BLOND QUARTET Guide to fee £540 
BLOND QUARTET Profile
The Blond String Quartet was formed in 2001 as an innovative ensemble to perform music outside of the standard string quartet repertoire.
Blond have performed at embassies, corporate events, weddings and festivals, as well as being the resident string quartet at The Ritz Hotel, London and invited to perform on board The Saga Pearl Cruise Ship.
The quartet has had many arrangements specifically written for them. They enjoy playing music from different genres, including pop, jazz and easy listening as well as an extensive classical repertoire.
Members of Blond have played with
Elton John
Ace of Base
Chas and Dave
Stretch and Vern
Hot House Flowers
Moulin Rouge
Boyzone
Omar
Bairkatz Big Band
London Symphony Orchestra
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Northern Sinfonia
Opera North
BBC Philharmonic
National Symphony Orchestra Ireland Anthem from Chess
We booked both our string quartet for the church and drinks reception (Blond Quartet) and our DJ (Patrick Kelly) via Gigz Management. It was one of the few completely pain free things we had to organise. Dave was brilliant and always responded straight away with any queries, which made booking and organising very easy for a stressed bride!! Blond Quartet played a perfect selection of music; walking up the aisle to them playing Pachelbel’s Canon in D was just as I dreamed! Patrick Kelly was fantastic. We were quite nervous about booking a DJ rather than a band, but Patrick was brilliant and I can’t recommend him highly enough. He played one great song after another and I have had so many guests tell me how great the music was all night long! Thank you
Luke & Lyndsey Swan // Hamptworth Golf & Country Club,Hampshire // 10 December 2009
Repertoire
WEDDING MUSIC
“Anniversary Waltz” (Dubin/Franklin)
“Amazing Grace”(Traditional)
“Ave Maria” (Bach/Gounod)
“Ave Maria (Schubert)
Bridal Chorus from “Lohengrin” (Wagner)
Hornpipe from the “Water Muisic” (Handel)
The Lord’s Prayer (Malotte)
“Ninveh” (Middle-Eastern wedding song) (Daniel)
“Ode To Joy” (Beethoven)
Canon in D (Pachelbel)
“Panis Angelicus” (Frank)
“Sabbath Prayer” from “Fiddler on the Roof” (Bock)
“Sunrise, Sunset” from “Fiddler on the Roof” (Bock)
“Tell Me Why” (Traditional)
Trumpet Tune (“Martial Air”) (Purcell)
Trumpet Voluntary in D (Purcell)
Wedding March from “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” (Mendelssohn)
Wedding Processional from The Sound of Music (Rogers)
Wedding Song (“There Is Love”) (Traditional)
The Wedding Suite (Naughtin)
“Amazing Grace”(Traditional)
“Ave Maria” (Bach/Gounod)
“Ave Maria (Schubert)
Bridal Chorus from “Lohengrin” (Wagner)
Hornpipe from the “Water Muisic” (Handel)
The Lord’s Prayer (Malotte)
“Ninveh” (Middle-Eastern wedding song) (Daniel)
“Ode To Joy” (Beethoven)
Canon in D (Pachelbel)
“Panis Angelicus” (Frank)
“Sabbath Prayer” from “Fiddler on the Roof” (Bock)
“Sunrise, Sunset” from “Fiddler on the Roof” (Bock)
“Tell Me Why” (Traditional)
Trumpet Tune (“Martial Air”) (Purcell)
Trumpet Voluntary in D (Purcell)
Wedding March from “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” (Mendelssohn)
Wedding Processional from The Sound of Music (Rogers)
Wedding Song (“There Is Love”) (Traditional)
The Wedding Suite (Naughtin)
BAROQUE/CLASSICAL
Air – from suite no.3 (Bach)
Alla Sicialana (Handel)
Alla Turka (Mozart)
Allegro 1 – from sonata op1 no.11 (Handel)
Allelujah – from Exultate Jubilate (Moazart)
