Recordings
Below are some recordings of the Plum Blossom String Quartet. Click on a link to listen or download.
Classical/Baroque
Air in D by Johann Sebastian Bach
Canon in D by Johann Pachelbel
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring by Johann Sebastian Bach
Largo, from Winter of The Four Seasons by Antonio Vivaldi
Trumpet Voluntary by Jeremiah Clarke
Folk/Traditional
The Ash Grove (waltz, traditional)
The Belles of Lexington (hoedown, traditional)
Here is the Plum Blossom String Quartet's current repertoire, grouped by genre and arranged in alphabetical order of the composer's last name within each genre. Selections that cross genres may appear more than once. Other selections by request, although an arrangement fee may be incurred. Click on one of the genre names below to jump to a genre. Click on an underlined link to listen to or download a recording.
Classical/Baroque
Johann Sebastian Bach
- Air in D
- Arioso
- Ave Maria (with Gounod)
- Bist du bei Mir
- Brandenburg Concerto No. 3
- Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
- My Heart Ever Faithful
- Prelude from English Suite No. 3
- Prelude from Suite No. 1 for Unaccompanied Cello (arranged by Peter Markush)
- Sheep may Safely Graze
- Sinfonia from "Der Herr denket an uns"
- Wachet auf (Sleepers Awake)
Ludwig van Beethoven
- Für Elise
- Ich Liebe Dich (a.k.a. Zärtliche Liebe)
- Moonlinght Sonata
- Ode to Joy
- Symphony No. 5, Mvmt. 1
Georges Bizet
- Carmen Suite No. 1 (including Intermezzo)
Joseph Brackett
- Simple Gifts
André Campra
- Rigaudon
Marc-Antoine Charpentier
- Te Deum, Prelude and Tu Devicto
Frédéric Chopin
- Nocturne in E Flat Major (Op. 9 No. 2)
Jeremiah Clarke
Arcangelo Corelli
- Concerto Grosso Op. 6 No. 3
- Concerto Grosso Op. 6 No. 8 (Christmas Concerto)
Claude Debussy
- Clair de Lune
- The Girl with the Flaxen Hair (from Préludes, Book I)
Léo Delibes
- Flower Duet (from Lakmé)
Ramin Djawadi
- Game of Thrones, Main Theme
Patrick Doyle
- My Father's Favorite (from Sense and Sensibility)
Antonín Dvořák
- Finale (Allegro) from Violin Sonatina in G Major, Op. 100, B. 183
- Humoresque No.7
Edward Elgar
- Pomp and Circumstance
César Franck
- Panis angelicus
Carlos Gardel
- Por Una Cabeza (tango featured in Scent of a Woman, Schindler's List, and True Lies)
Christoph Willibald Gluck
- Dance of the Blessed Spirits
Reynaldo Hahn
- À Chloris
George Frideric Handel
- All We Like Sheep (from The Messiah)
- Hallelujah Chorus (from The Messiah)
- Aria, from Xerxes (Ombra mai fu)
- Entrance of the Queen of Sheba
- La Rejouissance
- Water Music Suite in F Major (entire)
- Water Music Suite in D Major (entire)
Franz Joseph Haydn
- Quartet in G Major Op.77 No.1
- Serenade (Andante cantabile from Opus 3 Quartet No. 5 in F Major)
- Symphony No. 77, Mvt. 4
James Horner
- For The Love of a Princess (from Braveheart)
Franz Liszt
- Liebestraum
Albert Hay Malotte
- The Lord's Prayer
Bendetto Marcello
- Psalm XIX: "The Heavens Declare the Greatness of the Lord"
Vladimir Martynov
- The Beatitudes (from La Grande Bellezza)
Jules Massenet
- Mediation, from Thais
Felix Mendelssohn
- If With All Your Hearts, from Elijah
- Wedding March
Ennio Morricone
- Gabriel's Oboe (from The Mission)
Jean-Joseph Mouret
- Rondeau
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Alleluja, from Exultate Jubilate
- Andante, from Piano Concerto #21
- Quartet in D, KV 155
- Quartet in C, KV 157
- Quartet in A, KV 169
- Quartet in G, KV 525 (Eine Kleine Nachtmusik)
Johann Pachelbel
Sir Hubert Parry
- Jerusalem
Henry Purcell
- Rondeau from Abdelazer, a.k.a. A Postcard to Henry Purcell (from Pride and Prejudice)
- Suite, from The Fairy Queen: Hornpipe, Air, Rondeau, Chorus
- Trumpet Tune
Sergei Rachmaninoff
- Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43, Variation 18
- Vocalise
Erik Satie
