Malcolm Arnold

A terrific fantasy piece for Tuba by Malcolm Arnold. Set fot the ABRSM Tuba Examinations Grade 8.

'Contemporary-music-without-tears has always been his aim and this succinct little three-movement work showed him as skilful as ever in unpretentious directness of utterance as it were in the vernacular. For the soloist it is a gift alike in the first movement's almost indispensable fanfare-like challenges in melody sometmes as nostalgic as Poulenc (especially haunting in the seductively scored central Andante) and in the Finale's flashes of virtuosity.'Jona Chissell The Times 31 January 1983

Malcolm arnold's concerto for Trumpet was commissioned by the Arts Council of Great Britain for the 100th Anniversary of the founding of the Royal College of Music. Trumpeter John Wallace was the soloists at the first performance in the Royal Albert Hall on 30 January 1983.

for Brass Ensemble-Written for the inaugural Farnham Festival in 1961 Festival Fanfare from Malcolm Arnold is scored for 5 French Horns 6 Trumpets 5 Trombones Tuba Cymbals and Timpani.