Classic Ensembles

So, just to say…this is our last season as we are retiring!!

After 25 years as Classic Ensembles ….. playing for over 2,000 weddings, christenings, birthdays, anniversaries, recitals, garden festivals, christmas, halloween, valentine’s day and new year events, car launches, supermarket openings, university award ceremonies, press awards, marketing events, and an event for the Coronation this May…..it is time to hang up our instruments!

We trained classically and played in orchestral concerts for many years before we decided to start our own group in the beautiful Lake District … playing crossover versions of modern and classic songs.

We can honestly say we have loved it so much…. but age has crept up on us!

Thank you to all the lovely couples who booked us to play for your special day.
Thank you also to the staff at all the fantastic venues who have made us feel welcome and recommended us over the years, the Registrars and wedding suppliers we have met along the way.
It has been a pleasure to get to know you and work alongside you all.

Finally …. apologies to all the couples who have asked us to play for their wedding or function next year and beyond … it has been extremely difficult turning you all down!

Onwards to new adventures! 🪈 🎻 🎶 ❤️

Claire made her gorgeous Bridal Entrance to Adam last Friday at the lovely The Villa Levens as we played ‘Can you feel the Love Tonight’ from The Lion King ❤️🎶❤️

Many Congratulations to you both, we enjoyed playing for your Ceremony and Drinks Reception ❤️

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It was a beautiful September day last Saturday for the Wedding of Dom and Emily at the stunning Lodore Falls Hotel & Spa ❤️

We played ‘Can’t Help Falling in Love’ Elvis Presley for Emily’s gorgeous Bridal Entrance to the gazebo and ‘This Will Be’
Natalie Cole for their Exit together ❤️🎶❤️

Many Congratulations to you both ❤️

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Many Congratulations to Catherine and Tom who had their celebrant wedding at the majestic Armathwaite Hall Hotel and Spa with The Birds & The Bees - Celebrant Services, Cumbria & North West ❤️

We played ‘Can’t Help Falling in Love’ Elvis Presley for Catherine’s beautiful Bridal Entrance ….

and for their Exit together we played ‘Signed, Sealed, Delivered I’m Yours’ Stevie Wonder ❤️🎶❤️

We played ‘A Thousand Years’ by Christina Perri as Natalie made her lovely Bridal Entrance to Nick at the stunning Armathwaite Hall Hotel and Spa two weeks ago ❤️

Many Congratulations to you both, we enjoyed playing for your Ceremony and outside Drinks Reception ❤️🎶❤️

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Many Congratulations Suzie and Julian got married at the beautiful Lodore Falls Hotel & Spa a week ago today…they managed to have an outside ceremony at the gazebo even though it was touch and go with the weather!

We played ‘Greatest Day’, Take That for Bridal Entrance and ….

‘You’ve Got the Love’, Florence and the Machine for their Exit together ❤️🎶❤️

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‘Dear Nick and Jeanette,
I just wanted to email and say a huge thank you for your sensational music at our wedding last Monday.
You made our day so special and our guests were amazed at your talent and the beauty of your music.
We are so grateful and will of course recommend you to any of our friends.
Thank you again for making our day so perfect.
Best wishes Bryoni & Ross’……

Thank you so much Bryoni and Ross for your lovely email and many congratulations to you both ❤️

We played for their outside Ceremony and Drinks Reception at the beautiful Inn on the Lake ❤️ ….

Special music choices included…

‘I Giorni’ Einaudi for Bridal Entrance and…

‘A Sky Full of Stars’ Coldplay
for their Exit together ❤️🎶❤️

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Many Congratulations to Daniel and Sarah who got married last Sunday at the majestic Armathwaite Hall Hotel and Spa ❤️

It was a pleasure to play for their Wedding Ceremony and outside Drinks Reception on the terrace
❤️🎶❤️

Fab trees from The Memory Knot Company

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‘Thank you so much for Saturday …. lots of guests commented to us how lovely it was to have live musicians and how lovely your playing was.
I really appreciate the extra effort you went to to find and purchase a copy of my aisle song! You really went above and beyond.
Thank you. Hannah and Joel’

Many thanks and Congratulations to Hannah and Joel who got married at the lovely The Villa Levens last Saturday ❤️

We played
‘An Evening I Will Not Forget’ ….Dermot Kennedy
for Hannah’s Bridal Entrance and
‘Best Day of Our Lives’
American Authors
for their Exit together ❤️ 🎶 ❤️

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Jess and Gill got married at the awesome Inn on the Lake and it was our pleasure to play for their Wedding Ceremony at the gazebo followed by their Drinks Reception ❤️🎶❤️

We played
‘A Thousand Years’ Christina Perri for Bridal Entrance ……

‘Wildest Dreams’ Taylor Swift for their Exit together ❤️

Many Congratulations to you both ❤️❤️

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Many Congratulations to Dan and Becca who got married at the lovely Holesfoot last weekend ❤️

We played
Pachelbel’s Canon for Becca’s gorgeous Bridal Entrance to their outside Wedding Ceremony….

‘Kiss me’ Sixpence None The Richer for Signing the Register

‘Greatest Day’ Take That for their Exit together as man and wife ❤️🎶❤️

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Fiona and Neil got married at the stunning Low Wood Bay Resort & Spa last weekend and we were very pleased to play for their Ceremony and Drinks Reception ❤️ 🎶 ❤️

Their special music choices included….
‘At last’ Etta James …
Fiona’s gorgeous Bridal Entrance

Signing the Register….
‘Glasgow love theme’ Craig Armstrong from Love Actually and ‘You’ve Got the Love’ Florence and the Machine

Exit music….
‘Signed, Sealed Delivered’ Stevie Wonder

Many Congratulations to you both ❤️❤️

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‘’Thank you so much! We had such a glorious day 😘❤️ you were amazing’’ …
thank you Hannah and Peter ❤️

They got married at the beautiful Inn on the Lake when the rhododendrons were in full bloom!