Andante – from Piano concerto no.21 (Mozart)
Arietta – (Pergolesi)
Arioso (Bach)
Arrival of the Queen of Sheba (Handel)
Ave Maria (Bach)
Brandenburg Concerto no.2 in F (Bach)
Brandenburg Concerto no.3 in G (Bach)
Canon and Gigue (Pachelbel)
Cantata no.140 (“Wachet Auf”) (Bach)
Chacony (Purcell)
Christmas Concerto (Corelli)
Concerto Grosso in D minor (Vivaldi)
Concerto for 2 violins in D minor (Bach)
Chorale Prelude “Liebster Jesu, Wir Sind Hier” (Bach)
Chorale Prelude “Wachet Auf, Ruft Uns Die Stimme” (Bach)
Didos Lament (Purcell)
3 Divertimento (Mozart)
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (Mozart)
Fireworks Music (Handel)
The Four Seasons: Summer, Autumn, Winter and Spring (Vivaldi)
Hornpipe (Handel)
Jesu Joy of Mans Desiring (Bach)
Larghetto – from piano concerto in C minor (Mozart)
Largo (Handel)
Loure – from the cello suites (Bach)
Music for a While – from Oedipus (Purcell)
Prelude and Fugue no.12 (Bach)
Rondo – from Abdelezar (Purcell)
Sarabande and 2 variations (Handel)
Sheep May Safely Graze (Bach)
Trumpet Tune (Purcell)
Quartet in G KV 80 (Mozart)
Quartet in D KV 155 (Mozart)
Quartet in G KV 156 (Mozart)
Quartet in C KV 157 (Mozart)
Violin Concerto in E major, 1st movement (Bach)
Violin Sonata no.4 in D major (Handel)
Alla Sicialana (Handel)
Alla Turka (Mozart)
Allegro 1 – from sonata op1 no.11 (Handel)
Allelujah – from Exultate Jubilate (Moazart)
Andante – from Piano concerto no.21 (Mozart)
Arietta – (Pergolesi)
Arioso (Bach)
Arrival of the Queen of Sheba (Handel)
Ave Maria (Bach)
Brandenburg Concerto no.2 in F (Bach)
Brandenburg Concerto no.3 in G (Bach)
Canon and Gigue (Pachelbel)
Cantata no.140 (“Wachet Auf”) (Bach)
Chacony (Purcell)
Christmas Concerto (Corelli)
Concerto Grosso in D minor (Vivaldi)
Concerto for 2 violins in D minor (Bach)
Chorale Prelude “Liebster Jesu, Wir Sind Hier” (Bach)
Chorale Prelude “Wachet Auf, Ruft Uns Die Stimme” (Bach)
Didos Lament (Purcell)
3 Divertimento (Mozart)
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (Mozart)
Fireworks Music (Handel)
The Four Seasons: Summer, Autumn, Winter and Spring (Vivaldi)
Hornpipe (Handel)
Jesu Joy of Mans Desiring (Bach)
Larghetto – from piano concerto in C minor (Mozart)
Largo (Handel)
Loure – from the cello suites (Bach)
Music for a While – from Oedipus (Purcell)
Prelude and Fugue no.12 (Bach)
Rondo – from Abdelezar (Purcell)
Sarabande and 2 variations (Handel)
Sheep May Safely Graze (Bach)
Trumpet Tune (Purcell)
Quartet in G KV 80 (Mozart)
Quartet in D KV 155 (Mozart)
Quartet in G KV 156 (Mozart)
Quartet in C KV 157 (Mozart)
Violin Concerto in E major, 1st movement (Bach)
Violin Sonata no.4 in D major (Handel)
ROMANTIC/MODERN
Adagio for Strings (Barber)
Adagio Cantabile – from The Pathetique Sonata (Beethoven)
Allegretto (After Bocherini) (Kreisler)
Ave Maria (Schubert)
Barcarolle (Offenbach)
Berceuse (Faure)
Bolero (Ravel)
Chanson De Matin (Elgar)
Chanson De Nuit (Elgar)
“Che Gelida Manina” – from La Boheme (Puccini)
Clair De Lune (Debussy)
Czardas – from Die Fledermaus (J Strauss Jr)
Danse De Mirlitons (Tchaikovsky)
Dance of the hours (Ponchelli)
Duet – from The Pearl Fishers (Bizet)
Entr’acte to Act 3 of Carmen (Bizet)
Entr’acte to Act 4 of Carmen (Bizet)
Flower Duet (Delibes)
Flower Song - from Carmen (Bizet)
Force of Desiny (Verdi)
The Girl With the Flaxen Hair (Debussy)
Golliwogs Cake-Walk (Debussy)
3 Gymnopedies (Satie)
Gypsy Life (Herbert)
Habenera – from Carmen (Bizet)
Hoe-Down – from Rodeo (Copland)
Humeresque (Dvorak)
