ANDREW DOWNES
Performances outside UK.
These are the
performances which I know about, but each year, others come to light.
(those performances which I attended are in
red, and marked ‘attended’ at the end of relevant entry)
August 1976
St Cere Festival,
'Overture for St
Cere' (world premiere)
(attended)
Easter Sunday
1981
English
Cathedral, Amsterdam, Holland'O Vos Omnes' (world premiere)
Cantamus Girls Choir
Conductor
Pamela Cook
1981
Kaiser Willhelm Gedachtniskirche,
'Cain and Abel'
(world premiere)
Midland Boy
Singers
(Commissioned for
their 20th anniversary celebrations)
(attended)
July 1982
Burg Güssing,
Burgenland, Austria
Vienna Youth Festival
Toccata for Small Orchestra
Academy of St Philip’s Orchestra
(part of the winning performance)
January 1989
'Sonata for Two
Pianos'
Bracha
Eden and Alexander Tamir (pianos)
Concert in aid of Refusniks from the Soviet Union
(attended)
November 1993
'A St Luke
Passion' (
Crane Concert
Choir and Orchestra
Conducted by
composer
(attended)
February 1994
'Sonata for
Violin and Piano'
John Mayer
(violin)
Gillian Mayer
(piano)
(attended)
August 1994
'Songs from
Stephanie
Blythe (mezzo-soprano -
March 1995
'Songs from
Carin Logue (mezzo-soprano)
Joe McCanna (piano)
'Sonata for 4
Horns' (
Ellen Campbell,
Doug Campbell, Stanislav Suchanek,
James Lowe (Horns)
(attended)
'Sonata for 8
Horns' (world premiere)
Horn Octet of the
(attended)
October 1995
'Sonata for 4
Horns'
Doug Campbell
Quartet
(attended)
1996
‘Mela Kamavardhani’
Marriot
'Sonata for 8
Flutes or Flute Choir' (world premiere)
(attended)
1997
Ecole Franco-Italienne, Paris
'Sonatina for Piano' included as recommended work in
International
competition, and played by students from all over the world.
International
Horn Class '97
Nove Straseci,
'Sonata for 8
Horns'
Horns of the
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
January 1998
Suk Hall, Rudolfinum,
'Sonata for 8
Horns'
Horns of the
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
(attended)
Josefina
Fraternity Hall,
'Sonata for 4
Horns' (Austrian premiere)
Wiener Waldhornverein
(attended)
March 1998
Salle Cortot,
'Concerto for Two
Pianos and String Orchestra (French premiere)
Duo Scaramouche (Filippo Antonelli, Malvina Renault)
Avison
Chamber Orchestra
Conductor Steven
Lloyd-Gonzales
(attended)
August 1998
'Sonata for 8
Horns'
Horns of the
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
(attended)
August 1999
Candili Singing Course (
Paula Downes (soprano)
American
Cathedral,
'Sonata for Flute
and Piano' (world premiere)
Carol Kniebusch Noe (flute)
Vicki Berneking (piano)
(attended)
March 2000
Wilson
Auditorium,
'Sonata for Flute
and Piano'
Carol Kniebusch Noe (flute)
Vicki Berneking (piano)
(attended)
Wilson
Auditorium,
'Song of the
Eagle' (world premiere)
conducted by Carol Kniebusch
Noe
(attended)
April 2000
'Fantasia for
Alto and Bass Flute Solos with 5 Part Concert Flute Accompaniment'
conductor Danielle Boudrot
(attended)
April 2000
'Sonata for
Piccolo and Piano' (
Michael Jordan
(piccolo)
Thomas Stumpf (piano)
(attended)
April 2000
'Sonata for Flute
and Piano'
Michael Jordan
(flute)
Thomas Stumpf (piano)
(attended)
Wilson
Auditorium,
'Song of the
Eagle'
conducted by Carol Kniebusch
Noe
(attended)
Dvorak Hall, Rudolfinum,
'Sonata for Brass
Sextet' (world premiere)
Brass Ensemble of
the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
(attended)
Theresianische Akademie,
'Sonata for Horn
and Piano' (world premiere)
James Lowe (horn)
Anne Madison
(piano)
(attended)
April 2001
Conservatoire
National de Region d'Aubervilliers, Paris, France
'Songs from
Paula Downes (soprano),
Laure Temin
(piano)
(attended)
May 2001
Baumgarten Studios,
'Suite for 6
Horns' (world premiere and CD recording)
Wiener Waldhornverein
June 2001
