PALM STRINGS DUO

Based in Cape Town

Michael Hoole, guitar, and Titia Blake, violin, have performed as a duo since 1997, providing background music for incentive tours and promotions, as well as playing at weddings, for which a personalized service is available. The numerous venues, at which they have performed include wine estates such as Constantia Uitsig, Buitenverwachting, Spier, Morgenhof, and Rhebokskloof, as well as major hotels such as The Lord Charles, Table Bay, Mount Nelson, Cape Sun, and Cape Grace. Their broad repertoire suits any occasion (a few examples are listed below.) This duo is noted for its ability to adapt to any situation or to prepare any prior requests. Due to the fact that everything is played by memory, they are able to establish direct audience contact, thus enabling them to establish an appropriate mood.

This duo is also perfect for functions requiring roaming musicians, as they have no special requirements as they have all their music memorized, and the guitar has two small amplifiers on his belt.

They have an extremely wide repertoire, which includes:

Classical:
L. Boccherini Minuet
Giuliani Six Leichte Stucke
Mozart Andante from Sonata no. 16 KV 545
Kreisler Liebeslied
Liebesfreud
Schon Rosmarin
Dvorak Humoresque
Bach Air on G
Bach/Gounod Ave Maria
Gluck/Kreisler Melodie
Mozart Rondo Alla Turka
Martini-Kreisler Andantino
Monti Czardas
Brahms Hungarian Dance #5

Eastern European:
Folk Melodies Kalinka
Ochie Chornie Volga Waltz

Tangos:
Albeniz La Cumparsita
La Paloma

South American:
Folksongs Gypsie Kings/Inspiration
Girl from Ipanema How Insensitive

Irish Selections:
Various Folk Melodies - Jigs, Reels, and Hornpipes
Track from the Riverdance/Lord of the Dance

Movies
Doctor Zhivago The Deer Hunter
Fiddler on the Roof The Godfather

Standards
Ain¹t She Sweet? Fascination
Hello Dolly Fly Me To the moon
My Way Lady in Red
House of the Rising Sun La Vie En Rose
The Shadow of Your Smile Autumn Leaves
Misty A Whiter Shade of Pale
Ain¹t Misbehavin¹ Lullaby of Birdland
Black Orpheus

Miscellaneous
Lloyd-Weber - Cats/Memory/Phantom of the Opera
Classical Gas alla Vanessa Mae
Neapolitan Songs alla Pavarotti
French Waltzes Valse Avec Swing
La Mer Dream a Little Dream
Selections from Les Miserables
Besame Mucho

Pop
Abba Selection
Beatles/Paul McCartney Selection
Simon and Garfunkel
Sting
Have I Told You Lately

Gershwin Medley:
Summertime / I Got Rhythm/It ain't necessarily so