu Andrai, March & the Overture from Marriage of Figaro, Alleluja from Exultate Jubilate, Andante from Piano Concerto No 21
Offenbach – Barcarolle, CanCan
Pachelbel – Canon & Gigue
Piazolla – Libertango
Puccini – O Mio Babbino Caro, Musetta’s Waltz Song
Purcell – Abdelazer Suite, Chaconne
Rachmaninoff – Vocalise
Satie – Gymnopedie
Shostakovitch – Gadfly Romance
Schumann – Traumerei
Schubert – Moment Musical
Smetena – Dance of the Comedians
Stanley – Trumpet Voluntary
Strauss – Blue Danube Waltz, Wine Women & Song, Radetzky March, Tritch Tratsch Polka
Sullivan – selection
Tchaikovsky – March, Mirlitons, Sugar Plum Fairy from Nutcracker, Sleeping Beauty Waltz
Vivaldi – Concerto in A min for two violins, the Four Seasons, Gloria
Trad – Greensleeves
Trad March – Begone! Dull care
Wagner – Wedding March , Ride of the Valkyries
Walford Davies – RAF March Past
Warlock – Capriol Suite
Verdi – Brindisi from La Traviata, the Quartet & La Donna e Mobile from Rigoletto
Pop and Rock for Quartet
We’re constantly updating. If there’s any song you’d like that’s not listed please ask, we may have it.
Africa – Toto
A Kiss from a Rose – Seal
All About You – McFly
All You Need is Love – Beatles
Always and Forever – Luther Vandross
Angels – Robbie Williams
Ave Maria – Beyonce
Back in The USSR – Beatles
Billie Jean – Jackson
Bittersweet Symphony – Jagger/Richards
Bohemian Rhapsody – Queen
Chasing Cars – Snow Patrol
Crazy Little Thing – Queen
Crocodile Rock – Elton John
Day Tripper – Beatles
Delilah -Tom Jones
Eleanor Rigby – Beatles
Endless Love – Ritchie
Everlasting Love – Love Affair
Every Breath You Take – Sting
Fernando – Abba
Foxey Lady – Hendrix
God Only Knows – Beach Boys
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road – Elton John
Hallelujah – Cohen
Happy Together – Turtles
Hard Day’s Night – Beatles
Here Comes the Sun – Harrison
Hernando’s Hideaway – Jerry Ross
Heroes – Bowie
Hoppipolla – Sigur Ros
Hotel California – Eagles
How Deep is Your Love – Bee Gees
How Long Will I Love You – Ellie Goulding
I’m Yours – Mraz
Imagine – Lennon
Isn’t She Lovely – Wonder
Light My Fire – The Doors
Love Me Tender (Aura Lee)
Love Yourself – Sheeran/Bieber
Mamma Mia – Abba
Mr Brightside – Killers
Moondance – Van Morrison
My Love -McCartney
Nightswimming – REM
One Day Like This – Elbow
Paradise – Coldplay
Penny Lane – Beatles
Perfect Day – Lou Reed
Pretty Woman – Orbison
Rather Be – Clean Bandit
Shape of You – Sheeran
Shut Up and Dance- Walk the Moon
Signed Sealed Delivered – Wonder
Sittin’ On the Dock of the Bay – Otis Reading
Smooth Criminal – Jackson
Songbird – Fleetwood Mac
Somebody to Love – Queen
Sunny Afternoon – Kinks
Sweet Child O Mine – Guns N Roses
Sweet Dreams are Made of This – Lennox
Time to Say Goodbye – Sartori
The First Time Ever I Saw your Face – Flack
Thinking Out Loud – Sheeran
Thousand Years – Perri
Toxic -Britney Spears
Unchained Melody – Righteous Brothers
Viva La Vida – Coldplay
When I’m 64 – Beatles
Whiter Shade of Pale – Procul Harem
Wonderful Tonight – Clapton
Yellow Submarine – Beatles
Yesterday – Beatles
Yesterday Once More – Carpenters
Your Song – Elton John
You’re Beautiful – Blunt
You Really Got Me – Kinks
Show, Latin and Film for Quartet