Hauskonzert bei Familie
Horvath
'Sonata for
Horn and Piano'
James Lowe
(horn)
Anne Madison
(piano)
'Piano Sonata
no.1' (
Anne Madison
(piano)
December 2001
Suk Hall, Rudolfinum,
'Sonata for 8
Horns'
Horns of the
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
(attended)
Austrian Music
Association
'Piano Sonata
no.1' (Austrian premiere)
Anne Madison
(piano)
(attended)
December 2001
Osterreichische Gesellschaft fur Musik,
Vienna, Austria
'Sonata for Horn
and Piano'
James Lowe (horn)
Anne Madison
(piano)
(attended)
2002
'Symphony no.2'
Orchestra of the
conductor Rida Murtada
(attended)
2002
'Symphony
no.2'
Orchestra of
the
conductor Rida Murtada
Dvorak Hall, Rudolphinum,
'Concerto for
Four Solo Horns and Symphony Orchestra' (world premiere)
Radek Baborak, Zdenek Divoky, Stanislav Suchanek, Ondrej Vrabec (solo horns)
Czech
Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor
Vladimir Valek
(attended)
Dvorak Hall, Rudolphinum,
'Concerto for
Four Solo Horns and Symphony Orchestra'
Radek Baborak, Zdenek Divoky, Stanislav Suchanek, Ondrej Vrabec (solo horns)
Czech
Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor
Vladimir Valek
(attended)
Conservatorio di Musica Nicolo Paganini,
Genoa, Italy
'Sonata for Eight
Pianists Playing Four Pianos' (Italian premiere)
Malcolm Wilson,
Paola Biondi,
Debora Brunialti, Malvina Renault,
Filippo Antonelli, Philip Martin, Gisela Herb, Naoko Shibayama Aarnio (pianos)
(attended)
August 2002
Trinity
Episcopal Cathedral, Omaha, Nebraska, USA'Sonata for
Horn and Piano' (finale)
James Lowe
(horn)
Anne Madison
(piano)
August 2002
Festival Musiques en Mer (Mediterranean
Cruise)
'Old Love's
Domain'
Paula Downes (soprano),
David Trippett (piano)
August 2002
Festival Musiques en Mer (Mediterranean
Cruise)
'Sonatina for Piano'
David Trippett (piano)
August 2002
Festival Musiques en Mer (Mediterranean
Cruise)
'Songs from
'Paula Downes (soprano),
David Trippett (piano)
August 2002
Festival Musiques en Mer (Mediterranean
Cruise)
'Piano Sonata
no.1'
David Trippett (piano)
August 2002
International
Horn Class '02
Nove Straceci,
'Sonata for 8
Horns'
Horns of the
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
'Symphony no.5
Scored for Flute Orchestra' (
NFA Flute Choir
conducted by Carol Kniebusch Noe
(attended)
2003
conductor Darlene Dugan
'Symphony
no.5 Scored for Flute Orchestra'
2003
Rowe Recital
Hall
'Symphony
no.5 Scored for Flute Orchestra'
UNC Charlotte
Flute Choir conducted by Mark Thomas
March 2003
'Concerto for
Four Solo Horns and Symphony Orchestra' (first broadcast performance)
Radek Baborak, Zdenek
Divoky, Stanislav Suchanek, Ondrej Vrabec (solo horns)
Czech
Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor
Vladimir Valek
June 2003
35th
International Horn Symposium
'Sonata for 4
Horns'
David Elliot,
Joanne Filkins,
Mick Sehmann,
Karin Sehmann
November 2003
'Fantasia for
Alto and Bass Flute Solos with 5 Part Concert Flute Accompaniment'
'Dream-Land' (
Deborah Saverance (soprano-
Vance Brand Civic
Auditorium,
'Mountain Song'
(World premiere)
(attended)
April 2004
Xochipilli Concert Hall, Escuela National de Musica,
Mexico City, Mexico
'Symphony
no.5 Scored for Flute Orchestra' (Mexican premiere)
National
Flute Orchestra of
June 2004
Haus
der Komponisten,
'Piano Sonata
no.1' (Austrian premiere)
Anne Madison
(piano)
(attended)
June 2004
Haus
der Komponisten,
James Lowe (horn)
Anne Madison
(piano)
(attended)
November 2004
'Mountain
Song'
conducted by Sharyn Byer
March 2005
'Celtic Rhapsody'
(German premiere)
Paula Downes (soprano)
conductor Anthony Bradbury
(attended)
March 2005
'Celtic Rhapsody'
Paula Downes (soprano)
conductor Anthony Bradbury
(attended)
March 2005
'Celtic Rhapsody'
Paula Downes (soprano)
conductor Anthony Bradbury
(attended)
'Music for
