Selected Repertoire - Houston String Quartet, Houston Wedding Music
We play a wide variety of music, from classical to contemporary and everything in between. We do our best to include your special requests, so if you have one, please feel free to ask! Here is a sampling of our repertoire. You can click on those with an asterisk to hear a sound sample. We do have live recordings of some of the others, if you would like to hear more. If so, just contact us!
Classical / Sacred:
Adagio - Tomaso Albinoni
Adagio from Octet in F Major, Op. 166 - Franz Schubert
*Air from Suite #3 in D Major - Johann Sebastian Bach
Alleluja from "Exultate Jubilate" - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Andante from Piano Concerto No. 21 - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
*Andante from String Quartet in A Minor, Op. 29 - Franz Schubert
Aria - George Frederick Handel
Arioso from Cantata #156 - Johann Sebastian Bach
Ave Maria - Johann Sebastian Bach/Charles Gounod
Ave Maria - Franz Schubert
Ave Verum Corpus - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
*Bridal Chorus - Richard Wagner
Canon in D - Johann Pachelbel
Celtic Alleluia (Irish Alleluia) - Fintan O'Carroll
Clair de Lune - Claude Debussy
Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing - Christian hymn
Concerto Grosso in D Minor, Op. 3 #11 - Antonio Vivaldi
Dona Nobis Pacem - Traditional
*Eine Kleine Nachtmusik - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Festival Rondeau from "Abdelazer" - Henry Purcell
Humoresque - Antonín Dvořák
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring - Johann Sebastian Bach
La Rejouissance - George Frederick Handel
Largo from New World Symphony - Antonín Dvořák
Largo from Winter - Antonio Vivaldi
Largo from Xerxes - Frederick Handel
Love Theme from "Romeo and Juliet" - Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky
March from "Marriage of Figaro" - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Méditation from "Thaïs" - Jules Massenet
Minuet from Orpheus - Christoph Willibald Gluck
Nessun Dorma from “Turandot” - Giacomo Puccini
Nimrod from the Enigma Variations - Edward Elgar
Ode to Joy (Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee) - Ludwig van Beethoven
Panis Angelicus - Cesar Franck
'Peer Gynt' Suite Excerpts - Edward Grieg
Pictures at an Exhibition: Promenade - Modest Mussorgsky
Prelude to “Te Deum” - Marc-Antoine Charpentier
Rigaudon - André Campra
*Rondeau from Sinfonies de Fanfares - Jean Joseph Mouret
Sarabande - George Frederick Handel
See The Conquering Hero Comes - George Frederick Handel
Sheep May Safely Graze - Johann Sebastian Bach
Sleeping Beauty Waltz - Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky
Spring and Winter from the Four Seasons - Antonio Vivaldi
Theme from 1st Symphony - Johannes Brahms
Trumpet Tune - Henry Purcell
*Trumpet Voluntary - Jeremiah Clarke
Wachet Auf - Johann Sebastian Bach
Waltz from Waves of the Danube - J. Ivanovici
Waltz in A♭Minor - Johannes Brahms
*The Water Music Suite - George Frederick Handel
*Wedding March - Felix Mendelssohn
"The Young Prince and The Young Princess" from Scheherezade - Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Jewish:
Chorshat Ha'ekaliptus - Naomi Shemer
Dodi Li Va'ani Lo - Traditional
Eli Eli - Hannah Senesh / David Zehavi
Erev Shel Shoshanim - Traditional
Hakotel - Yossi Gamzu / Dubi Zeltser
Hitragut - Traditional Jewish
K'Shoshana ben Hachochim - Reb Shlomo Carlebach
K'var Achare Chatsot - Traditional Jewish
*L'chi Lach - Debbie Friedman
Siman Tov u Mazel Tov - Traditional
Sunrise, Sunset - Jerry Bock/Sheldon Harnick
Tumbalalaika - Russian Jewish Folk Song
Tzena, Tzena, Tzena - Issachar Miron
Wedding March
Y'did Nefesh - S. & E. Zweig
Yerushalyim Shel Zahav - Traditional
