Fortune Strings - Quartet and Trio
About Us
Based in Lichfield, Fortune String Quartet is a well-presented ensemble of talented musicians – we offer string quartets and string trios for special occasions. Alongside our classical selection, we have a vast array of modern pop and jazz music – all performed by some of the finest and most accomplished string performers in the Midlands region. Our string quartet and trio have played at weddings and events in the West Midlands, East Midlands, Birmingham, Lichfield, Tamworth, Burton on Trent, Staffordshire, Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Warwickshire…
All of the Fortune players have studied at the UK’s top music conservatoires. Our Fortune String Quartet players are experts at providing beautifully-arranged quality music for your wedding, any special occasion or private function…between us, we have performed at 1000+ weddings and events!
From initial enquiry to the performance we pride ourselves on a professional and friendly service. Fortune String Quartet loves to see you and your guests enjoy our performances and will happily fulfil any special requests.
Although Fortune Quartet and Trio perform mainly at weddings and events around the East Midlands, West Midlands, Birmingham, Staffordshire, Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire and Warwickshire, we are happy to travel further should you need us to. Please inform us upon enquiry.
For more intimate events and venues, our Fortune String Trio is the perfect choice, particularly for those who have limited space or fewer than 70 guests. An excellent repertoire, although smaller than that of the Fortune String Quartet, encompasses all tastes.
Fortune Strings has the privilege of working with musicians who perform regularly with The CBSO, The Hallé Orchestra and BBC Philharmonic, and who have played at venues (to name just a few) such as The Royal Albert Hall, Birmingham Symphony Hall, The Barbican and even Glastonbury!
All Fortune String Quartet players are full-time, professional musicians who are DBS registered and have Public Liability Insurance.
What We Do
Repertoire
Quartet
Adagio - Albinoni
Adagio (Secret Garden) - Lovland
Adagio (Violin Concerto) - Bruch
Air and Simple Gifts composed for Barak Obama's inauguration
Air on the G String - Bach
Amapola - Ennio Morricone
Arrival of the Birds
Arrival of the Queen of Sheba - Handel
Ave Maria * - Gounod
Ave Maria * - Schubert
Badinerie - Bach
Barcarolle - Offenbach
Berceuse - Fauré
Blue Danube Waltz - Strauss
Bolero - Ravel
Canon in D - Pachelbel
Chanson de Matin - Elgar
Chanson de Nuit - Elgar
Che Gelida Manina (La Bohéme) - Puccini
Clair de Lune - Débussy
Con Te Partiro (Time To Say Goodbye)
Czardas - Monti
Danse des Mirlitons (The Nutcracker) - Tchaikovsky
Double Violin Concerto (1st & 2nd mvts) - Bach
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik - Mozart
Elizabethan Serenade - Ronald Binge
Elvira Madigan - Mozart
First Polovtsian Dance - Borodin
Flower Duet - Delibes
Four Seasons - Vivaldi
Funiculì Funiculà - Denza
Gabriel’s Oboe
Grand Finale/Ice Dance (Edward Scissorhands)
Greensleeves
Here Comes the Bride - Wagner
Humming Chorus (Madame Butterfly) - Puccini
Humoresque - Dvorák
I Giorni - Einaudi
Intermezzo (Cavalleria Rusticana) - Mascagni
Jesu Joy Of Man’s Desiring * - Bach
Largo (Xerxes) - Handel
Largo (New World Symphony) - Dvorák
Lark Quartet (1st mvt) - Haydn
March (The Marriage of Figaro) - Mozart
Mc Mozart’s Eine Kleine bricht Moonlicht Nicht Musik - Prof. Teddy Bor
Meditation (Thaïs) - Massanet
Melody in F - Rubinstein
Minuet in G - Boccherini
Morning (Peer Gynt Suite) - Grieg
Nessun Dorma - Puccini
