440 String Quartet Award Winning Quartet

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The 440 String Quartet are the UK's leading string quartet specialising in weddings, events and functions.

Formed in 2008, the players have performed at nearly 1000 weddings and events, in the UK and abroad. Past clients include Fred Olsen Cruise line, House of Commons and the BBC.

As wedding specialists, The 440 Quartet have recently been awarded 'recommended string supplier' at the prestigious Ashes Venue and Pendrell Hall - Regional Winner 2015 and Best National Wedding Venue 2014 - Wedding Industry Awards.

The 440 musicians are professional, friendly and passionate and solely dedicated to making a special impression at your event.

Outside of 440 Quartet the musicians regularly undertake work with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Birmingham Royal Ballet Sinfonia, Orchestra of the Swan and BBC National Orchestra of Wales.

Prizes include the Tracy Colvin Award, Andrew Downes Performance Prize, The Sylvia Cleaver Chamber Music Award, Herbert Lumby Prize and Leamington Prize.

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AVERAGE RATING

10 / 101

Location

Based in Birmingham, West Midlands

Will travel up to 200 miles
green circle = areas covered (up to 200 miles)
pink circle = free travel (up to 60 miles)
Please note that the circles shown on the map are calculated "as the crow flies". By road distances may vary, so please get in touch for an accurate quote.

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REPERTOIRE

* Bridgerton*

Wildest Dreams Duomo

Somewhere Only We Know Duomo

Thank U Next Ariane Grande

Strange Celeste

In My Blood Shawn Mendez

Girls Like You Maroon 5

Popular

Adele – Rolling in the deep

Adele – Someone Like You

Adele – Make you Feel My Love

Armstrong – Glasgow Love Theme

Avicci – Wake Me Up

Barry Manilow – Copacabana

Bastille – Pompeii

Beach Boys – God Only Knows

Beach Boys – Wouldn’t It Be Nice

Beatles – Medley

Beatles – Yesterday

Beatles – Here Comes The Sun

Beatles – Hey Jude

Beatles – Eleanor Rigby

Beatles – All you Need is Love

Beatles – Here, There and Everywhere

Beatles – Day Tripper

Beatles – Yellow Submarine

Ben King – Stand By Me

Billy Joel – And So It Goes

Billy Joel – She’s Always a Woman

Blur – The Universal

Brian Wilson – God Only Knows

Bruno Mars – Amazing

Bryan Adams – Heaven

Bon Ivor/Birdy – Skinny Love

Buble – Everything

Buble – Sway

Clean Bandit – No Place I’d Rather Be

Cohen/Buckley – Hallelujah

Coldplay – Paradise

Coldplay – Yellow

Coldplay – Viva la Vida

Coldplay – Sky Full of Stars

Costello – She

The Cure – Boys Don’t Cry

The Cure – Friday I’m In Love

Cyndi Lauper – True Colours

Daft Punk – Get Lucky

Dean Martin – Sway

Dean Martin – That’s Amore

Desree – Kissing You

Donaldson – Makin’ Whoopee

Ed Sheeran – Thinking Out Loud

Elbow – One Day Like This

Elton John – Your Song

ELO – Mr Blue Sky

Eric Clapton – Wonderful Tonight

Etta James – At Last

Elvis- Can’t Help Falling In Love

Fallout Boy – Dance Dance

Flying Pickets – Only You

Foo Fighters – Everlong

Foo Fighters – Learn to Fly

Frank Sinatra – Love and Marriage

The Fray – How To Save a Life

Goo Goo Dolls – Iris

Gonzalez – Heartbeats

Guns and Roses – Sweet Child of Mine

The Verve – Bittersweet Symphony

Jenkins – Palladio

Jerry Ross – Hernando’s Hideaway/Light my Fire

Joplin – Country Club

John Legend – All Of Me

John Legend – Ordinary People

John Lennon – Imagine

Jose Gonzalez – Heartbeats

Journey – Don’t Stop Believin’

Keane – Somewhere Only We Know

The Killers – Human

The Killers – When We Were Young

Lady Gaga- Alejandro

Led Zeppelin – Stairway to Heaven

Lennon/McCartney – Lady Madonna

Lennon – Michelle

Lennon- Hey Jude

Lennon/McCartney – With a Little Help from My Friends

The Lumineers – Ho Hey

Lord of the Rings – Concerning Hobbits

Love Affair – Everlasting Love

Louis Armstrong – What a Wonderful World

Lloyd Webber – All I Ask of You

Lynyrd Skynyrd – Sweet Home Alabama

Madness – It Must be Love

Michael Jackson – Billy Jean

Metallica- Nothing Else Matters

MGMT – Kids

Nat King Cole – Let’s Face The Music and Dance

Oasis – Don’t Want To Miss A Thing

Oasis – Whatever

Oasis – Wonderwall

Over the Rainbow

Christina Perri – A Thousand Years

Pharrell Williams – Happy

Porter – Let’s Do It

Queen – Crazy Little Thing Called Love

Radiohead – No Surprises

R.E.M – Nightswimming

Ross – Hoppipolla

Rolling Stones – Wild Horses

Roy Orbisson – Pretty Woman

Roy Orbisson – My Girl

Seal – Kiss From a Rose

Stevie Wonder – Signed, Sealed, Delivered

Sting – Fields of Gold

Take That – The Greatest Day

The Plain White Tees – Hey There Delilah

The Smiths – This Charming Man

The Temper Trap – Sweet Disposition

Van Morrison – Moondance

Van Morrison – Have I told You Lately

Williams- Can’t Take My Eyes Off You

Yiruma – River Flows

Zedd – Clarity

Classical

Bach – Air in G

Bach – Badinerie

Bach – Brandenburg no. 3

Bach – Jesu Joy of Our Desiring

Beethoven – Fur Elise

Bizet – Carmen

Borodin – Quartet no. 2 (Notturno)

