'......exposed pianissimos stopped the heart, with splendid solos from Leader Anna Downes'
Birmingham Post, 2015
Diary
Sunday 1st May
Sophistication Strings
Wedding ceremony and reception
Normanton Church, Oakham
Tuesday 3rd May 2022
Anna Downes Occasions
Wedding ceremony
The Mill Barns, Alverley
Saturday 14th May 2022
Bewdley Choral Society
A programme of Mozart
St Anne's Church, Bewdley
Saturday 14th May 2022
Tan House Singers
Central England Camerata
Schubert Mass in C
Holy Innocents Church, Highnam
Sunday 15th May 2022
Hagley Festival
Central England Camerata
Andrew Downes: Symphony no 6
Karl Jenkins The Armed Man
St John's Church, Hagley
Friday 20th May 2022
The Himley Duo
Downes : Sonata no 2
Schubert : Sonata in A major
Great St Mary's Church, Cambridge
Saturday 21st May 2022
Emerald Strings
Wedding ceremony and reception
Coughton Court, Alcester
Sunday 22nd May 2022
'Portraits of Love'
Central England Ensemble
Kidderminster Town Hall
Wednesday 25th May 2022
Anna Downes Occasions
Wedding ceremony
Horley, Banbury
Saturday 28th May 2022
Sophistication Strings
Wedding ceremony and reception
Shrewsbury
Saturday 28th May 2022
The Limelight Orchestra
Platinum Jubillee Prom
St Editha's Church, Tamworth
Sunday 29th May 2022
Sophistication Strings
Wedding Ceremony
Davenport House, Bridgnorth
Wednesday 1st June 2022
Sophistication Strings (quartet)
Swallow's Nest Barns
Warwickshire
Friday 3rd June 2022
Capriccio String Quartet
Wedding ceremony and reception
Saturday 4th June 2022
Sophistication Strings
Wedding ceremony and reception
Grand Station, Wolverhampton
Tuesday 7th June 2022
Sophistication Strings
Private function
Arielles Gordes La Bastide
Provence, France
Friday 10th June 2022
Hereford Chamber Choir and
Central England Camerata
A programme of Elgar, Howells
and Vaughan Williiams
Hereford Cathedral
Saturday 11th June 2022
The Limelight Orchestra
Orbit Festival
Hopton Court, Shrewsbury
Sunday 12th June 2022
Sophistication Strings
Private function
Cutnall Green, Worcestershire
Saturday 18th June 2022
Anna Downes Occasions
Wedding ceremony
Allerton Hall, Liverpool
Friday 24th June 2022
The Limelight Orchestra
Ibiza Proms in the Park
Abbey Park, Leicester
Saturday 25th June 2022
Cantores Chamber Choir and
Central England Camerata
Programme tbc
Minchinhampton Church
Saturday 2nd July 2022
Capriccio String Quartet
Wedding ceremony and reception
Monday 4th July 2022
Anna Downes Occasions
Wedding Ceremony
Syrencot House
Figheldean, Salisbury
Wednesday 6th July 2022
The Himley Duo
Andrew Downes : Sonata no 2
Schubert : Sonata in A major
Downing Place URC, Cambridge
Saturday 9th July 2022
Anna Downes Occasions
Wedding Ceremony
The Granary at Fawsley
Daventry
Saturday 9th July 2022
Sophistication Strings
St Peter's Church
Kineton, Warwick
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Wednesday 13th July 2022
Anna Downes Occasions
Wedding Ceremony
Hyde House, Stow-On-The-Wold
Thursday 14th July 2022
The Himley Duo
Flower Festival
St Benedict's Church, Wombourne
Friday 22nd July 2022
Sophistication Strings
Wedding Blessing
St Benedict's Church, Wombourne
Tuesday 26th July 2022
Sophistication Strings
Wedding ceremony and reception
Manor by the Lake, Cheltenham
Sunday 30th July 2022
Capriccio String Quartet
Wedding ceremony and reception