Pops / Traditional / Folk:
A Thousand Years - Cristina Perri
A Time for Us (Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet) - Nino Rota
All You Need Is Love - The Beatles
Amazing Grace - John Newton
America the Beautiful - Samuel A. Ward
And I Love Her - The Beatles
Anniversary Waltz - Bing Crosby
At Last - Etta James
*Avril 14th - Aphex Twin
Be Thou My Vision - Traditional Irish
Beautiful Day - U2
Besame Mucho - Andrea Bocelli
Billie Jean - Michael Jackson
Bittersweet Symphony - The Verve
Butterfly Waltz - Brian Crain
Can You Feel the Love Tonight - Elton John
Can't Help Falling In Love - Elvis Presley
Chasing Cars - Snow Patrol
Clocks - Coldplay
Con te partirò (Time to Say Goodbye) - Sartori/Quarantotto
Crazy Little Thing Called Love - Queen
Dark Eyes - Traditional Russian Song
Don't Stop Believin' - Journey
Edelweiss (from The Sound of Music) - Rodgers and Hammerstein
Eleanor Rigby - The Beatles
Embraceable You - George Gershwin
Every Breath You Take - The Police
The Eyes of Texas - American Folk Song
Faith of Our Fathers - John S. Smith
Falling Slowly - Glen Hansard
Fields of Gold - Sting
Flower of Scotland - Roy Williamson/The Corries
Fly Me to the Moon - Frank Sinatra
Forever and Ever, Amen - Randy Travis
Greensleeves - Traditional
Hallelujah (from Shrek) - Leonard Cohen
Halo - Beyoncé Knowles
Happy Together - The Turtles
Heartless - Kanye West
Here and Now - Luther Vandross
Here Comes the Sun - The Beatles
Here Comes Your Man - Pixies
Hey Ya! - Outkast
Home - Edward Sharp and the Magnetic Zeros
Hoppípolla - Sigur Rós
How He Loves - David Crowder Band
Human Nature - Michael Jackson
I Cross My Heart - George Strait
I Got Rhythm - George Gershwin
I Love the Way You Love Me - John Michael Montgomery
I'll Stand By You - The Pretenders
Imagine - John Lennon
I'm Yours - Jason Mraz
In My Life - The Beatles
In Your Eyes - Peter Gabriel
*Junk Man Rag - Luckey Roberts
Just Like Heaven - The Cure
Just the Way You Are - Bruno Mars
Love Me Tender - Elvis Presley
Love of My Life - Brian McKnight
The Luckiest - Ben Folds
The Ludlows (from Legends of the Fall) - James Horner
The Man I Love - George Gershwin
Marry Me - Train
Marry You - Bruno Mars
My Funny Valentine - Ella Fitzgerald
My Heart Will Go On - James Horner/Will Jennings
My Love is Like a Red, Red Rose - Robert Burns
Paradise - Coldplay
Poker Face - Lady Gaga
Por Una Cabeza - Argentine Tango (from Scent of a Woman)
The Prayer (from Quest for Camelot) - Celine Dion/Andrea Bocelli
The Rainbow Connection - Kermit the Frog
Santa Lucia - Traditional Neopolitan
Save the Best For Last - Vanessa Williams
*Scarborough Fair - Traditional
The Scientist - Coldplay
Scotland the Brave - Traditional
Sharp Dressed Man - ZZ Top
She's a Rainbow - Rolling Stones
Someday My Prince Will Come - Frank Churchill/Larry Morey
Someone to Watch Over Me - George Gershwin
*Something - The Beatles
Somewhere Over the Rainbow - Harold Arlen/E.Y. Harburg
Speak Softly Love (from The Godfather) - Nino Rota/Larry Kusick
Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin
Stand By Me - Ben E. King
Starlight - Muse
Summertime - George Gershwin
Sunrise, Sunset (from Fiddler on the Roof) - J. Bock/S. Harnick
Swanee - George Gershwin
Sweet Disposition - Temper Trap
Take Me Out to the Ballgame - Jack Norworth/Albert Von Tilzer
That's Amore - Dean Martin
Through the Eyes of Love (from Ice Castles) - Melissa Manchester
Unchained Melody - The Righteous Brothers
Viva la Vida - Coldplay
Wagon Wheel - Bob Dylan/Ketch Secor
We Go Together (from Grease) - J. Jacobs/W. Casey
What a Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong
Wonderful Tonight - Eric Clapton
Yesterday - The Beatles
You Make My Dreams Come True - Hall and Oates
You Raise Me Up - Josh Groban
Your Guardian Angel - Red Jumpsuit Apparatus