The Craxton String Quartet

After a long career as a molecular biologist in Cambridge, Molly Craxton launched The Craxton String Quartet in 2018, in order to spread joy with music. Molly will play solo violin, or team up with other string players to provide you with a song list of your choice or background music in the genres of your choice. All performances are bespoke.

Solo violin can be amplified in order to boost sound in a noisy/chatty environment. Other string ensembles will be acoustic only. String quartet presentation will normally be a mixed sex group of mature professionals in formal black attire.

Example Pop Bespoke list Skyfall - Adele The Book of Love - Peter Gabriel Can't Help Falling In Love - Elvis How Long Will I Love You - Jon Boden La Vie En Rose - Louis Armstrong God Only Knows - The Beach Boys Ain't No Mountain High Enough - Diana Ross At Last - Etta James Can You Feel The Love Tonight - Elton John Empire State Of Mind - Alicia Keys Fairytale Of New York - The Pogues Fields Of Gold - Eva Cassidy The Greatest Day - Take That Halo - Beyonce Here Comes The Sun - The Beatles Isn't She Lovely - Stevie Wonder It Must Be Love - Madness Paradise - Coldplay Tale As Old As Time - Beauty And The Beast Tenerife Sea - Ed Sheeran Thinking Out Loud - Ed Sheeran A Thousand Years - Christina Perri All You Need Is Love - The Beatles All Of Me - John Legend A Sky Full Of Stars - Coldplay Can't Take My Eyes Off You - Andy Williams Dream A Little Dream Of Me - The Mamas And The Papas Feather Theme - Forrest Gump A Groovy Kind Of Love - Phil Collins I Say A Little Prayer - Aretha Franklin Iris - Goo Goo Dolls Let's Stay Together - Al Green L.O.V.E - Nat King Cole Marry Me - Train Marry You - Bruno Mars A Million Dreams - The Greatest Showman Never Enough - The Greatest Showman My Girl - The Temptations Perfect - Ed Sheeran She - Elvis Costello The Way You Look Tonight - Frank Sinatra Viva La Vida - Coldplay What A Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong When She Loved Me - Toy Story 2 When You Wish Upon A Star - Disney, Pinocchio Your Song - Elton John Love Story - Taylor Swift Shallow - A Star Is Born Always Remember Us This Way - A Star Is Born Hallelujah - Leonard Cohen Kiss The Girl - The Little Mermaid Somewhere Over The Rainbow - Wizard Of Oz Pretty Woman - Roy Orbison Perfect Day - Lou Reed Whiter Shade Of Pale Best Of Abba Game Of Thrones Alphabetical list Abba: Mamma Mia Abba: Medley AC/DC: Medley Adams: Heaven Adams: Nearer My God to Thee Adele Adkins: Rolling in the Deep Aerosmith, Warren: I don’t want to miss a thing Albeniz: Tango Op. 165 No. 2 Albeniz: Granada from Espannola Op. 47 Albert: Feelings (Albinoni) Giazotto: Adagio American Authors: Best Day of My Life Anon: Gaudete (Pie Cantiones) Anthony: Y Como Es El Arndt: Nola Arne: Rule Britannia Avicii: Wake Me Up Aznavour, Kretzmer: She Bacalov: Il Postino Bach: Air from suite No. 3 Bach: Arioso BWV156 Bach: Badinerie Bach: Bist du Bei Mir Bach: BWV 1080 Bach: Double concerto-slow Bach: Et In Unum Dominum Bach: Fugue in D major Bach: Fugue in G minor Bach: Jesu’ Joy Bach: Largo BWV1056 Bach: Prelude in E major Bach: Sarabande Bach: Sheep May Safely Graze Bach: Sleepers Wake Bach/Jethro Tull: Swinging Bouree Badelt: Pirates of the Caribbean medley Beatles: All My Loving Beatles: All You Need is Love Beatles: And I love her Beatles: Eleanor Rigby Beatles: Get Back Beatles: Good day sunshine Beatles: Hard Days Night Beatles: Hey Jude Beatles: Michelle Beatles: Paperback writer Beatles: Ticket to Ride Beatles: Tomorrow Never Knows Beatles: When I’m sixty four Beatles: World without Love Beatles: Yesterday Bee Gees: How Deep Is Your Love Beethoven: Adagio Cantabile (Pathetique) Beethoven: