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ANDREW DOWNES

English Composer

 

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FILM/YOUTUBE

 

 

FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD

 

Andrew Downes' opera based on the novel by Thomas Hardy

Video clips from commercial DVD of the opera:

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FILMS BY PAULA DOWNES

 

Following an intensive film-making course at the New York Film Academy, Paula Downes embarked

on a long-term project of combining film images with songs by Andrew Downes. More info at:

 

Paula Downes Films

 

 

 

LINKS TO ANDREW DOWNES’ WORKS ON

YOU TUBE:

 

Concerto for Guitar, Electric Bass Guitar and Strings

Simon Dinnigan (guitar), Fred T Baker (Electric Bass Guitar), Strings of the City of Birmingham, conducted by the composer

Movement 1

Movement 2

Movement 3

 

Piano Concerto

Duncan Honeybourne (piano), Central England Ensemble (leader Anna Downes), conductor Anthony Bradbury

World premiere performance, Birmingham Town Hall, 2009

Movement 1

Movement 2

Movement 3

 

Sonata for Violin, Horn and Piano

Brahms Trio Prague (Monika Vrabcova, violin; Ondrej Vrabec, horn; Daniel Wiesner, piano)

Movement 1

Movement 2

Movement 3

 

Sonata for 8 Horns

Horns of the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

Movement 1

Movement 2

Movement 3

Movement 4

Movement 5

 

Prelude: The Forest at Dawn

Duncan Honeybourne (piano)

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7 Preludes for Solo Piano

Duncan Honeybourne (piano)

Solitude

Leaves in Autumn

Winter Lanes

Spring Lambs

Summer Calypso

Daybreak in the Fields

Storm Force

 

Piano Sonata no.1

Duncan Honeybourne (piano)

Movement 1

Movement 2

Movement 3

 

Piano Sonata no.2

Duncan Honeybourne (piano)

Movement 1

Movement 2

Movement 3

 

Centenary Firedances

Birmingham Conservatoire Symphony Orchestra

AC Ride

Sea of Flowers

Irish Dance

Gentle Rain

Fire Ride

 

Symphony no.2

Birmingham Conservatoire Chamber Orchestra

Movement 1

Movement 2

Movement 3

 

Dream-Land

Paula Downes (soprano), Anna Downes (violin), David Trippett (piano)

Part 1

Part 2

 

Song of the Eagle

Tone poem for Flute Choir

James Madison University Flute Choir (Virginia USA), conductor Carol Kniebusch Noe

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SACRED WORKS

Royal Holloway Chapel Choir, Brian Moles (organ), Lionel Pike (conductor)

With organ:

Magnificat

Nunc Dimittis

O Sing Unto the Lord a New Song

I Will Lift Up Mine Eyes Unto the Hills

I Was Glad

Unaccompanied:

The Lord is My Shepherd

O Love the Lord All Ye His Saints

The Souls of the Righteous

In Peace I Will Lie Down and Sleep

 

The Marshes of Glynn

Cantata for Tenor solo, Chorus and Orchestra.  Poem by Sidney Lanier.

John Mitchinson (Tenor), Birmingham Conservatoire Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Damian Cranmer

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3