Nimrod - Elgar
Norwegian Dance No.2 - Grieg
O Mio Babbino Caro - Puccini
O Sole Mio - Capua
Palladio (De Beers Diamond advert)
Pavane - Faure
Prelude (Te Deum) - Charpentier
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini (1st variation) - Rachmaninov
Romance - Shostakovich
Roses from the South - Strauss
Salut d’Amour - Elgar
Schindler’s List
Sheep May Safely Graze * - Bach
Skaters’ Waltz - Strauss
Sleeping Beauty Waltz - Tchaikovsky
Softly Awakes My Heart - Saint-Saëns
Song from ‘A Secret Garden’ - Lovland
Song To The Moon - Dvorák
The Girl With The Flaxen Hair - Débussy
The Lark Ascending - Vaughan Williams
The Most Beautiful Girl in the World - Rogers
The Swan - Saint-Saëns
Theme from Angels and Demons
Theme from Cinema Paradiso - E. Morricone
Thieving Magpie Overture - Rossini
Tik-Tak Polka - Strauss
Traumerei - Schumman
Trumpet Tune in D - Purcell
Trumpet Voluntary - Clarke
Two Rondeaux - Purcell
Vivo Per Lei
Vocalise - Rachmaninov
Voices of Spring - Strauss
Water Music - Handel
Wedding Day At Troldhaugen - Grieg
Wedding March - Mendelssohn
A Foggy Day
A Million Dreams (The Greatest Showman)
A Nightingale Sang In Berkley Square
A Whole New World (Aladdin)
All I Ask Of You (Phantom of the Opera)
Always Look on the Bright Side of Life
America (West Side Story)
Any Dream Will Do (Joseph and His Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat)
Anything Goes
As Time Goes By
Ashokan Farewell
At Last - Etta James
At The Beginning (Anastasia)
Be Our Guest (Beauty and the Beast)
Begin the Beguine - Porter
Bella Notte (Lady and the Tramp)
Besame Mucho - Consuelo Velasquez
Beyond the Sea
Blue Moon
Can You Feel the Love Tonight (The Lion King)
Can’t Help Lovin’ Dat Man (Showboat)
Cheek to Cheek
Chicago - Fisher
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Colours of the Wind from Pocahontas
Come Fly With Me
Come in From the Rain
Come What May (Moulin Rouge)
Concerning Hobbits (The Hobbit)
Cry Me A River - Hamilton
Disney Princess Medley
Do You Want to Build a Snowman? (Frozen)
Don’t Cry for Me Argentina (Evita)
El Tango de Roxanne (Moulin Rouge)
Embraceable You - Gershwin
Every Time We Say Goodbye
Fly Me to the Moon - Sinatra
Girl from Ipanema
Have You Met Miss Jones?
How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria (The Sound of Music)
How High The Moon
I Can Go The Distance (Hercules)
I Could’ve Danced All Night (My Fair Lady)
I Dreamed a Dream (Les Misérables)
I Feel Pretty (West Side Story)
I Got Rhythm
I Know Him So Well (Chess)
I Love Paris - Cole Porter
I Love You - Cole Porter
I’ve Got You Under My Skin
Il Postino (The Postman)
In the Mood
It Had To Be You
It’s Only a Paper Moon
John Ryan’s Polka
L-O-V-E - Nat King Cole
Les Misérables medley
Let It Go (Frozen)
Let There Be Love - Nat King Cole
Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off
Let’s Do It
Let’s Face The Music And Dance
Londonderry Air (Danny Boy)
Love and Marriage
Love Is Here To Stay
Love Theme (The Godfather)
Makin’ Whoopee
Maria (West Side Story)
Memory (Cats)
Moon River (Breakfast at Tiffany's)
Moondance - Van Morrison
Moonlight in Vermont
Moonlight Serenade
Music to Watch Girls By
My Favourite Things (The Sound of Music)
My Funny Valentine
My Love is Like a Red, Red Rose
Mystic Caravan
Nemo Egg (Finding Nemo)
Never Enough (The Greatest Showman)
New York, New York - Bernstein
New York, New York - Sinatra
Now I See the Light (Tangled)
On My Own (Les Misérables)
One Hand, One Heart (West Side Story)
Over The Rainbow (Wizard of Oz)
Pennies From Heaven
Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps
Pink Panther
Pirates of the Caribbean Medley
Plink! Plank! Plunk!
