Works

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Vocal Solo & 
Song Cycles

Instrumental
Ensemble


Choral

Orchestral, Wind Band,
Brass Band


Opera

Cantatas & Oratorio


Instrumental Solo

Soloists with Orchestra


Arrangements of
Andrew Downes' music

Children & Young People

Works in Opus Number Order

Synthesised Music




List of Works:



VOCAL MUSIC


Unaccompanied Voice

Sacred Mass for Solo Voice

Song Cycles

Casterbridge Fair - baritone & piano
Five Holy Songs - counter-tenor/mezzo-soprano & piano
Old Love's Domain - tenor/soprano & piano
Songs from Spoon River - mezzo soprano & piano
Songs of Love - soprano & piano
Lost Love - soprano, tenor recorder/flute, viol da gamba/cello, harpsichord/piano
Dreamland - soprano, soprano saxophone, piano 
Finished Fields - bass-baritone & piano
Celtic Rhapsody - soprano solo with symphony orchestra

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Dramatic Cantatas

The Death of Goliath - soprano, counter-tenor, baritone, piano
Cain & Abel - alto & bass soloists, SATB chorus, piano
A Child is Singing - baritone soloist, SATB chorus, piano

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Opera

Far from the Madding Crowd - soloists, chorus, chamber ensemble
Odysseus and the Cyclops - baritone solo, child soloists, choir, school orchestra, piano

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Choral accompanied

New Dawn - Oratorio - SATB soloists, full choir & orchestra, including guitar ensemble 
Song of the Prairies - SATB soloists, semi-choir of high voices, full choir and orchestra
The Marshes of Glynn - tenor solo, SATB choir and orchestra
The Temple of Solomon - baritone solo, SATB choir and brass band
A St Luke Passion - baritone solo, SATB choir, piano duet, percussion, string orchestra
Runnymede Millennium Evensong Service - SSAATTBB choir, organ
I will lift up mine eyes (Anthem) - SATB choir, organ
O Praise the Lord (Anthem) - SATB choir, organ
O Sing unto the Lord a New Song (Anthem) - SSAATTBB choir, organ
The Mercies of our Lord - SATB choir, organ, 2 Trumpets
O Be Joyful in the Lord, all ye Lands - soprano solo, SATB choir, organ
Holy Communion - Church congregation, organ


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Choral unaccompanied

O Love the Lord All Ye His Saints (Anthem) unaccompanied SATB choir 
The Souls of the Righteous (Anthem) - unaccompanied SATB choir
In Peace I will Lie Down (Anthem) - unaccompanied SATB choir 
O Magnum Mysterium (Motet and Mass) - unaccompanied SATTBB choir
Preces and Responses - unaccompanied SATB choir (with divisions)


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High Voices

O Vos Omnes (Motet) - unaccompanied high voices (SSSA)
Piano - high voices, piano accompaniment
Ballads for Christmas - high voices, harp or piano accompaniment
The Dancers of Huai Nan - unaccompanied high voices
Gibraltar, our Homeland - unaccompanied vocal soloist and 3 part choir


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Choral Arrangements

Veni Emmanuel - SATB choir, organ, brass ensemble
The Coventry Carol - treble solo, SATB choir (unaccompanied)


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For Young Voices 

Odysseus and the Cyclops (Opera) - baritone solo, child soloists, choir, school orchestra, piano
Christmas Cantata - young voices (SATB), school orchestra
Ballads for Christmas - high voices, harp or piano accompaniment.
Songs of Autumn - children's voices with instrumental ensemble or CD
Songs of the Skies - children's voices with instrumental ensemble or CD              



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INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC


Instrumental Ensemble

Sonata for Violin, Horn and Piano
Sonata for 2 Pianos
Sonata for 8 Pianists
String Quartet No. 1
String Quartet No. 2
String Quartet No. 3 
Music for 8 Cellos & 5 Timpani
Sonata for Eight Flutes or Flute Choir
Fantasia for Alto and Bass Flute Solos - with 5-part concert flute choir accompaniment
Tone poem: The Song of the Eagle - flute choir
Mountain Song - flute choir, harp (or piano) string bass
Symphony No.5 - flute orchestra      
Earth Dances - saxophone quartet
Mela Kamavadhani - Indo-Jazz Ensemble   
Sonata for 4 Horns 
Suite for 6 Horns  
Sonata for 8 Horns
Five Dramatic Pieces for Eight Wagner Tubas  
Suite for Brass Quintet - 2 trumpets, horn, trombone, tuba
Suite No. 2 for Brass Quintet - 2 trumpets, horn, trombone, tuba
Sonata for Brass Sextet - 2 trumpets, horn, tenor trombone, bass trombone, tuba
Sonata for 13 Brass Instruments - 6 trumpets, 4 horns, 2 trombones.
Fanfare for a Ceremony - 5 trumpets, 4 horns, 2 trombones, tuba      trombones, bass trombone, tuba
Festival Fanfare for Save the Children - 4 trumpets, 1 horn, 4 trombones, tuba
Toccata for Brass Band
Fanfare for Madame Speaker - 6 trumpets, 2 horns, 2 trombones, bass trombone, tuba
Anna's Bridal March - 2 trumpets, 2 horns, organ
Symphony No.4 - Wind Band


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Instrumental Ensemble with Voice

Five Holy Songs - counter-tenor, mezzo-soprano or baritone with 3 violins, 2 violas, 2 'cellos and double bass
Lost Love - tenor recorder/flute, viol da gamba/cello, harpsichord/piano, soprano soloist
Dreamland - soprano saxophone, piano and soprano vocal soloist


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Symphonic

Symphony No. 1 - organ, brass, percussion, strings
Symphony No. 2 - chamber orchestra
Symphony No. 3 - symphony orchestra with large percussion ensemble
Centenary Firedances - symphony orchestra with large percussion ensemble.


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MUSIC FOR BRASS BAND


Toccata for Brass Band
Fanfare for a Ceremony
The Temple of Solomon - baritone soloist, SATB choir, brass band   


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