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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 27th 1986
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. All the tracks from this CD have been broadcast many
times on Musicians Page Radio, Los Angeles, USA. 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 was 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. This first performance took place in a
special service, attended by the Bishop of Durham, on 17th September
1993.
The Birmingham Festival Choral Society, under the direction of Anthony
Bradbury, performed the work 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. All the tracks from this
CD have been broadcast many times on Musicians Page Radio, Los Angeles,
USA. To purchase CD, click here
RUNNYMEDE MILLENNIUM CHORAL EVENSONG SERVICE Opus 65 (1997)
Introit: Setting of
Psalm 23 (unaccompanied SATB) View
Score
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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.
The Runnymede Sevice was 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 and 2013 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. All the
tracks from this CD have been broadcast many times on Musicians Page Radio, Los
Angeles, USA. 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. The Lord is my Shepherd was sung by the composer and his family in the Chapel of Christ’s College, Cambridge, at the Christening of his granddaughter Penny in September 2011.
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 and other ensembles.
THE MERCIES OF OUR LORD Opus 78(b) (2001) 7'
Anthem for SATB choir, 2 trumpets (optional) and organ. Setting of poem by Moira Weir.
Specially commissioned by Princethorpe College for a special Mass to celebrate the centenary of the College Chapel, designed by Paul Pugin. First performance took place in the Centenary Mass on 8th May 2001, sung by the Chapel Choir, with trumpeters and organist from the college, directed by Sue Francis.