Par ARNOLD MALCOLM. Ivan March of Gramophone says '. . .a bleak unease in the unrelenting energy of the first movement, which becomes even more discomforting in the desolate start to the Lento. This leads to a forlorn suggestion of a funeral march, which then ironically quickens in pace but is suddenly cut down - the drum strokes become menacingly powerful and the despairing mood of the movement's…

Par ARNOLD MALCOLM. A Flourish For Orchestra was written to celebrate the 500th anniversary of the granting of a Charter to the City of Bristol. It was first performed by the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra in the Colston Hall, Bristol on 26th September 1973. / Niveau : Intermédiaire / Répertoire / Conducteur

Par ARNOLD MALCOLM. Malcolm Arnold's 'Clarinet Concerto #2, Op. 115', was dedicated to Benny Goodman, and first performed by him as part of the 'Red Rocks Music Festival' with the Denver Symphony Orchestra conducted by Brian Priestman on 17 August 1974. The third movement, known affectionately as 'The Pre-Goodman Rag', is an outrageous ragtime parody with a hauntingly wistful middle section. The w…

Malcolm Arnold's one act ballet score Homage To The Queen was commissioned in 1953 by the Royal Opera House Covent Garden to celebrate the coronation of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. The ballet was conceived and choreographed by Frederick Ashton with designs by Oliver Messel and was danced by the full company of the Sadler's Wells Ballet with an illustrious cast that comprised Nadia Nerina …

Whistle Down The Wind Small Suite For Small Orchestra is three-movement suite Prelude The Three Kings Finale played as one continuous piece. Its melodic charm and instrumentation including vibraphone glockenspiel and chimes effectively evokes the innocence of the main characters of the film. Malcolm Arnold was a British composer who earned an international reputation both as a compose…

Malcolm Arnold's Symphony No.9 was competed on 5th September 1986 at Wymondham Norfolk and is dedicated to Anthony John Day. It was first performed on 20th January 1992 in Studio 7 at BBC Manchester by the BBc Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of Sir Charles Groves. Study Score edition.

Commissioned by the Cheltenham Festival Society Malcolm Arnold's Fifth Symphony Op.74 was composed in 1960 and first performed in 1961 (the year of his fortieth birthday). The work was composed towards the end of a period of intense compositional activity. Surrounded by controversy and criticism for its unashamed Neo-Romantic style at the time of composition it is now rightly heralded as a wor…

Sir Malcolm Arnold’s Second Symphony was commissioned by the Winter Garden’s Society Bournemouth and is dedicated to Charles Groves and the Bournemouth Municipal Orchestra in celebration of the Diamond Jubilee of the orchestra; they gave the first performance on 25th May 1953.

Arnold's first chamber symphony in three movements written in 1954 published in study score format for the first time.