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Albinoni

Adagio in G minor

+organ                        

 

Bach, J.S. 

Air on G 

 

  

Barber

Adagio

May have to be abridged due to length  

 

Beethoven 

Lento assai, cantante e tranquillo from quartet op.135

 

May have to be abridged due to length

 

Cavatina from quartet op.130 in Bb

 

 

 

 

 

Arr. of Adagio from Pathétique piano sonata 

 

 

Borodin

Notturno  from quartet no.2

 

 

Brahms

Romanza  from quartet op.51 no.1 in C minor

May have to be abridged due to length

 

Clapton, Eric/Jennings, Will

Arr. of Tears in Heaven

 

 

Dvořák

Lento  from quartet op.96 in F (The American)

May have to be abridged due to length

 

Elgar

Nimrod arr. from the Enigma Variations

 

 

arr. Salut d’Amore

 

 

arr. Chanson de Matin

 

 

arr. Chanson de Nuit

 

 

Fauré

Sicilienne  arr. from Pelleas et Melisande op.80

 

 

Haydn

 

Quartet op.51 no.2

May have to be abridged due to length

 

Quartet op.51 no.4

 

Quartet op.51 no.5

 

Quartet op.51 no.7

 

Quartet op.3 no.6 in A

 

Largo-cantabile e mesto from quartet op.76 no.5

 

Adagio from quartet op.76 no.4 (The Sunrise)

 

Handel

arr. Lascia ch’io pianga from Rinaldo

 

 

John, Elton

arr. Candle in the wind

 

 

Lennon/McCartney

arr. Yesterday

 

 

Mancini

arr. Moon River

 

 

Mozart

Romance from Serenade in G K525 (Eine Kleine Nachtmusik)

May have to be abridged due to length

 

Adagio from quartet in Bb K458 (The Hunt)

 

Andante Cantabile from quartet in C K465 (The Dissonance)

 

arr. Ave Verum

 

Pachelbel

Canon

3 violins+cello

 

Porter, Cole

arr. Ev’ry time we say goodbye

 

 

Puccini

Crisantemi (Chrysanthemums)

Written for the death of Amadeo di Savoia;  May have to be abridged due to length

 

Purcell

arr. Dido’s Lament from Dido and Aeneas

 

 

Rachmaninov

arr. Vocalise

 

 

Rodgers

arr. My Funny Valentine

 

 

Satie

arr. Gymnopédie no 1

 

 

Schubert

arr. Ständchen/Serenade in D minor

 

 

Schumann

arr. Traümerei

 

 

Weiss/Douglas/Thiele

arr. What a wonderful world

 

 

Trad. & popular

Arrangements for string quartet can be made of almost all pieces of music, including popular and folk songs and melodies from films and musicals.   

 

 

VOCAL QUARTET

Bach, J.S. 

Jesu, joy of man’s desiring from cantata 147  

+organ                        

 

O Jesus, when I come to die from St John Passion     

 

 

Wie soll ich dich empfangen from Christmas Oratorio

 

 

Der aber die Herzen forschet from Der Geist hilft unser Schwachheit auf  (Motet BWV226)

 

 

Du heilige Brunst  from Der Geist hilft unser Schwachheit auf  (Motet BWV226)

 

 

Weg mit allen Schättzen verse 4 from Jesu, meine Freude (Motet BWV227)

 

 

Gute Nacht   verse 5 from Jesu, meine Freude (Motet BWV227)

2 sopranos, alto, tenor

 

Weicht, ihr Trauergeister verse 6  from Jesu, meine Freude (Motet BWV227)

 

 

Drum schließ ich mich in deine Hände from Komm, Jesu, komm (Motet BWV229)

 

 

Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden (Motet BWV230)

+organ  Complete motet

 

chorales from various cantatas

 

 

Bach-Gounod

Ave Maria          

+organ                                   

 

Brahms

Geistliches Lied (Sacred Song) op.30

+organ           

 

Byrd

Ave Verum                   

 

 

Kyrie from Mass in 4 parts

 

 

Agnus Dei from Mass in 4 parts

 

 

Croft

I am the resurrection and the life from The Burial Service 

 

 

Franck

Panis Angelicus        

+organ  arr. Kenneth Downing                                 

 

Gibbons

Drop, drop, slow tears                                              

 

 

Mendelssohn

Cast thy burden upon the Lord from Elijah      

+organ                                   

 

Mozart

Ave Verum Corpus K618                                             

+organ                                   

 

Laudate Dominum from Vesperae solennes de Confessore K339  arr. J.Martin                 

+organ                                   

 

Rutter

The Lord bless you and keep you  

+organ                                  

 

God be in my head

 

 

Stainer

God so loved the World from The Crucifixion                    

 

 

Many hymns are also effective sung alone by the singers as opposed to with the congregation.  A selection of popular hymns can be found in the hymn section

OTHER COMBINATIONS OF 4 MUSICIANS

 

 

Bach, J.S. 

Flößt, mein Heiland, flößt dein Namen from Christmas Oratorio             

2 sopranos, oboe, cello+organ                                   

 

Mozart

Adagio from oboe quartet K370                          

Oboe, violin, viola, cello