Performances 2024

Saturday 27th January 2024, 11am
St Mary's Church, Moseley, Birmingham
Andrew Downes: In Memoriam Herbert Howells
Piano: Michael Jones

Saturday 28th January 2024, 7pm
Andrew Downes: Symphonic Fanfare: In a Modern City
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Andrew Downes: Celtic Rhapsody for Soprano and Symphony Orchestra
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Andrew Downes: Concerto for Piano and Symphony Orchestra
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Andrew Downes: Centenary Firedances

Central England Ensemble
Conductor: Anthony Bradbury
Leader: Anna Downes
Soprano: Paula Downes
Piano: Duncan Honeybourne
The Bradshaw Hall, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire

Saturday 24th February 2024 
St Peter's Church, Harborne
Andrew Downes: Sonata for Brass Sextet
Sennet Brass Quintet with Andy Clennell, bass trombone

Tuesday 26th March 2024
Andrew Downes: Brass Quintet no 3
Recorded for YouTube by Sennet Brass Ensemble
St Peter's Church, Harborne
Recording Engineer: Paul Baker
Film footage compiled by Paula Downes

Sunday 24th March 2024, 7.30pm
Andrew Downes: Symphony No 2
Mvt 1
Asklepios Orchestra
Conductor: Lee Armstrong
St Andrew's Church Barnt Green

Sunday 21st April 2024, 7.30pm
Andrew Downes: Concerto for Violin and Small Orchestra
Central England Ensemble
Conductor: Anthony Bradbury
Leader: Anna Downes
Violin Soloist: Rupert Marshall-Luck
St John the Baptist Church, Hagley
Hagely Music Festival 2024

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Sunday 9th June 2024, 3pm
Andrew Downes: Elegy and Folk Dance from Brass Quintet no 1 (arranged for orchestra by Cynthia Downes)
Andrew Downes: Gloria from Sacred Mass for Solo Violin
Hagley Community Orchestra
Director: Cynthia Downes
Solo Violin: Margaret Friar

Concert for 'Music for Sanctuary', in aid of charities for the homeless.
St John's Church, Hagley

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Sunday 9th June 2024, 10.30m
Andrew Downes: Elegy from Brass Quintet no 1 (arranged for orchestra by Cynthia Downes)
Hagley Community Orchestra
Director: Cynthia Downes

Played at last Family Communion service of retiring Rev Richard Newton
St John's Church, Hagley

Thursday 18th July
Andrew Downes: Earth Dances
European Saxophone Congress, Trento, Italy
Yugen Saxophone Quartet

Sunday 15th September 2024, 4pm
Andrew Downes: Concerto for Treble Recorder and Strings
Central England Ensemble
Conductor: Anthony Bradbury
Leader: Anna Downes
Recorder Soloist: James Risdon
Henry Sandon Hall, Royal Porcelain Works, Severn Street, Worcester, WR1 2NE

Sunday 22nd September, 2024
Andrew Downes Performance Prize
Ruddock Performing Arts Centre, King Edward's School, Edgbaston Park Road, Birmingham, B15 2UA