A sample of the Quartet's repertoire...

The list below covers some of the most commonly requested music for events of all types. Click the links next to the titles below to listen to mp3 audio clips of these pieces played by the Sophisticates of String Quartet. Some of these are clips from live recordings.

Classical Favorites

• Albeniz - Tango Op. 165, No. 2
• Albinoni - Adagio in G minor
• Attaignant- Branle gay: Que je chatoulle ta fossette (No. 36)
• Attaignant- Basse Danse No. 1
• Avison - Concerto in E minor [sample]
• Bach - Air from Suite BWV 1068 (in D or on G string) [sample]
• Bach - Arioso
• Bach - Brandenburg Concerto No. 3
• Bach - Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 [sample]
• Bach - Menuet I & II, BWV anh. 114-115
• Bach - Sheep May Safely Graze
• Bach - Wachet Auf (chorale from "Sleepers Awake") [sample]
• Beethoven - Ode to Joy
• Boccherini - Minuet and Trio from Quintet in E, Op.13, No.5
• Brahms - Theme from 1st Symphony [sample]
• Campra - Rigaudon
• Clarke - Trumpet Voluntary [sample]
• Delibes - Flower Duet from "Lakme"
• Dvorak - Humoresque
• Elgar - Nimrod from the Enigma Variations
• Fauré- Pavane, Op. 50
• Gluck - Dance of the Blessed Spirits from "Orpheus and Euridice" [sample]
• Gounod - Ave Maria
• Grieg - In the Hall of the Mountain King
• Grieg - Wedding Day at Troldhaugen
• Handel - Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
• Handel - Hornpipe from "Water Music" [sample]
• Handel - Lascia Ch'io Pianga from "Rinaldo"
• Handel - La Rejouissance from "Royal Fireworks" [sample]
• Handel - Largo from "Xerxes"
• Handel - Pastoral Symphony from the "Messiah"
• Handel - Sarabande and Variations
• Holst - Theme from Jupiter from "The Planets"
• Massenet - Meditation from Thais [sample]
• Mozart - Ave Verum
• Mouret - Rondeau (the theme used for Masterpiece Theatre) [sample]
• Mozart - Entr'acte K.138
• Mozart - String Quartet K. 156 No. 12 [sample]
• Mozart - String Quartet K. 525 Eine Kleine Nachtmusik [sample]
• Offenbach - Barcarolle from "Tales of Hoffman"
• Puccini - Humming Chorus from "Madame Butterfly"
• Puccini - O mio babbino caro from "Gianni Schicchi"
• Purcell - Dido's Lament from "Dido and Aeneas"
• Purcell - Rondo from "Abdelazer"
• Purcell - Trumpet Tune [sample]
• Rimsky-Korsakov - The Young Prince and Princess from "Scheherezade" [sample]
• Schubert - Ave Maria
• Sermisy - Tant que vivray
• Tchaikovsky - Waltz from "Sleeping Beauty" (also used in Disney's Sleeping Beauty)
• Vivaldi - Concerto in La minore No. 413
• Vivaldi - The Four Seasons (selections) [sample] [sample] [sample]
• Warlock - Basse-Danse from the Capriol Suite
• Warlock - Pavane from the Capriol Suite

Popular, Rock, Jazz, Musical, Traditional, and Show Tune Favorites

• Arlen - (Somewhere) Over the Rainbow from "The Wizard of Oz"
• Anne Murray - Could I Have This Dance?
• Anonymous - Greensleeves
• Armstrong - Glasgow Love Theme from "Love Actually"
• Balfe - I Dreamt I Dwelt in Marble Halls (from "The Bohemian Girl", as sung by Enya)
• The Beach Boys - God Only Knows
• The Beatles - All You Need Is Love
• The Beatles - Good Day Sunshine
• The Beatles - Michelle
• The Beatles - When I'm Sixty-Four
• Bernstein & Sondheim - One Hand, One Heart from "West Side Story"
• Billy Joel - Just The Way You Are
• Boston - More than a Feeling
• Bruno Mars - Marry You
• Christina Perri - A Thousand Years from "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn"
• Coldplay - Viva la Vida
• The Cure - Just Like Heaven
• Gershwin - I Got Rhythm
• Guns N' Roses - Sweet Child o' Mine
• Joplin - The Entertainer
• Journey - Don't Stop Believin'
• The Mamas and the Papas - Dream a Little Dream
• Modern English - I Melt with You
• Paul McCartney - Maybe I'm Amazed
• Paul Stookey - The Wedding Song/"There is Love"
• The Plain White T's - Hey There Delilah
• Quarantotto & Sartori: - Con te partiro (as sung by Andrea Bocelli and Sarah Brightman)
• Rodgers & Hammerstein - My Favorite Things from "The Sound of Music"
• Roever and Korb - Highland Cathedral
• Sager and Foster - The Prayer (as sung by Celine Dion and Andrea Bocelli)
• Supertramp - Give a Little Bit
• Traditional - Simple Gifts
• Traditional - The Ash Grove
• Traditional - The Gift of Love (The Water is Wide)
• Traditional Irish Air - The Last Rose of Summer
• U2 - All I Want Is You
• U2 - With or Without You
• Ungar - Ashokan Farewell
• Ungar & Mason - The Lover's Waltz
• Vangelis/Line - Hymne (the tune from the Gallo wine commercials)
• The Verve - Bittersweet Symphony
• Warren - At Last (as sung by Etta James)
• Weiss, Peretti, Creatore - (I Can't Help) Falling In Love With You (as sung by Elvis)
• Williams & Ascher - Rainbow Connection from "The Muppet Movie"
• Zaret & North - Unchained Melody (from the movie "Ghost")

Music for Weddings
Please see our Weddings page for more detailed suggestions.

