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  • Cello duo, solo or quartet
  • Wide repertoire that includes classical, jazz, pop, children's, Christmas sets, and folk music
  • Duo as standard and can reduce to solo or expand to trio or quartet

Based in Manchester, Cupid's Bow performs regularly throughout the UK and mainland Europe.


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  1. Arioso - J.S. Bach
  2. Que Sera - Livingstone/Evans
  3. Can-can - Offenbach
  4. Gigue - J.S. Bach
  5. The Swan - Saint-Saens
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    About this Act

    Cupid's Bow is a cello act that provides entertainment of distinction, adding sophistication and elegance to any event. Two ladies with gorgeous instruments playing rich, sonorous music. Cupid's Bow not only sound the part, but look the part: where possible they will dress according to the colour scheme or dress code of your event.

    Classically trained musicians Adrianne Wininsky and Margit van der Zwan have travelled the world with their cellos. Between them they have clocked up an impressive amount of experience, performing professionally with orchestras, theatres and bands, at festivals around the globe, on television and radio and in concert as soloists.

    They have worked with Take That, Snow Patrol, Elbow, I Am Kloot and Eliza Carthy, making regular TV appearances on the likes of Top of the Pops, Jools Holland, The X Factor and the Michael Parkinson Show (to namedrop just a few!). Listen closely, and you will hear the duo playing on Elbow's latest album, "Build A Rocket Boys!". The girls performed at the Manchester International Festival in 2013 and 2015, 2016 and are regulars at Just So festival.

    From sonorous classical melodies to jazz to pop, Cupid's Bow aims to provide exactly the right atmosphere for your special event and special musical requests are most welcome.

    Margit van der Zwan also performs as a solo act under Maggie Swan, who can be found on Freak Music.

    Set List

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    Cello Duo repertoire list 2023
    Some of our favourites, and therefore on our cd, ‘Arioso’:
    Arioso –J.S. Bach
    Autumn Leaves -Kosma
    Barbara Allen –trad.
    Bare Necessities- Gilkyson
    Can-Can –Offenbach
    Chanson d'Amour -Shanklin & Hart
    Drunken Sailor- Trad.
    Hungarian Dance -Brahms
    Por Una Cabeza –Gardel
    Que Sera -Livingston/Evans
    Sailor's Hornpipe -trad.
    She -Aznavour/Kretzner
    Summertime –Gershwin
    The Swan -Saint-Saens
    Waves of the Danube –Ivanovic
    William Tell Overture –Rossini
    CLASSICAL/BAROQUE
    Composers include Brahms, Strauss, Haydn, Handel, Breval, W.A. Mozart, Chopin, Mozart, Bach, Hook, Schumann, Dotzauer, Guignon, Pleyel, Beethoven, Schubert, Bartok, Kodaly, Couperin, Boismortier, Telemann, Purcell, Stravinsky, many more.
    POPULAR CLASSICAL PIECES
    Air (‘on a G string’) – Bach
    Air (from the Water Music) – Handel
    Arrival of the Queen of Sheba – Handel
    Autumn – Vivaldi
    Bach – Double Concerto
    Canon in D –Pachelbel
    Celeste Aida – Verdi
    Clair de Lune - Debussy
    Fur Elise – Beethoven
    Greensleeves
    Hornpipe (from the Water Music) – Handel
    Hungarian Dance number 5 - Brahms
    I Wanna Be Like You – Sherman
    In the Hall of the Mountain King - Grieg
    Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring – J.S. Bach
    La Rejouissance – Handel
    Largo from “winter” (Four Seasons) – Vivaldi
    Marche Militaire – Schubert
    Minuet from “Eine Kleine Nachtmusik” –Mozart
    Minuet from “Music for the Royal Fireworks” – Handel
    Nimrod (adagio) – Elgar
    Non Piu Andrai (from “Mariiage of Figaro) - Mozart
    Ode to Joy from “Symphony No. 9”– Beethoven
    Plovtsian Dance – Borodin
    Sheep May Safely Graze – J.S. Bach
    Spring (Four Seasons) – Vivaldi
    Spring 1 Recomposed by Max Richter
    Swan Lake – Tchaikovsky
    The Silver Swan – Orlando Gibbons
    To a Wild Rose - MacDowell
    Trumpet Voluntary –Clark
    Voi Che Sapete - Mozart
    Wedding March –Wagner

