Malcolm Arnold

The composer writes, " there are so many works for flute which are solely vehicles for instrumental virtuosity that I have attempted to write a piece where the musical element is more to the fore...

This work, originally for orchestra, was one of two new pieces added to Arnold's English Dances of 1951 to complete the score of Kenneth MacMillan's Solitaire, first performed in 1956 by the Royal Bal...

Malcolm Arnold wrote this little fantasy in the early 1960s as a present for his children, Katharine and Robert, to play together. Even as a miniature, it has many of the hallmarks of the Arnold style...

Discover a fascinating side of the renowned British composer with the "Sonata (1942) for Flute & Piano". Arnold enthusiasts may be pleasantly surprised by this remarkable work: the sonata boldly ventu...

Malcom Arnold's The Song of Simeon was first performed on 5th January, 1960, at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane and tells the story of the Nativity. The work may be performed as a stage or a concert pre...

Written to celebrate the sixtieth birthday of the legendary oboist Leon Goossens, and first performed by him and the Carter Trio in 1958, this delightful 13-minute quartet is a fine showcase of Malcol...

This work was commissioned for Michala Petri by the Carnegie Hall Corporation, in honour of Carnegie Hall's Centennial Season. The world première of the original version was given in Carnegie Hall's W...

Experience sparkling wit and masterful chamber music with the Divertimento for Wind Trio, Op. 37 by renowned British composer Malcolm Arnold. Composed in 1952, this piece is a true highlight of the wo...

Cornish Dance, composed by Malcolm Arnold and arranged by Paul Harris for clarinet with piano accompaniment in digital sheet music format.

Oboe and Piano reduction of the concerto for Oboe and Strings op. 39. Suitable for grade 8 standard players.

Rinaldo and Armida was written for the Sadler's Wells Theatre Ballet Company (UK). Duration: c.9 minutes. Orchestra 3 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 B-flat clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns in F, 3 trumpets in B-fla...

Orchestration: 2 Flutes, 2 Oboes, 2 Clarinets in Bb, 2 Bassoons 4 Horns in F, 3 Trumpets in Bb, 3 Trombones, Tuba, Timpani, Percussion (Cymbals, Side drum, Bass drum, Triangle. Tambourine, Glockenspie...

String Quartet No.2 Op. 118 by Malcolm Arnold was first performed at the 1976 Aldeburgh Festival by the Allegri Quartet. This new edition has been arranged for two violins, viola and cello.

Malcolm Arnold's String Quartet No. 2 followed some 30 years after his first: it was completed in Dublin in August 1975 and first performed by the Allegri Quartet the following year at the 29th Aldebu...

This work is an arrangement and orchestration of Malcolm Arnold's Piano Sonata, which he wrote in 1942, produced for alto saxophone and strings by David Ellis in 1994 at the request of the composer. I...

The theme from the Peterloo overture, composed by Malcolm Arnold and edited by Deborah Calland for trumpet and piano accompaniment in digital sheet music format.

This work is an arrangement and orchestration of Malcolm Arnold's Piano Sonata, which he wrote in 1942, produced for alto saxophone and strings by David Ellis in 1994 at the request of the composer. I...

English composer Malcolm Arnold wrote this compact sonatina in 1951 and it has since become one of his most popular instrumental works. As always with Arnold, it is impeccably crafted: the first movem...

Sir Malcolm Arnold (1921) put an end to his career as leading trumpeter with several famous London symphony orchestras to become a full-time composer. He became world famous with his soundtrack music...

Peterloo is the derisive name given to an incident on 16 August 1819, in St Peter's Fields, Manchester, when an orderly crowd of some 8,000 people met to hear a speech on political reform. On the orde...

Instrumentation: 2222 – 4230 – timp – perc(1): cyms/glsp/tam-t/BD – strings

This is indeed a substantial piece of music and there is never any doubt it was written by a symphonist. The orchestration is both clever and brilliant. . .a contemporary masterpiece.Schenectady Gazet...