Suite for 6 Horns

Instrumentation

6 french horns in f

Other Information

5 movements: Prelude; La Chasse; Romantische Mitternacht; Blazon; Postlude

Commissioned by the Vienna Horn Society (The ´Wiener Waldhornverein´). Recorded for CD by Roland Fritch, Suzanne Langor, James Lowe, Roland Horvath, Jonathan Sharp and Michael Sollner, conducted by Franz Sollner, in the Baumgarten Studios, Vienna, in May 2001 (CD on the Aricord label of music for horns and piano, entitled Schlosskonzert, also including Andrew Downes´ Sonata for Horn and Piano played by James Lowe with Anne Madison, produced by Josef Kamykowski. . Performed by Horns from Chethams School of Music also in the spring of 2001.  The work was given its Czech premiere at Podebrady Castle, near Prague, by the Horns of the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra in March 2009.

The Horns of the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra have now recorded the work for CD entitled "Andrew Downes: Music for Horns and Wagner Tubas".  It is released on the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra Artesmon label (AS 729-2).  To hear a sound sample, or to purchase the CD using credit/debit cards, click on