    TRADITIONAL/FOLK
    Mainly British and Irish & Eastern European folk tunes, including Arkansas Traveller, Dark Eyes, Greensleeves, Harvest Home, It was a Lover and his Lass, Land of my Fathers, Londonderry Air (=Danny Boy), Planxty Irwin, Star of the County Down, Wedding of William and Mairi. Also some Bollywood.
    POP/FILM/DISNEY
    ‘s Wonderful – Gershwin
    Addams Family theme
    Adventure of a Lifetime – Coldplay
    Ain’t Nobody – Chakra Khan
    Aladdin – A Whole New World
    All Along the Watchtower– Bob Dylan
    All I Have To Do Is Dream – Everley Brothers
    All of Me – John Legend
    All Through the Nigh _trad. Welsh melody
    Always A Woman to Me – Billy Joel
    Always Look on the Bright Side of Life – Monty Python
    Always On My Mind - Elvis
    Amazing Grace
    American Pie – Don McLean
    Amor I Love You – Marissa Monte
    Amor I Love You – Marissa Monte
    Angels – Robbie WIlliams
    At Last (Etta James)
    Baby It’s Cold Outside – Loesser
    Bad Guy – Billie Eilish
    Barnacle Bill
    Basin Street Blues
    Beautiful Day – U2
    Beauty and the Beast Theme – Disney
    Believer – Imagine Dragons
    Besame Mucho - Velazquez
    Best Day of My Life – American Authors
    Better Place – Rachel Platten
    Better Place – Rachel Platten
    Bittersweet Symphony – Verve
    Blame it on the Boogie – Michael Jackson
    Blowin’ in the Wind – Bob Dylan
    Blue Suede Shoes – Elvis Presley
    Bridge Over Troubled Water – Paul Simon
    Bring Him Home – Les Miserables
    Bring Me Sunshine
    British National Anthem – jazz version
    Budapest – George Ezra
    Can You Feel the Love Tonight? – Lion king (Elton John)
    Can’t Buy Me Love – The Beatles
    Can’t Help (Lovin’ Dat Man)
    Careless Whisper – George Michael/Andrew Ridgeley
    Cha-cha
    Chim Chim Cher-ee (from Mary Poppins)
    Chitty chitty bang bang
    Clair de Lune
    Clocks – Coldplay
    Close to you – Carpenters/Bacharach
    Come Fly With Me
    Computer game themes: Tetris, Mario Brothers, Halo4
    Consider Yourself (from Oliver!)
    Crazy In Love – Beyoncé
    Crazy Little Thing Called Love - Queen
    Dark Eyes
    Deborah’s Theme (from Once upon a time in America) – Ennio Morricone
    Diamonds are a Girl’s Best Friend
    Don’t Stop Me Now – Queen
    Don’t You Worry About a Thing –Stevie Wonder
    Down By the Sally Gardens
    Downtown – Tony Hatch
    East Enders theme
    Ebony & Ivory – Stevie Wonder/ Paul McCartney
    Edelweiss
    Eleanor Rigby – The Beatles
    Empty Chairs at Empty Tables – Les Miserables
    Endless Love – Lionel Richie
    English Country Garden floral medley
    Every Breath You Take
    Everybody Wants To Be A c¬¬at
    Faith – George Michael
    Falling In Love Again – Marlene Dietrich (F. Hollander)
    Fawlty Towers
    Fix You - COldplay
    Flintstones theme
    Free Fallin’ – Tom Petty
    From This Moment – Shania Twain
    Game of Thrones Theme
    Get Lucky – Daft Punk
    Get me to the church on Time
    Ghost busters theme tune
    Glenlogie (Scottish trad.)
    God Only Knows – Beach Boys
    Great Escape theme
    Greatest Day – Take That
    Groovy Kind of Love – Toni Wine
    Grounds For Divorce – Elbow
    Habanera
    Halelujah – Leonard Cohen
    Halo – Beyonce
