Andrew Downes - In Peace I Will Lie Down And Sleep

In Peace I Will Lie Down And Sleep

Instrumentation

SATB choir

Other Information

Anthem for unaccompanied SATB choir.

Text from The English Psalter: Ps.4 v.8

First performed on BBC Radio 4 on 3rd November 1984 in the ´Evening Service´ by the Birmingham Conservatoire Chamber Choir conducted by John Bishop.
Regularly performed at the Chapel of Royal Holloway, University of London, by the Chapel Choir under the direction of Professor Lionel Pike.
Recorded for CD entitled The Lord is my Shepherd (CDVP014CD) by the Chapel Choir of Royal Holloway, directed by Lionel Pike, on 6th & 7th January 2001 in Arundel Cathedral.
Performed by the New London Singers in their concert "War and Peace" in St Augustine’s Church, Queensgate, London, in June 2002.  Performed on June 21st 2005 in the Adrian Boult Hall, Birmingham, by the Chamber Choir of Birmingham Conservatoire, conducted by Andrew King, in a concert of  Music by Andrew Downes marking the composer´s retirement from Birmingham Conservatoire.    Performed at  King´s Chapel, Boston, Massachusetts on August 22nd 2006 by the Millennium Scholars directed by Paula Downes.