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ANDREW DOWNES PUBLISHED WORKS

INSTRUMENTAL ENSEMBLE brass ensembles; brass with organ


SUITE FOR BRASS QUINTET Opus 28 (1983) 15'
2 trumpets, horn, trombone, tuba

5 movements: Pastorale, Fanfare, Elegy, Folk Dance, Epilogue.
Dedicated to the memory of Bernard Brown.
Commissioned by the Cambrian Brass Ensemble. First performed at the Bernard Brown Memorial Concert in Birmingham Cathedral. Subsequent performances at the Royal Festival Hall and at the Barbican Centre.
Arrangement for strings first performed by young musicians in Hagley, Worcestershire, in April 1998 and again in September 1999. The 'Elegy' has been recorded as a keyboard piece with flutes for CD by Ellie Brockman with the group "Essence".

'...individual style...immediately characterful'
BIRMINGHAM POST.


BRASS QUINTET N0.2 OPUS 57 (1995) 20'
2 trumpets, horn, trombone, tuba. 4 movements.
Commissioned by 'Brass Pages' for first performance at the Barber Institute of Fine Arts at Birmingham University on l2th October 1995. The group performed the first movement as soon as it had been written on Canadian TV in the Summer of 1994.

Arrangement for strings of the 2nd movement, entitled 'Queen Elizabeth's Fantasy' first performed at the Clent Millennium Festival (Worcestershire) in April 2000 and at May Day 2000 concert at St John's Church, Hagley (Worcestershire).


SONATA FOR BRASS SEXTET Opus 73 (1999) 20'  View Score
2 trumpets, horn, trombone, bass trombone, tuba. 5 movements
Specially composed for Stanislav Suchanek and the Czech Philharmonic Brass Sextet, as a token of the composer's gratitude for the wonderful interpretation of his Sonata for Eight Horns by the Czech Philharmonic Horns.
First performed in the Dvorak Hall, Prague, on 21st February 2001 by Miroslav Kejmar and Marek Zvolanek, trumpets, Stanislav Suchanek, horn, Jiri Novotny, trombone, Karel Kucera, bass trombone and Karel Malimanek, tuba.

Extract from the concert programme: '....The composer was so pleased with their performance that he dedicated a new work for our artists - the Sextet for Brass instruments, the premiere of which we shall hear today. The music has contrasting parts and demands top qualities from all six players. The audience will appreciate its unusual sound and compositional brilliance. We can now look forward to a similar event in the next season of the Czech Philharmonic Concert Calendar - again a world premiere - Andrew Downes' Concerto for 4 Horns and Symphony Orchestra.' (See page 13)


SONATA FOR 13 BRASS INSTRUMENTS Opus 16 (1978) 18'
6 trumpets, 4 horns, 2 trombones, tuba. 3 movemnts
Commissioned by the Brass Ensemble of the Birmingham School of Music. First performed in Hereford Cathedral. Subsequent performances in Wells, Ludlow Town Hall, the Bromsgrove Festival and the Adrian Boult Hall, Birmingham.


FANFARE FOR A CEREMONY Opus 13 (1977) 3'  View Score
5 trumpets, 4 horns, 2 trombones, tuba
(version for brass band also available)
Commissioned for performance at the Degree Ceremonies of the Open University. Regularly performed at the Wembley Conference Centre, Symphony Hall, Birmingham, the Assembly Rooms, Derby, Wolverhampton Civic Hall, Cambridge Sports Hall and the National Exhibition Centre. Performances have been televised. Used in 1998 for Independent Local Radio commercials.


FESTIVAL FANFARE for SAVE THE CHILDREN Opus 34 (1985) 1'  View Score
4 trumpets, 1 horn, 4 trombones, tuba
Written to open Birmingham Children's Song Festival, in aid of Save the Children in May 1986 and subsequent festivals. Premiered by Gemini Brass.


FANFARE FOR MADAM SPEAKER Opus 57 (1995) 4'  View Score
6 trumpets, 2 horns, 3 trombones, tuba
Piano version also available.
Composed for the Installation of the Rt Hon Betty Boothroyd MP, Speaker of the House of Commons, as Chancellor of the Open University. The ceremony took place on l8th March 1995 in Symphony Hall, Birmingham. Betty Boothroyd was delighted with the work and asked for the piano version so that she could play it on her piano in the House of Commons (See INSTRUMENTAL SOLO Piano page 11).

 

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