This is Gold Quartet

Who We Are


GOLD QUARTET are Essi Kiiski, Tanya Cracknell, Alexandra Miller-Jones, & Bryony Moody.

Between them, they have performed throughout the world in both classical and pop settings, including The Royal Albert Hall, Buckingham Palace, The Globe Theatre, Southbank Centre, Koko, Hammersmith Apollo, and Glastonbury Festival.

Screen performances have included numerous music videos plus appearances on shows such as X-Factor, Strictly Come Dancing, RTTV, SBTV, and BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge.

Recent Clients


GOLD QUARTET have performed at many different venues throughout the country, most recently including:

  • Claridges Hotel, Mayfair
  • Natural History Museum, South Kensington
  • Belvoir Castle, Leicestershire
  • Old Bodleian Library, Oxford
  • Coutts Bank, Strand
  • Hampton Court House, London
  • Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew
  • University of Oxford
  • BT Tower
  • Bentley & Lamborghini
  • Madingley Hall, University of Cambridge
  • Sudeley Castle, Gloucestershire
  • National Liberal Club, Whitehall
  • Syon Park, London
  • RHS Garden Wisley, Surrey
  • Devonshire Square, City of London
  • Froyle Park, Hampshire
  • Kingston Bagpuize House, Oxfordshire
  • Merchant Taylor’s Hall, City of London
  • Plaisterers’ Hall, City of London
  • Hotel du Vin, Wimbledon
  • Great Fosters, Surrey
  • Pembroke Lodge, Richmond
  • Haileybury School, Hertford
  • Forest School, London
  • Rushton Hall, Northamptonshire
  • Cashino Casino, Watford
  • Ageas Bowl, Southampton
  • The Old Kent Barn, Dover
  • Monks Hall, Berkshire
  • North Mymms Park, Hertfordshire
  • De Vere Staverton Estate, Northamptonshire
  • Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park, Knightsbridge
  • New House Farm Country Retreat, Sussex
  • Shustoke Barn, Warwickshire
  • Botleys Mansion, Surrey
  • Coombe Lodge, Somerset
  • St Michael’s Manor Hotel, St Albans


    • Plus many other private events.

