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Andrew Downes bowing at the end of his Piano Concerto in Birmingham Town Hall, 2009, Central England Ensemble under Anthony Bradbury, pianist Duncan Honeybourne (Photo by Jenni Bradbury)

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Concerto for Guitar, Electric Bass Guitar and Strings

Concerto for Piano and Symphony Orchestra
Concerto for Two Pianos and String Orchestra
Concerto for Four Horns and Symphony Orchestra
Concerto for Violin and Small Orchestra

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Other Concertos

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Orchestral
Soloists with Orchestra



CONCERTO FOR GUITAR, ELECTRIC BASS GUITAR AND STRINGS
Simon Dinnigan (guitar), Fred T Baker (Electric Bass Guitar), Strings of the City of Birmingham, conducted by the composer.
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CONCERTO FOR PIANO AND SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Duncan Honeybourne (piano), Central England Ensemble (leader Anna Downes), conductor Anthony Bradbury
World premiere performance, Birmingham Town Hall, 2009

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CONCERTO FOR TWO PIANOS AND STRING ORCHESTRA
Duo Scaramouche, Sinfonia UK, Conductor Steven Lloyd,
Live Performance, St James' Church, Piccadilly, London, August 1999

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Photo by Herry Lawford



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CONCERTO FOR FOUR SOLO HORNS AND SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Composed for the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra and first performed by them with soloists Radek Baborak, Stanislav Suchanek, Ondrej Vrabec, and Zdenek Divoky, conducted by Vladimir Valek, in the Dvorak Hall of the Rudolfinum, Prague, Czech Republic, on 28th February 2002 (this is the performance in the video).
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CONCERTO FOR VIOLIN AND SMALL ORCHESTRA

This work was specially composed for virtuoso violinist, Rupert Marshall-Luck, for recording for YouTube, with Central England Camerata, leader Anna Downes, directed by Anthony Bradbury, in the Countess of Huntingdon Hall, Worcester, on 21st August 2022, filmed and recorded by Paul Baker.
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CONCERTO FOR TREBLE RECORDER AND STRING ORCHESTRA

On April 16th 2023, as part of Andrew Downes' Year of Remembrance, James Risdon, with Central England Camerata (Leader Anna Downes, Musical Director Anthony Bradbury) recorded the Concerto at the Vada Recording Studios at Cookhill Priory, Alcester.   Paula Downes created an accompanying film of sunflower fields  (Andrew Downes' favourite flowers) for the launch of the recording on YouTube on August 7th 2023.
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