Hungarian Dances: nos. 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,10,11 &21 (Brahms)
Intermezzo (Capua)
Largo – from The New World Symphony (Dvorak)
La Spagnola (Di Chiara)
Meditation – from Thais (Massenet)
Menuet – from Le Tombeau de Couperin (Rave)
Minuet (Boccherini)
Morning – from Peer Gynt (Grieg)
Nessun Dorma (Puccini)
Nimrod (Elgar)
Nocturne (Borodin)
Ode to Joy (Beethoven)
Adagio Cantabile – from The Pathetique Sonata (Beethoven)
Allegretto (After Bocherini) (Kreisler)
Ave Maria (Schubert)
Barcarolle (Offenbach)
Berceuse (Faure)
Bolero (Ravel)
Chanson De Matin (Elgar)
Chanson De Nuit (Elgar)
“Che Gelida Manina” – from La Boheme (Puccini)
Clair De Lune (Debussy)
Czardas – from Die Fledermaus (J Strauss Jr)
Danse De Mirlitons (Tchaikovsky)
Dance of the hours (Ponchelli)
Duet – from The Pearl Fishers (Bizet)
Entr’acte to Act 3 of Carmen (Bizet)
Entr’acte to Act 4 of Carmen (Bizet)
Flower Duet (Delibes)
Flower Song - from Carmen (Bizet)
Force of Desiny (Verdi)
The Girl With the Flaxen Hair (Debussy)
Golliwogs Cake-Walk (Debussy)
3 Gymnopedies (Satie)
Gypsy Life (Herbert)
Habenera – from Carmen (Bizet)
Hoe-Down – from Rodeo (Copland)
Humeresque (Dvorak)
Hungarian Dances: nos. 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,10,11 &21 (Brahms)
Intermezzo (Capua)
Largo – from The New World Symphony (Dvorak)
La Spagnola (Di Chiara)
Meditation – from Thais (Massenet)
Menuet – from Le Tombeau de Couperin (Rave)
Minuet (Boccherini)
Morning – from Peer Gynt (Grieg)
Nessun Dorma (Puccini)
Nimrod (Elgar)
Nocturne (Borodin)
Ode to Joy (Beethoven)
TRADITIONAL
Cock Linnet
Country Garden
Country Medley
Greensleeves
Golden Earings
Happy Birthday Variations
Hava Nagila
Irish Sherry
Londonderry Air
Loch Lomond
Oh I Do Like To Be Beside The Seaside
Country Garden
Country Medley
Greensleeves
Golden Earings
Happy Birthday Variations
Hava Nagila
Irish Sherry
Londonderry Air
Loch Lomond
Oh I Do Like To Be Beside The Seaside
CHRISTMAS
Bell Carol/In Dulci Jubilo (Traditional)
Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella (Traditional)
Carol of the Drum (Little Drummer Boy) (Davis)
Christmas Medley 1, includes: Silver Bells, Let it Snow, Have yourself a merry little Christmas, White Chritmas
Christmas Medley 2, includes: Shepherds leave your sheep, come, O come Emmanuel, Here we come a-caroling
Christmas Medley 3, includes: The Coventry Carol, God rest you merry gentlemen, Listen, Lording unto me
Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming (Praetorius)
O Holy Night (Adam)
Silent Night (Gruber)
Sleigh Ride (Anderson)
We Wish You a Merry Christmas
Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella (Traditional)
Carol of the Drum (Little Drummer Boy) (Davis)
Christmas Medley 1, includes: Silver Bells, Let it Snow, Have yourself a merry little Christmas, White Chritmas
Christmas Medley 2, includes: Shepherds leave your sheep, come, O come Emmanuel, Here we come a-caroling
Christmas Medley 3, includes: The Coventry Carol, God rest you merry gentlemen, Listen, Lording unto me
Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming (Praetorius)
O Holy Night (Adam)
Silent Night (Gruber)
Sleigh Ride (Anderson)
We Wish You a Merry Christmas
WALTZES
Belle of the Ball (Anderson)
Blue Danube (J Strauss, Jr)
Caprice Viennois (Kreisler)
Chopin Waltzes op.18, op.64 and op. 64 no.2
Danube Waves (Anniversary Waltz) (Ivanovici)
Die Fledermaus Waltzes (J Strauss, Jr)
Liebesfreud (Kreisler)
