'......exposed pianissimos stopped the heart, with splendid solos from Leader Anna Downes'
Birmingham Post, 2015
Diary
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.
Sunday 4th June 2023
International Film Orchestra
The Music of Harry Potter
Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham
Saturday 10th June 2023
The Limelight Orchestra
Leader : Anna Downes
Orbit Symphonic Sundown
Hopton Wafers, Shrophire
Sunday 11th June 2023
Sophistication Strings
Garden Party
Cutnall Green, Worcestershire
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
Saturday 24th June 2023
Sophistication Strings - solo violin
Wedding ceremony and reception
Bewdley museum
Thursday 29th June 2023
Sophistication Strings
Wedding ceremony
Stanbrook Abbey, Worcester
Friday 30th June 2023
Sophistication Strings
Wedding and reception
Bridgnorth
Saturday 1st July 2023
Sophistication Strings
Wedding ceremony and drinks reception
High Grosvenor House, Bridgnorth
Mon 3rd-Sat 8th July 2023
Tettenhall Operatic Company
G&S - Yeoman of the Guard
Codsall High School, Wolverhampton
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
Thursday 27th July 2023
'You Should be Dancing' Tour
Winter Gardens, Blackpool
Friday 28th July 2023
Sophistication Strings
Wedding ceremony and reception
Lilleshall Hall, Shropshire
Sunday 30th July 2023
Labrador Events
Central England Camerata
Come and Sing
Mendelssohn's Elijah
Holy Trinity Church
Sloane Square, London
Wednesday 2nd August 2023
Capriccio Strings
Wedding ceremony and reception
Herefordshire
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
Saturday 19th August 2023
Anna Downes Occasions
Wedding ceremony
Near Chelmsford, Essex
Saturday 26th August 2023
The Mahler Orchestra
Leader : Anna Downes
Mahler : Symphony no 1
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 9th September 2023
Nero String Quartet
Wedding ceremony and reception
Hogarths hotel, Solihull
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
Holy Trinity Church, Hereford
Saturday 21st October 2023
Sophistication Strings
Wedding ceremony
Stanbrook Abbey, Worcester
Monday 30th October 2023
Sophistication Strings
Wedding ceremony and reception
Cider Mill Barns, Warwickshire
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
Saturday 25th November 2023
Derby Choral Union
Central England Camera
Mozart : Requiem
Haydn ; Theresienmesse
Derby Cathedral
Monday 27th November 2023
Sophistication Strings
Wedding ceremony and reception
Manor by the Lake, Cheltenham
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
Sunday 28th January 2024
Andrew Downes Memorial Concert
Central England Ensemble
Conductor : Anthony Bradbury
Soloists: Duncan Honeybourne and Paula Downes
Downes: Concert Overture - Towards a New Age
Downes : Piano Concerto
Downes : Celtic Rhapsody
Downes : Centenary Firedances
Bradshaw Hall, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire
Saturday 10th February 2024
Sophistication Strings
Wedding ceremony and reception
Saturday 13th April 2024
Hagley Festival
Sophistication Strings
A night of Bridgerton Style Music
St John's Church, Hagley
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
Saturday 27th April 2024
Derby Choral Union
Central England Camerata
Carter : Benedicte
Rutter : Feel the Spirit
Derby Cathedral
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
Saturday 31st August 2024
Sophistication Strings - solo violin
Wedding ceremony and reception
Homme House, Ledbury
Wednesday 30th October 2024
Sophistication Strings
Wedding ceremony and reception
Curradine Barns, Bromsgrove
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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