Titanium musicians played alongside Take That at the O2 ‘Wear The Rose Live’ celebration in September. The event saw 14,500 fans showing their support for the England Rugby team where our string supremes accompanied Take That’s performance as part of a 48 piece orchestra. The evening culminated with the England team joining Take That onstage for a spectacular send off into the Rugby World Cup tournament.

A string quartet is an ensemble of four string instruments: two violins, one viola and one cello. Considered one of the most prominent chamber ensembles in classical music, the string quartet was made popular by Austrian composer, Joseph Haydn who took to composing four part string pieces in the 1750s. The genre was firmly established as Mozart, Schubert and Beethoven followed suit with string quartet composition.

A typical classical string quartet takes shape in four movements, a set formula that moves through specific keys and tempos for a complete musical journey. Composers increasingly moved away from the structure in the twentieth century, leaving this format a particular to classical music. As well as music specifically written for four string instruments, skilled arrangers can rewrite any piece of music to be performed by a string quartet.