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ANDREW DOWNES PUBLISHED
WORKS
CANTATAS
Soloists with piano accompaniment:-
THE DEATH OF GOLIATH Opus 17 (1978) 20'
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Dramatic Cantata for soprano, high counter-tenor/mezzo-soprano
and baritone soloists with piano.
Libretto by Cynthia and Andrew Downes.
Wife of Goliath soprano
David high counter-tenor/mezzo-soprano
Goliath baritone
Commissioned for the 200th anniversary of St.Paul's Church,
Hockley, Birmingham, in 1979.
First performance by Catherine James as wife of Goliath, Michael
Dowding as Goliath, Andrew Downes as David, and Malcolm Wilson,
piano, at Birmingham Conservatoire; second performance by the
same artists broadcast from St. Paul's Church, Hockley on BBC
Radio.
This work has since been performed by student groups from
Birmingham Conservatoire.
'This is a work of consequence, strongly dramatic in content and
constructed with an admirable economy which in no way detracts
from its emotional impact.'
THE BIRMINGHAM POST
Soloists with choir and piano
accompaniment:-
CAIN AND ABEL Opus 21 (1981) 20'
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Dramatic Cantata in the style of a Greek tragedy, for alto and
bass soloists, SATB chorus and piano.
Libretto by Cynthia and Andrew Downes.
Conscience of Adam treble soloist & SATB chorus
Cain alto
Adam bass/baritone
Commissioned to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the foundation
of the Midland Boy Singers in 1981.
First performed in the Kaiser Willhelm Gedachtniskirche, Berlin,
on the choir's tour of Germany and subsequently by the Midland
Boy Singers in their home-town, Walsall, and by students at
Birmingham Conservatoire.
'Like all Downes' music, it was admirably conceived for the
medium.'
THE MUSICAL TIMES
A CHILD IS SINGING Opus 24 (1981) 20'
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Dramatic Cantata about the horrors of nuclear war, for baritone
soloist, SATB chorus and piano.
Title and poem 'A Child is Singing' by Adrian Mitchell.
Additional words by an anonymous survivor of Hiroshima, and
Cynthia and Andrew Downes.
General Giah baritone
Soldiers and Civilians SATB chorus
Commissioned by the Clarion Singers for their performances for
CND and Amnesty International. First performed by them on March
20th 1982 in Carrs Lane Church, Birmingham.
Soloists
with choir and orchestra:- See page 5
Soloists
with choir and string orchestra:- See page 6
Soloists
with choir and brass band:- See page 6