- Gymnopedie No. 1
Francesco Sartori
- Time to Say Goodbye (or Con te partirò, as performed by Andrea Bocelli)
Franz Schubert
- Ave Maria
Robert Schumann
- Traumeri
Howard Shore
- Concerning Hobbits (from The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring)
John Stanley
- Trumpet Voluntary
Arthur Sullivan
- Three Little Maids from The Mikado
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- Andante cantabile (2nd movement of String Quartet No.1 In D Major, Op.11, TH.111)
- Sleeping Beauty Waltz
- Serenade for Strings
Traditional
- Dona Nobis Pacem
Vangelis
- Hymne
Antonio Vivaldi
- Allegro (Movement 1), from Spring of The Four Seasons
- Gloria in Excelsis Deo (from Gloria in D Major, RV 589)
- Largo (Movement 2), from Winter of The Four Seasons
Richard Wagner
- Bridal Chorus
- Ride of the Valkyries (from Die Walküre)
John Williams
- Hedwig's Theme from Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
- Superman Theme (Main Title)
- The Throne Room from Star Wars Episode IV
Yiruma
- River Flows in You (Edward's Lullaby from The Twilight Saga)
Jazz/Pop
Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus, and Stig Anderson (ABBA)
- Dancing Queen
Harold Arlen and E. Y. Harburg
- Somewhere Over the Rainbow (sung by Judy Garland in The Wizard of Oz)
Craig Armstrong
- Glasgow Love Theme, from Love Actually
Richard Ashcroft (The Verve)
- Bitter Sweet Symphony
Charles Aznavour and Herbert Kretzmer (sung by Elvis Costello, from Notting Hill)
- She
Janee Bennett, Jessica Glynne, Jack Patterson, and Ina Wroldsen (Jess Glynne)
- Hold My Hand
Guy Berryman, Jonathan Buckland, William Champion, Christopher Martin (Coldplay)
- Everglow
- Something Just Like This (composed with Andrew Taggart of The Chainsmokers; collaboration with The Chainsmokers)
- Viva la Vida
Sameer Bhattacharya, Jared Hartmann, Kirkpatrick Seals, James Culpepper, Lacey Mosley (Flyleaf)
- All Around Me
Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley
- Pure Imagination (from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory)
Ben Bridwell, Mat Brooke, Chris Early, and Tim Meinig (Band of Horses)
- The Funeral
Michael Bublé, Alan Chang, Amy Foster-Gilles
- Everything (as performed by Michael Bublé)
Robert Buck and Natalie Merchant (10,000 Maniacs)
- These Are Days
Jonathan Cain, Steve Perry, Neal Schon (Journey)
- Don't Stop Believin'
June Carter and Merle Kilgore
- Ring of Fire (as performed by Johnny Cash)
Hoagy Carmichael
- Georgia on My Mind
Jade Castrinos and Alex Ebert (Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros)
- Home
Leonard Cohen
- Hallelujah (also sung by Jeff Buckley)
Sam Cooke
- You Send Me
John Denver
- Annie's Song
Bob Dylan
- Make You Feel My Love (as sung by Adele)
- Wagon Wheel (w/ Ketch Secor, as performed by Old Crow Medicine Show)
Ben Folds
- The Luckiest
Jon Foreman (Switchfoot)
- Dare You to Move
Derek Fuhrmann, Todd Clark, and Gregg Wattenberg
- Gone, Gone, Gone (as performed by Phillip Phillips)
George and Ira Gershwin
- Fascinating Rhythm
- I Got Rhythm
- Love is Here to Stay (Nat "King" Cole version)
- Someone to Watch Over Me
- Summertime (from Porgy and Bess, lyrics by Du Bose and Dorothy Heyward)
Fr. JBoy Gonzales, SJ
- Panunumpa (as sung by Carol Banawa)
Irving Gordon
- Unforgettable (Nat "King" Cole version)
Mack Gordon and Harry Warren
- At Last (Etta James version)
John Green
- Body and Soul
Dave Grusin and Alan & Marilyn Bergman
- It Might Be You (as sung by Stephen Bishop, from Tootsie)
James F. Hanley
- Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart
Zac Hanson, Isaac Hanson, and Taylor Hanson (Hanson)
- MMMBop
George Harrison (The Beatles)
- Here Comes the Sun
Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, and Eddie Holland (James Taylor or Marvin Gaye version)
- How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)