Portuguese Love Theme (Love Actually)
Reel Fiddlin’ (Traditional Folk Reels)
So Close (Enchanted)
Somebody Loves Me
Someone To Watch Over Me
Somethin’ Stupid
Somewhere (West Side Story)
Soul Bossa Nova (Austin Powers Theme)
Stormy Weather - Arlen
Strangers in the Night
Stuff We Did (Disney’s UP)
Summertime
Sunrise, Sunset (Fiddler on the Roof)
Take Five
Take The A Train
Tale as Old as Time (Beauty and the Beast)
Tango – “La Cumparsita” - Rodriguez
Tango – “Por Una Cabeza”
Tango – “Retintín” - Arolas
Tango – “Tico–Tico” Chôro Sapéca - Abreu
Tango – “El Choclo” - Villoldo
Tango – “El Esquinazo” - Villoldo
Tango – “El Fandango del Candil” - Granados
Tango – “Jalousie” - Gade
Tango – Andaluza (Tango) - Granados
Tango – Bachianas Brazileiras No. 5 (Tango) - Villa-Lobos
Tango – Dance Like Crooked Antoine - Gonçalves
Tango – Danzas Argentinas No. 2 (Tango) - Ginastera
Tango – Habañera (Carmen) - Bizet
Tango – La Bamba
Tango – Lamento Quichua
Tango – Libertango
Tango – Noites Cariocas - Bandolim
Tango – Tanguedia III - Piazzolla
Tango alla Tedesca - Naughtin
Tango in D - Albeniz
Tea For Two
That’s Amore - Dean Martin
The Bare Necessities (Jungle Book)
The Folks Who Live On The Hill
The Harry Lime Theme
The Man I love
The Music of the Night (Phantom of the Opera)
The Secret Wedding (Braveheart)
Theme from Laura - David Raksin
They Can’t Take That Away From Me
Tradition (Fiddler On The Roof)
Unforgettable - Nat King Cole
Wave - Frank Sinatra
We Have All The Time In The World
West Side Story Medley (Overture/Maria/I Like to be in America/Mambo)
What A Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong
What Are You Doing for the Rest of Your Life? - Legrand
What’s This Thing Called Love?
When I Fall in Love
When You Wish Upon a Star (Pinocchio)
You Can’t Stop The Beat (Hairspray)
You’ll Be In My Heart (Tarzan)
You’ll Never Walk Alone
You’ve Got a Friend in Me (Toy Story)
A Groovy Kind of Love - Phil Collins
A Hard Day’s Night - The Beatles
A Million Love Songs - Take That
Abba Medley (Overture/Mamma Mia/I Have a Dream/Dancing Queen)
Adventure of a Lifetime - Coldplay
Africa - Toto
Ain’t No Mountain High Enough
All About You - McFly
All My Love - Led Zeppelin
All Of Me - John Legend
All You Need Is Love - The Beatles
Amor de Chocolat
Angels - Robbie Williams
Annie’s Song
Baby - Justin Bieber
Back in Black - AC/DC
Back in the U.S.S.R. - The Beatles
Bad Guy - Billy Eilish
Bad Romance - Lady Gaga
Ben - Michael Jackson
Best Day of My Life - American Authors
Billie Jean - Michael Jackson
Bittersweet Symphony - The Verve
Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
Book of Days - Enya
Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon & Garfunkel
Bring Me Sunshine
Brown Eyed Girl
Can’t Stop the Feeling - Justin Timberlake
Can’t Take My Eyes Off You - Andy Williams
Can’t Help Falling in Love With You - Elvis
Chasing Cars - Snow Patrol
Chi Mai - Ennio Morricone
Chura Liya Hai Tumne Jo dil ko 'Now That You Have Stolen My Heart'
Clocks - Coldplay
Close To You - The Carpenters
Come on Eileen
Common People - Pulp
Copacabana - Barry Manilow
Counting Stars - One Republic
Country Joe
Crazy Little Thing Called Love - Queen
Creep - Radiohead
Dance, Dance - Fall Out Boy
Day Tripper - The Beatles
Delilah - Tom Jones
Don’t Stop Me Now - Queen
Don’t Stop Believing - Journey
Eight Days A Week - The Beatles
Eleanor Rigby - The Beatles
Evergreen - Streisand
Everlasting Love - Love Affair
Every Tear is a Waterfall - Coldplay
Everything - Michael Bublé
Everything I Do, I Do It For You - Bryan Adams