All I Ask of You – Webber
All the Time in the World – Barry
As Time Goes By – Hupfeld
Bare Necessities – Gilykson
Beauty and the Beast – Menken
Be Our Guest – Menken
Blue Tango – Leroy Anderson
Cabaret – Kander (Minnelli)
Can You Feel the Love Tonight – Elton John
Cavatina – Myers (Deerhunter)
Chasing Sheep is Best left to Shepherds – Nyman
Cherry Pink – Prado
Chi Mai – Morricone
Concerning Hobbits – Shore
Consider Yourself – Lionel Bart
Diamonds are Forever – Barry
El Choclo – Villoldo
503- Zimmer (Angels and Demons)
Fawlty Towers – Wilson
Feelin’ Good – Newley (Nina Simone)
Fields of Gold – Sting
For the Love of a Princess – Horner (Braveheart)
For Your Eyes Only – Conti
Gabriel’s Oboe – Morricone
Game of Thrones – Djawadi
Hello Dolly – Hermann
Hallelujah – Cohen
Harry Lime Theme – Anton Karas
I’d Do Anything – Lionel Bart
I See the Light – from Tangled
Jalousie – Gade
James Bond Theme – Monty Norman
Jurassic Park – Williams
Kissing You – Armstrong (Romeo and Juliet 1996)
Leaning on a Lamppost – Noel Gay
La Bamba –
La Cumparsita
Ladies in Lavender
Layla – Clapton
Let’s Face the Music and Dance – Irving Berlin
Libertango – Piazzolla
Love And Marriage – Van Heusen
Love Me Like You Do – Ellie Goulding
Love Theme for Nata (Cinema Paradiso) – Morricone
Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet – Nina Rota (“Our Tune”)
Match of the Day
Moon River – Mancini
Morning of the Carnival – Bonfa
Nobody Does It Better – Hamlisch (Spy Who Loved Me)
Once Upon A Time in the West – Morricone
Over the Rainbow – Arlen
Pelagia’s Song – Warbeck (Captain Correlli)
Pink Panther – Mancini
Poirot – Gunning
Por Una Cabeza – Scent of a Woman
Singin’ in the Rain – Nacio Herb Brown
Skyfall – Adele
Sway – Beltran
Tango in D – Albeniz
Titanic theme
The Music of the Night – Webber
Tico Tico – De Abreu
Under The Sea – Menken (Little Mermaid)
When You Wish Upon A Star – Harline
Jazz, Ragtime, Folk and Evergreens for Quartet
A Foggy Day in London Town – Gershwin
A Summer Place – Steiner
All The Things You Are – Kern (Ella Fitzgerald)
Anything Goes – Cole Porter
Ashokan Farewell – Ungar
As Time Goes By – Hupfeld
Bethena – Joplin
Black Bottom – Ray Henderson
Cabaret – Kander (Minnelli)
Chicago – Fred Fisher
Chi Mai – Morricone
Cock Linnet – Trad
Embraceable You – Gershwin
Feelin’ Good – Newley (Nina Simone)
Feelings – Albert
Forgotten Dreams – Leroy Anderson
Hava Nagila – Trad
Hello Dolly – Hermann
I Do Like to be beside the Seaside – Glover-Kind
In the Mood – Garland
Irish folk tunes selection – Trad
It Had to Be You – Sinatra
Jeeves and Wooster – Dudley
La Paloma – Iradier
La Vie en Rose – Louiguy
Leaning on a Lamppost – Noel Gay
Let’s Do It – Cole Porter
Makin’ Whoopee – Donaldson
Misty – Ella Fitzgerald
Moondance – Van Morrison
My Funny Valentine – Rodger
New York New York – Kander (Sinatra)
Recipe for Love – Connick Jr
Ragtime Dance – Joplin
Spread a Little Happiness -Ellis
Summertime – Gershwin
Sweet Georgia Brown – Bernie/Pinkard
S’Wonderful – Gershwin
Take Five – Desmond
The Folks Who Live on the Hill – Kern
The Man I Love – Gershwin
Unforgettable – Nat King Cole
Wonderful World – Louis Armstrong
When I Fall in Love – Nat King Cole
We also have a selection of festive music.