Performances 2001

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Saturday and Sunday January 6th & 7th 2001
Arundel Cathedral
Recordings for CD of sacred choral music by Andrew Downes, entitled The Lord is My Shepherd
Andrew Downes: The Runnymede Service
Andrew Downes: I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills
Andrew Downes: O sing unto the Lord a new song
Andrew Downes: O Love the Lord, all ye his Saints
Andrew Downes: The Souls of the Righteous
Andrew Downes: In Peace I will lie down and sleep

Wednesday January 31st 2001
Chichester Cathedral
Andrew Downes: Runnymede Responses
Chapel Choir of Royal Holloway, University of London
Conductor Lionel Pike

February-May 2001
Baumgarten Studios, Vienna, Austria
Recording for CD entitled Messen und Sonaten
Andrew Downes: Sonata for 4 Horns 
Wiener Waldhornverein

May 2001
Baumgarten Studios, Vienna, Austria
Recording for CD entitled Messen und Sonaten
Andrew Downes: Piano Sonata no 1 
Anne Madison (piano)

February-May 2001
Baumgarten Studios, Vienna, Austria
Recording for CD entitled Schlosskonzert
Andrew Downes: Sonata for Horn and Piano 
James Lowe (horn)
Anne Madison (piano)

February-May 2001
Baumgarten Studios, Vienna, Austria
Recording for CD entitled Schlosskonzert
Andrew Downes: Suite for 6 Horns 
(World Premiere)
Wiener Waldhornverein

Friday February 2nd 2001
St Philip’s Cathedral, Birmingham 
Andrew Downes: Sonata for Piano
Duncan Honeybourne (piano)

Wednesday February 21st 2001
Dvorak Hall, Rudolfinum, Prague, Czech Republic
Andrew Downes: Sonata for Brass Sextet (World premiere)
Czech Philharmonic Brass Sextet

Saturday March 17th 2001
Theresianische Akademie, Vienna
Andrew Downes: Sonata for Horn and Piano (World Premiere)
James Lowe (horn)
Anne Madison (Piano)

Wednesday March 28th 2001
Birmingham Conservatoire
Andrew Downes: Sonatina for Piano
Recorded by BBC Radio 3
Duncan Honeybourne (piano)

Saturday April 7th 2001
Radio Netherlands broadcast
Andrew Downes: Sonata for 8 Horns
Czech Philharmonic Horns

Saturday April 7th 2001
Radio Netherlands broadcast
Andrew Downes: Concerto for Guitar, Bass Guitar and Strings
Simon Dinnigan (acoustic guitar)
Fred T. Baker (electric bass guitar)
Strings of the City of Birmingham

Friday April 20th 2001
Conservatoire Nationale d’Aubervilliers, Paris, France
Andrew Downes: Songs from Spoon River
Paula Downes (soprano)
Laura Témim (piano)

Tuesday May 8th 2001
Princethorpe College, Warwickshire
Andrew Downes: The Mercies of Our Lord (World premiere)
Princethorpe College Chapel Choir, Organist and Trumpets
Conductor Sue Francis

Friday May 11th 2001
St Philip’s Cathedral, Birmingham 
Andrew Downes: Sonatina for Piano
Duncan Honeybourne (piano)

Friday May 11th 2001
St Philip’s Cathedral, Birmingham 
Andrew Downes: Sonata for Violin and Piano
Anna Downes (violin)
Duncan Honeybourne (piano)

Saturday May 19th 2001
Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Andrew Downes: Old Love’s Domain
Paula Downes (soprano)
David Trippett (piano)

Monday June 11th 2001
Salon concert organised by Roland Horvath, Vienna
Andrew Downes: Sonata for Horn and Piano
James Lowe (horn)
Anne Madison (piano)

Sunday July 1st 2001
Radio Netherlands broadcast
Andrew Downes: Sonata for 8 Horns
Czech Philharmonic Horns

Sunday July 1st 2001
Radio Netherlands broadcast
Andrew Downes: Concerto for Guitar, Bass Guitar and Strings
Simon Dinnigan (acoustic guitar)
Fred T. Baker (electric bass guitar)
Strings of the City of Birmingham

Thursday July 5th 2001
Church of Mosta, Malta
Andrew Downes: The Lord is my Shepherd
Chapel Choir of Royal Holloway, University of London
Conductor Lionel Pike

Saturday July 14th 2001
BBC Radio 3 broadcast
Listeners’ Choice
Andrew Downes: Sonatina for Piano
Duncan Honeybourne (piano)

Sunday July 15th 2001
Chateau Impney Hotel, Droitwich
Andrew Downes: O Magnum Mysterium
Paula Downes, Cynthia Downes, Katie Pickford
Andrew Downes: Songs from Spoon River (2 songs from the cycle)
Paula Downes (soprano)
Heather Fairs (piano)

Thursday August 16th 2001
USA National Flute Association Convention, Hyatt Regency, Dallas, Texas
Andrew Downes: Sonata for 8 Flutes
Texas and Brookhaven Flute Choirs

Saturday September 8th  2001
Hanbury Church, Worcestershire
Andrew Downes: Prelude, Fanfare and Postlude for Organ
Duncan Honeybourne (organ)

Saturday September 22nd 2001
BBC Radio 3 broadcast
Listeners’ Choice
Andrew Downes: Centenary Firedances
Birmingham Conservatoire Symphony Orchestra

Sunday October 7th 2001
CBSO Centre, Birmingham
Andrew Downes: Symphony No 2
Central England Ensemble
Conductor Rachel Hyde

Monday October 8th 2001
Birmingham and Midland Institute
Andrew Downes: Sonata for Piano
Duncan Honeybourne (piano)

Saturday October 27th 2001
King’s College Chapel, Cambridge
Andrew Downes: New Dawn
Soloists Paula Downes, Timothy Mead, Richard Butler, William Gaunt  Millennium Scholars Chorus and Orchestra 
Conductor Stephen Cleobury

Wednesday November 21st 2001
Wednesbury Museum and Art Gallery, West Midlands
Andrew Downes: Sonata for Piano
Duncan Honeybourne (piano)

Thursday November 29th 2001 
Mid-City Conservatory, Nebraska, USA
Andrew Downes: Sonata for Piano
Anne Madison (piano)

Friday December 7th 2001 
Ӧsterreichische Gesellschaft fὔr Musik, Vienna
Andrew Downes: Sonata for Piano
Anne Madison (piano)

Friday December 7th 2001
Ӧsterreichische Gesellschaft fὔr Musik, Vienna
Andrew Downes: Sonata for Horn and Piano
James Lowe (horn)
Anne Madison (piano)

Tuesday December 11th 2001
BBC Radio 3 broadcast 
Late Junction
Andrew Downes: Concerto for Guitar, Bass Guitar and Strings
Simon Dinnigan (acoustic guitar)
Fred T. Baker (electric bass guitar)
Strings of the City of Birmingham

Wednesday December 12th 2001
Suk Hall, Rudolfinum, Prague, Czech Republic 
Andrew Downes: Sonata for 8 Horns
Horns of the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

Wednesday December 15th 2001
BBC Radio 3 broadcast
Listeners’ Choice
Andrew Downes: Sonata for 8 Horns (4th Movement)
Horns of the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra