Backed by over a decade of experience playing at the most prestigious and elegant venues in the South of England, including playing for HRH The Princess Royal at Buckingham Palace and for VegFest at Olympia, Saffron Strings duo can provide perfect music for your special event no matter whether it's at a palace, castle, country house hotel or private address! We studied at the Royal Academy of Music and offer the highest standards of musicianship and professionalism. We have a huge repertoire ranging from classical favourites to a stunning collection of recent chart material and Bridgerton-style covers and offer a fully bespoke service for civil and church wedding ceremonies. If your special song is not on our play-list we can usually have it specially arranged for inclusion on the day. Recent corporate clients include Waitrose, VegFest, and Liberty's and we cover Berkshire, Hampshire (except Isle of Wight), and adjoining counties. We are founding members of the Association of British Wedding Businesses and have been widely recognised for our extensive experience and excellence in providing music for weddings including Wedding Music Award Winner (Hitched 2023), Silver Excellence Awards (Bridebook 2018 & 2019), Customer Services Award National Finalists (Guides for Brides 2018, 2019 & 2020),The Wedding Industry Awards Best Wedding Music Regional Finalists 2016 & 2015.
Based in Newbury, Berkshire
= areas covered (up to 50 miles)
Classical
Tango Albeniz
Greensleeves Anon
Air on the G String Bach
Anna’s Minuet Bach
Arioso Bach
Ave Maria Bach-Gounod
Badinerie Bach
Bourrée Bach
Brandenburg 3 Bach
Gavotte ou la Musette BWV 808 Bach
Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring Bach
My Heart Ever Faithful Bach
Sheep May Safely Graze Bach
Two Part Inventions Bach
Wachet Auf Bach
Fur Elise Beethoven
Minuet and Trio Beethoven
Ode to Joy Beethoven
Chanson Boheme from Carmen Bizet
Habanera from Carmen Bizet
Minuet Boccherini
Hungarian Dance No 5 Brahms
Prelude from Te Deum Charpentier
Trumpet Voluntary Clarke
Clair de Lune Debussy
Flower Duet Delibes
Humoresque Dvorak
Largo from New World Symphony Dvorak
Divenire Ludovico Einaudi
I Giorni Ludovico Einaudi
Primavera Ludovico Einaudi
Chanson de Matin Elgar
Salut d’Amour Elgar
Pavane Fauré
Panis Angelicus Franck
Tambourin Gossec
Spanish Dance No 2 Granados
Norwegian Dances Grieg
Arrival of the Queen of Sheba Handel
Largo from Xerxes Handel
Music for the Royal Fireworks Handel
Sarabande (Theme from “Barry Lyndon”) Handel
The Water Music Handel
Romanze Haydn
Palladio Karl Jenkins
Meditation from Thaïs Massenet
Wedding March Mendelssohn
Gabriel’s Oboe Morricone
Duets for Violin and Cello Mozart
Minuet Mozart
Non piu andrai from Marriage of Figaro Mozart
Romance from Eine Kleine Nachtmusik Mozart
Turkish Rondo Mozart
Barcarolle Offenbach
Canon Pachelbel
Nessun Dorma Puccini
Rondeau from Abdelazer Purcell
Trumpet Tune Purcell
Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini: 18th Variation Rachmaninov
Rondeau Rameau
Melody from Scheherazade Rimsky-Korsakov
The Swan Saint-Saëns
Ave Maria Schubert
Scherzo Schubert
The Reaper’s Song Schumann
The Blue Danube Strauss
Pizzicato Polka Strauss
Radetzky March Strauss
Arabian Dance from The Nutcracker Suite Tchaikovsky
Barcarolle Tchaikovsky
Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy Tchaikovsky
March from The Nutcracker Suite Tchaikovsky
Russian Dance from The Nutcracker Suite Tchaikovsky
Waltz from The Sleeping Beauty Tchaikovsky
Allegro from Spring (Four Seasons) Vivaldi
Presto from Summer (Four Seasons) Vivaldi
Largo from Winter (Four Seasons) Vivaldi
Bridal March Wagner
Londonderry Air Trad Irish
Contemporary
Make You Feel My Love Adele
One and Only Adele
I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing Aerosmith
