Paula Downes reads her Grandfather and Andrew Downes' father Frank's book, Around the Horn, which tells the story of the Classical Music Industry from the point of view of a professional Horn player. Born 1921, died 2005, his fascinating orchestral career spanned the demise of the silent cinema, municipal seaside orchestras, the RAF Central band during World War II, orchestral playing in pre and post-war Britain, and the rise towards a Royal title for the Birmingham Conservatoire. Chapter 1 tells of his life in industrial Walsall and his lucky fortune to have parents who encouraged him and his 9 siblings to learn instruments in their tiny house on a noisy street. This episode ends with Andrew Downes' Overture, Towards a New Age to depict the industrial Black Country since it was commissioned for the 150th Birthday of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers.
Remembering Andrew Downes
Around the Horn by Frank Downes: Chapter 17
Around the Horn by Frank Downes: Chapter 16
Around the Horn by Frank Downes: Chapter 15
Around the Horn by Frank Downes: Chapter 14
Around the Horn by Frank Downes: Chapter 13
Episode 34: Organist Robin Walker
Around the Horn by Frank Downes: Chapter 12
Episode 32: Bass Guitarist Fred Thelonius Baker
Around the Horn by Frank Downes: Chapter 11
Around the Horn by Frank Downes: Chapter 10
Episode 29: Opera Far from the Madding Crowd
Around the Horn by Frank Downes: Chapter 9
Around the Horn by Frank Downes: Chapter 8
Episode 26: Composer and Pianist Martin Riley
Episode 25: Composer and Pianist Tony Bridgewater
Around the Horn by Frank Downes: Chapter 7
Around the Horn by Frank Downes: Chapter 6
Around the Horn by Frank Downes: Chapter 5
Around the Horn by Frank Downes, Chapter 4
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