Hays Quartet | Flute or String Quartet

Overview

String Quartet or Flute Quartet (Flute, Violin, Viola, Cello)
3 x 1 hour sets available – priced per hour
Repertoire includes Classical, Jazz, Musicals & Popular classics
Weddings, Birthdays, Corporate Events
Ceremonies, Drinks Receptions & During Dinner
East Midlands area covered
Will rehearse 2 requests
Minimum Performance area 3m x 1m

Classical Quartet

The Hays Quartet was formed in 1995 to bring live quality music to all types of functions such as weddings, corporate events and other forms of private parties. One of Lincolnshire’s Leading classical quartets known as a Flute Quartet, (flute, violin, viola and cello), but also offer the traditional string quartet if you prefer. They specialise in playing background music for wedding and civil ceremonies, drinks receptions and during dinner.

The quartet has continually developed a reputation for their individual style and quality and are all professional accomplished musicians in their own rights.

Their repertoire is vast from Mozart to Metallica to suit the event and occasion, the group is especially known for it’s zany arrangements built over the years from requests for brides and grooms for ‘their’ special pieces of music. These include the Archers theme tune, match of the day to music like film Plunkett and Macleane and Lord of the Rings to name but a few. So if the quartet doesn’t already play it, they will do a special arrangement just for you.

They also offer a music menu, A chance for you and your guests to get involved on the day by picking what the quartet include to play and what you want to hear. Menus are placed on the dinning tables, along with pens and request slips, guests are asked to jot the name of what they would like to hear and give it to the quartet, then listen out for it and enjoy.

Specialities: Ceremonies, Dinner Parties, Drinks Receptions, Hotels & Restaurants, Weddings

Repertoire

Main repertoire:-

Title	Title
A Tale as Old as Time	Cantique de Jean-Racine
Air – Holbery	Carolan’s Air
Air on a G string – Bach	Cavalleria Rusticana
All I Ask of You	Cavatina – Theme
All You Need is Love	Chi Mai – Lloyd George
Allegro Molto – Mozart	Close to You
Always Look on the Bright Side of Life	Dances with Wolves
Amazing Grace	Dancing Queen – AbbA
Anything Goes	Danse Macabre
Arrival of the Queen of Sheba	Divertimentos – Mozart
As Time Goes By	Don’t Stop Believing
Ave Maria (arr Gounod)	Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
Ave Maria – Schubert	Eleanor Rigby
Badinerie – Bach JS	Embraceable You
Barcarolle – Offenbach	Emperor Waltz – Strauss
Barwick Green – Archers	Everything I Do
Bitter Sweet Symphony	Fawlty Towers – theme
Blue Danube	Fairytale of New York
Blue is the Colour	Feather Theme
Bohemian Rhapsody	Fiddler on the Roof
Both Sides Now	Fields of gold – Sting
Bright Eyes – Watership Down	Flower Duet – BA ad
Bring Him Home – Les Mis	For Whom the Bell Tolls
Can you feel the love tonight – Lion King	Forgotten Dreams
Canon – Pachelbel	From this moment


