Wedding at Kings Weston House, Bristol

Congratulations Jody and Rob – married at Kings Weston House

It’s rare these days that we find ourselves in a new venue, especially so close to home, but today the String Quartet found ourselves in the lovely Kings Weston House in Bristol.

Looking out on the frosty grounds from the relative warmth of the entrance hall, lined with portraits of previous owners of the house, we played for 45 minutes to provide classical music to greet Jody and Rob’s guests. Just 5 minutes before the ceremony, the quartet retraced the steps that many famous visitors will have taken (including the composer Vaughan-Williams) to the Great Hall for the ceremony itself.  Our first Bride of 2009 walked in to 2008’s most popular piece the Canon in D by Pachelbel. The couple signed the registers to ‘Concerning Hobbits’ from The Lord of the Rings, and walked out to a very stately and atmospheric version of Hoppipolla (the theme to the BBC’s  Planet Earth).

After this we moved with the guests back to the entrance hall, complete with roaring fire, for some light jazz to get the atmosphere ready for the meal and speeches.