Ecossaise Beethoven: Emperor Piano concerto theme Beethoven: Fur Elise Beethoven: Minuet Beethoven: Moonlight Sonata Beethoven: Ode to Joy Beethoven: Pastoral symph theme Beethoven: String Quartet No. 15 mvt 2 Beethoven: Turkish March Bellini: Casta diva Berlin: Alexander’s Ragtime Band Bernard: Winter Wonderland Bernstein: Maria, West Side Story Bernstein: New York New York Bernstein: West Side Story excerpts Beyonce: Halo Bizet: Aragonaise from Carmen Bizet: Carillon from L’Arlesienne Suite Bizet: Duet from The Pearl Fishers Bizet: Farandole from L’Arlesienne Suite Bizet: Habanera Bizet: Prelude to Carmen Bizet: Sequidilla Bizet: Toreador’s Song Bliss: It is Well With My Soul Boccherini: Minuet and Trio Bon Jovi: It’s My Life Bonner, Gordon (The Turtles): Happy Together Borodin: Polovtsian Dances Bowman: 12th street rag Bracket: Simple Gifts Brahms: Hungarian Dance No 5 Brahms: Hungarian Dance No 6 Brahms: Menuetto from Serenade No1 Brahms: Symphony 2 mvt 3 Brahms: Waltz Bratton: Teddy Bears’ Picnic Brown: Singing in the Rain Bruce: Bob Cat Bruce: Cool Blues Bruce: Happiness is the Truth Bruce: Jingle Bells Boogie Bruce: Pirates of the Aegean Bruce: Spanish Violin Bruch: G minor concerto - Adagio Buble: Everything Burns: Auld Lang Syne Byrd: Ave Verum Corpus Caccini: Ave Maria Cahn, Styne: The Christmas Waltz Capital Cities: Safe and Sound Capua: O Sole Mio Caputo: Bye bye blackbird Chabrier: Espana Chabrier: Idylle Charpentier: Te Deum Chopin: Funeral March Chopin: Minute Waltz Op64 Chopin: Polonaise Militaire Op40 No1 Chopin: Prelude E minor Chopin: Waltz Op62 nr2 Clarkson: Stronger (what doesn’t kill you) Clean Bandit: Rather Be Coldplay: Clocks Coldplay: Every Teardrop is a Waterfall Coldplay: Sky Full of Stars Coldplay: Viva La Vida Coldplay: Yellow Cole: Unforgettable Corelli: Op 6 VIII Concerto Grosso Cyrus: Wrecking Ball Daft Punk: Get Lucky Davies: RAF March Past Davis: The Little Drummer Boy Davis: Theme from Pride and Prejudice Debussy: Claire De Lune Debussy: Golliwog’s Cake-Walk Debussy: Le Petit Negre Debussy: Prelude a L’apres-midi d’un Faune Deep Purple: Smoke On The Water Delibes: Czardas from Coppelia Delibes: Divertissement Pizzicati from Sylvia Delibes: Flower Duet Delius: Brigg Fair Delius: La Calinda Delius: Serenade from Hassan Delibes: Mazurka from Coppelia Delibes: Valse from Coppelia Denza: Funiculi Funicula Desmond: Take Five De Vita: Tan Solo Tu De Walt: Fugue in E minor Donaldson: Makin’ Whoopee Donizetti: Una furtiva lagrima Dowland: Go Crystal Tears Dubois: Toccata Dvorak: American Quartet mvt 2 Dvorak: Largo - New World Dvorak: Humoresque Dvorak: Slavonic Dance No. VIII Dykes: Holy holy holy (Nicea) Dykes: Navy Hymn Elbow: One Day Like This Elfman: The Simpsons Theme Elgar: Chanson de Matin Elgar: Chanson de Nuit Elgar: Nimrod Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance No4 Elgar: Salut d’amour Elgar: The Angel’s Farewell from Gerontius Ellington, Mills, Tizol: Caravan Ellington, Mills, Kurtz: In a Sentimental Mood Ellington, Strayhorn: Satin Doll Eurythmics: Sweet Dreams Faure: Berceuse, Opus 16 Faure: Pavanne Faure: Pie Jesu Fox: Killing me softly Franck: Panis Angelicus Francois, Revaux: My Way Fun: We Are Young Gaga: Alejandro Gaga: Poker Face Gardel: Por Una Cabeza (scent of a woman) Gardner: All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth Gaudio: Can’t Take My Eyes Off You Gay: Leaning on a Lamppost Gershwin: Fascinatin’ Rhythm Gershwin: I got Rhythm Gershwin: Let’s call the whole thing off Gershwin: Someone to Watch over me Gershwin: Summertime Gershwin: The Man I love Gluck: Dance of the blessed spirits Goddard: Canterbury Bells Goddard: Deadly Nightshade Goddard: French Marigolds Goddard: Hollyhocks