Memphis String Quartet

A professional quartet comprised of two violins, one viola, and one cello, the members of the Memphis String Quartet are classically trained. Each musician has been performing professionally for an average of 20 years.

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Processional Music
TRADITIONAL:
Wagner: Bridal Chorus (from Lohengrin)
Clarke: Trumpet Voluntary (Prince of Denmark's March)
Stanley: Trumpet Voluntary
Pachelbel: Canon in D
Purcell: Trumpet Tune and Air
Handel: The Water Music (Coro)
Mozart: Wedding March (From The Marriage of Figaro)

Traditional Alternatives:
Bach: Sinfonia (from Cantata No. 156)
Haydn: St. Anthony Chorale

CEREMONY MUSIC:
Traditional:
Schubert: Ave Maria
Bach: Arioso
Franck: Panis Angelicus
Bach-Gounod: Ave Maria
Handel: Where'er You Walk (from Semele)
Bach: Sheep May Safely Graze

Traditional Alternatives:
Handel: Minuet (from Bernice)
Massenet: Meditation (from Thais)

RECESSIONAL SELECTIONS
Traditional:
Mendelssohn: Wedding March (from Midsummer Night's Dream)
Handel: The Water Music (Hornpipe)
Purcell: The Trumpet Tune in C
Beethoven: Ode to Joy (from Ninth Symphony)
Mouret: Rondeau (theme from Masterpiece Theater)
Purcell: Rondeau (from Abdelezar)
Handel: La Rejouissance (from Royal Fireworks Music)

Traditional Alternatives:
Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 2
Vivaldi: The Four Seasons (Spring Allegro)
Campra: Rigaudon
Mozart: Exsultate, Jubilate

Jewish Wedding Music:
Bashana
Dodi Li (Bridal March)
Erev Shel Shoshanim (processional)
Hava Nagila and Tsena Tsena
Jerusalem of Gold (Y'rushalayim Shel Zahov)
Od Yeshoma, Version 1 (recessional)
Od Yeshoma, Version 2 (recessional)
Oif'n Pripetshok
Ose Shalom and Hevenu Shalom Aleychem
Simon Tov and Chosen Kalle Mazel Tov (recessional)
Yedid Nefesh (processional)

String Quartet Repertoire:
Baroque, Classical & Romantic Favorites:
Air on the G String from Suite #3 in D Major
Arioso from Cantata #156
Ave Maria adapted by Charles Gounod from Prelude #1
Gigue from Suite #3 in D Major
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring from Cantata #147
Sheep May Safely Graze from Cantata #208
Minuet in G
Trumpet Voluntary
Gavotte
Allegro from Sonata in F Major, Op. 1 #11
Largo from Xerxes
Sarabande from Suite #4 in D minor for piano, 2nd set
Water Music Suite
Presto from String Quartet in F Major, Op. 74, #2
Waltz from Waves of the Danube, #1
Elegie from Incidental Music to Les Erinnyes
Rondeau from Sinfonies de Fanfares
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik - String Quartet in G Major, K. 525
Adagio from Octet in F Major, Op. 166
Andante from String Quartet in A minor, Op. 29
Moment Musical from Op. 94, #3
Traumerei from Kinderscenen, Op. 15, #7
Presto from Sonatina in F Major
Concerto Grosso in D Minor, Op. 3, #11
Bridal Chorus from Act III of Lohengrin
Brandenburg Concerto #2 in F Major
March in D Major from the Anna Magdalene Bach Notebook
Rondeau from Orchestral Suite #2 in B Minor
Ode to Joy from Symphony #9
Hungarian Dance #5
Variations on a Theme of Haydn, Op. 56
St. Anthony Chorale
Sicilienne
Nocturne from Op. 9 #2 for piano
Humoresque from Op. 101, #7
Panis Angelicus from Messe Solonnelle, Op. 12
Tambourin
Gavotte from Holberg Suite, Op. 40
Ave Verum Corpus from K. 618
Rondo alla turca from Piano Sonata in A Major, K. 331
Rondeau from Incidental Music to Abdelazer
Trumpet Tune
When I Am Laid in Earth from Dido and Aeneas
Scheherazade Theme
Serenade from Schwanengesang, #4
Vivace from Sonata in F Major for flute
The Four Seasons - Excerpts
Allegro from Violin Concerto in E Major, Op. 8 #1
Allegro from Violin Concerto in F Major, Op. 8 #3
Danza Pastorale from Violin Concerto in E Major, Op. 8

