'......exposed pianissimos stopped the heart, with splendid solos from Leader Anna Downes'
Birmingham Post, 2015
Diary
Saturday 11th March 2023
Cheltenham Chamber Orchestra
Leader : Anna Downes
Faure : Pelleas et Melisande Suite
Ravel : Pavane pour une Infante Defunte
Debussy : Petite Suite
Bizet : Symphony no 1
St Andrew's Church, Montpellier, Cheltenham
Sunday 12th March 2023
Music for Sanctuary concert series
The Himley Duo
Works by Arnold, Franck
St John's Church, Hagley
Monday 13th March 2023
The Andrew Downes Performance Prize
Adjudicator
Royal Birmingham Conservatoire
Wednesday 15th March 2023
Sophistication Strings
Wedding Ceremony and Reception
Hanbury Barn, Staffordshire
Saturday 18th March 2023
Birmingham Festival Choral Society
Central England Camerata
Haydn : The Creation
St Goerge's Church, Edgbaston
Birmingham
Wednesday 29th March 2023
The Himley Duo
Works by Arnold, Franck
Downing Place URC, Cambridge
Wednesday 5th April 2023
Sophistication Strings
Wedding Ceremony
Bridal Barns, Bridgnorth
Saturday 8th April 2023
Bewdley Choral Society
Bewdley Camerata
Handel : Messiah
St Anne's Bewdley
Friday 14th/Sunday 16th April 2023
Recording session
Central England Camerata
Andrew Downes : Recorder Concerto
Soloist ; James Risdon
Conductor : Anthony Bradbury
Tuesday 18th April 2023
The Himley Duo
Works by Arnold, Franck
St Andrew's Church, Rugby
Saturday 22nd April 2023
The Himley Duo
Works by Arnold, Franck
St Benedict's Church, Wombourne
Saturday 29th April 2023
The Limelight Orchestra
Grateful : A Musical Theatre Concert
Albert Hall, Nottingham
Sunday 30th April 2023
The Limelight Orchestra
Ibiza House Classics
Tropicana, Marine Parade
Weston Super Mare
Wednesday 10th May 2023
Sophistication Strings
Corporate Event
Coventry Arena
Thursday 11th May 2023
Sophistication Strings
Corporate event
Hagley Hall Park
Saturday 13th May 2023
Bewdley Choral Society
Haydn : Creation
St Anne's Church, Bewdley
Friday 19th May 2023
Nero String Quartet
Wedding ceremony and reception
Painswick Hall, Gloucestershire
Saturday 20th May 2023
Orchestra for an Occasion
A concert of film music
Central Hall, Coventry
Sunday 21st May 2023
Central England Ensemble
'Invitation to the Dance'
Conductor : Anthony Bradbury
Leader - Anna Downes
Arnold : Four Scottish Dances
Marquez : Danson no 2
Downes : Centenary Firedances
Rachmaninov : Symphonic Dances
St Phillips Church, Dorridge
Thursday 25th May 2023
Emerald Strings
Wedding ceremony and reception
Moxull Hall, Sutton Coldfield
Saturday 27th May 2023
Sophistication Strings
Wedding Ceremony
Elmbridge Farm, Cutnall Green
Sunday 28th May
The Limelight Orchestra
Ibiza Proms
Poole, Dorset
Wednesday 31st May 2023
The Himley Duo
Wednesday lunchtime series.
A programme of Albinoni, Arnold
and Franck
St Alphege Church, Solihull.
Saturday 10th June 2023
The Limelight Orchestra
Leader : Anna Downes
Orbit Symphonic Sundown
Hopton Wafers, Shrophire
Saturday 17th June 2023
The Limelight Orchestra
Ibiza House Classics
Bantock Park, Wolverhampton
Friday 23rd June 2023
The Limelight Orchestra
Ibiza Classics
Abbey Park, Leicester
Thursday 29th June 2023
Sophistication Strings
Wedding ceremony
Stanbrook Abbey, Worcester
Friday 30th June 2023
Sophistication Strings
Wedding and reception
Bridgnorth
Mon 3rd-Sat 8th July 2023
Tettenhall Operatic Company
G&S - Yeoman of the Guard
Codsall High School, Wolverhampton
Saturday 15th July 2023
Sophistication Strings
Wedding ceremony
Huntsham Court
Tiverton, Devon
Saturday 15th July 2023
Anna Downes Occasions
Sophistication Strings
Wedding ceremony and reception
Bridgwater, Somerset
Saturday 15th July 2023
Sophistication Strings
Wedding ceremony and reception
The Pheasantry, Coton, Bridgnorth
Saturday 15th July 2023
Sophistication Strings
Wedding ceremony and reception
Tiverton, Devon
Friday 21st July 2023
The Limelight Orchestra
Ibiza Classics
Tudor Grange Park, Solihull
Friday 21st July 2023
Sophistication String Duo
Wedding ceremony and reception
Blakelands, Bobbington
Friday 4th August 2023
Chamberlain Events
Sophistication Strings
Wedding ceremony and reception
Sandon Hall, Shropshire
Saturday 5th August 2023
Nero String Quartet
Wedding ceremony and reception
Old Gore Barn, Cirencester
Saturday 12th August 2023
Nero String Quartet
Wedding ceremony and reception
Pendrell Hall, Codsall Wood
Wednesday 16th August 2023