Chuck Jackson and Marvin Yancy
- This Will Be (An Everlasting Love) - as sung by Natalie Cole
Elton John
- Can You Feel the Love Tonight (from The Lion King, lyrics by Tim Rice)
- Your Song (lyrics by Bernie Taupin)
Scott Joplin
- Country Club
- The Entertainer
- Euphonic Sounds
- Heliotrope Bouquet
- Maple Leaf Rag
- Paragon Rag
- Pineapple Rag
- Scott Joplin's New Rag
Ben E. King, Jerry Leiber, and Mike Stoller
- Stand By Me
Ed King, Gary Rossington, Ronnie Van Zant (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
- Sweet Home Alabama
Ray LaMontagne and Danny Holland
- You Are the Best Thing
Cindy Lauper and Rob Hyman
- Time After Time
John Lennon and Paul McCartney (The Beatles)
- A Hard Day's Night
- All You Need is Love
- Hey Jude
- I Will
- In My Life
- When I'm Sixty-Four
Tony Macaulay and John MacLeod (The Foundations)
- Baby, Now That I've Found You (Alison Krauss version)
Henry Mancini and Johnny Mercer
- Moon River (sung by Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany's)
Bruno Mars with Philip Lawrence, Ari Levine
- Just the Way You Are (also composed with Khalil Walton and Khari Cain)
- Marry You
Dave Matthews
- Ants Marching
Paul McCartney
- Maybe I'm Amazed
Christine McVie
- Everywhere (as performed by Fleetwood Mac)
Alan Menken (Lyrics by Tim Rice)
- A Whole New World (from Alladin)
Ingrid Michaelson
- The Way I Am
Pat Monahan (Train)
- Marry Me
Thelonious Monk with Cootie Williams and Bernie Hanighen
- 'Round Midnight
Jason Mraz
- I'm Yours
Stevie Nicks
- Dreams (as performed by Fleetwood Mac)
Alex North and Hy Zaret
- Unchained Melody (Righteous Brothers)
Ryan O'Neal (Sleeping at Last)
- Turning Page (from The Twilight Saga)
Paul Overstreet and Don Schlitz
- When You Say Nothing at All (as sung by Alison Krauss)
Jimmy Page and Robert Plant (Led Zeppelin)
- Dancing Days
Christina Perri and David Hodges
- A Thousand Years (from The Twilight Saga)
Edith Piaf and Louiguy
- La Vie En Rose (as performed by Edith Piaf)
Cole Porter
- I Get a Kick Out of You
- Just One of Those Things
Billy Preston and Bruce Fisher
- You Are So Beautiful (as performed by Joe Cocker)
Curly Putman
- Green Green Grass of Home (Tom Jones version)
Tim Rice-Oxley, Richard Hughes and Tom Chaplin
- Somewhere Only We Know (as performed by Keane)
Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein
- Edelweiss (from The Sound of Music)
- Wedding Processional from The Sound of Music
Francesco Sartori
- Time to Say Goodbye (or Con te partirò, as performed by Andrea Bocelli)
John Schonberger, Richard Coburn, Vincent Rose
- Whispering
Mike Scott (The Waterboys)
- How Long Will I Love You? (Ellie Goulding version)
Seinabo Sey, Magnus Lidehäll, and Salem Al Fakir
- Still (as performed by Seinabo Sey)
Ed Sheeran
- Perfect
- Thinking Out Loud (composed with Amy Wadge)
Sigur Rós
- Starálfur
- Hoppípolla
Sam Smith, James Napier, William Edward Phillips, Tom Petty and Jeff Lynne
- Stay With Me
Anthony Stephens, John Bellamy, Arnecia Harris, Oliver Maxwell
- You've Got The Love (Florence and The Machine version)
John Stephens and Toby Gad
- All of Me (John Legend)
Taylor Swift
- Enchanted
- Invisible String
- Lover
- Love Story
- Shake it Off
- Wildest Dreams
Ryan Tedder (One Republic)
- Secrets (from Rabbit Without Ears 2; also known as Beethoven's 5 Secrets by The Piano Guys)
Bob Thiele and George David Weiss
- What a Wonderful World (as performed by Louis Armstrong)
Albert Von Tilzer
- Take Me Out to the Ball Game
Charles Trenet and Albert Lasry
- Beyond the Sea (as performed by Bobby Darin)
Vangelis
- Hymne
Andrew Lloyd Webber
- All I Ask of You (from Phantom of the Opera)
- Love Changes Everything (from Aspects of Love, arr. by Ted Velkoff)
- Memory (from Cats)
Paul Francis Webster and Dimitri Tiomkin
