Malcolm Arnold

Malcolm Arnold's Clarinet Concerto No. 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 Br...

The Fairfield Halls are built on the site of Croydon's old fair field and the music is rather reminiscent of a huge switchback ride in three-four time interspersed with a sprightly two-four prelude wh...

The Fairfield Halls are built on the site of Croydon's old fair field and the music is rather reminiscent of a huge switchback ride in three-four time interspersed with a sprightly two-four prelude wh...

Transcribed by Charles Sayre. From the warmth of the opening theme to the imitation of terrors of battle, this extraordinary selection captures the full spectrum of musical emotions. Essential for you...

This is a magnificent work! Based on a famous poem by Scottish poet Robert Burns, the overture is a tone poem which eloquently expresses the intense moods of the frightening tale told by the poet. Joh...

Version for Wind Band. Legendary work composed for the 1956 Hoffnung Festival featuring solo passages for Vacuum Cleaners, a Floor-Polisher and Rifles.

Parts available: PAT60900SP

... It is a revelation to hear something of the composer's other side. The Viola Concerto, featuring Rivka Golani, is the real thing: post Walton, heartfelt viola writing... Sarah Pope, CD Classics, D...

The River Kwai March was composed by Malcolm Arnold for the 1957 film, The Bridge On The River Kwai. It is a counterpoint melody to the well-known theme tune of the film, the Colonel BogeyMarch, which...

Fantasy For Guitar Op.107, composed by Malcolm Arnold and edited by Julian Bream, for solo guitar in digital sheet music format.

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...

The first performance of Malcolm Arnold's DuofFor Flute and Viola was given by John Francis and Bernard Davies at Salle Erard, London, in December 1946.

This work was commissioned for Michala Petri by the Carnegie Hall Corporation, in honour of Carnegie Hall's Centennial Season. The world premiere was given in Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall, New Y...

Work for Flute, Bassoon, Horn, Violin, Viola. Score available: PAT60029SC

Score available: PAT60080SC

Sarabande And Polka are two dances, written in 1956 by Malcolm Arnold. Together with his English Dances, they formed the music for Solitaire, a new ballet by the British dancerand choreographer Sir K...

Premiered at the British Music Information Centre by Richard Deering.

'Peterloo' is the derisive name given to an incident on 16th 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...

Malcolm Arnold's score to David Lean's 1954 film, Hobson's Choice, was one of three collaborations between the composer and director. It's a story of Henry Hobson, played by Charles Laughton, who runs...

For almost two centuries, the enduring legend of the maniacal barber of Fleet Street, Sweeney Todd, and his savoury human pies has inspired terror in the hearts and minds of the public, whether throug...

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 wa...