Goodall: Black Adder Gounod: Ave Maria Gounod: L’Angelus Grainger: Molly on the shore Granados: Oriental - Spanish dance 2 Grieg: In the hall of the mountain king Grieg: Morgenstemning Greig: Norwegian Dance No. 2 Greig: Norwegian Dance No. 3 Greig: Studenternes Serenade Greig: Waltz from Op 12 Greig: Wedding Day At Troldhaugen Gunning: Theme from Poirot Guns N' Roses: Sweet Child O’Mine Ham, Evans: Without You Hamilton: Cry Me a River Handel: Alla Siciliana Handel: Allegro I Handel: Allegro II Handel: Arrival of Queen of Sheba Handel: Departure of Queen of Sheba (Acis and Galatea overture) Handel: Hornpipe from Water Music Handel: March - Occasional Oratorio Handel: Sarabande and 2 Variations Handel: Water Music Suite Haydn: Andante (oboe concerto) Haydn: Serenade (quartet Op.3) Haydn: St Anthony Chorale Hayes: Lion’s Pride Holst: Air from Brook Green Suite Holst: Jupiter - Planets Horner: My Heart Will Go On, from Titanic Howard: Fly me to the moon Howard, Blaikley: Miss Marple Hozier: Take Me To Church Hummel: Ecossaise Imagine Dragons: Radioactive Iradier: La Paloma (Tango) Jackson: Thriller Jenkins: Palladio Jepsen: Call Me Maybe Jobim: Desafinado Jobim: Girl from Ipanema John, Taupin: Candle in the Wind John: Can You Feel the Love Tonight (The Lion King) Johnson: Pennies from Heaven Jones: It had to be you Jones: Soul Bossa Nova (Austin Powers Theme) Jones, Plant: All of my Love Joplin: Bethena Joplin: Fig Leaf Rag Joplin: New Rag Joplin: Paragon Rag Joplin: Ragtime Dance Joplin: Roseleaf Rag Joplin: The Entertainer Kamen: Everything I do, I do it for you Karas: Harry Lime theme Keating: Tea Dance Kent: I’ll be Home For Christmas Kern: The Folks Who Live On The Hill King: Stand By Me King: Lovejoy Lavigne: Alice Underground Legend: All of Me Legrande: I will wait for you (The Umbrellas of Cherbourg) Lehar: Waltz from The Merry Widow Lennon: Imagine Leoncavallo: Vesti la giubba Ligon: A day in the life of a fool Ligon: Paper Moon Lloyd-Webber: All I Ask of You Loes: This Little Light of mine Lorde: Royals Louiguy: La Vie En Rose Lowry: Nothing but the blood of Jesus MacDowell: A Deserted Farm Mahler: Adagietto from 5th symphony Mancini: Moon River Mancini: The Pink Panther Manookian: Armenian Dances Mars: Just The Way You Are Mars: Marry You Martelli: Christmas Medleys Martini: Plaisir D’amour Massenet: Meditation Mendelssohn: Fingals Cave Mendelssohn: Hark the Herald Angels Mendelssohn: Sehnsuchtig Mendelssohn: Wedding March Menken: A whole New World (Aladdin) Menken: Be Our Guest (Beauty and the Beast) Menken: Colors of the Wind (Pocahontas) Menken: Kiss the Girl (The Little Mermaid) Menken: Now I See The Light (Tangled) Menken: Part of Your World (Little Mermaid) Menken: So Close (Enchanted) Mercury: Bohemian Rhapsody Mercury: Somebody to Love Metallica: Nothing Else Matters Miller: Moonlight Serenade Monk: All things bright and beautiful Monteverdi: Sinfonia and Duet from Poppea Monti: Czardas Morricone: Amapola (Once upon a time in America) Mozart: Adagio in C K356 Mozart: Allelujah from Exultate jubilate Mozart: Ave Verum Corpus Mozart: Bei Mannern Mozart: Der Vogelfanger Mozart: Divertimento in D major Mozart: Divertimento No. 2 Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik Mozart La ci darem la mano (Don Giovanni) Mozart: Presto (a musical joke) K552 Mozart: Queen of the night Mozart: Rondo Alla Turca Mozart: String Quartets, many Mozart: Symphony 25 mvt1 K183 Mozart: Symphony 40 mvt1 Mozart: Wedding March - Figaro Mussorgsky: Hopak (The Fair at Sorochintsky) Oasis: Wonderwall O’Carolan: Suite - Irish Sherry Ockeghem: Ut Heremita Solus Motet Offenbach: Barcarolle Offenbach: Can Can One Republic: Apologize Osborne, May: EastEnders Osborne, May: