Malcolm Arnold

This marvellous march is full of the wit and humour that characterises the music of one of Britain's greatest living composers. Padstow is a coastal village in Cornwall in the west of England and whil...

The Sound Barrier Rhapsody is a short, dynamic orchestral tour de force in five discernible sections. It can be fully appreciated as pure music, but it is interesting to note the source of the origina...

The first published edition of Malcolm Arnold's playful 1956 overture written for the Gerald Hoffnung Festival. The orchestral score includes parts for three vacuum cleaners, an electric polisher and...

The study score of Malcolm Arnold's 1955 concert masterpiece in a new engraving and edition.

Tam O'Shanter was first performed at a Henry Wood Promenade Concert on 17 August 1955, with Malcolm Arnold conducting the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. It was received with tremendous enthusiasm, and...

... a bleak unease in the unrelenting energy of the first movement, which becomes even more discomfiting in the desolate start to the Lento. This leads to a forlorn suggestion of a funeral march, whic...

The work has no opus number but was written between his famous Tam O'shanter overture for orchestra (opus 51) and his John Clare Cantata (opus 52) and completed in April 1955. Originally scored for 4...

The Fantasy Op.127 for Descant Recorder was commissioned by Wingfield Arts & Music with funds from Eastern Arts Association, and first performed by Michala Petri at St. Michael's Church, Beccles, as p...

Malcolm Arnold's Sonatina For Flute And Piano. Duration: 8 minutes.