IONIAN STRING QUARTET

With over 20 years experience in organising events Ionian String Quartet are confident they will provide you with the right music to suit your occasion.

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The Ionian String Quartet is based in Co. Down, Northern Ireland and is available for hire for weddings, functions parties and corporate entertainment at events all over Northern Ireland. With over 20 years experience in organising events we are confident we can provide you with the right music to suit your occasion.

We guarantee the highest standard of performance and presentation for your event, all four members are experienced freelance musicians and are music graduates of either University or Music College and hold professional performance diplomas. We have performed alongside artists from the pop and classical world including Andrea Bocelli, Katherine Jenkins, Russell Watson, Sir James Galway, Lesley Garrett, Dame Kiri te Kanawa, Phil Coulter, Westlife, The Corrs, Andrew Strong and Andrea Begley.

As well as playing together in the quartet, all four members regularly work as freelance musicians providing music for TV & Radio as well as studio recordings for albums. This is in addition to freelance work with orchestras and ensembles such as the Ulster Orchestra.

We specialise in weddings and will work with you to create the perfect atmosphere for your special day. We guarantee a personal service, tailored to your individual requirements. Music can be provided for the ceremony, drinks reception, evening meal or any combination of these.

Our selection of music is extensive, ranging from the more traditional string quartet repertoire of Mozart and Haydn right through to contemporary pop songs and jazz classics. We also are happy to arrange specific pieces of music by request to help you make your special day even more personal.

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Promotional Music

Wedding March

Pachelbel

Haven't Met You Yet

Hallelujah

Fly Me To The Moon

Flower Duet

Repertoire

Classical

Canon in D – Pachelbel
Trumpet Voluntary – Clarke
Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring – Bach
Wedding March (here comes the bride) – Wagner
Wedding March – Mendelssohn
Pavane – Faure
Ave Verum Corpus – Mozart
Largo (from Xerxes) – Handel
Lascha Ch’io Pianga – Handel
The Flower Duet – Delibe
Arrival of the Queen of Sheba – Handel
La Rejouissance (from Royal Fireworks) – Handel
Air – Bach
Spring from ‘4 Seasons’ – Vivaldi
Firesise from ‘4 Seasons’ – Vivaldi
Hornpipe (from Water Music Suite) – Handel
Gabriel’s Oboe – Morricone
Brandenburg Concerto No.2 – Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No.3 – Bach
Chanson de Matin – Elgar
Ave Maria – Bach/Gounod
Ave Maria – Schubert
Panis Angelicus – Franck
Pie Jesu – Lloyd-Webber

Contemporary

Hallelujah – Leonard Cohen
Fields of Gold – Sting/Eva Cassidy
All You Need is Love – Lennon/McCartney
Greatest Day – Take That
True Colours – Phil Collins
She – Elvis Costello
Songbird – Eva Cassidy
The Rose – Amanda McBroom
You Raise Me Up – Lovland/Graham
Chasing Cars – Snow Patrol
Make You Feel My Love – Adele
Hoppipolla – Sigur Ros
Portuguese Love Theme (Love Actually) – Craig Armstrong
A Thousand Years – Christina Perri
Falling Slowly – Gen Hansard
It Must Be Love – Madness
One Day Like This – Elbow

