Philadelphia String Quartet

Weddings featuring the Philadelphia String Quartet encompass everything from traditional religious ceremonies, to updated, secular vows, to exciting 'club style' events. Special requests for melodies from different ethnic or cultural backgrounds are always welcome. Our musical offerings are fitted to your tastes – the music you both like might be refined or rock n' roll, poignant or powerful, but we have it!

We would be happy to discuss the songs or pieces you'd really like to hear. Give us your 'top ten list' - tell us about the music you've "gotta have," or if there might be something under the "do not play under any circumstances" category. We're attuned to the vibe of the wedding party and play more (or less) of the songs and musical genres to which you and your guests respond.

Standard wedding music consists of a period of prelude music to provide atmosphere while guests arrive, a processional, the ceremony itself, a closing recessional, and a postlude. We seek out your ideas about specific music for each segment, offering advice on appropriate music if you are uncertain. There are always exceptions, so do not feel compelled to adhere to this structure - we can easily customize the music to your needs. Upon request, PSQ provides several different programs as examples, each designed with various wedding themes and styles.


- Philadelphia String Quartet -

• Baroque/Classical/Romantic Music
• (Great For Weddings and Other Events )
• Adagio Cantabile from the "Pathetique" Sonata - Beethoven
• Adagio for Strings - Barber
• Adagio from Octet in F Major Op. 166 - Schubert
• Adagio from Octet in F Major - Op. 166
• Adagio from Violin Sonata in G minor - Op. 5 #5
• Air from Suite No. 3 - Bach
• Air on the G String from Suite # 3 in D Major - Bach
• Allegretto - Boccherini/ Kreisler
• Allegro from Sonata in F Major Op. 1 #11 - Handel
• Allegro from Sonata in F Major - Op. 1 #11
• Ancient Airs and Dances - Respighi
• Andante from String Quartet in A minor Op.29 "Rosamunde" - Schubert
• Andante from String Quartet in A minor - Op. 29 "Rosamunde
• Arioso from Cantata #156 - Bach
• Arrival of the Queen of Sheba from the Oratorio "Solomon" - Handel
• Autumn - Allegro from Violin Concerto in F Major Op. 8 #3
• Ave Maria - Schubert
• Ave Maria - Bach/Gounod
• Ave Maria adapted by Charles Gounod from WTC Prelude #1 - Bach
• Ave Verum Corpus from K. 618 - Mozart
• Badinerie from Suite #2 in b minor - Bach
• Bananier - Moreau
• Berceuse from "Dolly" Suite - Op. 56
• Bist Du Bei Mir - Bach
• Brandenburg Concerto #2 in F Major - Bach
• Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G - Bach
• Bridal Chorus from Act III of Lohengrin - Wagner
• Capriccio #24 from 24 Capricci Op. 1 - Paganini
• Clair de Lune from Suite Bergamasque for piano - Debussy
• Classical Symphony Op. 25 excerpts - Prokofiev
• Concerto Grosso in D Minor Op. 3 #11 - Vivaldi
• Danses des petits cygnes from the ballet Swan Lake - Tschaikovsky
• Eine Kleine Nachtmusik - String Quartet in G Major K. 525
• Elegie from Incidental Music to Les Erinnyes - Massenet
• Fantaisie-Impromptu from Fantaisie-Impromptu in C# minorOp.66 - Chopin
• Fireworks Music - Handel
• Flower Duet from Lakme - Delibes
• Funeral March for a Marionette - Gounod
• Galop from La Boutique Fantastique - Rossini
• Gavotte - Gossec
• Gavotte from Holberg Suite Op. 40 - Grieg
• Gigue from Suite # 3 in D Major - Bach
• Golliwog's Cake-walk from Children's Corner Suite - Debussy
• Gymnopedie No. 1 from Trois Gymnopedies - Satie
• Humoresque from Op. 101 #7 - Dvorak
• Hungarian Dance #5 - Brahms
• Hornpipe from Water Music Suite - Handel
• I Love Thee Ich Liebe Dich from The Heart's Melodies Op. 5 - Grieg
• Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring from Cantata #147 - Bach
• Jeux d'Enfants Op. 22 - Bizet
• Juliet's Waltz Song Je veux vivre from Romeo and Juliet - Gounod
• L'Arlesienne Suite #2 - Bizet
• Largo from Xerxes - Handel
• Le Jardin Feerique - Ravel
• Liebesfreud from Alt-Wiener Tanzweisen - Kreisler
