Malcolm Arnold

Unpublished for over sixty years, this typically characterful work is very much in the style of Sir Malcolm's great film scores of the fifties and sixties.

Music from the film, Hobson's Choice, arranged for wind octet (2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 horns, 2 bassoons).

A very early work by the great british composer, written when he was 13 years old.

Flute, oboe and piano. Written in June 1940. This is the first published edition. Sir Malcolm at his most entertaining. Audiences will love this. An alternative clarinet part (replacing the oboe part)...

One of Sir Malcolm's final works: a fascinating duo from one of Britain's finest composers. 6 movements.

An important work originally written as part of Sir Malcolm's film music for the 1953 film "You know what sailors are", played on the sound track by Jack Thurston. First performed as a concert piece o...

An important addition to the oboist's repertoire, this two movement work will enchant audiences.

The Phantasy, written when the composer was twenty for the Cobbett prize at the Royal College of Music. The piece demonstrates a confidence and flair, as well as an emerging sense of the distinctive A...

Arnold himself was a prolific trumpeter and was principal for the London Philharmonic Orchestra, widely acknowledged as one of the great trumpeters of the age.

A unique fanfare by the great Malcolm Arnold. Written for two trumpets, this intriguing short fanfare explores antiphony within the confines of a single note! Ideal for all occasions that require a fa...

Parts only. Quintet for Brass composed 1961. Score available: PAT60040SC

Fantasy for Cello, Op.130 by Malcolm Arnold. The first performance was given by Julian Lloyd Webber at the Wigmore Hall on 13th December 1987.

Composed in 1966, Arnold's Fantasy for Flute was commissioned by the City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra for the Birmingham International Wind Competition of 1966. It is a challenging piece, but one...

... a brief opening allegro, a slow movement that evolved from lyrical simplicity to portentous emotional gestures, and a finale that was an euberant and affectionate salute to Pre-Goodman Rag. Christ...

Malcolm Arnold is one of the most versatile and prolific British composers of the post war era. This is his extremely popular Fantasy for Trombone, Opus 101 from 1969.

The concerto has a dashing first movement marked by jazz memories and a lento whose wistful melancholy also suggests the sentimental lyrical style of the 1930s. The leap from this to the crude whoopin...

A fascinating witty and certainly unusual work from Malcolm Arnold. Guaranteed to delight all singers and audiences.

Written for the inaugural Farnham Festival in 1961, this terrific fanfare from Malcolm Arnold is scored for 5 French horns, 6 trumpets, 5 trombones, tuba, cymbals and timpani.

Music from Hobson's Choice. Piano reduction of full score.

Duration: 10 minutes