Saturday 6th August 2022
Sophistication Strings
Wedding Ceremony and reception
Stone Manor, Kidderminster
Saturday 13th August 2022
Anna Downes Occasions
Sophistication Strings
Wedding Ceremony
Luton, Bedfordshire
Sunday 14th August 2022
Sophistication Strings
Wedding ceremony and reception
Rowton Castle, Shrewsbury
Friday 19th August 2022
Central England Camerata
Recording session
Andrew Downes : Violin Concerto
Soloist : Rupert Marshall-Luck
Saturday 20th August 2022
Nero String Quartet
Wedding ceremony and reception
Davenport House, Bridgnorth
Sunday 21st August 2022
Central England Camerata
Recording session
Andrew Downes : Violin Concerto
Soloist : Rupert Marshall-Luck
Saturday 27th August 2022
Anna Downes Occasions
Wedding Ceremony
Charnwood Arms, Coalville
Sunday 28th August 2022
Sophistication Strings
Wedding reception
Supreme Banqueting Suite
West Bromwich
Thursday 1st September 2022
The Limelight Orchestra
Golden Proms
A Celebration of House Music
Trentham Gardens, Stoke on Trent
Friday 2nd September 2022
The Limelight Orchestra
Ibiza Proms
Bantock Park, Wolverhampton
Saturday 3rd September 2022
Anna Downes Occasions
Wedding ceremony
Manor Farm, Worcestershire
Saturday 3rd September 2022
Anna Downes Occasions
Wedding ceremony
Worcestershire
Friday 9th September 2022
Capriccio String Quartet
Wedding Ceremony
Gloucestershire
Saturday 10th September 2022
Anna Downes Occasions
Wedding Ceremony
Avebury Stone Circle
Marlborough, Wiltshire
Sunday 11th September 2022
Music for Sanctuary
Trumpet Inspirations
St John's Church, Hagley
Saturday 17th September 2022
Anna Downes Occasions
Wedding Ceremony
Jenners Barn
Whelford, Fairford
Thursday 22nd September 2022
The Limelight Orchestra
Diva and Disco
Birmingham
Saturday 8th October 2022
Anna Downes Occasions
Wedding ceremony and reception
Gorcott Hall, Redditch
Saturday 22nd October 2022
Bewdley Choral Society
Bewdley Festival
Faure : Requiem
St Anne's Church, Bewdley
Tuesday 25th October 2022
Capriccio String Quartet
Wedding ceremony and reception
Saturday 5th November 2022
Birmingham Festival Choral Society
Central England Camerata
Mendelssohn : Elijah
Ruddock Hall, Birmingham
Monday 12th December 2022
Anna Downes Occasions
Wedding ceremony
Cotswold House Hotel, Chipping Camden
Saturday 18/25 March 2023
Birmingham Festival Choral Society
Central England Camerata
Haydn : The Creation
Ruddock Performing Arts Centre
Birmingham
Wednesday 5th April 2023
Sophistication Strings
Wedding Ceremony
Bridal Barns, Bridgnorh
Saturday 27th May 2023
Sophistication Strings
Wedding Ceremony
Elmbridge Farm, Cutnall Green
Thursday 29th June 2023
Sophistication Strings
Wedding ceremony
Stanbrook Abbey, Worcester
Saturday 15th July 2023
Sophistication Strings
Wedding ceremony
Huntsham Court
Tiverton, Devon
Saturday 29th July 2023
Sophistication Strings
Wedding ceremony
Stanbrook Abbey, Worcester
Sunday 27th August 2023
Anna Downes Occasions
Sophistication Strings
Wedding ceremony and reception
Overgrown Acres, Nottingham
Saturday 4th/11th November 2023
Birmingham Festival Choral Society
Central England Camerata
Laurisden : Lux Aeterna
Ruddock Performing Arts Centre
Birmingham
Spring 2024
Birmingham Festival Choral Society
Central England Camerata
Bach : B minor Mass
Lichfield Cathedral