Eight Cellos and Five Timpani' (French premiere)
L'Octuor de Violoncelles, Percussions de Strasbourg
(13th Rencontres d'Ensembles de Violoncelles)
August 2005
Bertramka Mozarteum,
'Sonata for 8
Horns'
Horns of the
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
(attended)
August 2005
International
Horn Class '05
Nove Straceci,
'Sonata for 8
Horns'
Horns of the
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
(attended)
October 2005
'Dream-Land'
Paula Downes (soprano)
Anna Downes (violin)
David Trippett (piano)
(attended)
Dvorak Hall, Rudolfinum,
'5 Dramatic
Pieces for Eight Wagner Tubas' (world premiere)
Hornists of the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
(attended)
Friends
Meeting House,
'Ballads for
Christmas' (
Millennium
Scholars
August 2006
'Mountain Song'
conducted by Sharyn Byer
(attended)
August 2006
Kings Chapel,
'The Souls of the
Righteous''
Millennium
Scholars
(attended)
August 2006
Kings Chapel,
'In Peace I Will
Lie Down and Sleep'
Millennium
Scholars
(attended)
August 2006
Kings Chapel,
'The Lord is my
Shepherd'
Millennium
Scholars
(attended)
August 2006
Kings Chapel,
'The Lord's
Prayer'
Millennium
Scholars
(attended)
Kings Chapel,
'Motet and Mass O
Magnum Mysterium' (
Millennium
Scholars
(attended)
November 2006
Church of the
Advent,
'O Love the Lord
All Ye His Saints'
Choir of Church
of the Advent
conductor Edith Ho
(attended)
October 2006
Kings Chapel,
'Lost Love'
Paula Downes (soprano), Arielle Hansen (flute),
Elizabeth
Main (cello), David Trippett (harpsichord)
Autumn 2006
'String
Quartet no.1' (excerpts)
Volante Strings led by Angela Ritchey
December 2006
Vance Brand
Civic Auditorium,
'Mountain
Song'
2007
'The Lord Is
my Shepherd'
Harvard
University Choir, conducted by Edward Jones
Broadcast
WHRB Radio
2007
'Symphony
no.5 Scored for Flute Orchestra'
Northwestern University Flute Choir
University Hall,
'Songs of Love'
(world premiere)
Paula Downes (soprano), David Trippett
(piano)
(attended)
February 2007
American
Cathedral,
'Symphony no.2'
Conductor Anthony
Bradbury
(attended)
February 2007
'Symphony no.2'
Conductor Anthony
Bradbury
(attended)
February 2007
Eglise de La Madelaine, Paris,
'String Quartet
no.1' (excerps)
(attended)
February 2007
Eglise de La Madelaine, Paris,
'Sonata for 4 Horns'
(excerps)
(attended)
'Postlude for
Organ' (
August 2007
'Symphony
no.5 Scored for Flute Orchestra'
November 2007
'Songs from
Paula Downes (soprano)
David Trippett (piano)
November 2007
Taylor House,
Jamaica Plain,
'Songs from
Paula Downes (soprano)
David Trippett (piano)
November 2007
'The Souls of
the Righteous'
Harvard
Choral Fellows conductor Edward Jones
Suk Hall, Rudolphinum,
'Sonata for
Violin, Horn and Piano' (world premiere)
Brahms Trio
(attended)
Chapel,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT),
'Sacred Mass for
Solo Voice' (world premiere)
Paula Downes (soprano)
(attended)
Chapel,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT),
'Sacred Mass for
Solo Violin' (
Anna Downes (violin)
(attended)
April 2008
Church of St
John the Evangelist,
'Songs from
Paula Downes (soprano)
David Trippett (piano)
'Introduction
and Allegro for Solo Organ' (world premiere)
July 2008
Christ
Episcopal Church,
'Introduction
and Allegro for Solo Organ'
August 2008
Christ United
Church,
'Introduction
and Allegro for Solo Organ'
August 2008
'Introduction
and Allegro for Solo Organ'
September 2008
Church of St
John the Evangelist,
'Old Love's
Domain'
Paula Downes (soprano), David Trippett
(piano)
September 2008
Villa Bertramka Mozarteum,
'Sonata for Horn
and Piano'
Ondrej
Vrabec (horn)
Daniel Wiesner (piano)
(attended)
September 2008
Villa Bertramka Mozarteum,
'Sonata for
Violin, Horn and Piano'
Brahms Trio
(attended)
September 2008
Engelbert Schmidt Concert Hall