- The Green Leaves of Summer (featured in The Alamo and Inglourious Basterds)
George Weiss, Hugo Peretti, and Luigi Creatore
- Can't Help Falling in Love (as performed by Elvis Presley)
Boris Williams, Robert Smith, Simon Gallup, Paul S. Thompson, and Laurence Tolhurst (The Cure)
- Just Like Heaven
Brian Wilson and Tony Asher (Beach Boys)
- God Only Knows
Stevie Wonder
- Signed, Sealed, Delivered, I'm Yours
Vincent Youmans and Irving Caesar
- Tea for Two
Angus Young, Malcolm Young, and Brian Johnson
- Back in Black (as performed by AC/DC)
Movie/TV/Broadway
Harold Arlen and E. Y. Harburg
- Somewhere Over the Rainbow (sung by Judy Garland in The Wizard of Oz)
Craig Armstrong
- Glasgow Love Theme, from Love Actually
Charles Aznavour and Herbert Kretzmer
- She (from Notting Hill, as sung by Elvis Costello)
John Barry
- All Time High (from Octopussy)
Elmer Bernstein (sung by Elvis Costello, from Notting Hill)
- The Magnificent Seven
Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley (from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory)
- Pure Imagination
Frank Churchill (from Snow White and the Seven Dwarves)
- Someday My Prince Will Come
Patrick Doyle
- Harry in Winter (from Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire)
- My Father's Favorite (from Sense and Sensibility)
Jay Ferguson
- The Office Theme
David Foster
- Love Theme from St. Elmo's Fire
Carlos Gardel
- Por Una Cabeza (tango featured in Scent of a Woman, Schindler's List, and True Lies)
George and Ira Gershwin
- Summertime (from Porgy and Bess, lyrics by Du Bose and Dorothy Heyward)
Michael Giacchino
- Married Life (from Up)
Jerry Goldsmith
- The Gremlins Rag (from Gremlins)
Dave Grusin and Alan & Marilyn Bergman
- It Might Be You (as sung by Stephen Bishop, from Tootsie)
Marvin Hamlish
- Nobody Does It Better (from The Spy Who Loved Me)
James Horner
- For The Love of a Princess (from Braveheart)
Elton John
- Can You Feel the Love Tonight (from The Lion King, lyrics by Tim Rice)
- Your Song (lyrics by Bernie Taupin)
John Lennon and Paul McCartney (The Beatles)
- A Hard Day's Night (from A Hard Day's Night)
- When I'm Sixty-Four (from Yellow Submarine)
Henry Mancini and Johnny Mercer
- Moon River (sung by Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany's)
Vladimir Martynov
- The Beatitudes (from La Grande Bellezza)
Alan Menken
- A Whole New World (from Alladin)
- Tale As Old As Time (from Beauty and the Beast)
Ennio Morricone
- Gabriel's Oboe (from The Mission)
Randy Newman
- Dexter's Tune (from Awakenings)
Monty Norman
- James Bond Theme
Ryan O'Neal (Sleeping at Last)
- Turning Page (from The Twilight Saga)
Christina Perri and David Hodges
- A Thousand Years (from The Twilight Saga)
Henry Purcell
- Rondeau from Abdelazer, a.k.a. A Postcard to Henry Purcell (from Pride and Prejudice)
Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein
- Edelweiss (from The Sound of Music)
- Wedding Processional from The Sound of Music
Nino Rota
- The Godfather Love Theme
Carol Bayer Sager and David Foster
- The Prayer (from Quest for Camelot), as performed by Celine Dion and Andrea Bocelli
Lalo Schifrin
- Theme from Mission: Impossible
Howard Shore
- Concerning Hobbits (from The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring)
Alan Silvestri
- Main on End (main theme from Avengers Endgame)
Arthur Sullivan
- Three Little Maids from The Mikado
Ryan Tedder (One Republic)
- Secrets (from Rabbit Without Ears 2; also known as Beethoven's 5 Secrets by The Piano Guys)
Andrew Lloyd Webber
- All I Ask of You (from Phantom of the Opera)
- Love Changes Everything (from Aspects of Love, arr. by Ted Velkoff)
- Memory (from Cats)
Paul Francis Webster and Dimitri Tiomkin
- The Green Leaves of Summer (featured in The Alamo and Inglourious Basterds)
John Williams
- Hedwig's Theme from Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
