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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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