Howard’s Way Pachelbel: Canon Paganini: Andantino Page, Plant: Stairway to Heaven Pergolesi: Arietta Pergolesi: Stabat Mater Perri: One Thousand Years Perry, Cain, Schon: Don’t Stop Believin’ Piazolla: Libertango Piazolla: Oblivion Ponchielli: Cielo e mar! Porter: Anything Goes Porter: Every Time We Say Goodbye Porter: I Get A Kick Out Of You Porter: Just One Of Those Things Porter: Let’s Do It Porter: Night And Day Porter: What Is This Thing Called Love? Porter: You're The Top Presley: Always On My Mind Prokofiev: March (The Love of Three Oranges) Puccini: Crisantemi Puccini: Mi chiamo Mimi Puccini: Nessun Dorma Puccini: O mio babbino caro Puccini: Quando me’n vo’ soletta Purcell: Dido’s Lament Purcell: Music for a While Purcell: Sound The Trumpet Purcell: Strike The Viol Purcell: Two Rondeaux Queen: Best of Queen Medley Rachmaninov: Vocalise Ravel: Bolero Ravel: Pavane and Tom Thumb Ravel: Pavanne pour Une Infante Defunte Ravel: Princess of The Pagodas Rimsky-Kosakov: Fuge “In a Monastery” Rodgers: My Funny Valentine Ross: Hernando’s Hideaway Rossini: Barber of Seville Overture Rossini: Largo (Barber of Seville) Rossini: William Tell Overture Rota: Speak softly Love Saint-Saens: Danse Macabre Saint-Saens: The Swan Sanders: Adios Muchachos (Tango) Sanderson: Hail to the Chief Satie: Gnossiene No.1 Satie: Gymnopedie No. 1 Scarlatti: Sinfonia and Fuga “del Gatto” Scarlatti: Sonata K87 Schubert: Ave Maria Op52 no 6 Schubert: Moment Musicale Schubert: Serenade from Schwanengesang D957 Schubert: Standchen Schubert: Trout Andante Schumann: Kinderszenen Op. 15 Schumann: Piano concerto theme Schumann: Traumerei Shaiman: The Addams Family Sharp: How high the moon Shearing: Lullaby of Birdland Sherman: The Bare Necessities Sherwin: A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square Simon: Bridge over troubled water Smashing Pumpkins: Tonight, Tonight Souza: Liberty Bell March Spice Girls: 2 Become 1 Sting: Every Breath You Take Strauss: Annen-Polka Op117 Strauss: Blue Danube Waltz Strauss: Emperor Waltz Op 437 Strauss: Pizzicato Polka Strauss: Radetzky March Strauss: Roses from the South Op 388 Strauss: Tales from the Vienna Woods Strauss: Thunder and Lightning Polka Strauss: Tik-Tak Polka Strauss: Voices of Spring Strayhorn: Chelsea Bridge Strayhorn: Take the A train Styne: Let It Snow! Suessdorf: Moonlight in Vermont Sullivan: Gondoliers selection Sullivan: It came upon the midnight clear Sullivan: Pirates of Penzance Sullivan: Three Little Maids From School Tartini: Andante Cantabile Telemann: Untitled Fugue Tchaikovsky: Allegretto TH 153 Tchaikovsky: Andante molto TH 155 Tchaikovsky: Czardas from Swan Lake Tchaikovsky: Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy Tchaikovsky: Dance of the Swans Tchaikovsky: Danse Des Mirlitons Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker March Tchaikovsky: October - Autumn song Tchaikovsky: Pas de Deux from Swan Lake Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty Waltz Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake Waltz Tchaikovsky: Theme - 1812 overture The Verve: Bittersweet Symphony The Rembrants: I’ll Be There for You Thielemans: Bluesette Tiersen: Comptine d’un autre ete (Amelie) Tiersen: J’y Suis Jamais Alle (Amelie) Trad: Amazing Grace Trad: Angels From The Realms of Glory Trad: Angels We Have Heard on High Trad: Any Old Iron Trad: Arkansas Traveler Trad: Ash Grove Trad: Aura Lea (Love me tender) Trad: Away in a manger Trad: Caller Herrin’ Trad: Carol of the Bells Trad: Carol of the Birds Trad: Charlie is my darlin’ Trad: Clean Pea Strae Trad: Cockles and Mussels Trad: Cotton Eyed Joe Trad: Coventry carol Trad: Danny Boy Trad: David of the white rock Trad: Deck the Halls with Boughs