F.H.G. (Initials of a very naughty song!) - Tenacious D
Falling Slowly
Feelings - Andy Williams
Fields of Gold - Sting
For Just a Moment (St. Elmo's Fire) - Foster
For the Love of a Princess (Braveheart)
Friday, I’m in Love
Frozen - Madonna
Get Back - The Beatles
Get Lucky - Daft Punk / Pharrell Williams
Girl - The Beatles
Give Me Love - Ed Sheehan
Glasgow Love Theme (Love Actually)
God Only Knows - The Beach Boys
Gonna Fly Now (Rocky)
Good Day Sunshine - The Beatles
Goodbye to Love - The Carpenters
Got To Get You Into My Life - The Beatles
Greatest Day - Take That
Hallelujah - Leonard Cohen
Halo - Beyoncé
Happy - Pharrell Williams
Hasta Mi Final
Hava Nagila
Havana - Camila Cabello
Have I Told You Lately - Van Morrison
Heaven - Bryan Adams
Hello - Adele
Here Comes The Sun - The Beatles
Here, There and Everywhere - The Beatles
Hernando’s Hideaway / Light My Fire
Hey Jude - The Beatles
Hey Soul Sister - Train
Hey There Delilah - Plain White T's
High - Lighthouse Family
Higher Love
Highway to Hell - AC/DC
Hoppipolla - Sigur Ros
Hotel California - The Eagles
How Deep is Your Love? - Bee Gees
How Long Will I Love You - Ellie Goulding
I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing - Aerosmith
I Feel Good - James Brown
I Only Want To Be With You - Dusty Springfield
I Was Born to Love - Queen
I’ll Be There for You - The Rembrandts
I’m Yours - Jason Mraz
If You Could Read My Mind - Lightfoot
In My Blood
In My Life - The Beatles
Isn’t She Lovely - Stevie Wonder
It Must Be Love - Madness
Just Dance - Lady Gaga
Just Give Me A Reason - Pink
Just The Way You Are - Bruno Mars
Karma Police - Radiohead
Kashmir - Led Zepplin
Kiss from a Rose - Seal
Kiss Me - Sixpence None The Richer
Kissing You - Des'ree
La Bamba
Learn to Fly
Let’s Stay Together - Al Green
Levitating - Dua Lipa
Life On Mars? - David Bowie
Livin’ On A Prayer - Bon Jovi
Livin’ Thing - ELO
Looney Tunes Fugue
Lost in the Woods (Frozen 2)
Love is Not a Fight - Warren Barfield
Love Me Like You Do - Ellie Goulding
Love Of My Life - Queen
Love Story - Taylor Swift
Lovely - Billie Eilish
Lucky - Jason Mraz / Colbie Caillat
Maestro (The Holiday)
Make You Feel My Love - Bob Dylan
Mardy Bum - Arctic Monkeys
Marry You - Bruno Mars
Misty
Money - Pink Floyd
Money, Money, Money - Abba
Motown Forever Medley (My Girl/Stop in the Name of Love/I Heard it Through the Grapevine/I'll Be There)
Mr. Blue Sky - ELO
Mr. Brightside - The Killers
My Girl - The Temptations
My Heart Will Go On - Celine Dion
My Way - Frank Sinatra
Nights In White Satin - Moody Blues
Nothing Else Matters - Metallica
Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now
Now We Are Free (Gladiator)
One Day Like This - Elbow
Only If - Enya
Over the Rainbow - Israel "IZ"
Paradise - Coldplay
Pianoman - Billy Joel
Poker Face - Lady Gaga
Pompeii - Bastille
Purple Haze - Hendrix
Queen Medley (We Will Rock You / Another One Bites The Dust / We Are The Champions)
R U Mine? - Arctic Monkeys
Rather Be
Rio - Duran Duran
River Flows in You
Rockabye - Clean Bandit
Rockin’ All Over The World - Status Quo
Rolling In The Deep - Adele
Roxanne - The Police
Royals - Lordes
Rude - Magic
Rule The World - Take That
Run - Snow Patrol
Sarah - Thin Lizzy
Say A Little Prayer - Burt Bacharach
Say Something - Partitur
Scarborough Fair - Simon & Garfunkel
Secrets - One Republic
Shake It Off - Taylor Swift
Shallow (A Star is Born)
She - Elvis Costello
She’s The One - Robbie Williams
Shut up and Dance - Walk the Moon
Signed, Sealed, Delivered - Stevie Wonder
Singin’ In The Rain
Skinny Love - Birdy
Sky Full of Stars - Coldplay
