Cupid’s Bow has one of the largest cello duo repertoires in the UK. Below is a small indication of the many melodies we play, including classical, pop, jazz, show tunes, tangos, folk, even heavy metal!

We always aim to provide exactly the right music for your event, and do our best to include any special requests. Please let us know no later than 3 weeks in advance if there’s a particular piece you would like us to play for you. Usually we can arrange it for two cellos at no extra cost.

Repertoire List

Some of our favourites from our album 'Arioso'

  • Que Sera – Livingston/Evans
  • Can-Can – Offenbach
  • Summertime – Gershwin
  • Por Una – Gardel
  • She – Aznavour/Kretzner
  • The Swan – Saint-Saens
  • William Tell Overture – Rossini
  • Chanson d’Amour – Shanklin & Hart
  • Sailor's Hornpipe – Trad.
  • Autumn Leaves – Kosma
  • Autumn Leaves – Kosma
  • Arioso – J.S. Bach
  • Barbara Allen – Trad.
  • Waves of the Danube – Ivanovic
  • Hungarian Dance – Brahms
  • Drunken Sailor – Trad.
  • Drunken Sailor – Trad.
  • Bare Necessities – Gilkyson

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
  • Arrival of the Queen of Sheba – Handel
  • Autumn – Vivaldi
  • Double Concerto – Bach
  • Cannon in D – Pachelbel
  • Celeste Aida – Verdi
  • Clair de Lune – Debussy
  • Fur Elise – Beethoven
  • Greensleeves – Trad.
  • Hornpipe – Handel
  • 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 Plu Andrai (from "The Marriage 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
  • 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 Music

Mainly British and Irish, including:

Star of the County Down, Dark Eyes, Londonderry Air (=Danny Boy), Greensleeves, Harvest Home, It was a Lover and his Lass, Land of my Fathers, Wedding of William and Mairi. Also some Eastern European folk tunes.

Popular / Modern / Jazz

  • Addams Family theme - Vic Mizzy
  • All of Me - John Legend
  • All Through the Nigh - Trad. Welsh melody
  • Always A Woman To Me - Billy Joel
  • Amazing Grace - Trad.
  • A Thousand Years - Christina Perri
  • Barnacle Bill - Trad.
  • Basin Street Blues - Louis Armstrong
  • Bob The Builder - Paul K Joyce
  • Bring Me Sunshine - Arthur Kent
  • British National Anthem (Jazz version)
  • Can't Help (Lovin' Dat Man) - Jerome Kern
  • Cha-cha
  • Chim Chim Cher-ee (from Mary Poppings) - Sherman Brothers
  • Chitty Chitty Bang Bang - Sherman Brothers
  • Clair de Lune - Debussy
  • Come Fly With Me - Frank Sinatra
  • Consider Yourself (from Oliver!) - Lionel Bart
  • Computer game themes - Tetris, Mario Brothers, Halo4
  • Dark Eyes - Django Reinhardt
  • Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend - Marilyn Monroe
  • Down By The Sally Gardens - Trad.
  • Eastenders theme - Simon May
  • Edelweiss - Rodgers & Hammerstein
  • English Country Garden floral medley
  • Everybody Wants To Be A Cat - Crothers/Harris
  • Every Breath You Take - Sting
  • Fawlty Towers - Dennis Wilson
  • The Final Countdown - Joey Tempest
  • Flintstones theme - Curtin/Barbera/Hanna
  • Fraggle Rock theme - Philip Balsam
  • Frosty The Snowman - Rollins/Nelson
  • Game Of Thrones theme - Ramin Djawadi
  • Get Me to The Church on Time - Frederick Loewe
  • Glasgow Love theme - Craig Armstrong
  • Glenlogie - Scottish Trad.
  • Ghostbusters theme - Ray Parker Jr.
  • The Girl from Ipanema - Jobim
  • Great Escape theme - Bernstein
  • Greensleves - Trad.
  • Grounds For Divorce - Elbow
  • Habanera - Bizet
  • Happy Birthday - Mildred Hill
  • Harvest Home
  • Hushaby Mountain - Sherman Brothers
  • I Have A Dream - ABBA
  • I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles - John Kellette.
  • Isn't She Lovely - Stevie Wonder
  • t Don’t Mean a Thing (if it ain’t got that swing) - Duke Ellington
  • It Must Be Love - Madness
  • James Bond theme - Monty Norman
  • La Vie en Rose - Édith Piaf
  • Last Of The Summer Wine theme - Nigel Hess
  • Let It Go (from Frozen OST) - Lopez/Lopez
  • Liberty Bell - Sousa
  • The Lonely Goatherd - Rodgers & Hammerstein
  • Love Is All Around - Wet Wet Wet
  • Love Me Tender - Elvis
  • Mexican Hat Dance - Jesús González
  • Mairi’s Wedding - John Roderick Bannerman
  • Mamma Mia! - ABBA
  • Mission Impossible theme - Lalo Schifrin
  • Miss Marple theme - Howard/Blaikley
  • Mister Sandman - The Chordettes
  • Moon RIver - Henry Mancini
  • Muppet Show theme - Sam Pottle
  • My Favourite Things - Rodgers & Hammerstein
  • My Heart Will Go On (from Titanic OST) - Horner/Jennings
  • Nellie The Elephant - Butler/Hart
  • Night on a Bald Mountain - Mussorgsky
  • One Day Like This - Elbow
  • Oompa Loompa - Leslie Bricusse
  • Palladio - Karl Jenkins
  • Pink Panther theme - Henry Mancini
  • Pizzicato Polka - Strauss
  • Phantom of the Opera theme - Lloyd Webber
  • Puttin' On The Ritz - Irving Berlin
  • Rock Around The Clock - Freedman/Myers
  • Roobarb and Custard theme - Johnny Hawksworth
  • Rugrats theme - Mark Mothersbaugh
  • Salut d'Armour - Elgar
  • Schindler's List theme - John Williams
  • Simple Gifts - Aaron Copland
  • She - Elvis Costello
  • Smells LIke Teen Spirit - Nirvana
  • Speak Softly Love ('Godfather ' theme) - Rota/Kusik
  • Star Wars themes - John WIlliams
  • Stop! - Spice Girls
  • Summertime - Gershwin
  • Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious - Sherman Brothers
  • Swing Low Sweet Chariot - Trad.
  • Take The "A' Train - Duke Ellington
  • Teddybear's Picnic - John Walter Bratton
  • Thiller - Michael Jackson
  • Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines - Ron Goodwin
  • Top Of The World - Carpenters
  • Valse a Mille Temps - Jacques Brel
  • Wallace and Grommit theme - Julian Nott
  • Wedding March (we play both versions) - Wagner & Mendelssohn
  • Whatever - Oasis
  • With or Without You - U2
  • When I'm 64 - Beatles