• Liebeslied - Kreisler
• March in D Major from the Anna Magdalene Bach Notebook - Bach
• Minuet from Quintet in E Major Op. 13 #5 - Boccherini
• Minuet in G - Beethoven
• Molly on the Shore Irish Reel - Grainger
• Moment Musical from Op. 94 #3 - Schubert
• Mon Coeur S'ouvre A Ta Voix from Samson and Delila - Saint
• Mother Goose - Ravel
• Nimrod from "Enigma" Variations Op. 36 - Elgar
• Nocturne from Op. 9 #2 for piano - Chopin
• None But The Lonely Heart from Six Songs Op. 6 #6 - Tschaikovsky
• Ode to Joy from Symphony #9 - Beethoven
• Panis Angelicus from Messe Solonnelle Op. 12 - Franck
• Pavane de la Belle au Bois Dormant - Ravel
• Pavane pour une Infante Defunte - Ravel
• Piano Concerto #2 excerpts - Rachmaninoff
• Piano Concerto #3 Theme excerpts - Rachmaninoff
• Pomp and Circumstance March #1 - Elgar
• Presto from Sonatina in F Major - Telemann
• Presto from String Quartet in F Major Op. 74 #2 - Haydn
• Pulcinella - Stravinsky
• Reverie - Debussy
• Ritual Fire Dance from El Amor Brujo - De Falla
• Rondeau from Incidental Music to Abdelazer - Purcell
• Rondeau from Orchestral Suite #2 in B Minor - Bach
• Rondeau from Sinfonies de Fanfares - Mouret
• Rondo alla turca from Piano Sonata in A Major K. 331 - Mozart
• Rosamunde Ballet music from incidental music to Rosamunde - Schubert
• Rumanian Folk Dances - Bartok
• Salut d'Amor Op. 12 - Elgar
• Sarabande from Suite # 4 in D minor for piano - Handel
• Scheherazade Theme - Rimsky-Korsakov
• Schon Rosmarin from Alt-Wiener Tanzweisen - Kreisler
• Serenade from Schwanengesang #4 - Schubert
• Sheep May Safely Graze from Cantata #208 - Bach
• Shepherd's Hey English Morris Dance Tune - Grainger
• Slavonic Dance #1 from Slavonic Dances Op. 46 #1 - Dvorak
• Slavonic Dance #2 from Slavonic Dances Op. 46 #2 - Dvorak
• Spring - Allegro from Violin Concerto in E Major Op. 8 #1 - Vivaldi
• Spring - Danza Pastorale from Violin Concerto in E Major Op.8 #1 - Vivaldi
• Tambourin - Gossec
• The Girl with flaxen hair - Debussy
• The Laughing Song from Die Fledermaus - Strauss
• The Trout from the Trout Quintet Op. 114 - Schubert
• Theme from Jupiter from The Planets - Holst
• Theme from Polovetzian Dances from Prince Igor - Borodin
• To a Wild Rose from Woodland Sketches Op. 51 - MacDowell
• Tombeau de Couperin - Ravel
• Traumerei from Kinderscenen Op. 15 #7 - Schumann
• Trumpet Tune - Purcell
• Trumpet Voluntary - Clarke
• Variations on a Theme of Haydn Op. 56 - Brahms
• Vivace from Sonata in F Major for flute - Telemann
• Waltz from Waves of the Danube #1 - Ivanovici
• Water Music - Handel
• Water Music Suite : Andante - Allegro
• Wedding March - A Midsummer Night's Dream
• When I Am Laid in Earth from Dido and Aeneas - Purcell
• "Belle of the Ball" Waltz - Anderson
• "Blue Danube" Waltzes - J. Strauss
• Caprice Viennois - Kreisler
• Chopin Waltzes - Op. 18 Op. 64 #1 & Op. 64 #2
• "Danube Waves" ("Anniversary Waltz") - Ivanovici
• "Die Fledermaus" Waltzes - J. Strauss
• Liebesfreud - Kreisler
• "Merry Widow" Waltzes - Lehar
• "Midnight Bells" Waltz - Kreisler
• Musetta's Waltz from "La Boheme" - Puccini
• Richard Rodgers' Waltzes:
• "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World"
• "Falling in Love With Love"
• "My Favorite Things"
• The Carousel Waltz
• Waltzes from Der Rosenkavalier - R. Strauss
• Saturday Night Waltz from "Rodeo" - Copland
• *Schön Rosmarin - Kreisler
• Tales from the Vienna Woods - J. Strauss
• Two Hearts in Three - Quarter Time
• Waltz from Symphony No. 8 in G - Dvorák
• "Wiener Blut" Waltzes - J. Strauss
• Broadway - Pops and Latin
• "All I Ask of You" from "Phantom" - Lloyd-Webber
• "America" from "West Side Story" - Bernstein
• "Annie" Highlights - Strouse
• Ashokan Farewell from "The Civil War" - Ungar
• "As Time Goes By" - Hupfeld
• Bachianas Brazileiras No. 5 - Villa-Lobos
• "Begin the Beguine" - Porter
• Blue Tango - Anderson
• "Chicago" - Fisher
• "Come In from the Rain" - Manchester
• Country Medley - Traditional
• Danzas Argentinas No. 2 - Ginastera
• "El Choclo" Tango - Villoldo
• "Embraceable You" - Gershwin
