Performances 1981

Tuesday January 27th 1981
Great Hall, Aston University
Andrew Downes: Prelude, Fanfare and Postlude for Organ
John Bishop (organ)


Saturday May 2nd 1981, 2.30pm
Cambridge Sports Hall
Open University Graduation Ceremony
Andrew Downes: Fanfare for a Ceremony
Birmingham School of Music Brass Ensemble
Director Frank Downes


June 1981
Coventry Cathedral
Andrew Downes: Prelude, Fanfare and Postlude for Organ
Martin Schellenberg (organ)


Tuesday June 2nd 1981, 2pm
Worcester
At unveiling of statue of Edward Elgar
Andrew Downes: Fanfare for a Ceremony
Birmingham School of Music Brass Ensemble
Director Frank Downes


Saturday June 6th 1981, 2.30pm
Cambridge Sports Hall
Open University Graduation Ceremony
Andrew Downes: Fanfare for a Ceremony
Birmingham School of Music Brass Ensemble
Director Frank Downes


Saturday June 20th 1981, 2.30pm
Wembley Conference Centre
Open University Graduation Ceremony
Andrew Downes: Fanfare for a Ceremony
Birmingham School of Music Brass Ensemble
Director Frank Downes


Saturday July 10th 1981
Central Hall, Birmingham
Birmingham School of Music Graduation Ceremony 
Andrew Downes: Fanfare for a Ceremony
Birmingham School of Music Brass Ensemble
Director Frank Downes


July/August 1981
Cartmel Priory, Cumbria
Lincoln Cathedral
Andrew Downes: Prelude, Fanfare and Postlude for Organ
Martin Schellenberg (organ)


Saturday August 22nd 1981, 6pm
Kaiser-Willhelm-Gedaechtniskirche, Berlin
Andrew Downes: Cain and Abel (World Premiere)
Cain: Ray Dickinson
Adam: Donald Young
Treble soloist: Richard Green
The Midland Boy Singers
Alvena Grant (piano)
Director Peter Grant


Thursday September 10th 1981
West Dyke Church, Redcar, Yorkshire
Andrew Downes: The Death of Goliath
Centurion Opera Group


Saturday September 26th 1981, 7.30pm
Walsall Town Hall
Andrew Downes: Cain and Abel (UK Premiere)
Cain: Ray Dickinson
Adam: Donald Young
Treble soloist: Richard Green
The Midland Boy Singers
Alvena Grant (piano)
Director Peter Grant


Wednesday September 30th 1981, 7.30pm
Recital Hall, Birmingham School of Music
Inaugural Recital on the new Copeman Hart Organ
Andrew Downes: Prelude, Fanfare and Postlude for Organ
(Prelude)
John Bishop (organ)


October 1981
Leeds Parish Church
Andrew Downes: Prelude, Fanfare and Postlude for Organ
Martin Schellenberg (organ)


Sunday October 18th 1981, 7.30pm
Studio Theatre, Midlands Arts Centre, Cannon Hill, Birmingham
Andrew Downes: Sonata for Four Horns  (World Premiere)
Julian Faultless, Ruth Wilkinson, James Lowe, Richard Duckett (horns)


Monday November 23rd 1981, 12.10pm
Recital Hall, Birmingham School of Music
Andrew Downes: Piano Sonata No 1
Malcolm Wilson (piano)


Friday December 4th 1981, 12.45pm
Birmingham Town Hall Lounge Bar
'Arts Alive' Inaugural Opening
Andrew Downes: Casterbridge Fair
Andrew Hopwood (baritone)





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