Southern Strings
Southern Strings are a very experienced String Quartet providing live music for a wide range of events including music for weddings, parties, garden parties, charity events and music for corporate events.
Biography
The players have the highest playing standards and have performed with some incredible artists in some equally incredible venues across the world. For example, Jeff Wayne’s The War of the Worlds, The Bootleg Beatles, Ghost – The Musical, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Andrea Bocelli, Aled Jones, Emeli Sande, Lana del Rey, London Concert Orchestra and Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
Venues they have performed at include Gravetye Manor, Wotton House, Ashdown Park Hotel, Hartsfield Manor, The Naval & Military Club, One Great George Street, The Wallace Collection, Altitude 360, Bury Court Barn, Stockbrook Country Club, Brookfield Barn, All Saints’ Chapel and Bodelwyddan Castle.
They have a huge ever-expanding repertoire featuring classical pieces, songs from shows and movies, contemporary pop songs, Christmas music and everything in between. Many of their clients know exactly what they want but if you are unsure and need some assistance just say so and they’ll be happy to recommend a playlist designed to create the perfect atmosphere for your event.
Southern Strings are perfect for: weddings, parties, garden parties, charity events, product launches, retail event entertainment, corporate event entertainment!
Read moreRepertoire
Take a look through their ever-expanding repertoire. If you cannot see the piece(s) you would like to have played at your event, just let us know. They are always adding to their playlist and they love discovering new music. They offer an arranging service and they will be happy to organise whatever music you require to make your event perfect. Many clients know exactly what they want but if you are unsure and need some assistance just say so and they’ll be happy to recommend a playlist designed to create the perfect atmosphere for your event.
Film/TV/Broadway
• Always With Me (Spirited Away)
• A Million Dreams (The Greatest Showman)
• A Whole New World (Aladdin)
• All Time High (Octopussy)
• Always With You (Spirited Away)
• Blackadder
• Beauty and The Beast Theme
• Be Our Guest (Beauty and the Beast)
• Cantina Band (Star Wars)
• Chi Mai – Ennio Morricone
• Come What May (Moulin Rouge)
• Dexter’s Tune (Awakenings)
• Downton Abbey
• Engagement Party (La La Land)
• Eastenders
• Feather Theme (Forest Gump)
• Edelweiss (Sound of Music)
• Ectasy of Gold (The Good, The Bad & The Ugly)
• Gabriel’s Oboe – The Mission
• Game of Thrones
• Hedwig’s Theme (Harry Potter)
• Hushabye Mountain (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang)
• James Bond Theme
• La La Land Medley
• La Vie En Rose
• Leeds, Leeds, Leeds (Marching on Together)
• Maria (West Side Story)
• Match of the Day
• Moon River (Breakfast at Tiffany’s)
• Never Ending Story (Never Ending Story & Stranger Things)
• Never Enough (The Greatest Showman)
• Nobody does it better (The Spy Who Loved Me)
• Now We Are Free (Gladiator)
• Pure Imagination (Charlie & The Chocolate Factory)
• Raiders March (Raiders of the Lost Ark)
• Re-write The Stars (The Greatest Showman)
• Theme from Schindler’s List
• Shallow (A Star is Born)
• Ski Sunday (Pop Looks Bach)
• Speak Softly (The Godfather)
• Somewhere Over The Rainbow (The Wizard of Oz)
• Strange (Bridgerton)
• The Gremlin Rag (Gremlins)
• The Magnificent Seven
• The Prayer (Quest for Camelot)
• The Throne Room (And End Title) from Star Wars
• Theme from E.T
• Under the Sea (The Little Mermaid)
• Walking in the Air (The Snowman)
• We Go Together (Grease)
• You Only Live Twice
Pop
• A Thousand Years – Christina Perri
• All of Me – John Legend
• All of the Lights – Kanye West
• At Last – Etta James
• Bad Romance – Lady Gaga
• Beautiful Day – U2
• Bohemian Rhapsody – Queen
• Bridge over troubled water – Simon & Garfunkel
• Candle in the wind – Elton John
• Can You Feel The Love Tonight – Elton John
• Can’t Help Falling in Love – Elvis Presley
• Can’t Take My Eyes Off of You – Frank Valli and the Four Seasons
• Castle on the Hill – Ed Sheeran
• Champagne Supernova – Oasis
• Clocks – Coldplay