Skyfall - Adele
Smooth Criminal - Michael Jackson
So Happy Together - The Turtles
Someone Like You - Adele
Someone You Loved
Somewhere Only We Know - Keane
Songbird - Fleetwood Mac
Sportsnet (Blue Jays Theme)
Stairway To Heaven - Led Zeppelin
Stand By Me - Ben E. King
Stay With Me - Sam Smith
Strange from Bridgerton
Super Trooper - Abba
Sway / Cherry Pink - Michael Bublé / Dean Martin
Sweet Caroline - Neil Diamond
Sweet Dreams - The Eurythmics
Sweet Home Alabama
Take Me to Church - Hozier
Talking To The Moon - Bruno Mars
Tender - Blur
Thank You for the Music - Abba
That Means A Lot - The Beatles
The Chad Who Loved Me - Mansun
The Ecstasy of Gold (The Good, The Bad and The Ugly)
The Fool On The Hill - The Beatles
The Rose - Bette Midler
The Way We Were
The Wellerman Sea Shanty
Theme from Bridgerton
Theme from Fawlty Towers
Theme from Forrest Gump
Theme from Game of Thrones
Theme from Ghostbusters
Theme from Harry Potter (Medley)
Theme from James Bond
Theme from Legends of the Fall – The Ludlows
Theme from Poirot
Theme from Pokémon
Theme from Pride and Prejudice (BBC TV series)
Theme from Ski Sunday (Pop Looks Bach)
Theme from Star Wars
Theme from Super Mario
Theme from Tarzan - Phil Collins
Theme from The Addams Family
Theme from The Godfather (Love theme)
Theme from The Legend of Zelda
Theme from The Phantom Menace
Theme from The Simpsons
Theme from Underwater Mario Bros.
Theme from World of Warcraft (Lions Pride)
Thinking Out Loud - Ed Sheeran
This is Me (The Greatest Showman)
Thousand Years (The Twilight Saga)
Three Lions - The Lightning Seeds
Three Little Birds - Bob Marley
Thriller - Michael Jackson
Thunderstruck - AC/DC
Ticket to Ride - The Beatles
Time (Inception) - Zimmer
Time Of Your Life - Green Day
Titanium - Sia
Top Of The World - The Carpenters
Turning Page (The Twilight Saga)
Uptown Funk - Bruno Mars / Mark Ronson
Vera Cruz
Viva La Vida - Coldplay
Wake Me Up - Avicii
Wake Me Up - Aviici
Wave
We Are Young - Fun
We Don’t Talk About Bruno (Encanto)
We Go Together (Grease)
When I’m Sixty-Four - The Beatles
Whole Lotta Love - Led Zeppelin
Wildest Dreams from Bridgerton - Taylor Swift
With A Little Help From My Friends - The Beatles
With or Without You - U2
Without You - Guetta
Woman - Lennon
Wonderful Tonight
Wonderwall - Oasis
Writing’s On The Wall (Spectre) - Sam Smith
Yellow - Coldplay
Yellow Submarine - The Beatles
Yesterday - The Beatles
You’re Still The One - Shania Twain
You’re Welcome (Moana)
You’re My First, My Last, My Everything - Barry White
Your Song - Elton John
A Christmas Feast: Five ancient carols
A Christmas Wassail (medley)
Angels from the Realms of Glory
Away in a Manger
Bell Carol / In Dulci Jubilo
Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella
Carol of the Bells - Leontovych
Carols for Christmas Eve (medley)
Christmas Angels (medley)
Deck the Halls
Fairytale of New York
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
Good King Wenceslas
Greensleeves ("What Child Is This")
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
Heaven and Nature Sing
I Saw Three Ships
It’s Beginning to Look a lot Like Christmas
Jingle Bell Rock
Jingle Bells
Let It Snow
Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming - Praetorius
O Come All Ye Faithful
O Come, O Come Emmanuel
O Holy Night
O Little Town of Bethlehem
Once In Royal David’s City
Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree
Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town
Silent Night
Sing We Now of Christmas (medley)
Sleigh Ride
The 12 Days of Christmas
The Carol of the Drum (Czech, Traditional)