Suggested Processionals or Recessionals

• Bach - Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring [sample]
• The Beach Boys - God Only Knows
• The Beatles - All You Need Is Love
• When I'm Sixty-Four
• Beethoven - Ode to Joy
• Campra - Rigaudon
• Clarke - Trumpet Voluntary (works well as a recessional, also pairs well with Purcell's Trumpet Tune for a longer recessional) [sample]
• Gershwin - I Got Rhythm
• Grieg - Wedding Day at Troldhaugen
• Handel - Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
• Handel - Hornpipe from "Water Music" [sample]
• Handel - La Rejouissance from "Royal Fireworks" [sample]
• Mendelssohn - Wedding March from "A Midsummer Night's Dream" (a traditional recessional)
• Mouret - Rondeau (the theme used for Masterpiece Theatre) [sample]
• Pachelbel - Canon in D [sample] [sample]
• Purcell - Trumpet Tune [sample]
• Tchaikovsky - Waltz from "Sleeping Beauty" (also used in Disney's Sleeping Beauty)
• Vangelis/Line - Hymne (from the Gallo wine commercials)
• Wagner - Bridal Chorus from "Lohengrin" (the tune to "Here Comes the Bride, a traditional processional)
• Warren - At Last (as sung by Etta James)

Incidental Music, Hymns, Music for the Seating of the Parents

• Anonymous - Greensleeves
• Armstrong - Glasgow Love Theme from "Love Actually"
• Bach - Air from Suite BWV 1068 (in D or on G string) [sample]
• Bach - Arioso
• Bach - Sheep May Safely Graze
• Bernstein & Sondheim - One Hand, One Heart from "West Side Story"
• Billy Joel - Just The Way You Are
• Delibes - Flower Duet from "Lakme"
• Gounod - Ave Maria
• Grieg - Wedding Day at Troldhaugen
• Kocher - For the Beauty of the Earth
• Kremser - We Gather Together
• Jenkins - Palladio (music from the diamond commercials)
• Mozart - Ave Verum
• Paul Stookey - The Wedding Song/"There is Love"
• Puccini - Humming Chorus from Madame Butterfly
• Puccini - O mio babbino caro from "Gianni Schicchi"
• Sager and Foster - The Prayer (as sung by Celine Dion and Andrea Bocelli)
• Traditional - The Ash Grove
• Traditional - The Gift of Love (The Water is Wide)
• Rimsky-Korsakov - The Young Prince and Princess from Scheherezade [sample]
• Schubert - Ave Maria
• U2 - All I Want Is You
• Vivaldi - Largo from Winter from the Four Seasons [sample]
• Weiss, Peretti, Creatore - (I Can't Help) Falling In Love With You (as sung by Elvis)
• Zaret & North - Unchained Melody (from the movie "Ghost")

• Adam - O Holy Night
• Anderson - Sleigh Ride
• Anonymous - Greensleeves
• Berlin - I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas
• Bernard and Smith - Winter Wonderland
• Burt - Caroling, Caroling
• Davis, Onorati, Simeone - The Little Drummer Boy
• Gruber - Silent Night
• Holst & Rossetti - In the Bleak Midwinter
• Leontovich - Carol of the Bells
• Livingston and Evans - Silver Bells
• Martin and Blane - Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
• Praetorius - Lo How a Rose E'er Blooming (Es ist ein Ros entsprungen)
• Styne - Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
• Styne - The Christmas Waltz
• Tchaikovsky - Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy from the Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71
• Tchaikovsky - March from the Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71
• Torme and Wells - The Christmas Song
• Traditional English - Angels We Have Heard on High
• Traditional English - The Coventry Carol
• Traditional English - The First Noel
• Traditional English - The Holly and the Ivy
• Traditional French/Gregorian- O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
• Traditional Canadian - Twas in the Moon of Wintertime (the Huron Carol)
• Traditional English - God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen
• Traditional English - We Wish You a Merry Christmas
• Traditional French - Carol of the Birds (Whence Comes this Rush of Wings Afar?)
• Traditional Welsh - Deck the Halls
• Wilson - It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas
• Woodward, Wood, and Willcocks - Ding Dong Merrily on High

Hymns and Religious Music

• Gounod - Ave Maria
• Kocher - For the Beauty of the Earth
• Kremser - We Gather Together
• Monk - Abide with Me
• Mozart - Ave Verum
• Sager and Foster - The Prayer (as sung by Celine Dion and Andrea Bocelli)
• Schubert - Ave Maria
• Traditional - Amazing Grace
• Traditional Irish - Be Thou My Vision
• Traditional - The Ash Grove ("Let All Things Now Living")
• Traditional - What Wondrous Love Is This
• Traditional - The Gift of Love (The Water is Wide)
• Traditional - Simple Gifts

Plus, many others! Please e-mail to inquire about other musical requests. We have relationships with composers and arrangers, so we can make the song of your dreams a reality. We can also easily play music from 4 part hymnals at your request.