Performances 1980

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Thursday May 1st 1980, 7.45pm
All Saints Church, Bromsgrove
Bromsgrove Festival
Andrew Downes: Sonata for Thirteen Brass Instruments
Birmingham School of Music Brass Ensemble
Director Frank Downes

Friday May 9th 1980
Knowle Parish Church, West Midlands
Andrew Downes: Prelude, Fanfare and Postlude for Organ
Martin Schellenberg (organ)

Thursday May 15th 1980, 7.30pm
Blakedown Church, Worcestershire
Andrew Downes: String Quartet No 1 (World Premiere)
Perry String Quartet
Adrian Perry, Helen Bevington (violins)
Helen Davies (viola)
Amarylis Reynolds (cello)

Saturday May 17th 1980, 2.30pm
Wolverhampton Civic Hall
Open University Graduation Ceremony
Andrew Downes: Fanfare for a Ceremony
Birmingham School of Music Brass Ensemble
Director Frank Downes

Friday May 30th 1980, 7.30pm
St George's Church, Edgbaston, Birmingham
Andrew Downes: String Quartet No 1
Perry String Quartet
Adrian Perry, Helen Bevington (violins)
Helen Davies (viola)
Amarylis Reynolds (cello)

Saturday May 31st 1980, 2.30pm
Cambridge Sports Hall
Open University Graduation Ceremony
Andrew Downes: Fanfare for a Ceremony
Birmingham School of Music Brass Ensemble
Director Frank Downes

Friday June 13th 1980, 5pm
St Paul's Church, Hockley, Birmingham
Andrew Downes: Prelude, Fanfare and Postlude for Organ
Martin Schellenberg (organ)

Saturday June 28th 1980, 2.30pm
Wembley Conference Centre
Open University Graduation Ceremony
Andrew Downes: Fanfare for a Ceremony
Birmingham School of Music Brass Ensemble
Director Frank Downes

Wednesday July 4th 1980
Kendal Parish Church, Cumbria
Andrew Downes: Prelude, Fanfare and Postlude for Organ
Martin Schellenberg (organ)

Thursday July 17th 1980
St Martin's Church, Scarborough 
Andrew Downes: Prelude, Fanfare and Postlude for Organ
Martin Schellenberg (organ)

Thursday August 21st 1980 
St Edmundsbury Cathedral, Suffolk 
Andrew Downes: Prelude, Fanfare and Postlude for Organ
Martin Schellenberg (organ)

Thursday October 16th 1980, 7.30pm
Ryford Hall, Wyecliffe College, Gloucestershire
Stroud Festival !980 Composers' Competition
Prizewinners' Recital
Andrew Downes: Casterbridge Fair
Malcolm Singer (baritone)
Christine Croshaw (piano)

Monday November 3rd 1980, 1pm
St Michael's, Cornhill, London
Andrew Downes: Prelude, Fanfare and Postlude for Organ
Ian Bednall (organ)

Saturday November 15th 1980
St Alphege Church, Solihull, West Midlands
Andrew Downes: Prelude, Fanfare and Postlude for Organ
Martin Schellenberg (organ)

Saturday November 29th 1980, 7.30pm
Birmingham Cathedral
Concert to celebrate the Restoration of the Cathedral
Andrew Downes: The Temple of Solomon  (World Premiere)
John King (baritone soloist)
Birmingham Festival Choral Society
Birmingham School of Music Brass Band
Conductor Jeremy Patterson