No Strings Attached was formed in 1998 when Rebecca, Polly, Caroline and Celia met in the Cambridge University Symphony Orchestra. Since then, their lively, charismatic, vibrant playing has taken them to a range of functions including wedding receptions, garden parties and summer balls. They have played at Terence Conran’s restaurant Bluebird in London, as well as the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge and Powderham Castle in Exeter.
Divertimento in D Major-first movement
Divertimento in D Major-third movement
Their extensive repertoire and their versatile approach means that No Strings Attached can cater for virtually any occasion. Contact the quartet now to find out how they’ll make your event a resounding success!
Between them, Rebecca, Polly, Caroline and Celia have played in a number of quality orchestras including: The Three Choirs Festival Orchestra, The Cambridge Mozart Players, The Cotswold Symphony Orchestra, The City of Cardiff Symphony Orchestra, Cardiff Symphonia, Kensington Chamber Orchestra and The Lydian Orchestra.
Repertoire
Seasons (Handel)
A Handel Suite
Hornpipe (Handel)
Two Rondeaux (Purcell)
Air on a G String (Bach)
Double Violin Concerto (Bach)
Brandenburg Concerto No 4 (Bach)
Wedding Music
Wedding March (Wagner)
The Long Day Closes (Sullivan)
Arrival of the Queen of Sheba (Handel)
Wedding Minuet
Ave Maria (Gounod/Bach)
Jesu Joy (Bach)
Wedding Day at Troldhaugen (Grieg)
Jazz
Maple Leaf Rag (Joplin)
Ragtime Dance (Joplin)
The Man I Love (Gershwin)
Swansea (Gershwin)
Summertime (Gershwin)
They All Laughed (Gershwin)
A Foggy Day (Gershwin)
Love is Here to Stay (Gershwin)
Nice Work If You Can Get It (Gershwin)
Makin’ Whoopee (Donaldson)
Anthing Goes (Cole Porter)
Let’s Do It (Cole Porter)
My Funny Valentine (Rodgers)
The Folks Who Live on the Hill (Kern)
West Side Story Medley (Bernstein)
Somewhere (Bernstein)
Maria (Bernstein)
New York (Bernstein)
Popular Classics
Pavane (Fauré)
The Swan (Saint-Saëns)
Canon (Pachelbel)
Prelude to Carmen (Bizet)
Habanera from Carmen (Bizet)
Toreador’s Song from Carmen (Bizet)
Meditation from Thais (Massenet)
O Mio Babbino Caro (Puccini)
In the Hall of the Mountain King (Grieg)
Norwegian Dance No2 (Grieg)
Norwegian Dance No 3 (Grieg)
Waltz (Grieg)
Morning from Peer Gynt (Grieg)
Chanson de Matin (Elgar)
Chanson de Nuit (Elgar)
Everytime We Say Goodbye (Cole Porter)
Pennies from Heaven (Johnson)
Vocalise (Rachmaninov)
Danse Des Mirlitons (Tchaikovsky)
Barcarolle (Offenbach)
Leaning on a Lampost (Noel Gay)
Slavonic Dance No VIII (Dvorak)
A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square (Sherwin)
Rondo Alla Turca (Mozart)
Träumerei (Schumann)
Funiculi Funicula (Luigi Denza)
Moonlight in Vermont (Suessdorf)
Flower Duet (Delibes)
O Sole Mio (Capua)
First Polovtsian Dance (Borodin)
The Dream from Sense and Sensibility
Pizzicato Polka (Strauss)
Irish Sherry (Trad.)
Quartets
Quartet 35 in D Major (Haydn)
Divertimento in D (Mozart)
Divertimento in B (Mozart)
Divertimento in F (Mozart)
Quartet in C Min Op 18 No 4 (Beethoven)
String Quartet No 2 (Borodin
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