Glasgow Love Theme (from Love Actually) Craig Armstrong
Portuguese Love Theme (from Love Actually) Craig Armstrong
Say You Won’t Let Go James Arthur
Pirates of the Caribbean Klaus Badelt/Hans Zimmer
Diamonds are Forever John Barry
God Only Knows The Beach Boys
Wouldn’t It Be Nice The Beach Boys
Here Comes the Sun The Beatles
Halo Beyoncé
You’re Beautiful James Blunt
Thank You for Loving Me Bon Jovi
Bridgerton Theme Kris Bowers
Top of the World The Carpenters
Wonderful Tonight Eric Clapton
Rather Be Clean Bandit
A Sky Full of Stars Coldplay
Paradise Coldplay
Viva la Vida Coldplay
Yellow Coldplay
This Will Be (An Everlasting Love) Natalie Cole
Nothing Can Change This Love Sam Cooke
You Send Me Sam Cooke
Wrecking Ball Miley Cyrus
Young and Beautiful Lana Del Ray
Annie’s Song John Denver
Kissing You (from Romeo and Juliet) Des’ree
Game of Thrones Theme Ramin Djawadi
Bad Guy Billie Eilish
One Day Like This Elbow
The Final Countdown Europe
How Long Will I Love You Ellie Goulding
For the Love of a Princess (from ‘Braveheart) James Horner
A Million Dreams (from The Greatest Showman) Hugh Jackman
Billy Jean Michael Jackson
At Last Etta James
Call Me Maybe Carly Rae Jepson
Can You Feel the Love Tonight Elton John
All of Me John Legend
All You Need is Love Lennon & McCartney
Love John Lennon
Yesterday Lennon & McCartney
Hanging by a Moment Lifehouse
You and Me Lifehouse
Let it Go (from Frozen) Kristen & Robert Lopez
Everlasting Love Love Affair
Downton Abbey Theme John Lunn
Material Girl Madonna
Is This Love Bob Marley
Marry You Bruno Mars
In My Blood Shawn Mendes
A Whole New World (from ‘Aladdin’) Alan Menkin
Tale As Old As Time (from ‘Beauty & the Beast’) Alan Menkin
Have I Told You Lately Van Morrison
Whatever Oasis
Wonderwall Oasis
Ghostbusters Theme Ray Parker Jr.
A Thousand Years Christina Perri
Firework Katy Perry
Can’t Help Falling in Love With You Elvis Presley
My Favorite Things Rodgers
You’ll Never Walk Alone Rodgers
Uptown Funk Mark Ronson/Bruno Mars
Mission:Impossible Theme Lalo Schifrin
I Dreamed a Dream Schonberg
Perfect Ed Sheeran
The A Team Ed Sheeran
Thinking Out Loud Ed Sheeran
Concerning Hobbits Howard Shore
Hoppipolla Sigur Ros
Latch Sam Smith
Chasing Cars Snowpatrol
Fields of Gold Sting
Love Story Taylor Swift
Wildest Dreams Taylor Swift
Greatest Day Take That
Africa Toto
Ashokan Farewell Jay Ungar
Bittersweet Symphony The Verve
The Rose Westlife
ET the Extra-Terrestrial John Williams
Harry Potter Theme John Williams
Jurassic Park Theme John Williams
Star Wars (Main Theme) John Williams
Fawlty Towers Theme Dennis Wilson
Now We Are Free (theme from ‘Gladiator’) Hans Zimmer
Standards
Tico-Tico Zequinha Abreu
Over the Rainbow Arlen
What a Wonderful World Louis Armstrong
She Charles Aznavour
Take Five Brubeck/Desmond
Spread a Little Happiness Vivian Ellis
Tango por una Cabeza Carlos Gardel
Summertime Gershwin
They Can’t Take That Away From Me Gershwin
The Entertainer Scott Joplin
Maple Leaf Rag Scott Joplin
Smoke Gets In Your Eyes Jerome Kern
Autumn Leaves Kosma & Mercer
The Impossible Dream (The Man from La Mancha) Mitch Leigh/Andy Williams
Moon River Mancini
My Funny Valentine Rodgers & Hart
Tango La Cumparsita Rodriguez
Fly Me to the Moon Sinatra & others
Tango El Choclo Villoldo
Ain’t Misbehavin’ Thomas ‘Fats’ Waller
La Paloma Yradier
We need a performance space of at least 3 x 2 metres.
We arrive 45 minutes before out start time to set up. Most of our booking are for between 1 and 3 hours.
We are happy to play outside if the weather is clement but ask for shade to protect our instruments.
Our clients can pick anything from our extensive repertoire list. We can usually have string duo arrangements made of any special requests.
We are immensely proud of our collection of reviews from happy clients!