Sacred Music, Spirituals, & Traditional Jewish Music:
My Heart Ever Faithful Aria from Cantata #68
Wachet Auf Chorale from Cantata #140
Agnus Dei from incidental music to L'Arlesienne
Amazing Grace
Hallelujah Chorus from The Messiah
Heavens Are Telling from The Creation
Children's Prayer from Hansel and Gretel
Mighty Fortress Is Our God
A Meditation from Thais
On Wings of Song from Op. 34 #2
Alleluia from Exsultate, Jubilate, K. 165
Ave Maria
Simple Gifts
Deep River
Give Me that Old-Time Religion
Go Tell It on the Mountain
He's Got the Whole World in His Hands
Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen
Sometimes I Feel like a Motherless Child
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
Were You There?
Battle Hymn of the Republic
Onward Christian Soldiers
Be Thou My Vision
Bashana
Dodi Li (Bridal march)
Erev Shel Shoshanim (Wedding processional)
Hava Nagila and Tsena Tsena
Jerusalem of Gold (Y'rushalayim Shel Zahov)
Od Yeshoma, Version 1 (Wedding recessional)
Od Yeshoma, Version 2 (Wedding recessional)
Oif'n Pripetshok
Ose Shalom and Hevenu Shalom Aleychem
Simon Tov and Chosen Kalle Mazel Tov (Wedding recessional)
Yedid Nefesh (Wedding processional)

Popular, Broadway, and Other Favorites:
Memories from "Cats"
Send in the Clowns
All I Ask of You from "Phantom of the Opera"
As Time Goes By
Someone to Watch Over Me
I've Got a Crush on You
Night and Day
The Way We Were
Greensleeves
Mr. Wonderful
Moonfall
S'Wonderful
Tea for Two
Lullaby of Broadway
The Summer Knows
The Rose
Since I Fell For You
Theme from "Ice Castles"
Misty
Sunrise, Sunset
Every Li'l Star
Country Club Rag
Gigi
On A Clear Day
selections from "Camelot"
Born Free
Theme from "Exodus"
Try to Remember
selections from "My Fair Lady"
Oh, What a Beautiful Morning
selections from "Oklahoma"
selections from "The Sound of Music"
selections from "South Pacific"
Waltz from Waltz in Ab Major, Op. 39 #15
Heliotrope Bouquet (a slow drag two step)
Grande Valse Brillante from Waltz in Eb Major, Op. 18
Minute Waltz from Waltz in Db Major, Op. 64 #1
Waltz from Waltz in Ab Major, Op. 69 #1
Waltz from Waltz in C# Minor, Op. 64 #2
Valse Lente from the ballet Coppelia
Waltz from the opera Faust
Waltz in A Minor from Lyric Pieces, Op. 12 #2
Bethena A concert waltz
The Easy Winners (a ragtime two-step)
Elite Syncopations
The Entertainer (a ragtime two-step)
Maple Leaf Rag
Palm Leaf Rag
Peacherine Rag
Pineapple Rag
Pleasant Moments (a ragtime waltz)
Ragtime Dance
Solace (Mexican serenade)
The Strenuous Life (a ragtime two-step)
Merry Widow Waltz from the Merry Widow
Les Entretiens de la Belle et de la Bete from the ballet Ma Mere L'Oye
Junk Man Rag
Music Box Rag
Artist's Life Kunstler-Leben, Op. 316
Beautiful Blue Danube, On the An der schonen blauen Donau, Op. 314
Emperor Waltz Kaiserwalzer, Op. 437
Tales from the Vienna Woods Geschichten aus dem Wiener-Wald, Op. 325
Vienna Life Wiener Blut, Op. 354
You and You from Die Fledermaus, Op. 367
Waltz from the Serenade for Strings, Op. 48
Waltz of the Flowers from the Nutcracker Ballet
Estudiantina Suite de Valses, Op. 191

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About Memphis String Quartet

A professional quartet comprised of two violins, one viola, and one cello, the members of the Memphis String Quartet are classically trained. Each musician has been performing professionally for an average of 20 years.

Performing together for a decade, the Memphis String Quartet has played beautiful music at hundreds of events and weddings. Their repertoire ranges from classical to popular, from Bach to Andrew Lloyd Weber, from Mozart to Gershwin.

The Memphis String Quartet has performed at numerous special events, including a reception for Gen. Colin Powell at the Peabody Hotel, the Nobel Prize Ceremony for St. Jude researchers, the Wonders Exhibit Czar reception, and hundreds of galas, weddings, and corporate events. They are often asked to perform with visiting celebrities in Memphis and Tunica.

The group's flexible nature allows it to move easily between different venues, fit into small spaces, and be audible in a wide variety of venues alike.

They can also create a different ensemble with a harp, flute, and cello — a very different sound but just as enchanting.

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