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ANDREW DOWNES PUBLISHED
WORKS
ARRANGEMENTS OF ANDREW DOWNES'
MUSIC by Cynthia Downes
SHEPHERD'S DANCE
Arrangement for instrumental ensemble (2fl;ob;4vlns;vla;vc;db)
of Shepherd's Carol from BALLADS FOR CHRISTMAS
(See page 9)
First performed by pupils at Hagley Middle School as entry
for the National Festival of Music for Youth 1992.
FIVE MOVEMENTS FOR PIANO QUARTET
Arranged from FIVE MOVEMENTS FOR
PIANO AND STRING ORCHESTRA (See page 13)
First performed by 'Contrasts' at the Friends' Meeting House
Hertford in October 1997. Subsequent performances at Birmingham
Conservatoire and in Holland and Luxembourg.
'This proved to be constantly interesting music and
delightfully approachable. It has many beauties - melodies and
fascinating rhythms - and makes the most of each of the
instruments. The performance was vigorous, sensitive and
confident, and in response to the audience's enthusiastic
appreciation, the last movement was repeated as an encore at the
end of the recital. It confirmed the first impression that
further hearings would reveal even greater beauties in the music.'
HERTFORDSHIRE MERCURY
PASTORALE, ELEGY AND FOLKDANCE for
Strings
Arranged from movements from SUITE
FOR BRASS QUINTET (See page 18)
First performed by young musicians in Hagley (Worcestershire) in
April 1998 and September 1999.
SUITE N0.2 FOR ORCHESTRA 20' Arranged from SUITE No.2 FOR BRASS QUINTET (See page 18) Four movements: Blazon; Queen Elizabeth's Fantasy; Scherzo; Finale
This full orchestral arrangement of the whole work was first performed at the
Hagley Music Festival by the Hagley Community Orchestra on May 11th 2011.
QUEEN ELIZABETH'S FANTASY for
String Quintet (2vlns; 2vc; db)
Arrangement of Movement 2 from SUITE
No.2 FOR BRASS QUINTET (See page 18)
First performed at the Clent Millennium Festival (Worcestershire) in April 2000;
and subsequently at the May Day 2000 concert at St John's Church, Hagley
(Worcestershire); and at the St Saviour's Church, Hagley, Centenary Concert on
29th November 2008.
TOCCATA FOR DOUBLE STRING
ORCHESTRA
Arranged from TOCCATA
FOR SMALL ORCHESTRA (See page 19)
CHRISTMAS
CANTATA Opus 4 (1974) 15'
Cantata in 7 short movements for young voices (SATB) and
school orchestra (See page 10)
Arrangements, by Cynthia Downes, of individual movements have been performed on
numerous occasions by musicians in Worcestershire.