• "Evergreen" - Streisand
• "Feelings" - Albert
• "Do It Again" - Gershwin
• "Forgotten Dreams" - Anderson
• "For Just a Moment" from "St. Elmo's Fire" - Foster
• "Goodbye to Love" - Carpenter
• "I Feel Pretty" from "West Side Story" - Bernstein
• "I Got Rhythm" Variations - Gershwin/Naughtin
• "I Love Paris" - Porter
• "If You Could Read My Mind" - Lightfoot
• "In the Mood" - Garland
• "Jalousie" Tango - Gade
• "The King and I" Highlights - Rodgers
• "March of the Siamese Children"
• "We Kiss in a Shadow"
• "I Whistle a Happy Tune"
• "Getting to Know You"
• "Something Wonderful"
• "Hello Young Lovers"
• "Shall We Dance?"
• "La Bamba" - Traditional
• "Laura" - Raksin
• "Leaving on a Jet Plane" - Denver
• Loony Tunes Fugue - Naughtin
• Love Theme from The Godfather - Rota
• "Manha de Carnaval" from "Black Orpheus" - Bonfa
• "Maria" from "West Side Story" - Bernstein
• "Memory" from "Cats" - Lloyd-Webber
• "Misty" - Garner
• "The Music of the Night" from "Phantom" - Lloyd-Webber
• "My Funny Valentine" - Rodgers
• "My Heart Will Go On" from Titanic - Horner
• Natal Variations (Variations on "Happy Birthday") - Naughtin
• "New York - New York"
• "Noites Cariocas" - Bandolim
• "One Hand - One Heart" from "West Side Story"
• "The Orange Blossom Special" - Rouse
• "Over the Rainbow" - Arlen
• "Por Una Cabeza" Tango (from "Scent of a Woman") - Gardel
• "Purple Haze" - Hendrix
• "Red Sails in the Sunset" - Williams
• "Romeo and Juliet" Love Theme - Rota
• "Send in the Clowns" - Sondheim
• "Someone to Watch Over Me" - Gershwin
• Seven by the Beatles - Lennon/McCartney
• "Day Tripper"
• "A Hard Day's Night"
• "Eleanor Rigby"
• "Yellow Submarine"
• "Yesterday"
• "When I'm Sixty-Four"
• "Back in the U.S.S.R."
• "Somewhere" from "West Side Story" - Bernstein
• "Stormy Weather" - Arlen
• "Suddenly" - Diamond
• "The Summer Knows" (Theme from "The Summer of '42") - Legrand
• Tanguedia III - Piazzolla
• "Tico-Tico" - Abreu
• "Tonight" from "West Side Story" - Bernstein
• "Truely" - Ritchie
• "What's New?" - Haggart
• "What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?" - Legrand
• "You Light Up My Life" - Brooks
• "You're the Inspiration" - Foster
• Christmas Music
• Bell Carol/In Dulci Jubilo ("Good Christian Men Rejoice") - Traditional
• "Bring a Torch - Jeannette
• Carol of the Drum ("The Little Drummer Boy") - Davis
• Christmas Medley I
• includes: "Silver Bells"
• "Let It Snow"
• "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"
• "White Christmas"
• Christmas Medley II
• includes: "Shepherds Leave Your Sheep"
• "Come - O Come Emmanuel"
• "Here We Come A-Caroling"
• Christmas Medley III
• includes: "The Coventry Carol"
• "God Rest You Merry - Gentlemen"
• "Listen - Lordlings
• Greensleeves ("What Child Is This") - Traditional
• "Lo - How a Rose E'er Blooming"
• "O Holy Night" - Adam
• "Ring - Christmas Bells"
• "Silent Night - Holy Night"
• Sleigh Ride - Anderson
• "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" - Traditional
• and more...

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• Overall, I had a great experience with them. I asked a lot of them and they delivered. They made my wedding extra special.... Thanks Alot -- Jon Z, Hillsborough, NJ, 9/18/2010
• PSQ was great! -Accommodated all of our requests -Excellent communication (always got a reply within 24 hours) -Punctual and professional -And most importantly, beautiful music!!! -- Jackie M, Radnor, PA, 10/1/2010
• Truly great talented people, PSQ preformed at our wedding on Feb 26th they arrived early, and were so accommodating even preforming outdoors for us. Everyone that attended the wedding loved them. PSQ is great also very helpful right from the beginning, we will recommend them to everyone, we could not be happier .. Thank you PSQ -- Jason C, Lumberville, PA, 2/26/2011
• They were so willing to work with me on the playlist. The music was spot on and really added to my ceremony. It was very special. Thank you, PSQ! -- Kate T, Audubon, PA, 9/10/2011

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