Sophistication Strings
Wedding ceremony and reception
Bridal Barns, Claverley
Saturday 19th August 2023
Sophistication Strings
Wedding ceremony and reception
Blakelands, Bobbington
Anna Downes Occasions
Wedding ceremony
Near Chelmsford, Essex
Saturday 19th August 2023
The Limelight Orchestra
Ibiza House Classics
Hastings Pier
Sunday 27th August 2023
Anna Downes Occasions
Sophistication Strings
Wedding ceremony and reception
Overgrown Acres, Nottingham
Saturday 2nd September 2023
Sophistication Strings
Wedding ceremony and reception
Talton House, Stratford upon Avon
Saturday 2nd September 2023
Anna Downes Occasions
Sophistication Strings
Wedding ceremony and reception
Bridgwater, Somerset
Saturday 7th October 2023
Sophistication Strings
Wedding ceremony and reception
Hence Vineyard, Shrewsbury
Saturday 7th October 2023
Hereford Chamber Choir
Central England Camerata
Mendelssohn : Elijah
Saturday 21st October 2023
Sophistication Strings
Wedding ceremony
Stanbrook Abbey, Worcester
Thursday 2nd November 2023
Sophistication Strings
Wedding ceremony and reception
St Osyth Priory, Clacton on Sea
Saturday 4th/11th November 2023
Birmingham Festival Choral Society
Central England Camerata
Laurisden : Lux Aeterna
Ruddock Performing Arts Centre
Birmingham
Sunday 5th-Saturday 11th November 2023
The Addams Family
Pit Orchestra
Cannock, Staffordshire
Saturday 18th November 2023
Bewdley Choral Society
Bewdley Camerata
Haydn : Creation
St Anne's Church Bewdley
Monday 27th November 2023
Sophistication Strings
Wedding ceremony and reception
Manor by the Lake, Cheltenham
Saturday 2nd December 2023
'Sanctuary at Christmas'
Central England Ensemble
Programme to include:
Howard Blake : The Bear
St Martin's Church, Worcester
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Monday 4th December 2023
Sophistication Strings
Wedding ceremony and reception
Curradine Barns, Bromsgrove
Saturday 16th December 2023
The Choirs of Southwell Minster
Central England Camerata
'The Magic of Christmas'
Southwell Minster
Saturday 23rd December 2023
Bewdley Choral Society
Bewdley Camerata
Christmas Gala Concert
St Anne's Church, Bewdley
Saturday 10th February 2024
Sophistication Strings
Wedding ceremony and reception
Sunday 21st April 2024
Hagley Festival
Conductor : Anthony Bradbury
Soloist : Rupert Marshall Luck
Central England Camerata
Andrew Downes ; Violin Concerto
Vivaldi ; Gloria
St John's Church, Hagley
Spring 2024
Birmingham Festival Choral Society
Central England Camerata
Bach : B minor Mass
Lichfield Cathedral
Sunday 21st April 2024
Hagley Music Festival
Come and Sing 'Vivaldi Gloria'
Andrew Downes : VIolin Concerto
Soloist: Rupert Marshall Luck
Conductor : Anthony Bradbury
Central England Camerata
St John's Church, Hagley
Saturday 22nd June 2024
Sophistication Strings
Wedding ceremony and reception
Elmbridge Farm, Cutnall Green, Droitwich
EMPLATE NOT THIS ONE
slight delay on violin entry in bar 8
17 ragged entry from brass/ww
31 - feels a bit unsteady from lower strings
52 - ensemble in violins
54 tuning in
violins
59 - too loud
63 violins tuning
65 tuning
75 ensemble and wind tuning
79-82 - good
83-84 - tuning
85-86ning issues in upper strings
20 - full take USE THIS VERSION AS TEMPLATE
14 ragged brass USE TRACK 13
18-25 - GOOD USE THIS VERSION
26-35 USE TRACK 23/24-31 cello/bass intonation muddy USE TRACK 23/24
65 intonation better than in 63 - could potentially patch as its a direct copy?
88-97 beat 3 - v good USE THIS VERSION
beat 3 97, ragged brass CAN YOU ISOLATE JUST THAT CHORD FROM TRACK 18 AS BETTER
98-102 better on track 13
103-113 GOOD USE THISE VERSION
118-122 - GOOD USE THIS VERSION
123 ensemble USE TRACK 19
124-128 GOOD USE THIS
129-134 tuning in strings USE TRACK 14
136-141 GOOD USE THIS VERSION
142-end - intonation USE TRACK !4 BUT WITH FIRST NOTE OF 143 FROM TRACK 16
14 - 129-end
Good version. First note in bar 143 needs patching due to intonation
16 129-end
intonation better in track 14
Could use first note of 143 as better on this track
17 - BAR 88-104
SOUND AT START OF BAR 90 - track 20 is better
Brass ensemble generally not good
18 - bar 93-97
Ensemble not good and wrong note somewhere
19 - 93-128
Intonation and ensemble issues numerous BUT BAR 123 IS B21 16-17
DOn't use
22 - bars 16-17
me bit in traack 20 good too
23 bars
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