Blue Topaz
Blue Topaz is a professional String Trio comprising two violins and double bass. Trained at the Royal Academy of Music, London, these musicians present a diverse and eclectic range of styles fusing classical instruments with popular and jazzy sounds. They also have a large classical repertoire and can arrange music on request.
Blue Topaz can be booked to perform at all manner of special occasions including private functions, weddings and corporate events.
Engagements have included performances at The Guildhall (City of London), The Kensington Roof Gardens, Two Temple Place, The Grosvenor House Hotel and The White Cube Art Gallery for an exhibition by the world-renowned artist, Anseln Kiefer.
Clients include British Telecom, Royal Bank of Scotland, European Bank, Capital and Regional, Four Seasons Hotels and Kent Community Foundation.
Repertoire
Classical and Traditional
Ave Verum Corpus - Mozart
Blue Danube - Strauss
Canon - Pachelbel
Chanson de Matin - Elgar
Chanson de Nuit - Elgar
Czardas - Monti
Danny Boy - Traditional
Double Violin Concerto - Bach
Down by the Sally Gardens - Traditional
Gallop (Can-Can) - Offenbach
Intermezzo (from the Ballet Sylvia) - Delibes
La Donna e Mobile - Verdi
Lara's Theme - Jarre
Largo - Handel
The Lassie's Fancy - Traditional
May the Road Rise up to Meet You - Traditional
Memory (from Cats) - Andrew Lloyd Webber
Morning (from the Peer Gynt Suite) - Greig
Music for the Royal Fireworks - Handel
Nimrod (from Enigma Variations) - Elgar
O for the Wings of a Dove - Mendelssohn
Panis Angelicus - Franck
Pizzicati - Delibes
Plaisir D'Amour - Martini
Queen of Sheba - Handel
Radetzky March - Strauss
Romanian Dances - Bartok
Selection of Trios - Haydn
Tara's Theme - Steiner
The Lassie's Fancy - Scottish trad.
The Music of the Night - Andrew Lloyd Webber
The Queen of Sheba - Handel
The Swan ( Carnival of Animals) - Saint-Saens
Voices of Spring - Strauss
Waltz from Coppelia - Delibes
Wiener Blut - Strauss
Jazz and Popular
Another One Bites the Dust - Queen
Bitter Sweet Symphony - The Verve
Clocks - Coldplay
Come As You Are - Nirvana
Come Away With Me - Norah Jones
Country Club - Scott Joplin
Don't Know Much - Cooke/Alpert/Adler
Drive My Car - Lennon/McCartney
Eleanor Rigby - The Beatles
Electrical Storm - U2
Fever - Davenport/Cooley
Fly Me To The Moon - Bart Howard
Forgotten Dreams - Leroy Anderson
Golden Brown - The Stranglers
Holding Back the Years - Simply Red
I Got It Bad And That Ain'tGood - Duke Ellington
I Got You (I Feel Good) - James Brown
It Don't Mean A Thing - Duke Ellington
It Must Be Love - Madness
It's A Man's World - James Brown
Light My Fire - The Doors
Lovecats - The Cure
Makin' Whoopee - Walter Donaldson
Misty - Errol Garner
Moon Glow - Eddie de Lange & Will Hudson
Moon River - Henry Macini
Moondance - Van Morrison
Moonlight in Vermont - Karl Suessdorf
The Music of the Night (from The Phantom of the Opera) - Lloyd-Webber
My Baby Don't Care - Nina Simone
Night Fever - Bee Gees
Nobody Does it Better (James Bond) - Bayer/Sager
Por Una Cabeza - C. Gardel
Satin Doll - Duke Ellington & Billy Strayhorn
Say a Little Prayer - Bacharach/David
Sexual Healing - Marvin Gay
She's The One - Karl Wallinger (Robbie Williams)
Slap That Bass - George & Ira Gershwin
So Nice - Marcos Valle &Paulo Sergio Valle
SOS - ABBA
Sound Of The Underground - (Girls Aloud)
Stand By Me - Ben E. King
Suite of Jazz Dances - Deborah Pritchard
Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) - Eurhythmics
The Black Bottom - Ma Rainey
The Girl From Ipanema - Antonio Carlos Jobim
Time After Time - Cyndi Lauper
Tomorrow Never Dies (James Bond) - Sheryl Crow/Froom
Toxic - Britney Spears
Unfinished Sympathy - Massive Attack
When I Fall in Love - Victor Young
Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong
Yesterday - Lennon/McCartney
You Gotta Be - Desree
You Really Got Me - The Kinks