    What We Do

    We Love

    Corporate Events

    We Love

    Weddings

    We Love

    Recordings


    You guys played so beautifully and got a whole lot of love from everyone – they all loved you. Thank you thank you, you were amazing
    Araminta (Wedding)
    Thank you again for being there on our big day. You were amazing
    Bridget (Wedding)
    Thank you so much for your wonderful performance.
    Mandy (Corporate event)
    Thank you all so much for playing at our wedding – it was truly the most magical day. Everyone loved you! Beautifully turned out and you sounded incredible! We loved the repertoire you played! Thank you again!
    Alex & Matt (Wedding)
    Thank you so much for playing so beautifully during the wedding; we had lots of compliments about your quartet!!
    Kate and Darren (Wedding)
    We really enjoyed having you as part of our day. Sadly I didn’t get to enjoy you playing pre-ceremony but by all accounts our guests really enjoyed it and hearing (Clean Bandit) Symphony was a real highlight of mine!
    Amy and Harry (Wedding)
    Just wanted to say a huge thanks to the quartet who did an amazing job at our wedding last week. They looked brilliant, they were very accommodating with our entrance song request, and they did a fantastic job. We had so many great comments from our guests saying how brilliant they were. They made our day truly special! I hope they had everything they needed on the day!
    Alex (Wedding)
    Thank you so much for playing, you were absolutely fab!! We honestly had so many comments about how good you were, everyone loved you!
    Katie and Michael (Wedding)
    I would like to take this opportunity to thank you all once again for delivering such a wonderful performance! We all enjoyed every minute of it!
    (Devonshire Square event)
    You girls were amazing – thank you so much
    Petek and Mark (Wedding)
    So great to have you and thanks so much – you guys were brilliant
    Shannon (corporate event)
    You were amazing, thank you so much!
    Katie (Wedding)
    You and your team were so great- making the Groom cry as soon as he heard you!!
    Rachelle, Trust in Love Weddings (Wedding)
    Absolutely Fantastic to have this group of fabulous musicians at our event
    Mark (Wedding)
    I booked Gold Quartet for our corporate relaunch of a High Street Casino. We found them very friendly, professional and extremely talented! The modern background music was exactly what we asked for and the girls even took requests. Highly recommended!
    Nathan (Corporate Event)
    You were all excellent and we really enjoyed having you play at our wedding. Beautiful performance and a special thank you for timing the aisle entrance song perfectly. A number of our guests have also commented how good you all were - so many thanks!
    Greg and Alexandra (Wedding)
    Thank you again you guys were amazing!!!
    Craig & Natalie (Wedding)
    Great job – lots of positive comments back from our guests.
    Philip (Corporate Event)
    Thank you so much for performing so beautifully! Me and my guests loved it.
    Theresa (Wedding)
    Thank you so much for playing at our wedding. You made it truly fantastic and we cannot thank you all enough for learning a new piece of music especially for us.
    Sarah & Ben (Wedding)
    Your music made our evening - thank you!
    Client at University of Oxford (Drinks Reception)
    Super performance, thanks!
    Rob (Craft Fair)
    The Gold Quartet performed at our wedding ceremony and reception and it was exactly what we were hoping for! We made a special request for our march in music and they were very quick to send us a demo which was very impressive. We are so glad to have them performing at our reception in the Sudeley Castle garden. They set the perfect tone while our guests and ourselves were enjoying the wine and music.
    Nicky & Alan (Wedding)
    We loved your performance. Hope you had time for some shopping too!
    Rob (Craft Fair)
    Thank you so so much for playing!!! Sorting Perchance to Dream meant such a lot to both of us and it sounded amazing!! I’m so sorry I didn’t manage to catch you. You made our day. Please pass on our thanks to the other girls!
    Sarah and Ben (Wedding)
    Amazing day...Can't thank you ladies enough...Captured the emotions of the Wedding perfectly...🙌👑❤️
    Richard (Wedding)
    Really great feedback from all of our wedding guests, would definitely book again.
    James (Wedding)
    Thank you so much for playing yesterday! You were just perfect! It was beautiful! I always dreamt of walking down the aisle to a string quartet and you made my dreams come true.
    Alice (Wedding)
    Thank you so much for performing, it was an amazing day and we had so many people comment to say how amazing you were.
    James & Georgina (Wedding)
    Thank you so much for playing at our Wedding. You really helped to make our day special and we had such lovely comments from our guests about your performance.
    Julie & Tony (Wedding)

    Repertoire


    GOLD QUARTET enjoy performing popular tracks arranged for string quartet including:

