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On this page:
Meditations for Solo Trumpet
The Last Trumpet
Sonata for Contrabass Flute and Piano
Sonata for Oboe and Piano
Violin
Viola and Piano
Piccolo and Piano
Flute and Piano


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Works for Piano
Works for Organ

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Sonata for Violin & Piano
Works for Piano Solo




MEDITATIONS FOR SOLO TRUMPET  
Louise Franks - Trumpet

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THE LAST TRUMPET
For solo unaccompanied trumpet, was specially composed for the BBC Radio 3 programme, The Offering of Life, by the Rev Canon Denis Claringbull, recorded in St. Paul's Church, Hockley, Birmingham, and broadcast on the 3rd February 1991. The trumpet soloist was Garry Page. 

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Peter Sheridan playing the contrabass flute


SONATA FOR CONTRABASS FLUTE & PIANO  
Peter Sheridan - Contrabass Flute, Jane Hammond - Piano

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Gardens of Burdwan University, India



SONATA FOR OBOE & PIANO
George Caird - Oboe, Malcom Wilson - Piano

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'GLORIA' FROM MASS FOR SOLO UNACCOMPANIED VIOLIN
Rupert Marshall-Luck - Violin

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SONATA FOR VIOLA AND PIANO
Rupert Marshall-Luck - Violin, Duncan Honeybourne - Piano

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SONATA FOR PICCOLO & PIANO
This Sonata for Piccolo and Piano was composed for Keith Bragg, Principal Piccolo and Chairman of the Philharmonia Orchestra. 

The first performance took place on 2nd August 2000 at the Town Hall, Stratford-upon-Avon, as part of the Stratford-upon-Avon International Flute Festival. Keith Bragg was accompanied by Judith Keaney.
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Andrew Downes Composer · Andrew Downes: Sonata for Piccolo and Piano


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SONATA FOR FLUTE & PIANO
This work was specially composed for Carol Kniebusch Noe and first performed by Carol with her accompanist, Vicky Berneking in the American Cathedral, Paris, on 4th November 1999. 

This performance is Andrew Anson with Alistair Lilley in St John’s Smith Square, London, in January 2004.
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Andrew Downes Composer · Andrew Downes' Sonata for Flute and Piano

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