Letters following the Premiere of The Marshes of Glynn by Andrew Downes in 1986

Cantata for tenor solo, SATB choir and symphony orchestra.

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Programme for the premiere

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From Louis Carus, Head of the Birmingham School of Music, to Andrew Downes:

From David Leyland to Louis Carus, Head of the Birmingham School of Music:

From Christopher Robinson, Organist & Master of the Choristers, St George's Chapel, Windsor, to Louis Carus, Head of the Birmingham School of Music:

From John Hosier, Principal of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, to Louis Carus, Head of the Birmingham School of Music:

From John Humphreys, Piano Teacher at the Birmingham School of Music, to Andrew Downes:

From Peter and Alvena Grant, Founders and Directors of The Midland Boy Singers, to Andrew and Cynthia Downes:

From Louis Carus, Head of the Birmingham School of Music, to Andrew Downes:

From Professor Lionel Pike, Music Department, Royal Holloway, University of London:

From Violinist Ernest Element:

Letter from Marjorie Lofthouse, Presenter of Woman's Hour, to Andrew Downes:

From Mrs Poxon, a Woman's Hour Listener:

From Ann Tennant, Presenter of BBC Midlands Today, to Andrew Downes:

From Baritone Gordon Clinton, former Head of the Birmingham School of Music and Singing Teacher at the Royal College of Music, to Andrew Downes:

From Andrew Downes' Dentist, David Holden:

From Andrew's brother-in-law, Tim Cooper:

From Israel Ross, Professor of World Music, University of New York, to Andrew Downes:

From Conductor, Composer, Arranger, Producer and Pianist, Eric Wetherell, to Andrew Downes:

From in-coming Head of the Birmingham School of Music, Roy Wales:

From MP Robert Jackson to Andrew Downes:

From Wendy Jobson, member of Southend Festival Chorus, to Andrew Downes:

From Michael Crabb, Borough Musical Director, Southend-On-Sea, to Andrew Downes:

From Poet Jim Hacobian to Andrew Downes:

From Chorus member Nigel Martin to Andrew Downes:

From Chorus member Jeremy Wilkinson to Andrew Downes:

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Read Cynthia Downes' account of the premiere