    Happy – Pharell Williams
    Happy Birthday
    Harvest Home
    Havana – Cabello
    Have I Told You Lately? – Van Morrison
    Here Comes the Sun – Beatles
    Hernando’s Hideaway – Adler/Ross
    Hoppipola – Sigur Ros
    How Deep Is Your Love? - BeeGees
    How Long Will I Love You? (E. Goulding version)
    Hushaby Mountain
    I Have A Dream – ABBA
    I Just Called To Say I Love You – Stevie Wonder
    I Say a Little Prayer (Aretha Franklin)
    I Will Always Love You – Dolly Parton/Whitney Houston
    I Will Survive – Fekaris/Perren
    I Will Wait – Mumford & Sons
    I’m Yours – Jason Mraz
    In the Flesh – Pink Floyd
    Isn’t She Lovely? (Stevie Wonder)
    It Don’t Mean a Thing (if it ain’t got that swing)
    It Must Be Love (Madness)
    James Bond theme
    Karma Chameleon – Boy George
    Kiss From A Rose – Seal
    Kissing You – Desree (Romeo & Juliet)
    Knocking on Heaven’s Door– Bob Dylan
    L-O-V-E – Nat King Cole
    La Vie en Rose
    La Vie En Rose – Louiguy
    Last of the Summer Wine theme
    Let it Go (from Frozen)
    Let’s Do It (Let’s Fall in Love) – Cole Porter
    Levitating – Dua Lipa
    Life On Mars – Bowie
    Livin’ On A Prayer – Bon Jovi
    Love is A Verb – John Mayer
    Love Is All Around – Love Actually/Reg Presley
    Love On Top – Beyoncé
    Love Story – theme – Francis Lai
    Lucky – Radiohead
    Maestro – Hans Zimmer (from “The Holiday”)
    Mairi’s Wedding
    Make You Feel My Love – Adele
    Mamma Mia!
    Marry You – Bruno Mars
    Mary Poppins Medley of Songs – Disney
    Memory – from Cats
    Mexican Hat Dance
    Mia and Sebastian’s theme (from La La Land) - Hurwitz
    Million Dreams , A – The Greatest Showman
    Miss Marple theme
    Mission Impossible theme
    Mister Sandman
    Moon River
    Moon River – Mercer/Mancini
    Mull of Kintyre – McCartney/Laine
    Muppet Show theme
    My Baby Just Cares for Me – Kahn/Donaldson
    My Favourite Things – from The Sounds of Music
    My Heart Will Go On (from film Titanic)
    My Lighthouse – REND collective
    Nellie the Elephant
    Night on a Bald Mountain – Mussorgsky
    Nothing Else Matters – Metallica
    No Time to Die – Billie Eilish
    No Woman, No Cry – Bob Marley/Ford
    Now We Are Free – theme from Gladiator
    Oblivion - Piazzola
    Oblivion – Astor Piazzola
    Once Upon A Dream - Sleeping Beauty
    One Day Like This - elbow
    Oompah Loompah song
    Our Last Summer – ABBA
    Paint It Black – Rolling Stones
    Palladio
    Paradise – Coldplay
    Penny Lane – The Beatles
    Perfect – Ed Sheeran
    Phantom of the Opera theme tune
    Pink Panther theme
    Pizzicato Polka
    Puttin’ On the Ritz
    Rather Be – Clean Bandit
    Right Here Waiting - Richard Marx
    River Deep, Mountain High – Tina Turner
    River Flows in You - Yiruma
    Roar – Katy Perry
    Rock Around the Clock
    Rolling in the Deep – Adele
    Running Up That Hill – Kate Bush
    Salut d’Amour
    Schindler’s List theme
    Secrets: one republic
    Senorita – Camila Cabello
    Shake it Off – Taylor Swift
    Shallow - Gaga/Cooper
    She – Aznavour
    She Loves You - The Beatles
    Shotgun – George Ezra
    Simple Gifts
    Sir Duke – Stevie Wonder
    Sky Full Of Stars
    Sky Full of Stars – Coldplay
