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Popular Music Repertoire .Pdf APHRODITE STRING QUARTET REPERTOIRE LIST – POPUAR MUSIC Here is a list of the pieces that we play. Please contact us for a specific piece of music that you like, if it is not listed here. We are happy to try and arrange pieces on request and will do our very best to accommodate your needs. Items in bold are new for 2017! Please feel free to get in contact and discuss any musical matters with us directly, we are here to help. A Thousand Years by Christina Perry from Twilight Breaking Dawn All I Ask of You by Andrew Lloyd Webber All I want is You by U2 All of Me by John Legend All you need is Love by The Beatles Angels by Robbie Williams At Last by Etta James Beneath your Beautiful by Emeli Sande Beautiful day by U2 Beyond the Sea by Jack Lawrence, sung by Bobby Darin Bitter Sweet Symphony by The Verve Brown Eyed Girl by Van Morrison Burn by Ellie Goulding Can’t Help Falling in Love with You, sung by Elvis Can’t Take My Eyes Off You by Bob Crewe/ Bob Gaudio Chasing Cars by Snow Patrol Clocks by Coldplay Close to You by Burt Bacharach Come on Eileen by Rowland/Paterson/Adams Common People by Pulp Comptine d' un autre ete from the film Amelie Concerning Hobbits by Howard Shore from Lord of the Rings Don’t Stop me Now by Queen Dream a Little Dream of Me famously sung by Ella Fitzgerald Everything by Michael Buble Falling Slowly from the film Once Feeling Good by Nina Simone Fields of Gold by Sting – this is another popular choice for the Signing of the Register Film Themes – a Medley that includes music from Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Star Wars, Gabriel’s Oboe, Schindler’s List, Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory, E.T, Superman, Pirates of the Caribbean * Fix you by Coldplay Forrest Gump feather theme by Alan Silvestri For the love of a princess by James Horner from the film Braveheart Game of Thrones Theme by Ramin Djawadi Glasgow Love Theme by Craig Armstrong from the film Love Actually Greatest Day by Take That God Only Knows by Asher/Wilson made famous via the film Love Actually God put a smile upon your face by Coldplay Halo by Beyonce Happy by Pharell Williams Have I told you lately by Van Morrison Here Comes The Sun by The Beatles Hey Jude by The Beatles Hoppipolla by Sigur Ros How Long Will I Love You by Ellie Goulding I giorni by Einaudi I’m a Believer by Neil Diamond I’m Yours by Jason Mraz It must be love by Madness I only Want to Be With You by Hawker and Raymonde Isn’t she lovely by Stevie Wonder I wanna be like you by Sherman and Sherman from the Jungle Book I want to hold your hand by Lennon/McCartney Jurassic Park by John Williams Just the way you are by Bruno Mars Kiss from a Rose by Seal Kissing You (Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet) by Des’ree and Attack Life on Mars? By David Bowie Love Story by Taylor Swift Love Theme from Superman Make you Feel by Love by Dylan and later, Adele Marry You by Bruno Mars Mamma Mia by ABBA Moondance by Van Morrison Moon River by Henry Mancini from Breakfast at Tiffanys Mr Blue Sky by Jeff Lynne My Cherie Amour by Stevie Wonder Next to me by Emilie Sande No One by Alicia Keys Only Time by Enya One Day like this by Elbow Paradise by Coldplay Pretty Woman by Roy Orbison Pompeii by Bastille Rather Be by Clean Bandit River Flows in You by Yiruma from the film Twilight Rule the World by Take That Run by Snow Patrol and sung by Leona Lewis on the X factor She by Herbert Kretzmer, famously sung by Elvis Costello Skyfall by Adele Somewhere only we know by Keane and covered by Lily Allen for the John Lewis advert * Somewhere over the Rainbow from The Wizard of Oz Songbird by Eva Cassidy Stay by Rhianna Star Wars Main Theme by John Williams Sway, a song by Pablo Ruiz, made famous by Dean Martin The Bare Necessities from The Jungle Book The Chain by Fleetwood Mac, music used for the Grand Prix The Irish Rover by The Pogues and The Dubliners The Kiss from The Last of the Mohicans The Medallion Calls from Pirates of the Caribbean The Power of Love, well known from the other John Lewis Christmas advert The Raiders Theme from Indiana Jones The Scientist by Coldplay Thinking Out Loud by Ed Sheeran Town Called Malice by The Jam True Colours by Cyndi Lauper Unforgettable sung by Nat King Cole Viva la Vida by Coldplay Yellow by Coldplay You’re the first the last my everything sung by Barry White Waiting for a Star to Fall by Boy Meets Girl Wake me Up by Avicci We Have All The Time in the World sung by Louis Armstrong What a Wonderful World also sung by Louis Armstrong .
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