8.

ANDREW DOWNES PUBLISHED WORKS


CHORAL (continued)


Accompanied:-


A CHILD IS SINGING
CAIN AND ABEL
THE TEMPLE OF SOLOMON See under CANTATAS/ORATORIO pages 4, 5 & 6
THE MARSHES OF GLYNN
SONG OF THE PRAIRIES
A SAINT LUKE PASSION
NEW DAWN


SATB choir with organ accompaniment:-


I WILL LIFT UP MINE EYES UNTO THE HILLS Opus 35 (1986) 5'  View Score
To hear a performance of I Will Lift Up Mine Eyes Unto the Hills on YouTube, click   here

Setting of Psalm 121 for SATB choir and organ.
Commissioned by Peter Summers and the Choir of the Collegiate Church of the Holy Trinity, Stratford-upon-Avon for Shakespeare Sunday. First performed on April 20th at Holy Trinity Church. Subsequently performed by the Clent Hills Singers (Worcestershire) conducted by the composer, and by the Joint Chamber Choirs of South Hampstead High School and University College School conducted by Paula Downes at the Hampstead and Highgate Festival in May 2005.
Recorded for CD entitled The Lord is my Shepherd (CPVP014CD) by the Chapel Choir of Royal Holloway, University of London, with Brian Moles, organ, directed by Lionel Pike, on 6th and 7th January 2001 in Arundel Cathedral.   To purchase CD, click   here


O PRAISE THE LORD Opus 51 (1993) 4'  View Score

Setting of Psalm 150 for SATB choir and organ.
Commissioned by the Provost of St Philip's Cathedral, Birmingham, the Very Reverend Peter Berry, with financial assistance from the Bank of Ireland, whose Birmingham Branch is situated in St Philip's House, for performance by the Choir of Birmingham Cathedral, directed by Marcus Huxley, to celebrate the restoration of the Cathedral 1993.  Performed by the Birmingham Festival Choral Society under the direction of Anthony Bradbury in Malvern Priory in a concert entitled "A British Celebration" on 25th June 2005.


O SING UNTO THE LORD A NEW SONG Opus 66 (1997) 5'  View Score
To hear a performance of O Sing Unto the Lord a New Song on YouTube, click   here

Setting of Psalm 96 for SSAATTBB choir and organ.
Specially composed for Lionel Pike and the Chapel Choir of Royal Holloway, University of London, for their millennium celebrations. First performed at the Royal Holloway Thanksgiving Service at the end of the Academic Year on Sunday 11th June 2000, in the Church of the Assumption, Englefield Green.
Recorded for CD entitled The Lord is my Shepherd (CPVP014CD) by Royal Holloway Chapel Choir, with Brian Moles, organ, directed by Lionel Pike, on 6th and 7th January 2001 in Arundel Cathedral.   To purchase CD, click   here


RUNNYMEDE MILLENNIUM CHORAL EVENSONG SERVICE Opus 65 (1997)

Introit: Setting of Psalm 23 (unaccompanied SATB)    View Score                                                                                                                          

To hear a performance of The Lord is my Shepherd on YouTube, click  here
 

Preces & Responses (unaccompanied SSAATTBB)  View Score

To hear a performance of Preces & Responses, click  Preces   Responses
 
 

Psalm 121 (unaccompanied SSAATTBB)  View Score
 

Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis (SSAATTBB and organ)  View Score

To hear a performance of Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis on YouTube, click  Magnificat   Nunc Dimittis
 

Anthem: 'I was glad' Setting of Psalm 122 (SSAATTBB choir and organ) View Score

To hear a performance of  I Was Glad on YouTube, click  here

Small Choir versions (SATB) arranged by Rosemary Cooper also available.

Commissioned by the Runnymede Church Choirs Association with substantial help from St.Mary's Trust, Thorpe, for the Association's 50th anniversary in 2000.  The Introit was first performed in St George's Chapel Windsor by the Runnymede Church Choirs Association directed by Lionel Pike on 21st October 2000 and subsequently by the Kingfisher Chorale, directed by David Fisher, in the Frazer Noble Hall, Leicester (October 2003 and November 2009) and at the Blaby Festival (June 2005), by the Millennium Scholars in Trinity Chapel, Cambridge (July 2005), and by the Lyra Davidica Choir in Lichfield Cathedral (July 2005).  The full service was first performed in the Chapel of Royal Holloway, University of London, by the Chapel Choir conducted by Lionel Pike on 29th November 2000. The Responses and Psalm 121 were sung by the Runnymede Church Choirs Association in Guildford Cathedral in November 2002.  Royal Holloway Chapel Choir have performed the Responses and Canticles in Exeter, Canterbury, Coventry and Lincoln Cathedrals and in Royal Holloway Chapel. The Canticles have been performed by The New Birmingham Scholars, directed by Christopher Allsop, in Bristol Cathedral (2003), and by the Chapel Choir of Selwyn College, Cambridge, directed by Sarah MacDonald (2009, 2010 in Selwyn College Chapel and Lincoln Cathedral) and directed by Christopher Robinson (2011 in Selwyn College Chapel). The full service was recorded for CD entitled 'The Lord is my Shepherd' (CPVP014CD) by the Chapel Choir of Royal Holloway, with Brian Moles, organ, directed by Lionel Pike, in Arundel Cathedral on 6th & 7th January 2001.   To purchase CD, click   here

The Lord is my Shepherd and The Lord’s Prayer (from the Responses) were performed at  King's Chapel, Boston, Massachusetts on August 22nd 2006 by the Millennium Scholars directed by Paula Downes.  The Lord is my Shepherd was performed by the Harvard University Choir, directed by Edward Jones, at the Memorial Church, Harvard University, USA, in 2007 and in 2009, and by the Senior Choir at the Old North Church, Marblehead, Massachusetts, directed by Maria VanKalken, in 2009.  Both of the Harvard performances were broadcast live on WHRB radio.

An arrangement by Cynthia Downes of The Lord is my Shepherd and The Lord’s Prayer for solo voice and strings has been performed on numerous occasions by Paula Downes with the Lynwood Lea String Quartet.

Music for accompanied high voices: see page 9

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