Merry Widow Waltzes (Lehar)
Midnight Bells Waltz (Kreisler)
Musettas Waltz – from La Boheme (Puccini)
Richard Rogers Waltzes. Includes: The most beautiful girl in the world, Falling in Love, My favourite things, carousel waltz
Der Rosenkavalier Waltzes (R Strauss)
Saturday Night Waltz – from Rodeo (Copland)
Schon Rosmarin (Kreisler)
Skaters Waltz (Walderfel)
Sleeping Beauty Waltz (Tchaikovsky)
Tales From The Vienna Woods (J Strauss, Jr)
Two Hearts in Three-Quartet Time (Stoz)
Valse (Chopin)
Waltz – from Symphony no.8 in G (Dvorak)
Waltz (Greig)
Wiener Blut Waltzes (J Strauss Jr)
Blue Danube (J Strauss, Jr)
Caprice Viennois (Kreisler)
Chopin Waltzes op.18, op.64 and op. 64 no.2
Danube Waves (Anniversary Waltz) (Ivanovici)
Die Fledermaus Waltzes (J Strauss, Jr)
Liebesfreud (Kreisler)
Merry Widow Waltzes (Lehar)
Midnight Bells Waltz (Kreisler)
Musettas Waltz – from La Boheme (Puccini)
Richard Rogers Waltzes. Includes: The most beautiful girl in the world, Falling in Love, My favourite things, carousel waltz
Der Rosenkavalier Waltzes (R Strauss)
Saturday Night Waltz – from Rodeo (Copland)
Schon Rosmarin (Kreisler)
Skaters Waltz (Walderfel)
Sleeping Beauty Waltz (Tchaikovsky)
Tales From The Vienna Woods (J Strauss, Jr)
Two Hearts in Three-Quartet Time (Stoz)
Valse (Chopin)
Waltz – from Symphony no.8 in G (Dvorak)
Waltz (Greig)
Wiener Blut Waltzes (J Strauss Jr)
extra information
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Guide to fee£540
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Based inLondon (unknown miles)
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Standard Line Upviolin, violin, viola, cello
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Standard Arrival Time30 mins before recital
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Set up time30 minutes
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Performance TimesUp to 3 hours
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Ideal Performance Area4m x 2m
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Dress Codesmart
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Food/Drinks Requiredsandwiches and soft drinks x 4
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Extra sets/playing timeExtra £140 per hour.
what previous clients say
Thank you for all your help. We had a wonderful day. The Blond Quartet were fabulous and played beautifully.
Gigz Management were brilliant throughout especially when we changed our minds over the style of music we wanted at the wedding. Thank you so much, the day went without a hitch and that's a testament to the service you provide.
Lyn and Michael Tomlinson // Lanesborough hotel, London // 10 April 2008
A highly professional performance. You were the highlight of the day!
John & Theresa Perry // Woking // 10 August 2007
A highly professional performance. You were the highlight of the day!
John & Theresa Perry // Woking // 10 August 2007
Without question, your presence was a highlight of the evening with many people commenting on your outstanding professionalism and impressive performance throughout the evening
James and Chloe Grant // Surrey // 10 July 2007
I would highly recommend you to anyone looking for touch of class and superb entertainment for their function
Mark Andrews,Gay Police Association // London // 10 June 2007
Thank you very much for making our wedding reception so memorable
Andrew & Katherine // Kent // 10 June 2007
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