- Imperial March (from Star Wars Episode V)
- Raiders March (from Raiders of the Lost Ark)
- Superman Theme (Main Title)
- The Throne Room from Star Wars Episode IV
Yiruma
- River Flows in You (Edward's Lullaby from The Twilight Saga)
Hymns
Most hymns are arranged for soprano, alto, tenor, and bass voices, which roughly correspond to the respective ranges of the four instruments in a string quartet. And, because they are intended to be sung by ordinary congregants and are therefore made to be easy to sing, they are also generally easy to play. As a result, we can usually play any hymn for which we can get the music. We own a collection of 538 hymns entitled Great Hymns of the Faith, which includes most of the commonly-heard hymns. Also, sheet music for all of the hymns in The Open Hymnal Project are available free of charge. If you're thinking of a specific title, this is a good place to start.
Folk/Traditional
Russ Barenberg
- Return to the Brandywine (waltz)
Joseph Brackett
- Simple Gifts
Mark O'Connor
- Appalachia Waltz
Molly Mason and Jay Ungar
- The Lovers' Waltz
Pat Shaw
- Margaret's Waltz
Pete Sutherland
- North Dakota Sunrise (waltz)
- Sunday River Waltz
Luke Thomasson
- Midnight on the Water (waltz)
Traditional
- Angeline the Baker (Appalachian hoedown)
- The Ash Grove (Welsh waltz)
- Auld Lang Syne (Scottish)
- The Belles of Lexington (Appalachian hoedown)
- Bonaparte Crossing the Rhine (Appalachian hoedown)
- Cumberland Gap
- Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss (Appalachian hoedown)
- Greensleeves
- O Danny Boy (Irish; lyrics by Frederic Weatherly)
- Oh Shenandoah (American folk song)
- Over the Waterfall (Appalachian hoedown)
- The Parson's Cap (English country dance)
- Red-Haired Boy
- The Skye Boat Song (Scottish air)
- Soldier's Joy
- Southwind (Irish waltz)
- Utpick Waltz
- Wild Mountain Thyme (Scottish/Irish folk song)
Lee Turner
- May the Road Rise to Meet You
Jay Ungar
- Ashokan Farewell (from the Ken Burns miniseries The Civil War)
Sean Watkins (Nickel Creek)
- Pastures New
The standard quartet is two violins, viola, and cello. We can also provide a quintet (five musicians) by adding a violinist or a bass player to the standard quartet. Also available is a trio of violin, viola, and cello or two violins and cello; or a duo of violin and cello; and multi-instrumentalist Peter Markush is available as a soloist. Most of the same repertoire is available. Flute can always be substituted for violin. Pretty much any other instruments can be included, but additional fees may apply. We have worked with harpists, pianists, and trumpeters, just to name a few examples.
We need an armless chair for each musician at each location. For outdoor events, we require shade, but we can provide a nice canopy for an additional fee. We play a lot of outdoor weddings, and it works quite well.
Our repertoire is listed above, along with some recordings. We are usually able to honor special requests, but these may incur extra costs for purchase of sheet music or creating arrangements.
For wedding ceremonies, we typically would provide 15 to 30 minutes of music before the ceremony, music for any number of processionals, any musical interludes during the ceremony, a recessional, and then music for a cocktail hour or reception.
We will ensure that as many of the details -- musical selection, timing, cues, logistics, etc. -- are worked out ahead of time, and that the music aspect of your wedding is as stress-free as possible. We will work closely with you concerning selection of material for the ceremony.
We strive to be the most reliable, professional, and musically versatile quartet in the area. We're very easy to work with, and we will work hard to make everything happen smoothly for your wedding or special event.