• Counting Stars – One Republic
• Dance Monkey – The Tones and I
• Dog Days are Over – Florence + The Machine
• Don’t Stop Believing – Journey
• Don’t Look Back Into The Sun – The Libertines
• (Everything I do) I do it for you – Bryan Adams
• Firework – Katy Perry
• Fix You – Coldplay
• Get Lucky – Daft Punk
• Greatest Day – Take That
• God Only Knows – The Beach Boys
• Hallelujah – Leonard Cohen
• Halo – Beyonce
• Have I Told You Lately – Van Morrison
• Here Comes Your Man – The Pixies
• Happy – Pharrell
• How Long Will I Love You – Ellie Goulding
• I Don’t Want to Miss A Thing – Aerosmith
• I’m Yours – Jason Mraz
• In My Feelings – Drake
• I Gotta Feeling – The Black Eyed Peas
• Isn’t She Lovely – Stevie Wonder
• It Must Be Love – Madness
• Just the Way You Are – Bruno Mars
• Kids – MGMT
• Killer Queen – Queen
• Killing me softly with his song – Roberta Flack/The Fugees
• Kiss From A Rose – Seal
• Kissing You – Des’ree
• Love and Marriage – Frank Sinatra
• Love Story – Taylor Swift
• Mamma Mia – ABBA
• Make You Feel My Love – Adele
• Marry You – Bruno Mars
• My Girl – The Temptations
• Nightswimming – REM
• One Call Away – Charlie Puth
• One Kiss – Dua Lipa
• Only You – Yazoo
• Perfect – Ed Sheeran
• Physical – Dua Lipa
• Pretty Woman – Roy Orbison
• Rather Be – Clean Bandit ft. Jess Glynne
• Runaway – The Corrs
• Rolling in the Deep – Adele
• September – Earth, Wind & Fire
• Shallow – Lady Gaga
• Shotgun – George Ezra
• Signed, Sealed, Delivered – Stevie Wonder
• Sitting on the Top of the Bay – Otis Redding
• Somewhere Over The Rainbow (Israel Kamakawiwa’ole version)
• Some Might Say – Oasis
• Songbird – Eva Cassidy/Fleetwood Mac
• She’s Always a Woman – Billy Joel
• Skyfall – Adele
• Stand By Me – Ben E King
• Strange – Celeste
• The Power of Love – Frankie Goes To Hollywood
• The Scientist – Coldplay
• There’s a Light That Never Goes Out – The Smiths
• The Time of My Life – Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes
• Thinking Out Loud – Ed Sheeran
• This Charming Man – The Smiths
• This Will Be (An Everlasting Love) – Natalie Cole
• Thriller – Michael Jackson
• Three Little Birds – Bob Marley
• The One & Only – Chesney Hawkes
• Tiny Dancer – Elton John
• Unforgettable – Nat King Cole
• Use Somebody – Kings of Leon
• Uptown Funk – Bruno Mars
• Viva La Vida – Coldplay
• Wonderwall – Oasis
• Wonderful Tonight – Eric Clapton
• Writing’s on the Wall – Sam Smith
• Your Song – Elton John
• You’ve Got The Love – Florence + The Machine
• 2 Become 1 – Spice Girls
• Eight Days A Week – The Beatles
• Get Back – The Beatles
• Good Day Sunshine – The Beatles
• Got to get you into my life – The Beatles
• Hello goodbye – The Beatles
• Here Comes The Sun – The Beatles
• Hey Jude – The Beatles
• I Feel Fine – The Beatles
• If I Fell – The Beatles
• Lady Madonna- The Beatles
• Michelle – The Beatles
• Norwegian Wood- The Beatles
• Strawberry Fields Forever – The Beatles
• The Fool on the Hill – The Beatles
• World Without Love- The Beatles
• Yesterday – The Beatles
Christmas
A Spaceman Came Travelling
All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth
Angels, from the Realms of Glory
Carol of the Bells
Ding Dong! Merrily On High
God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen
Good Christian Men, Rejoice
I’ll Be Home For Christmas
Jingle Bell Rock
Last Christmas
Let It Go
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
Little Jesus, Sweetly Sleep
O Christmas Tree
Patapan
Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree
Rudolf The Rednose Reindeer
See Amid the Winter’s Snow
The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire)
The Christmas Waltz
The Fairytale Of New York
The Holly and The Ivy
The Little Drummer Boy
Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day
Walking in the Air
We Three Kings of Orient Are
White Christmas
Winter Wonderland
Classical
• Adagio-Presto from Summer, The Four Seasons
• Air On The G String – Johann Sebastian Bach
• Allegro from Autumn, The Four Seasons
• Allegro from Spring, The Four Seasons
• Alleluja From Exultate Jubilate – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• Andante From Piano Concerto no. 21 – Mozart
• Andantino ‘La forza del destino’ – Verdi
• Aria (From Xerxes) – George Frideric Handel
