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The choir at the wedding of Paula Downes and David Trippett, Trinity Chapel, Cambridge, 2005
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SATB Sacred choral works with organ
SATB Sacred choral works with organ and 2 optional trumpets
SATB Sacred choral works with organ and brass ensemble
Unaccompanied sacred choral works
World Anthem (Extinction Rebellion's Red Rebel Brigade)
Songs of Autumn - Children and/or Community Choir with chamber orchestra or backing track
Unaccompanied secular - SSATTB
Secular with chamber orchestra/backing track
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Music for High Voices
A live performance of unaccompanied Sacred Choral Music
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Choral
Cantatas and Oratorio
Sacred works with organ
Royal Holloway Chapel Choir, Brian Moles (organ), Lionel Pike (conductor)
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RUNNYMEDE SERVICE - MAGNIFICAT (SSAA also version available)
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Royal Holloway Chapel Choir under Lionel Pike:
Selwyn Chapel Choir under Sarah MacDonald, Ely Cathedral, November 4th, 2023:
RUNNYMEDE SERVICE - NUNC DIMITTIS (SSAA also version available)
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Royal Holloway Chapel Choir under Lionel Pike:
Selwyn Chapel Choir under Sarah MacDonald, Ely Cathedral, November 4th, 2023:
O SING UNTO THE LORD A NEW SONG
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I WILL LIFT UP MINE EYES UNTO THE HILLS
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I WAS GLAD (SSAA also version available)
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O PRAISE THE LORD - Psalm 150
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O BE JOYFUL IN THE LORD ALL YE LANDS - Jubilate
SATB, organ and Soprano Soloist
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HOLY COMMUNION FOR CHURCH CONGREGATION WITH ORGAN (also Mass for Trebles)
Unison, performed by Paula Downes
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Sacred works with organ and 2 optional trumpets
The Mercies of Our Lord
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Sacred works with organ and brass ensemble
Veni Emmanuel
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Unaccompanied sacred choral works
Royal Holloway Chapel Choir, Lionel Pike (conductor)
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THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD
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O LOVE THE LORD ALL YE HIS SAINTS
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THE SOULS OF THE RIGHTEOUS
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IN PEACE WILL I LIE DOWN AND SLEEP
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PRECES AND RESPONSES
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RUNNYMEDE PRECES AND RESPONSES
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PSALM 121 - "I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills"
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TE DEUM for high voices
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THE COVENTRY CAROL
Arrangement for treble solo and SATBB choir (also SSAB version)
Music video by Paula Downes, multitrack recording by Paula Downes with The Trippett Chorale.
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TENEBRAE FACTAE SUNT FROM A ST LUKE PASSION
Performed by Cambridge Vocal Consort directed by Colin Fludgate
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AVE MARIA
Performed by Soprano Paula Downes with the Trippett Chorale
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Unaccompanied Secular Choral Works
WORLD ANTHEM
A song suitable for all ages about saving the planet. Music video by Paula Downes, featuring the Red Rebel Brigade, with photography and film footage by Jeremy Peters and an article by Mike Scialom of Cambridge Independent.
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Multivideo performance of this work during the Covid-19 Lockdown of 2020 for #andrewdownes70 to raise money for Stoke Mandeville Spinal Research. Donate directly here.
"TREES": Opus 118 (2021)
3 part songs for unaccompanied SSATTB. Composed in response to the Queen's Green Canopy for her Platinum
Jubilee in 2022. Words by William Cullen Bryant, Gerard Manley Hopkins
and Henry Cuyler Bunner.
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View the 3 songs separately:
1."The Planting of the Apple Tree
2. "Binsey Poplars"
3."The Heart of the Tree"
WHAT SHALL I DO TO SHOW HOW MUCH I LOVE HER? Opus 5 (1973)
Song originally composed for unaccompanied AATTBB male
voice group. Words by Thomas Betterton. Multitrack recording by Paula Downes with the Trippett Chorale.
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Secular with chamber orchestra or backing track
SONGS OF AUTUMN
A musical journey, during October, to different parts of the world, for children and/or community choir with instrumental ensemble or CD. This version is a community choir with backing track and live instrumentalists.
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