Waitrose
Liberty London
VegFest
The Abbey House Gardens, Malmesbury
Aldermaston Manor
Armourers Hall, City of London
Audleys Wood Hotel
Avington Park
Bailbrook House
Balliol College, Oxford
Barnsgate Manor Vineyard
The Bay Tree, Burford
Beaumont Estate
Beechfield House Hotel
The Berystede, Ascot
The Bingham, Richmond
Bisham Abbey
Bix Manor
Botley’s Mansion
Botley Park Hotel & Spa
Boulters Riverside Brasserie, Maidenhead
Bowood Hotel
Bradenham Manor
Bradfield College
Brockhurst School
Buckingham Palace
Burford Bridge Hotel
Burnham Beeches Hotel
Bury Court, Farnham
Cain Manor
Caswell House
Cheltenham Town Hall
Claremont Fan Court
Clifton Pavillion, Bristol
Cliveden House
Clock Barn, Winchester
The Compleat Angler, Marlow
Cowdray House
Coworth Park, Ascot
Cripps Barn
Danesfield House
Denham Court Mansion
Donnington Grove Country Club
Dorney Lakes
Drakestone House
Easthampstead Park
Egypt Mill
Elcot Park
Elmore Court
The Elvetham
Esseborne Manor
Farnborough Abbey
Farnham Castle
Farnham House Hotel
Fawley Court
Frensham Heights
Froyle Park
Gatestreet Barn, Bramley
Gaynes Park
Gorse Hill Hotel
The Great House, Sonning
Great Tythe Barn, Tetbury
Grittleton House
The Guildhall, Poole
The Guildhall, Windsor
Guyers House
Hall Place, Maidenhead
Hampden House
Hare and Hounds, Tetbury
Hedsor House
Henley Business School
Henley Town Hall
Heron’s Barn, Pangbourne
Heythrop Park
Highclere Castle
Highfield Park
Hillfields Farm
The Hilton, Coventry
The Hilton, Milton Keynes
Hitchen Priory
The Hoddington Arms, Upton Grey
Homewood Park Hotel and Spa
Hook House Hotel
Hyde House
The Inn on the Green, Cookham Dean
The Italian Villa @ Compton Acres
Kensington Olympia
The Kingscote Barn, Tetbury
Kingswood, Bath
Kirtlington Park
Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford
Lains Barn, Wantage
Liberty’s, Regent Street, London
Lillibrooke Manor
Littlecote House
The Long Barn, Norden Farm
L’Ortolan
Loseley Park
The Lost Orangery, Euridge
Lydiard Park
Lythe Hill Hotel
Le Manoir aux Quat’ Saisons
The Manor at Weston-on-the-Green – NB no shade and unhelpful staff!
The Manor House, Moreton in Marsh
Mapledurham House
Marlborough College
Marsh Farm Hotel, Royal Wootton Bassett
The Marwell Hotel, Winchester
The Master Builders Hotel, Beaulieu
The Medieval Hall, Salisbury
Le Meridien, Piccadilly
Middle Aston House, Oxfordshire
Millbridge Court
Mill Hall
The Mill House, Swallowfield
Missenden Abbey
The Mitre, Hampton Court
Monkey Island Hotel, Bray
Moor Park Mansion
Morden Hall
The National Liberal Club, Whitehall
Newbury Manor Hotel
Northbrook Park
Northcote House
Notley Abbey
Notley Tythe Barn
Oakley Court, Windsor
Oakley Hall, Basingstoke
Oaks Farm, Croydon
Old Luxters
Old Swan and Minster Mill, Winchester
One Whitehall Place
The Pear Tree, Purton
Peke’s Manor, Sussex
The Pembroke Arms, Wilton
Penton Park
The Post Barn, Newbury
Preston Cross Hotel
Rackleys Barn
The River & Rowing Museum, Henley
Rockley Manor
Rookesbury Park
The Royal Adelaide Hotel, Windsor
Royal Holloway College, University of London
The Royal Hotel, Winchester
RMA Sandhurst
Sheraton Grand Park Lane
Shiplake College
Silchester House
Sindlesham Court
The Square Club, Clifton
Stanlake Park
Stanton Manor
Stationers’ Hall, City of London
St Christopher Wren Hotel, Windsor
Stirrups Country Hotel
The Swan, Bibury
The Swan , Streatley
Syon House
Syrencot House
Taplins Farm
Taplow House Hotel
Tylney Hall
Ufton Court
The Vineyard at Stockcross
Warren House Hotel
Warbrook House
Wasing Park
Wellington Barn, Calstone
Wellington College
Wentworth Golf Club
The West Barn, Bradford-on-Avon
Westonbirt School
Whatley Manor
Wilton Windmill
Windlesham Golf Club
Wokefield Park
Woodstock, Ascot
Wotton House
York House, Twickenham
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