Malcolm Henry Arnold
Born: 21st October 1921, Northampton, England
Died: 23rd September 2006, Norwich
Nationality: English
Sir Malcolm Henry Arnold was an English composer and conductor. His works feature music in many genres, including a cycle of nine symphonies, numerous concertos, concert works, chamber music, choral music and music for brass band and wind band. His style is tonal and rejoices in lively rhythms, brilliant orchestration, and an unabashed tunefulness. He wrote extensively for the theatre, with five ballets specially commissioned by the Royal Ballet, as well as two operas and a musical. He also produced scores for more than a hundred films, among these The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), for which he won an Oscar.
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John Andrews on The Dancing Master
5th Nov 2020
The British conductor talks to Katherine about recording Malcolm Arnold's one-act comic opera, written at high speed for TV in the early 1950s but rejected by the BBC for being 'too bawdy'...
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Popular Works: Arnold
- A Flourish for Orchestra, Op. 112 (5)
- A Grand Grand Festival Overture, Op. 57 (5)
- Anniversary Overture, Op. 99 (5)
- Beckus the Dandipratt, Op. 5 - Comedy Overture (16)
- Brass Quintet No. 1, Op. 73 (16)
- Clarinet Concerto No. 1, Op. 20 (6)
- Clarinet Concerto No. 2, Op. 115 (9)
- Concerto for Two Violins & Orchestra, Op. 77 (6)
- English Dances Op. 27 & 33 (6)
- English Dances, Set 1, Op. 27 (10)
- English Dances, Set 2, Op. 33 (20)
- Fantasy for Bassoon, Op. 86 (7)
- Fantasy for Clarinet Op. 87 (6)
- Fantasy for Flute Op. 89 (6)
- Fantasy for Guitar, Op. 107 (8)
- Flute Concerto No. 1, Op. 45 (7)
- Four Cornish Dances, Op. 91 (10)
- Four Scottish Dances, Op. 59 (22)
- Guitar Concerto, Op. 67 (13)
- Little Suite for Orchestra No.1, Op.53 (7)
- Little Suite No.1 for Brass, Op.80 (6)
- Peterloo Overture, Op. 97 (10)
- Philharmonic Concerto, Op.120 (7)
- Sea Shanties for Wind Quintet, Op. 4 (15)
- Sonatina for Clarinet and Piano, Op. 29 (22)
- String Quartet No. 2, Op. 118 (6)
- Symphony No. 1, Op. 22 (9)
- Symphony No. 2, Op. 40 (12)
- Symphony No. 3, Op. 63 (10)
- Symphony No. 4, Op. 71 (8)
- Symphony No. 5, Op. 74 (13)
- Symphony No. 6, Op. 95 (9)
- Symphony No. 7, Op. 113 (7)
- Symphony No. 8, Op. 124 (6)
- Symphony No. 9, Op. 128 (8)
- Tam O'Shanter, Op. 51 (22)
- The Bridge on the River Kwai (5)
- The Padstow Lifeboat - March, Op. 94 (9)
- The Sound Barrier - Rhapsody (5)
- Water Music, Op.82b (7)
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