Borodin – Polotsvian Dances

Brahms – Hungarian dance no.5

Bruch – Adagio – Violin Concerto No. 1

Clarke – Trumpet Voluntary

Delibes – Flower Duet from Lakme

Denza – Funiculi Funicula

Dvorak – Humoresque

Elgar – Chanson du matin

Elgar – Salut D’Amour

Erik Satie – Gymnopedie No. 1

Faure – Pavane

Franck – Panis Angelicus

Gardel – Por una Cabeza

Grieg – Wedding Day at Troldhaugen

Handel – Arrival of the Queen of Sheba

Handel – Water Music

Handel – Hornpipe

Offenbach – Barcarolle

Pachelbel – Canon in D

Puccini – O mio babbino caro

Puccini – Nessun Dorma

Purcell – Two Rondeaux (from Abdelazar & The Fairy Queen)

Purcell – Trumpet Voluntary

Purcell – Trumpet Tune

Rimsky- Korsakov – The Young Prince and The Young Princess

Mendelssohn – Wedding March

Mouret – Rondeaux

Mozart – Divertimento in D

Mozart – Divertimento in F

Mozart – Eine Kleine

Mozart – Ave Verum

Rachmaninov – Vocalise

Schubert – Ave Maria

Schumann – Traumerei

Strauss – Pizzicato Polka

Strauss – Thunder and Lightening Polka

Strauss – Blue Danube

Sullivan – ‘Three Little Maids’ from The Mikado

Tchaikovsky – Dance of the Cygnets

Tchaikovsky – Waltz of the Flowers

Tchaikovsky – Danse des Mirlitons

Vivaldi – Four Seasons

Wagner – Wedding March

Borodin Quartet no. 2, Dvorak ‘American’ Quartet, Smetana ‘From My Life’, Mozart ‘Dissonance’, Schubert ‘Rosamunde’ and ‘Death and the Maiden, Mendelssohn Quartet no.6 in F Minor, Walton String Quartet

Jazz/Blues

Albeniz – Tango No. 2

Cole Porter – Everytime We Say Goodbye

Cole Porter – Let’s Do It

Cole Porter – Anything Goes

Collins and Leigh – Cock Linnet

Gershwin – I’ve got Rhythm

Gerswhin – Someone to Watch Over Me

Gershwin – Love Walked In

Karl Suessdorf – Moonlight in Vermont

Mancini – Moonriver

Manning Sherwin – A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square

Noel Gay – Leaning on a Lamppost

Pordon – Midnight Tango

Scott Joplin – Country Club

Scott Joplin- Heliotrope Bouquet

Scott Joplin – Maple Leaf Rag

Scott Joplin – Ragtime Dance

Theilemans – Bluesette

Waltzing Matilda

Bollywood

Chura Liya

Ah Mere Humsafar

Dheere Dheere

Teri Galiyan

Humko Hamite

I love you - The Bodyguard

Kabhi Kabhi Mere Dil Mein

Kal Ho Na Ho

Tujhe Dekha To Ye Jana Sanam

Kabhi Jo Baadal Barse

Sawan Aaya Hai

Tumble Mein Rab Dikhta Hai

Suraj Hua Madham

Tere Liye

Pehli Nazar Mein

Tum Hi Ho

Jai Ho

Mile Ho Tum

Film/Shows/TV

Disney – Frozen

Disney – Beauty and The Beast – Tale As Old As Time

Can you feel the Love Tonight

Pride and Prejudice – 1995 Theme Music

We Have All The Time in the World

From Russia with love

For Your Eyes Only

Nobody Does It Better

Star Wars Theme

Star Wars Medley

Phantom of the Opera – All I Ask of You

Titanic – An Irish Party in Third Class

West Side Story – Maria

Game of Thrones

Mamma Mia

Oliver

Les Miserables

The Sound of Music Medley

Jurassic Park

Christmas!

We Three Kings

Silent Night

Good King Wenceslas

We Wish you a Merry Christmas

Jingle Bells

Away in a Manger

Twelve Days of Christmas

Deck the Halls

and more…

Winter Wonderland – Composed by Felix Bernard;Lyrics by Dick Smith

The Little Drummer Boy – Composed by Katherine K. Davis,Henry Onorati,Harry Simeone

All I Want for Christmas is My Two Front Teeth – Composed by Donald Gardner

I’ll Be Home for Christmas – Composed by Walter Kent;Lyrics by Kim Gannon

Let it snow! Let it snow! Let it snow! – Composed by Jule Styne;Lyrics by Sammy Cahn

The Christmas Waltz – Composed by Jule Styne;Lyrics by Sammy Cahn

Sleigh Ride – Leroy Anderson

Technical Info

What are your basic technical requirements?

We require 4 armless chairs.

Performance Info

What are your typical setup and performance times?

We aim to arrive 30 minutes before we play in order to set up.

We can be booked to play for anything between 30 minutes to 6 hours! Overnight bookings and bookings abroad are welcome.

Recent Clients

440 String Quartet has performed for these clients:

The Ashes

Pendrell Hall

Blenheim Palace

Warwick Castle

Natural History Museum

Coombe Abbey

Draycote Hotel

Hotel Du Vin Birmingham

ICC Birmingham

UCB Birmingham

BCU Birmingham

Draycote Hotel

Moxhull Hall

New Hall Hotel

Dodford Manor

Birmingham Council House

Iscoyd Park

Mythe Barn

Packington Moor

Stanbrook Abbey

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