• Arioso – Johann Sebastian Bach
• Ave Maria – Bach/ Gounod
• Ave Maria – Franz Schubert
• Barcarolle – Offenbach
• Bist du bei mir – Johann Sebastian Bach
• Bridal Chorus – Richard Wagner
• Canon in D – Pachelbel
• Chanson de Matin – Elgar
• Chanson de Nuit – Elgar
• Danse des Mirlitons – Tchaikovsky
• Entrance of the Queen of Sheba – Handel
• Eine Kleine Nachtmusik – Mozart
• Divertimenti – Mozart
• Flower Duet -Delibes
• Funiculi-Funicula – Denza
• Golliwogg’s Cake-Walk – Debussy
• Humoresque – Dvorak
• If with All Your Hearts (From Elijah) – Mendelssohn
• I Giorni – Einaudi
• “Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring” – Johann Sebastian Bach
• Largo from Winter, The Four Seasons
• Liebestraum – Franz Liszt
• Mediation From Thais – Jules Massenet
• Melody in F – Rubinstein
• My Heart Ever Faithful – Johann Sebastian Bach
• None But The Lonely Heart – Tchaikovsky
• Norwegian Dance no. 3 – Grieg
• Norwegian Dance no.2 – Grieg
• O Sole Mio – Di Capua
• Ode to Joy – Ludwig Van Beethoven
• Pavane – Faure
• Panis Angelicus – Cesar Auguste Franck
• Pizzicato Polka – Strauss
• Plaisir D’Amour – Johann Martini
• Polovtsian Dances ‘Prince Igor’ – Borodin
• Prelude to Carmen – Bizet
• Rondeau – Jean-Joseph Mouret
• Rondo alla Turca – Mozart
• Salut d’amour – Elgar
• Sehnsuchtig – Mendelssohn
• Serenade – Schubert
• Sheep May Safely Graze – Johann Sebastian Bach
• Simple Aveu – Francis Thome
• Slavonic Dance no.8 – Dvorak
• Sleeping Beauty Waltz Composed by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
• Studenternes Serendade – Grieg
• Suite From the Fairy Queen. Hornpipe, Air, rondeau, Chorus- Henry Purcell
• Tango – Albeniz
• Te Deum Prelude and Tu Devicto – Charpentier
• Three Little Maids from School – Sullivan
• Traumeri – Schumann
• Trumpet Tune – Henry Purcell
• Trumpet Voluntary – Clarke
• Two Rondeaux – Purcell
• Vocalise – Rachmaninoff
• Wachet Auf – Johann Sebastian Bach
• Waltz – Grieg
• Waltz from Sleeping Beauty – Tchaikovsky
• Wedding day at Trolhaugen – Grieg
• Wedding March – Mendelssohn
Jazz
A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square – Sherwin
Anything Goes – Porter
Embraceable You – Gershwin
Everytime we say goodbye – Porter
I Get a Kick Out of You – Porter
I Got Rhythm – Gershwin
Just One of Those Things – Porter
Leaning on a Lamppost – Gay
Let’s Do It – Porter
Makin’ Whoppee – Donaldson
Moonlight in Vermont – Suessdorf
My Funny Valentine – Rodgers
New York, New York – Bernstein
Night and Day – Porter
Pennies from Heaven – Johnson
Ragtime Dance – Joplin
Someone to Watch Over Me – Gershwin
Swanee – Gershwin
The Folks Who Live On The Hill – Kern
The Man I Love – Gershwin
What is This Thing Called Love – Porter
You’re the Top – Porter
Testimonials
“Positive: Professionalism, Quality, Responsiveness, Value! My wife and I cannot thank Southern Strings enough for making our wedding day so special. Due to certain things we had to rearrange our wedding three times, and they were both understanding and incredibly flexible with all the changes we had to make. Although we hadn’t met until the big day, they had already felt like an old friend rather than a wedding supplier. The music they played was absolutely beautiful and our guests all commented on how lovely Southern Strings were. For a true touch of class at your event, I cannot recommend them highly enough. Thank you Southern Strings for the magic you brought to our wedding day. Kindest regards”
Ross & Emma Martin
“They are such a fantastic group. They were not phased by the chaotic nature of the event and were fantastic. All the guests commented on how great the music was. I could not recommend Southern Stings more highly! Thank you so much!”
Chrissy Florman
“I wanted to write to say on behalf of my wife and I thank you so much for everything you did to help make our wedding day so perfect. It was everything we could have hoped for and more and we’re so grateful. The music was absolutely incredible. Everybody loved it and we’ve had so many comments about how good you and the ladies were. We hope you enjoyed the day. It was a pleasure working with you.”
Ben Thomas
“Sharon and I throughly enjoyed your entertainment, you had so many compliments from our guests, you were just the best! Many thanks”
Dave