Performances 1976

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Tuesday February 24th 1976, 7pm
Recital Hall, Birmingham School of Music
Andrew Downes: Overture for St Cere (World Premiere)
Birmingham School of Music Chamber Orchestra
Director Frank Downes

Wednesday March 10th 1976, 7.10pm
Aston University Centre for the Arts
Concert broadcast live on BBC Radio Birmingham
Andrew Downes: Overture for St Cere
Birmingham School of Music Chamber Orchestra
Director Frank Downes

Monday March 15th 1976, 12noon
Recital Hall, Birmingham School of Music
Andrew Downes: Toccata for Brass Band
Birmingham School of Music Brass Band
Conductor Andrew Downes

Saturday April 17th 1976
Alexanders College, Felixstowe, Suffolk
Andrew Downes: Toccata for Brass Band
National Youth Brass Band of Great Britain
Conductor Harold Gray

Saturday April 24th 1976, 7.30pm
Gaumont Theatre, Ipswich, Suffolk
Andrew Downes: Toccata for Brass Band
National Youth Brass Band of Great Britain
Conductor Harold Gray

Friday April 30th 1976
Ripple Church, Upton-upon-Severn
Upton Association of the Arts concert series
Andrew Downes: Five Holy Songs
Andrew Downes (countertenor)
The New Birmingham Chamber Orchestra:
Caroline Mounsey, Stephen Muth, Kevin Vaughan (violins)
Penny Midmer, Susan Ward (violas)
David Thorne, Catherine Clarke (cellos)
Roderick Dunk (bass)

Thursday May 6th 1976, 5.45pm
Birmingham Cathedral
Andrew Downes: Prelude, Fanfare and Postlude for Organ
(World Premiere)
John Bishop (organ)

Saturday May 15th 1976, 7.30pm
Holy Trinity Church, Cambridge
Andrew Downes: Five Holy Songs
Andrew Downes (countertenor)
The New Birmingham Chamber Orchestra:
Caroline Mounsey, Stephen Muth, Kevin Vaughan (violins)
Penny Midmer, Susan Ward (violas)
David Thorne, Catherine Clarke (cellos)
Roderick Dunk (bass)

Thursday August 5th 1976, 9pm
Chateau de Montal, Saint Cere, Lot, France
Saint Cere International Music Festival
Andrew Downes: Overture for St Cere (French Premiere)
Birmingham School of Music Symphony Orchestra
Director Frank Downes

Saturday August 18th 1976, 1pm
Parish Church of St John, the Evangelist, Shirley, Birmingham
Andrew Downes: Fanfare for a Wedding
Brass Ensemble from the Birmingham School of Music