The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)
The First Nowell
The Holly and the Ivy
The Nutcracker Suite - Tchaikovsky
The Snowman (a selection of pieces)
We Come A-Caroling
We Three Kings
We Wish You a Merry Christmas
White Christmas
Winter Wonderland
Trio
Ah, Fuggi il Traditor - Mozart
Air on the G String - Bach
Arioso - Bach
Arrival of the Queen of Sheba - Handel
Au Revoir
Ave Maria * - Schubert
Barcarolle - Offenbach
Canon in D - Pachelbel
Chanson de Matin - Elgar
Clair de Lune - Débussy
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik - Mozart
Entr’acte
Fireworks Music - Handel
Flower Duet - Delibes
Four Seasons - Vivaldi
Intermezzo (Cavalleria Rusticana) - Mascagni
Jesu Joy Of Man’s Desiring * - Bach
Largo (Xerxes) - Handel
O Mio Babbino Caro - Puccini
Ode to Joy
Panis Angelicus
Rondeau - Mouret
Salut d’Amour - Elgar
Sheep May Safely Graze * - Bach
The Swan - Saint-Saëns
Trumpet Tune in D - Purcell
Trumpet Voluntary - Clarke
Wachet Auf
Water Music - Handel
Wedding March - Mendelssohn
Wedding March - Wagner
A Million Dreams (The Greatest Showman)
A Nightingale Sang In Berkley Square
At Last - Etta James
Beauty and the Beast
Blue Creek Waltz
Come What May (Moulin Rouge)
Country Club - Joplin
Greek Dance
Moon River (Breakfast at Tiffany's)
Over The Rainbow (Wizard of Oz)
Paragon Rag - Joplin
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes (Roberta)
Tango - Albinez
Tango – “El Choclo” - Villoldo
That’s Amore - Dean Martin
What A Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong
All Of Me - John Legend
All You Need Is Love - The Beatles
Bittersweet Symphony - The Verve
Can’t Take My Eyes Off You - Andy Williams
Chapel of Love - The Dixie Cups
Clocks - Coldplay
Everlasting Love - Love Affair
Fields of Gold - Sting
Halo - Beyoncé
Here Comes The Sun - The Beatles
I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing - Aerosmith
I Just Called To Say (I Love You) - Stevie Wonder
Iris - Goo Goo Dolls
It Must Be Love - Madness
Make You Feel My Love - Bob Dylan
Marry You - Bruno Mars
Nightswimming - R.E.M.
Nobody Does it Better - Carly Simon
One Day Like This - Elbow
Paradise - Coldplay
Por Una Cabeza
She - Elvis Costello
Sway / Cherry Pink - Michael Bublé / Dean Martin
This Year’s Love - David Gray
Thousand Years (The Twilight Saga)
Winter (Adagio from Four Seasons) - Vivaldi
You’re Beautiful - J. Blunt
You’re My Best Friend - Queen
You’re My First, My Last, My Everything - Barry White
Angels from the Realms of Glory
Angels We Have Heard On High
Away in a Manger
Carol of the Bells - Leontovych
Deck the Halls
Go Tell It On The Mountain
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
Good King Wenceslas
Greensleeves ("What Child Is This")
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
I Saw Three Ships
It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
Jingle Bells
Joy to the World
O Christmas Tree
O Come All Ye Faithful
O Come, O Come Emmanuel
O Holy Night
O Little Town of Bethlehem
Once In Royal David’s City
Pat a Pan
Silent Night
Sussex Carol
The 12 Days of Christmas
The 3 Kings of Orient Are
The Coventry Carol
The First Nowell
The Holly and the Ivy
The Huron Carol
The Snow Lay On The Ground
We Wish You a Merry Christmas
Wexford Carol
White Christmas
* piece may not be suitable for Civil Ceremony - please check with your Registrar
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If you have a special piece in mind that is not currently listed, please contact Sarah on 07769 915187 and she will discuss how best to fulfil your request.