'Sonata for 8
Horns'
Horns of the
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
October 2008
Eastern
'Songs from
Paula Downes (soprano)
David Trippett (piano)
2009
'The Lord Is
my Shepherd'
conductor Maria VanKalken
2009
'The Lord Is
my Shepherd'
Harvard
University Choir, conducted by Edward Jones
Broadcast
WHRB Radio
January 2009
'Idyll: In
the Gardens of Burdwan' (
Marc Fink
(oboe)
Todd Welbourne (piano)
February 2009
Martinu Hall,
'Sonata for
Violin, Horn and Piano'
Brahms Trio
March 2009
Town Theatre,
'Sonata for
Violin, Horn and Piano'
Brahms Trio
March 2009
'Suite for 6
Horns' (Czech premiere)
Horns of the
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
March 2009
'Finished Fields'
(
Paula Downes (soprano), David Trippett
(piano)
(attended)
April 2009
WPR
'Idyll: In
the Gardens of Burdwan' (broadcast premiere))
Marc Fink
(oboe)
Todd Welbourne (piano)
'Sonata for
Contrabass Flute and Piano' (world premiere)
Peter
Sheridan (contrabass flute)
Claire Cooper
(piano)
Melba Hall,
'Sonata for
Violin, Horn and Piano' (Australian premiere)
Bridget
Graham (violin), Andrew Young (horn), Lauren Simpkins (piano)
August 2009
'Song of the
Eagle'
October 2009
'Mountain
Song'
Conservatoire Nationale a Rayonnement Regional
'Sonata for 8
Flutes or Flute Choir' (French premiere)
Ensembles de
Flutes de l'University d'Agder (
Bloch
Performance Hall
'Sonata for 8
Flutes or Flute Choir'
WVU Flute
Choir
conductor Rebekah Doppelhauer
Episcopal
School,
'Sonata for 8
Flutes or Flute Choir'
conductor Dr Elizabeth Goode
2011
'Symphony
no.5 Scored for Flute Orchestra'
Northwestern University Flute Choir
June 2011
Spandau Freilchtbuhne an der Zitadelle, Berlin, Germany
'Andante with
Jazz'
conductor Anna Downes
June 2011
Heilig Kreuz Kirche,
'Andante with
Jazz'
conductor Anna Downes
June 2011
Kaiser
'Andante with
Jazz'
conductor Anna Downes
June 2011
Frederick
Wood Theatre,
'Songs from
Theatrical
production directed by Rena Sharon
Philharmonic
Hall,
'Sonata for
Violin, Horn and Piano' (
Brahms Trio
October 2011
Conservatorium
of
'Sonata for
Horn and Piano' (Australian premiere)
Robert Stonestreet (horn)
Amander Hodder (piano)
'Symphony no.5
scored for Flute Orchestra'
Conductor
Darlene Dugan
Sunday June 3rd
2012, 8.30pm
Sunday June 10th
2012, 2pm
Sunday August 12th
2012, 12.30 pm
Sunday September
2nd 2012, 7.30 pm
Sunday October
28th 2012, 4pm
Brozany nad, Ohri -
fortress
JAMU, Brno, Czech
Republic
Andrew Downes:
Suite for 6 Horns
Za rohem Horns Ensemble
Ondrej Vrabec – Director
Sunday December 2nd 2012, 7.30pm
Gloria Dei
Lutheran Church
5872 Naples Plaza
Long Beach,
California, USA
Andrew Downes:
Sonata for 8 Flutes
Pacific Flute
Ensemble, conductor Darrin Thaves
KNOWN
PERFORMANCES/UNKNOWN YEAR
'Piano'
Cantamus Girls' Choir, conductor Pamela Cook
'Idyll: In the
Gardens of Burdwan' (Dutch premiere)
Hazel Wright
(oboe)
David Brock
(piano)
(attended)
'Five
Movements for Piano Quartet'
Contrasts
'Five
Movements for Piano Quartet'
Contrasts
'Sacred Mass
for Solo Violin'
James Coles
(violin)
Performances
(including world premiere) in monasteries in
'Sonata for Two
Pianos'
Duo Scaramouche (Filippo Antonelli, Malvina Renault)
Performances throughout
Paris (attended);
French Radio (live broadcast (attended; Italian Television,
including full length interview with me (attended)
'Sonata for 8
Flutes or Flute Choir'
Since world
premiere in
including
West Virginia,
Florida, Georgia, California, Houston, Portland,
Performances also
in
'Earth
Dances' for Saxophone Quartet
Performed
during the group Saxtet's world
tours, in such cities as
'Sonata for 8
Horns'
Interlochen Centre for the Arts,
'Sonata for 8
Horns'
International
Horn Society Convention,Eugene, Oregon, USA
(attended)
'Toccata for
Small Orchestra'