We were very pleased to be asked to play for their outside ceremony and drinks reception ❤️ 🎶 ❤️

We played….

‘I Giorni’ Einaudi for Hannah’s gorgeous entrance to the gazebo…..

For signing the register we played a new song for us, ‘Lover’ Taylor Swift….

For their exit music they had ‘A Million Dreams’ from The Greatest Showman❤️

Many Congratulations to you both ❤️

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It’s that time of year again!
Couldn’t resist a pic of us with the rhododendrons!
Another glorious wedding at Inn on the Lake ❤️🎶

It was a beautiful day for the outside wedding of Louise and Adam at the gorgeous Inn on the Lake a couple of weeks ago ❤️🎶❤️

We played …

‘Canon’ by Pachelbel for Louise’s beautiful Bridal Entrance …

‘A Sky Full of Stars’ and ‘Yellow’ Coldplay for Signing the Register

‘Bitter Sweet Symphony’ The Verve for their Exit together ❤️

Many Congratulations to you both ❤️

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Laura and Gary got married at the stunning Inn on the Lake last weekend and we were very pleased to play for their
outside Wedding Ceremony and Drinks Reception ❤️🎶❤️

Some of their special music requests…..

‘I Get to Love You’ Ruelle for Signing the Register and….

‘This Will Be’ Natalie Cole for their Exit together ❤️

Many Congratulations to you both ❤️

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We were very pleased to be asked to play for the special Coronation Afternoon Tea at the majestic Armathwaite Hall Hotel and Spa on Saturday afternoon 👑🎶

It was a gorgeous April day for Jess and Craig’s Wedding at the stunning
Low Hall The Lakes last Saturday ❤️

We were very pleased to play for their outside Ceremony and Drinks Reception ❤️🎶❤️

Special music choices….

Jess made her beautiful Bridal Entrance to ‘Canon in D’ Pachelbel

For Signing the Register we played …..
‘Wings’ Birdy
‘Wonderwall’ Oasis

Their Exit together was to ‘One Day Like This’ Elbow ❤️

Many Congratulations to you both ❤️❤️

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Many Congratulations to Kiran and Catriona who got married at the gorgeous Inn on the Lake ❤️

We played for their outside Ceremony and Drinks Reception ❤️🎶❤️

Special music choices included
Catriona’s gorgeous Bridal Entrance to ‘A Thousand Years’ Christina Perri ….❤️

Plus their Exit together to ‘Bitter Sweet Symphony’ The Verve ❤️❤️

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Thank you Jason Chambers Photography for the fab photo 😊

‘Thank you so much for your beautiful music at our wedding on Monday! 🥰 you were an absolute highlight for us!
You played beautifully and our guests really enjoyed your performance too!
We cannot thank you enough for making it so special!
It was lovely to take in ‘Invisible String’ and just have a moment or two of calm in the wonderful busyness of the day!
Thank you so much again 💕xx’

We loved playing for Natasha and Nick at their fabulous Inn on the Lake Wedding….Thank you so much for your lovely message and Many Congratulations to you both! ❤️❤️

We added two new songs to our repertoire for them…..
‘Invisible String’ Taylor Swift and ‘I’ll Be There For You’ the Rembrandts….theme tune from Friends ❤️🎶❤️

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Kerslie and Paul got married at the lovely Hundith Hill Hotel last weekend and we were very pleased to play for their outside Ceremony and Drinks Reception ❤️🎶❤️

They walked down the aisle as we played ‘l Wanna Grow Old With You’ Westlife
and made their Exit together to ‘A Whole New World’ from the film ‘Aladdin’ ❤️

Many Congratulations to you both ❤️

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It was a pleasure to be back at the stunning Inn on the Lake on Thursday for the Wedding of Briony and Joseph ❤️

Briony walked down the aisle for her beautiful Bridal Entrance as we played ‘A Thousand Years’ Christina Perri 🎶

They made their Exit together as man and wife as we played ‘How Far I’ll Go’ from the film Moana 🎶

Many Congratulations to you both ❤️🎶❤️

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It was lovely to be back at the beautiful Lodore Falls Hotel & Spa to play for the wedding celebrations of Jenny and Matthew at the weekend ❤️

Many Congratulations to you both ❤️🎶❤️

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We played ‘The Secret Wedding’ by James Horner from the film Braveheart for Sarah’s gorgeous Bridal Entrance at the stunning Lodore Falls Hotel & Spa last weekend ❤️

Many Congratulations to you both, we were delighted to play for your Ceremony and Drinks Reception for your special day ❤️ 🎶 ❤️

Other special music requests included…
‘Arrival to Earth’ Transformers
‘Honour Him’ Gladiator
‘On Top of the World’ Imagine Dragons ❤️❤️

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Congratulations to Lisa and Terry who got married just before Christmas at the beautiful Lodore Falls Hotel & Spa ❤️❤️

We were very pleased to play for their Ceremony and Drinks Reception 🎶❤️

Some of their special music requests….

‘A Thousand Years’ Christina Perri for Lisa’s gorgeous Entrance…

‘The One’ Kodaline for their Exit together ❤️ 🎶❤️

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