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Testimonials
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Meet Sarah
Hi – I’m the founder and principal Viola player of Fortune Strings. Since 2003, I have performed at over 500 weddings and events, along with recordings at Maida Vale and filmings with the BBC, so I have plenty of performance and organisational experience and lots of musical ideas!
Please complete the enquiry form, or call me, and together we will create the perfect atmosphere for your wedding, celebration or event.
Sarah
News
Exit music
a few ideas
The exit of your ceremony, as a newly married couple, is a joyous moment. Guests should be applauding and celebrating with you – let’s suggest some pieces that will keep that feeling going until the last guest leaves the room!
Classical ideas:
Wedding March by Mendelssohn, Wedding Day at Troldhaugen, Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
Contemporary ideas:
I Only Want to Be With You – Dusty Springfield, Ain’t No Mountain High Enough, All You Need is Love, We Go Together, Bring Me Sunshine, Can’t Take My Eyes Off You, Fly Me to the Moon, God Only Knows, Greatest Day, – Take That, It Must Be Love – Madness, Don’t Stop Me Now, Love and Marriage, That’s Amore, One Day Like This
Fortune Strings, 25th August 2021
Ploughing through 2021
...from the postponements of 2020
Crikey, end of August 2021 already?! 2020 passed us all by in a blur of worry, frustration and craziness. All 2020 weddings were postponed, arranged, rearranged, postponed again. As musicians we were chomping at the bit to get back into what we love…playing.
2020 gave me a bit of time to reflect on how best to keep Fortune moving forward. Fortunately we were always going to be around – as long as we have musicians, you will always have a string quartet. So I have spent significant time working on a new website and gathering together new music. Unfortunately my 2020 project of creating new videos of the quartet didn’t happen, and it has taken a bit of a back seat for a while, but it will have it’s moment.
So I have been thinking: when it comes to booking musicians, what are the areas you feel unsure about? If you could ask me one question about booking a quartet, what would it be?
Fortune Strings,New projects
Videos and music
One of the toughest things for a group of musicians at weddings and events is finding the opportunity to effectively and professionally video ourselves performing. We are so busy playing that we rarely get the chance to ask guests to video us. As clients, you are naturally eager to see what we look and sound like; of course – it’s your hard-earned money that you are spending to hire us, you need to make sure we are the right people for you!
So, in 2019 we managed to sneakily film ourselves, using a mobile, playing some of our most popular pieces. We called it Project Sneaky Vids. We will be continuing to do this throughout 2020 – not at all weddings/events – but whenever we see the chance to do so. Fortune Strings also plans to be having professional videos done this year. We hope to be bringing these videos to our website soon, however in the meantime, hop on over to our Facebook page where you will see what we have managed so far. We hope you enjoy!
2019 also saw us add to our extensive repertoire list. Fortune has access to many different pieces – available for us to get from the internet and our arrangers – that we can’t possibly have them all in our repertoire list….BUT, if you can’t see a piece on our list, ask us! We may just know where to find the perfect arrangement for you.
Wishing you all a prosperous and happy 2020 from Fortune Strings HQ x
Fortune Strings, 25th January 2020New(ish) arrival
...we've got a new addition!
2018 into 2019 has been a bit of a blur here at FS Headquarters – I (Sarah) only went and had a baby! (admittedly 10 months ago, but there are days when it still feels new)
It got me thinking about how (albeit wonderful) things can slow down the planning process and maintaining life as you knew it before. It’s incredibly easy how jobs you’ve been meaning to do slide past you in a haze of time and all of a sudden the pressure of making decisions is upon you. You might be correctly guessing I’m linking this in with the wedding or event planning process too.
Fortune Strings is back to full speed and is ready to receive enquiries from anyone at whatever stage of the planning/organising process they’re at. Wedding in 2 years? We’re here to talk music ideas. Wedding in 2 months? We’re here to talk music ideas.
We’re here to help!
Fortune Strings, 10th June 2019Useful Links
Pendrell Hall Exclusive Country House Wedding Venue with accommodation Staffordshire – www.pendrellhall-venue.co.uk
The Ashes Exclusive Country House Barn Wedding Venue Staffordshire – http://www.theashes-venue.co.uk
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