    Someone You Loved – Lewis Capaldi
    Somewhere Only We Know – Keane
    Somewhere over the Rainbow
    Speak Softly Love (‘Godfather’ theme)
    Stand By Your Man – Wynette/Sherrill
    Star of the County Down – Van Morrison
    Star wars themes
    Stayin’Alive – The Bee Gees
    Stop! (Spice Girls)
    Strawberry Fields Forever – The Beatles
    Summertime
    Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
    Sweet Child o’ Mine – Guns ‘n’ Roses
    Swing Low Sweet Chariot
    Take Me Out – Franz Ferdinand
    Take My Breath Away - Berlin
    Take the “A” Train
    Tears In Heaven – Clapton
    Teddybear’s Picnic
    Temper Trap (Sweet Disposition) Ben Stevenson
    Thank You For the Music – ABBA
    Thanks for The Memory – Robin/Rainger
    The Final Countdown
    The Girl from Ipanema
    The Liberty Bell
    The Lonely Goatherd - Sound of Music
    The Look Of Love – Dusty Springfield
    The Times They Are A-Changing– Bob Dylan
    The Way You Look Tonight – Fields/Kern
    This is Me – Greatest Showman
    Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines
    Thousand Years, A
    Thriller – Michael Jackson
    Time After Time – Cyndi Lauper
    Top Of the World – Carpenters
    Total Eclipse of the Heart – Bonnie Tyler
    Up – Married life (Disney film)
    Up Where We Belong (Love Lift Us)
    Uptown Funk – Mars/Ronson
    Valse a Mille Temps
    Viva La Vida – Coldplay
    Wallace and Grommit theme
    We Found Love – Harris/Rhianna
    Wedding March (we play both versions, by Wagner and Mendelssohn)
    Wednesday Addams Plays the Cello
    Wellerman, The – Nathan Evans
    Whatever – Oasis
    When A Man Loves A Woman – Lewis/Wright
    When I’m 64 – Beatles
    When you Wish Upon a Star - Pinocchio
    Wildest Dreams – Taylor Swift
    With or Without You – U2
    Without You (“I can’t live, if living is without you…”) – Ham/Evans
    Wonderwall – Oasis
    Wouldn’t It Be Lovely? - from My Fair Lady
    You Are the Best Thing – Ray Lamontagne
    You are the Wind Beneath My Wings
    You’ll Never Walk Alone –
    You’re My best friend – Queen
    You’ve Got A Friend In Me – Toy Story
    Your Song – Elton John
    BOLLYWOOD
    Chand Sitare Phool Aur Khushboo
    Chhukar Mere Manko
    Ek ladki Ko Dekha
    Kabhii Tumhe
    Kal Ho Naa Ho
    Kannazhaga
    Kaun Tujhe
    Khabi Kushi Khabie Gham
    Pal from jalebi
    Raabta
    Sun Sathiya
    Tum Hi Ho
    Tumko Hi Chahenge Hum

    We can play HYMNS for a church service, and any CHRISTMAS SONGS.
    Note:
    We arrange a lot of our own music. If there is a specific piece of music you would like us to play that’s not already on the list we’d love to hear from you. Usually these can be added at no extra cost.


    Lineup

    • Cello duo as standard
    • Solo, trio and quartet also available

    This act's standard set times are as follows:

    • 3 x 45 minute sets plus short breaks

    Tags

    • 1 piece / solo
    • 2 piece / duo
    • 3 piece / trio
    • 4 piece
    • acoustic
    • cello
    • christmas music set
    • costumes
    • double bass
    • electric strings
    • female vocals
    • fiddle
    • flute
    • harmonies
    • strings
    • viola
    • violin



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