Can’t help falling in love	Four Seasons – Vivaldi
Gabriel’s Oboe –the Mission	Mona Lisa – Nat King Cole
Glasgow Love Love Actually	Money, Money, Money
Gavotte – Holberg	Morning from Peer Gynt
Great Escape – Theme	Mona Lisa – Nat King Cole
Ghostbusters Theme	Money, Money, Money
Harvest Home	Morning from Peer Gynt
Have I Told You Lately – Van Morrison	Moon River- Mancini
Hernando’s Hideaway / Light My Fire – The doors	Mustang Sally
Hoppipolla – Planet Earth	My Baby Just Cares for Me
Hungarian Dance Brahms	My Heart will go On
I Could Be So Good for You	Nobody does it better
I Could Have Danced All Night	Nothing Else Matters – Metallica
I Dreamed a Dream	O Lord Won’t You Buy Me – Merc Benz tune
I Dreamed of You – Streisand	O Mio Babbino Caro – Puccini
Into the West	One day like this – Elbow
Indiana Jones Theme	Palladio – Jenkins
It Must Be Love	Pavan – Faure
I’ve Got You Under My Skin – Gershwin	Panis Angelica – Frank
Korobushka	Pelgia Song – Captain Corelli’s Mandolin
Libera Me – Faure	Phanton of the Opera
Libertango – Piazzolla	Pirates of the Caribbean
Lincolnshire Poacher	Por Una Cabeza
Londonderry Air	Prelude to Carmen – Bizet
Lord of the Rings	Quartet 1, 2 or 3 – Haydn
Love is Here to Stay	Reel fiddlin’
Love and Marriage	Robin Hood film theme
Love of a Princess	Roses from the South
Love Story	Runaway – The Corrs
Love Theme – Godfather	Salut d’amour – Elgar
Meditation – Massenet	Sarabande – Holberg
Marir’s Wedding	Sleepers Awake
Maria – West Side Story	Some Enchanted Evening


Match of the Day theme	Somewhere – West Side Story
Songbird – Eva Cassidy	Trumpet Voluntary
Stairway to Heaven – Led Zeplin	Unchained Melody
Stand by your man	Various Flute Quartets
Star Wars Theme	Viva La Vida
Summertime – Gershwin	Water Music, Suite 1 & 2
Sway/Cherry Pink	We have all the time in the world
Sweet Child o Mine – Guns N’ Roses	Wedding Marchs
Thank Heaven for Little Girls	We’ve Only Just Begun
The Devil’s Gallop – Dick Barton theme	White Wedding – Billy Idol
The Night they Invented Champagne	Whiter Shade of Pale
The Scientist – Coldplay	Wonderwall – Oasis
Thunder & Lightening	You Make Me Feel So Young
Time of your Life, – Greenday	You Say Nothing…
To make you feel my love –Adel	You’re Beautiful – Blunt
Two Socks -Dances with wolves	You’ll Never Walk Alone
Traumerei	You’ve got a friend in me

Reviews

‘We would like to thank the Hays Quartet for the excellent music played at the wedding reception on 2nd August for our daughter Zoe and Husband Justin.’ – Mr & Mrs Mayes

‘Thanks to you and the quartet for your excellent performance at Branston on 10th November. My Step Dad, (ex music lecture),was even impressed – it takes a lot! You was one of the main ingredients that really made the day extra special for us. Especially arranging the ‘Green Day’ track and ‘Both Sides Now’, making it a bit more personal to us.’ – Gary & Rachael

‘The music is wonderful, can you continue so I don’t have to make my speech, I can just listen to you all night.’ – RT Hon William Hague

“Thank you for what was a really lovely performance at our daughter’s wedding. Your presence was appreciated by everyone who came and your quiet professionalism made the day even more special.” Mr & Mrs Dickinson

“Andrew and I would just like to express our thanks to you all for adding to our wonderful day.” Claire and Andrew

“Thank you so much for the wonderful music you played at our wedding. All of our guests commented on how great the music sounded and it was my dream come true to walk down the aisle accompanied by Canon, Pachelbel. When I reached the front of the church I kept closing my eyes to savour the moment and I was so moved that the hairs on my arms were standing on end… … Thank you, thank you – I could go on forever….” Nicola and Devand

“Thank you so much for the wonderful music at our wedding last Saturday. It really was wonderful and everything I wanted, you really had put so much effort into the evening and it is truly appreciated by Mark and I. …. As well as pass on to you all the many compliments that were expressed by many of our guests.” Jo and Mike

“Just a few lines to thank you for the beautiful music you both played at Simone and Raymond’s wedding. The music added to the making of a perfect day.” Mrs Topley

“Thank you for the splendid music during our vehicle launch………All of our guests thoroughly enjoyed the evening and many of them commented how your musician had helped make the event a most stylish – memorable event.” General Manager, Mercedes-Benz

Additional Services

Up to 2 special arrangements included in the price.

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