ANDREW DOWNES

Performances during 2008 and 2009

 

Tuesday 5th February 2008, 7.30pm

Suk Hall, Rudolfinum, Prague, Czech Republic

Andrew Downes: Sonata for Violin, Horn and Piano opus 93  (world premiere)

Performed by the Brahms Trio Prague

Monika Vrabcova violin

Ondrej Vrabec horn

Daniel Wiesner piano

 

Saturday 16th February 2008, 7.30pm

Christ Church, Leatherhead, Surrey

Andrew Downes: The Forest at Dawn

Anthony Cairns organ

 

Thursday 6th March 2008, 12.05pm

MIT Chapel, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

Andrew Downes: Mass for Unaccompanied Solo Voice (world premiere)

Paula Downes soprano

 

Thursday 6th March 2008, 12.05pm

MIT Chapel, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

Andrew Downes: Sacred Mass for Unaccompanied Solo Violin (USA premiere)

Anna Downes - violin

 

Sunday 16th March 2008, 11am
Harvard Memorial Church
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Andrew Downes:  I Was Glad
Harvard University Choir (cond. Edward E Jones)
This performance will be broadcast live, and can be
accessed in the UK via internet at www.whrb.org at 4pm (UK time)
 

Saturday April 5th   7pm
Ames High School, Ames, Iowa, USA
Andrew Downes: Sonata for 8 Flutes or Flute Choir (1st movement)
Ames Youth Flute Choir Conductor Mary Peterson

 

Sunday April 6th    7.30pm

Seattle Town Hall, Seattle, Washington, USA
Andrew Downes: Sonata for 8 Flutes or Flute Choir (1st movement and 3rd movement)
Seattle Flute Society Flute Choir conducted by Kate Kralik
 

Saturday April 26th    7.30pm

St Cecilia Music Center, Royce Auditorium, Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
Andrew Downes: Sonata for 8 Flutes or Flute Choir (2nd, 4th and 5th movements)
West Michigan Flute Association Flute Choir conducted by Darlene Dugan

Sunday April 27th   7pm

Ames High School, Ames, Iowa, USA
Andrew Downes: Sonata for 8 Flutes or Flute Choir (1st movement)
Ames Youth Flute Choir Conductor Mary Peterson

 

Wednesday 30th April 2008  5.30pm 

Church of St John the Evangelist, Bowdain Street,

Boston, MA, USA.

Andrew Downes: Songs from Spoon River

Paula Downes - soprano

David Trippett – piano

 

Wednesday May 14th  7.30pm

Our Lady of the Magnificat Church, Kinnelon,

New Jersey, USA.

Andrew Downes: Sonata for 8 Flutes

Uptown Flutes

Directed by Virginia Schulz-Johnson

 

Tuesday 20th May 2008, 7.30pm

CBSO Centre, Berkley Street, Birmingham

Andrew Downes: Sonata for 2 Pianos

Julian Hellaby, Peter Noke pianos

 

Tuesday 20th May 2008, 8pm

Marlborough College Concert Hall, Marlborough

Andrew Downes: Sonata for Double Bass and Piano (second movement)

David Daly - Double Bass

Duncan Honeybourne - Piano

 

Wednesday July 2nd 2008
St Mary's Church, Oldswinford, Stourbridge, West Midlands
7.30pm
Andrew Downes: 5 Movements for Piano and String Orchestra (excerpts)
Kevin Robson (piano)
Oldswinford Hospital Chamber Orchestra
Conductor Anna Downes
 
Friday July 4th 2008
St Johns Church, Hagley, Worcestershire
7.30pm
Andrew Downes: 5 Movements for Piano and String Orchestra (excerpts)
Kevin Robson (piano)
Oldswinford Hospital Chamber Orchestra
Conductor Anna Downes
 

Friday July 11th 2008    8pm

St Mary's Church, Lydney, Gloucestershire
Andrew Downes: In Memoriam Herbert Howells (world premiere performance)
Duncan Honeybourne (piano)
New work composed to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the death of Howells, Andrew Downes' teacher
(part of the 2008 Lydney Festival)
 

Sunday July 20th 2008   2.30pm

All Saints Church, Newland, Glos.

Andrew Downes: In Memoriam Herbert Howells

Duncan Honeybourne (piano)

 

Saturday 20th September 2008, 5pm

Villa Bertramka, Prague, Czech Republic

Andrew Downes: Sonata for Horn & Piano (Czech premiere)

Ondrej Vrabec - french horn

Daniel Wiesner - piano

 

Saturday 20th September 2008, 5pm

Villa Bertramka, Prague, Czech Republic

Andrew Downes: Sonata for Violin, Horn & Piano

Brahms Trio Prague ( Monika Vrabcova - violin,

Ondrej Vrabec - horn, Daniel Wiesner - piano)

 

Wednesday 24th September 2008  5.30pm 

Church of St John the Evangelist, Bowdain Street,

Boston, MA, USA.

Andrew Downes: Old Loves' Domain

Paula Downes - soprano

David Trippett – piano

 

Tuesday 28th October 2008  7.30pm 

Eastern Nazarene College, Quincy, Massachusetts, USA

Andrew Downes: Songs from Spoon River 

Paula Downes - soprano

David Trippett - piano

(Recital for the Musica Eclectica Concert Series)  

 

Wednesday November 12th 2008  1pm
St Mary's Church, Weymouth, Dorset
(Weymouth Lunchtime Chamber Concerts Series)
Andrew Downes: Finished Fields (cycle of songs to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the death of Wilfred Owen)

(world premiere)

Jonathan Pugsley: bass-baritone

Duncan Honeybourne: piano
 

Friday November 14th 2008  7.30pm

Holy Trinity Church, Eccleshall, Staffs
Andrew Downes: Finished Fields (cycle of songs to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the death of Wilfred Owen)

Jonathan Pugsley: bass-baritone

Duncan Honeybourne: piano

 

Sunday March 1st 2009, 7.30pm

Birmingham Town Hall, England.

Andrew Downes: Concerto for Piano and Symphony Orchestra (world premiere)

Duncan Honeybourne piano

Central England Ensemble

Anna Downes leader

Anthony Bradbury conductor

 

Friday May 1st 2009, 7.30pm

St John's Church, Hagley, Worcestershire

Andrew Downes: Concert Overture Towards a New Age

Hagley Community Orchestra conducted by Cynthia Downes