Popular Wedding Hymns

Sample Reception Playlists
Pop/Rock & Contemporary

Make You Feel My Love – Adele
Counting Stars – One Republic
Greatest Day – Take That
Uptown Funk – Mark Ronson
One Day Like This – Elbow
Rather Be – Clean Bandit
With or Without You – U2
Hoppipolla – Sigur Ros
Viva La Vida – Coldplay
Moves Like Jagger – Maroon 5
Chasing Cars – Snow Patrol
Skyfall – Adele
Bittersweet Symphony – The Verve
Signed,Sealed, Delivered – Stevie Wonder
Whatever – Oasis
I Believe in a Thing Called Love – The Darkness
Yellow – Coldplay
Blurred Lines – Robin Thicke
Charlie Brown – Coldplay
Digital Love – Daft Punk
Paradise – Coldplay
Hey Brother – Avici
Fix You – Coldplay
Falling Slowly – Glen Hansard
The Scientist – Coldplay
Starlight – Muse
Crazy – Knarls Barkley
Isn’t She Lovely – Stevie Wonder
Love Story – Taylor Swift
Haven’t Met You Yet – Michel Buble
All I Want is You – U2
Smooth Criminal – Michael Jackson
Back in Black – AC/DC
Iris – GooGoo Dolls
Sweet Child O’Mine – Guns ‘n’ Roses
Stand by Me – Ben E King
Billie Jean – Michael Jackson
I Say a Little Prayer – Burt Bacharach
Toxic – Britany Spears
Without You – David Guetta
Grace Kelly – Mika
It Must Be Love – Madness
Hey Soul Sister – Train
A Thousand Years – Christina Perri
I’m Yours – Jason Mraz
Halo – Beyonce
I Got a Feelin’ – Black Eyed Peas
We Found Love – Rihanna
Wouldn’t it be Nice – Beach Boys
Sir Duke – Stevie Wonder
Kiss from a Rose – Seal
Runaway Baby – Bruno Mars
Happy Together – The Turtles
Brown Eyed Girl – Van Morrison
Your Song – Elton John
Use Somebody – The Killers
Run – Snow Patrol
Rule the World -Take That
Arms of an Angel – Sarah McLachlan
God Only Knows – Beach Boys
Here Comes the Sun – Beatles
Soul Bossa Nova – Quincy Jones
Eleanor Rigby – Beatles
Crazy Little Thing Called Love – Queen
She – Elvis Costello
Rock Around the Clock – Freedman
Songbird – Eva Cassidy
Don’t Stop Believing – Journey
Hallelujah – L Cohen
Don’t Want to Miss a Thing – Aerosmith
I’ll Be There – Jackson 5
Have I Told You Lately – Van Morrison
My Girl – Temptations
Take a chance on me – Abba
You Raise Me Up – Lovland/Graham
Don’t Stop Me Now – Queen
Fields of Gold – Sting
Money, Money, Money – Abba
True Colours – Phil Collins
Yesterday – Beatles
The Rose -A McBroom
This Year’s Love – David Gray
Lady In Red- De Burg
At Last – Etta James
Moondance – Van Morisson
Close to You – The Carpenters
Delilah – Tom Jones
Hello – L Ritchie
She’s Always a Woman – Billy Joel
New York, New York – J Kander
The Prayer – Bayer & Foster
We Have All The Time in The World – J Barry
The Final Countdown – arr Kershaw
Stairway to Heaven – Led Zeppelin
From This Moment – Shania Twain
Runaway – The Corrs
Everything I Do – Brian Adams
Sing It Back – Moloko
Firework – Katy Perry
Poker Face – Lady Gaga
All Time Low – The Wanted
Clocks – Coldplay

Light Classical

Gabriel’s Oboe – Morricone
Palladio – Jenkins
Humoresque – Dvorak
La Forza del destino – Verdi
Sehnsuchtig – Mendelssohn
Pavane – Faure
Golliwogg’s Cake Walk – Debussy
Tango – Albeniz
Canon – Pachelbel
Three Little Maids (Mikado) – Sullivan
O mio babbino caro – Puccini
The Flower Duet – Delibes
Der Vogelfanger – Mozart
Bei Mannern – Mozart
Barcarolle – Offenbach
Habanera (from Carmen) – Bizet
Toreador’s Song (Carmen) – Bizet
Meditation from Thais – Massenet
Rigoletto – Verdi
Voi Che Sapete – Mozart
Non più andrai – Mozart
Quando M’en Vo – La Boheme – Puccini
The Nutcraker Suite – Tchaikovsky
Polovtsian Dances – Borodin
Funiculi Funicula – Denza
Norwegian Dance No 3 – Grieg
Two Rondeaux – Purcell
Pizzicato Polka – Strauss
O Sole Mio – Capua
Blue Tango – Anderson
Tango (Por una Cabeza) – Gardel
La Paloma – arr Martelli
La Cumparsita – Rodriguez
Gabriel’s Oboe – Morricone
Intermezzo – Mascagni

Jazz & Easy Listening

Jeeves and Wooster – Dudley
Can’t Take My Eyes of You – arr Kershaw
Spread a Little Happiness – arr Kershaw
Cabaret – arr Kershaw
Fawlty Towers – arr Kershaw
Misty – arr Kershaw
Autumn Leaves – arr Kershaw
A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square – arr Kershaw
Strangers in the Night – arr Kershaw
Fly me to the Moon – arr Kershaw
Blue Moon – arr Kershaw
They Can’t Take That Away from Me – arr Kershaw
It Don’t Mean a Thing – Ellington
I Know Him So Well – Andersson
I Dreamed a Dream – Schonberg
Big Spender – Coleman
Maria (from West Side Story) – Bernstein
Don’t Cry for Me Argentina – Lloyd Webber
A Whole New World – Menkin
Theme from ET – J Williams
The Entertainer – Joplin
The Easy Winners – Joplin
Heliotrope Bouquet – Joplin
The Strenuous Life – Joplin
Sunrise Sunset – Bock
Try to Remember – Jones
Born Free – J Barry
My Fair Lady (Medley) – Lerner/Loewe
Speak Softly Love – Rota
Moon River – Mancini
La Vie en Rose – arr Kershaw
String Boogie – Green