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ANDREW DOWNES
English Composer
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Saturday 7th January 2006, 7.30pm
Andrew Downes - Ballads for Christmas
Birmingham Buddhist Centre
Halesowen Girls Choir
Margaret Pickford director
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Sunday 8th January 2006, 7.30pm
Andrew Downes - Ballads for Christmas
Halesowen Parish Church
Halesowen Girls Choir, directed by Margaret Pickford
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Tuesday 24th January 2006, 7.00pm
Andrew Downes - Sonata for Oboe and Piano In the Gardens
of Burdwan
The Chapel, University of Chichester (Bishop Otter Campus)
Chichester, West Sussex
George Caird oboe
Duncan Honeybourne piano
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Wednesday 25th January 2006, 1pm
Andrew Downes: Sonata for Oboe and Piano; "In the Gardens
of Burdwan"
St Mary's Church, Weymouth, Dorset
(Weymouth Lunchtime Chamber Concerts--50th concert)
George Caird oboe
Duncan Honeybourne piano
Thursday 2nd March 2006, 6.30pm
Andrew Downes: 7 Preludes for Piano (World Premiere)
The Chapel, University of Chichester (Bishop Otter Campus)
Chichester, West Sussex
Duncan Honeybourne piano
Thursday 6th April, 6.30pm
Linnaean Community School
Cambridge, Massachussets, USA
Andrew Downes - Songs of the Skies (excerpts)
Directed by Paula Downes
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Friday 21st April 2006, 8.00pm
Andrew Downes: O Vos Omnes
Lower Common Room, Adams House, Harvard University
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Millennium Scholars
Paula Downes director
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Sunday 30th April 2006, 7.30pm (NB. BOOKING IS ESSENTIAL)
Andrew Downes: 7 Preludes for Piano opus 89
Dorset Rural Music School
Blandford Forum, Dorset
Duncan Honeybourne piano
Wednesday 3rd May, 7pm
Andrew Downes - Sonata for Cello and Piano (movement 3)
Oldswinford Hospital School, Stourbridge, West Midlands
Janet Lindsay cello
Matt Davies piano
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Thursday 4th May, 7.30pm
Andrew Downes - The Cottager and her Infant (from Songs
of Autumn)
Haybridge High School, Hagley, Worcestershire
Haybridge High School Strings Ensemble
Cynthia Downes conductor
Sunday 4th June 2006, 7pm
Andrew Downes: Sonata for Two Pianos
Singers Hill Synagogue, Birmingham
Margaret Newman and Duncan Honeybourne pianos
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Saturday 10th June, 7.30pm
St Francis Church, Bournville, Birmingham
Andrew Downes - 7 Preludes for Piano
Duncan Honeybourne piano
Monday 24th July 2006, 12.30pm
Andrew Downes - Old Loves' Domain
Dorchester Museum, Dorchester, Dorset
Julian Pike tenor
Duncan Honeybourne piano
(part of the 2006 Thomas Hardy Festival)
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Wednesday 26th July 2006
Thursday 27th July 2006
Friday 28th July 2006
WORLD PREMIERE
Andrew Downes - Far from the Madding Crowd
An opera in five acts, based on the novel by Thomas Hardy.
St Mary's Church, Dorchester, England.
Part of the 2006 Thomas Hardy Festival
Libretto by Cynthia Downes
Thursday 10th August, 7.00pm
Andrew Downes - Mountain Song
(Tone Poem for Flute Choir, Harp and String Bass)
USA National Flute Association Convention
Westin Convention Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Columbia Flute Choir
Sharyn Byer director
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Tuesday 22nd August 2006, 12.15pm
Lunchtime concert of Sacred Vocal Music by Andrew Downes
with the Millennium Scholars at the King's Chapel, Boston, MA,
USA
Concert to include:
O Vos Omnes
The Lord is my Shepherd
The Lord's Prayer
Judas Mercator Pessimus (St Luke Passion)
Tenebrae Factae Sunt (St Luke Passion)
Motet and Missa Brevis "O Magnum Misterium"
O Love the Lord
The Souls of the Righteous
In Peace I will Lie Down and Sleep
Sunday 10th September 1.30pm
Crescent Theatre, Birmingham
Andrew Downes String Quartet no 1 (first movement)
Central England Ensemble
Part of Birmingham Artsfest
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Saturday 23rd September, 7.30pm
St Peter's Church, Martley, Worcestershire
Andrew Downes: String Quartet no 1 (movement 2)
Volante Strings led by Angela Ritchie
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Sunday September 24th 10.30am
St John's Church, Hagley, Worcestershire
Andrew Downes - Mid Autumn Moon
Hagley Church Orchestra
Cynthia Downes conductor
Tuesday 10th October, 12.15pm
FIRST U.S.A. PERFORMANCE
Andrew Downes: Lost Love
Kings Chapel, Boston, Mass., USA
Soprano: Paula Downes
Harpsichord: David Trippett
Flute: Arielle Hansen
Cello: Elizabeth Main
Thursday 12th October, 12.20pm
Andrew Downes: Sonata for 8 Flutes
Shea Center for Performing Arts
William Paterson University, Wayne, New Jersey, USA
Uptown Flutes directed by Virginia Schulze-Johnson
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Thursday 26th October 8.30pm
Roman Catholic Cathedral, Corfu Town, Corfu.
Andrew Downes: String Quartet no 1 (movements 2 and 3)
Volante Strings led by Angela Ritchey
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Friday 27th October 8.30pm
Casa Lucia, Sgombou, Corfu.
Andrew Downes: String Quartet no 1 (movements 2 and 3)
Volante Strings led by Angela Ritchey
Wednesday 1st November, 13.00
St Mary's Church, Hinckley, Leicestershire
Andrew Downes: Sonata for Violin and Piano
David Chadwick Violin
Robert Birchall Piano
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Sunday 5th November, 11.15am
Andrew Downes: O Love the Lord all Ye His Saints
Church of the Advent, Brimmer St, Boston, Mass. USA
Choir of the Advent conducted by Edith Ho
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Sunday 19th November 2006, 2.00pm
Andrew Downes: 7 Preludes for Piano
Birmingham Conservatoire
Duncan Honeybourne piano
Andrew Downes: Sonata for Flute Choir
Birmingham Conservatoire Flute Choir
Jonathan Rimmer conductor
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Monday 27th November, 7.30pm
Recital Hall, Birmingham Conservatoire
Andrew Downes: Sonata for Violin and Piano
David Chadwick violin
Robert Markham piano
Saturday 9th December 2006, 11.00am
St. John_s Church, Wolverhampton
Andrew Downes: Sonata for Violin and Piano
David Chadwick violin
Robert Birchall piano
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Sunday 10th December, 2pm
Royal Northern College of Music
Andrew Downes: Preludes for Piano
Duncan Honeybourne piano
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Saturday December 16th 7.30pm
Andrew Downes: Mountain Song
Vance Brand Civic Auditorium, Longmont, Colorado, USA
Silver Winds Inc. Colorado Flute Choir
Conducted by Nancy Spidel
Further details at www.andrewdownes.com