of Holly Trad: Don’t Dilly Dally Trad: Down at the old Bull and Bush Trad: Down in the Valley Trad: Down to the river to pray Trad: Drunken Sailor Trad: Fairy Dance Trad: Go Tell it on the Mountain Trad: God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen Trad: Good King Wenceslas Trad: Greensleeves Trad: Happy Birthday Trad: Hava Nagila Trad: Home on the Range Trad: House of the Rising Sun Trad: If you’re happy and you know it Trad: I Heard the Bells of Christmas Day Trad: Irish Jig Medley Trad: I Saw Three Ships Trad: It Came Upon the Midnight Clear Trad: Jingle Bells Trad: Joy to the world Trad: Knees Up Mother Brown Trad: La Bamba Trad: La Cucaracha Trad: Lavender’s Blue Trad: Loch Lomond Trad: L’homme Arme (armed man) Trad: Men of Harlech Trad: Mexican Hat Dance Trad: Morning Has Broken Trad: Mrs McLeod Trad: O Christmas Tree Trad: O Come All Ye Faithful Trad: O Come, Little Children Trad: O Come O Come Emmanuel Trad: Oft in the Stilly Night Trad: Oh My Darlin Trad: O Holy Night Trad: O Little Town of Bethlehem Trad: Once In Royal David’s City Trad: Oranges and Lemons Trad: Pat a Pan Trad: Red River Valley Trad: Ring the bells Trad: Sally in our Alley Trad: Scarborough Fair Trad: She’ll be Coming Round The Mountain Trad: Silent Night Trad: Soldier’s Joy Trad: Star Spangled Banner Trad: St. James Infirmary Trad: Sussex Carol Trad: Tarantella Napoletana Trad: The De’il among the Tailors Trad: The First Noel Trad: The Friendly Beasts Trad: The Holly and The Ivy Trad: The Huron Carol Trad: The Irish Washerwoman Trad: The Lass of Richmond Hill Trad: The Meeting of the Waters Trad: The Snow Lay On The Ground Trad: The Twelve days of Christmas Trad: The Vicar of Bray Trad: The Wind that shakes the Barley Trad: Twinkle twinkle little star Trad: Unto us is born a son Trad: Various Christmas medleys Trad: Various Irish Jigs Trad: Various Tangos (El Choclo, Luna Tucumana, Zamba del Grillo, La Cumparsita, A Media Luz, Arrozcon Leche) Trad: We Gather Together to Ask the Lord’s Blessing Trad: We wish you a Merry Christmas Trad: We three kings Trad: Wexford Carol Trad: When Father Papered the Parlour Trad: When the saints go marching in Trad: Wotcher Trad: Yellow Rose of Texas Turner: Blue Moon Velazquez: Besame Mucho Verdi: Andantino: La forza del destino Verdi: Ballet Music from Aida Verdi: La Donna e Mobile Verdi: Libiamo Verdi: Triumphal March from Aida Verdi: Vedi! le fosche Villa-Lobos: Canto Lirico Vivaldi: Autmn, The Four Seasons Vivaldi: Spring, The Four Seasons Vivaldi: Summer, The Four Seasons Vivaldi: Winter, The Four Seasons Vivaldi: Nulla in Mundo Pax Sincera Wagner: Wedding March Waldteufel: Skater’s Waltz Op 183 Warlock: Folk Song Prelude No. 2 Warlock: Pieds-en L’air from Capriol Suite Warner Bros. composers: Loony Tunes Fugue Warren: Chatanooga Choo Choo Weber: Inviation to The Dance Op 65 Weiss, Peretti, Creatore: Can’t Help Falling in Love Wenrich: Moonlight Bay Williams: Angels Williams: Happy Williams: Harry Potter Medley Williams: Imperial March (Darth Vader's theme) Williams: Raiders March Williams: Schindler’s List Williams: Star Wars Themes Williams: Star Wars, The Phantom Menace Williams: Theme from ET Wilson, Asher: God Only Knows

Q: How long does setup take?

A: This depends on access to the performance space and access to storage space. I/we will arrive one hour before performance start in order to ensure all is ready. I provide all equipment including chairs.

Q: What are your space and power requirements?

A: Space: approximately 1.3 square metres per person. Power: one mains socket within 5 metres if amplification is required.

Q: Do you take requests?

A: Yes, indeed, please specify your specific song choices or preferred music genres.