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String Quartet
2 Violins, Viola, Cello

Trio
Violin, Viola, Cello; or
2 Violins, Cello

Duo
2 Violins; or
Violin and Viola; 0r
Violin and Cello

RECEPTIONS

Why live music?

Nothing could be more fitting to accompany the conversations of your reception than energetic, professionally performed and beautiful live music. Much of the classical repertoire was written for religious, political or social gatherings! Live musicians play for their listeners; it is one of their skills. A CD of recorded music amplified through a pair of speakers -no matter how accomplished the recorded ensemble -can never react personally to your guest!

Repertoire

Once Archdukes, Kings and Princes regularly commissioned paintings, dramas, and specially composed music to transform public and private occasions. Wealthy patrons, governments and corporations carry on this tradition and today, over six hundred years of specially composed music is available to everyone. Allegra Strings is constantly adding to its music library. They play original works by Haydn, Mozart and arrangements of your favourite pieces. Allegra plays music for dancing - the waltz, tango and polka -as well as selections of music from favourite ballets and opera.

Allegra Strings suits the dress to the occasion, from nicely casual to formal.

There are no frets on any violin, viola or cello fingererboard. Only the feelings from the thumb, the position of the hand, and the sounds in the player's ears, indicate where the notes are to be found. It takes over 10 years to learn a stringed instrument. After those years of private study, players who wish to become professional take a four year Music Performance Degree in addition to apprenticing for many years in non-professional and beginning professional orchestras and chamber ensembles. Many go back for a Masters Degree in their particular specialty.

For those who are curious about what goes on in a hard working orchestral rehearsal, here is a film of Herbert van Karajan rehearsing Schumann's 4th symphony with the Vienna Philharmonic.

We play Baroque, Classical, Romantic originals, and great arrangements of Waltzes,
Tangos, Broadway, Folk, Popular, and Sacred music favourites.

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