  • A Thousand Miles – Vanessa Carlton
  • A Thousand Years – Christina Perri
  • A Whole New World (from Aladdin) – Alan Menken
  • All Of Me – John Legend
  • All You Need is Love – The Beatles
  • At Last – Etta James
  • Bad Guy – Billie Eilish (Bridgerton)
  • Bittersweet Symphony – The Verve
  • Bridgerton Theme – Kris Bowers (Bridgerton)
  • Can You Feel the Love Tonight (from The Lion King) – Elton John
  • Can’t Help Falling in Love – Elvis Presley
  • Can’t Take My Eyes Off You – Franki Valli
  • Chi Mai – Morricone
  • Come Fly with Me – Frank Sinatra
  • Dancing On My Own – Robyn (Bridgerton)
  • Diamonds Are Forever – Shirley Bassey
  • Don’t You Worry Child – Swedish House Mafia
  • Firework – Katy Perry
  • Fly Me to the Moon – Frank Sinatra
  • From Russia with Love – Matt Monro
  • Game of Thrones Theme – Ramin Djawadi
  • Get Lucky – Daft Punk feat. Pharrell Williams
  • Girls Like You – Maroon 5 (Bridgerton)
  • God Only Knows – Brian Wilson
  • Goldfinger – Shirley Bassey
  • Hallelujah – Leonard Cohen
  • Halo – Beyoncé
  • Highland Cathedral – Scottish Trad.
  • How Long Will I Love You – Ellie Goulding
  • I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing – Aerosmith
  • I Gotta Feeling – The Black Eyed Peas
  • I See the Light (from Tangled) – Alan Menken
  • I Will Wait – Mumford & Sons
  • I’m Kissing You – Des’ree
  • I’m Not the Only One – Sam Smith
  • I’m Yours – Jason Mraz
  • In My Blood – Shawn Mendes (Bridgerton)
  • It Must Be Love – Madness
  • James Bond Theme (from Dr. No) – John Barry
  • Life on Mars – David Bowie
  • Live And Let Die – Paul McCartney & Wings
  • Love Yourself – Justin Bieber
  • Marry You – Bruno Mars
  • Material Girl – Madonna (Bridgerton)
  • Moves Like Jagger – Maroon 5 feat. Christina Aguilera
  • Mr Brightside – The Killers
  • No Time to Die – Billie Eilish
  • Nobody Does It Better (from The Spy Who Loved Me) – Carly Simon
  • Perfect – Ed Sheeran
  • Pompeii – Bastille
  • Rather Be – Clean Bandit
  • Rewrite the Stars (from The Greatest Showman) – Benj Pasek & Justin Paul
  • Shake It Off – Taylor Swift
  • Shallow (from A Star is Born) – Lady Gaga
  • Sign of the Times – Harry Styles (Bridgerton)
  • Skyfall – Adele
  • Smooth Criminal – Michael Jackson
  • Someday My Prince Will Come (from Snow White) – Frank Churchill
  • Spring 1 – Max Richter (Bridgerton)
  • Sweet Child of Mine – Guns N’ Roses
  • Symphony – Clean Bandit feat. Zara Larsson
  • Take Me to Church – Hozier
  • Thank u, Next – Ariana Grande (Bridgerton)
  • Thinking Out Loud – Ed Sheeran
  • Titanium – David Guetta feat. Sia
  • Uptown Funk – Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars
  • Valerie – Amy Winehouse
  • Viva La Vida – Coldplay
  • Wake Me Up – Avicii feat. Aloe Blacc
  • We Found Love – Rihanna feat. Calvin Harris
  • We Have All the Time in the World (from On Her Majesty’s Secret Service) – Louis Armstrong
  • What A Wonderful World – Louis Armstrong
  • When You Wish Upon a Star (from Pinocchio) – Leigh Harline
  • Whistle Down the Wind – Andrew Lloyd Webber
  • Wild Mountain Thyme – Scottish Trad.
  • Wildest Dreams – Taylor Swift (Bridgerton)
  • Wonderwall – Oasis
  • Work – Rihanna feat. Drake
  • Writing’s On the Wall (from Spectre) – Sam Smith
  • You & Me (Flume Remix) – Disclosure
  • You Got the Love – Florence and the Machine

    • We also have a wide repertoire of classical music such as:

  • Air – Bach
  • Arrival of the Queen of Sheba – Handel
  • Ave Maria – Schubert
  • Les Toreadors – Bizet
  • Bridal March – Wagner
  • Canon in D – Pachelbel
  • Clair de Lune – Debussy
  • Divertimento No. 1 – Mozart
  • Eine Kleine Nachtmusik – Mozart
  • Flower Duet from ‘Lakme’ – Delibes
  • Habanera – Bizet
  • Hornpipe – Handel
  • Hungarian Dance No. 5 – Brahms
  • Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring – Bach
  • Le Rejouissance – Handel
  • Meditation from ‘Thaïs’ – Massenet
  • Nessun Dorma – Puccini
  • O Mio Babbino Caro – Puccini
  • Ode to Joy – Beethoven
  • Pavane – Fauré
  • Salut d’Amour – Elgar
  • Spring – Vivaldi
  • String Quartet No. 3 – Mozart
  • Summertime – Gershwin
  • Tambourin – Gossec
  • Trumpet Voluntary – Clarke
  • Waltz of the Flowers from ‘The Nutcracker’ – Tchaikovsky
  • Water Music Suite 1 – Handel
  • Winter – Vivaldi


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