Sir Edward Thomas "Ted" Downes, CBE (17 June 1924 – 10 July 2009) was an English conductor, specialising in opera. He was associated with the Royal Opera...
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North America and Europe. Downes was born in West Roxbury, Massachusetts. He was the son of Marian Davenport and Olin Downes, a pianist and chief music...
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Robin Atkin Downes is an English actor known for his work in animation and video games. Downes was born in London. He earned an MFA from Temple University...
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Belfast. Sean Edward Downes was born in February 1962 in Belfast, to Gerry and Vera Downes, he was their fifth child. On 12 March 1979 when Downes was 16 he...
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Commander Edward Downes Law, 5th Baron Ellenborough (9 May 1841 – 9 December 1915), was a British Royal Navy officer and member of the House of Lords...
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premiere on 19 February 1985, at the Free Trade Hall in Manchester, with Edward Downes conducting. The form of the symphony, along with those of its predecessors...
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conductor Sir Edward Downes and his wife Joan died together at a suicide clinic outside Zürich "under circumstances of their own choosing." Sir Edward was not...
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Downes (Irish: Ó Dubháin), is a surname of Irish and English origin, and may refer to: Aaron Downes (born 1985), Australian footballer Aidan Downes (born...
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dedicated) and the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Edward Downes. The concerto has a duration of roughly 24 minutes and is composed in...
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her life. The film was shown on BBC1 on 25 January 2009. Maestro Sir Edward Downes, conductor of the BBC Philharmonic and the Royal Opera, who struggled...
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Charles Towry Hamilton Towry-Law, 4th Baron Ellenborough (1856–1902) Edward Downes Law, 5th Baron Ellenborough (1841–1915) Cecil Henry Law, 6th Baron Ellenborough...
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Recordings include Prokofief's Eugene Onegin with Sinfonia 21 and Edward Downes, Salad Days and Walton's Henry V with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and...
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conductor Sir Edward Downes and his wife Joan died together at a suicide clinic outside Zürich "under circumstances of their own choosing." Sir Edward was not...
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from near-bankruptcy. Alastair Frederick Down was born in Kirkcaldy, Fife on 23 July 1914 to Frederick Edward Down (1872–1956), an officer in the Indian...
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de la Parra Josu de Solaun Soto Salvatore Di Vittorio Brian Doherty Edward Downes Steven Feifke Ezio Flagello Nicolas Flagello Kenneth R. Force Sullivan...
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with Edward Downes for his 1993 staging in London, but these included only the vocal elements and none of the orchestral fabric, for which Downes' edition...
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Cases". The case specifically concerned a merchant, Samuel Downes, who owned S. B. Downes & Company. His company had imported oranges into the Port of...
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Andrew Cohen, film director, journalist Reed Diamond (1985), actor Edward Downes, musicologist and radio quizmaster David Ebersman (1987), former CFO...
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1938. Following his death, there was a byelection to replace Roger Edward Downes on 30 August 1938. Source Book of Parliamentary Elections and Referenda...
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Edward VII (Albert Edward; 9 November 1841 – 6 May 1910) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 22 January...
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Recent releases include Glière's rarely performed Horn Concerto with Sir Edward Downes and the Concerto for Horn and Violin by Dame Ethel Smyth for Chandos...
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Clyde Edward Pangborn (c. October 28, 1895 – March 29, 1958), nicknamed "Upside-Down Pangborn", was an American aviator and barnstormer who performed aerial...
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Press. January 24, 1985. p. 3. Tommasini, Anthony (December 28, 2001), "Edward Downes, 90, Opera Quizmaster", The New York Times, New York, NY "For 54 Years...
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and opera company director) John Ernest Cook (composer and organist) Edward Downes (musicologist and critic) Thomas Meglioranza (baritone) Walter Piston...
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second novel The Chase was published in 1925. Panter-Downes was born to Major Edward Martin Panter-Downes (died 1914 at Mons) and Marie Kathleen Cowley, who...
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Security Death Index (Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations Inc.), 2011. Edward Downes (October 20, 1958). "Monte Amundsen Scores In Opera Debut" (PDF). The...
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symphony has been recorded by the London Symphony Orchestra under Sir Edward Downes (RCA), the London Philharmonic Orchestra under Bryden Thomson (Chandos)...
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(1958–1968) Bryden Thomson (1968–1973) Raymond Leppard (1973–1980) Edward Downes (1980–1991) Yan Pascal Tortelier (1992–2002) Gianandrea Noseda (2002–2011)...
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Elizabeth Laurence and the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Edward Downes. "Prom 24, 19:30 Friday 8 Aug 1986". BBC. Archived from the original...
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Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra Best Classical Vocal Soloist Performance Edward Downes (conductor), Leontyne Price & the New Philharmonia Orchestra for Puccini:...
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