Malcolm Arnold

Parts only. Composed 1952. Scored for Flute Oboe and Clarinet. Score available: PAT60550SC

Malcolm Arnold is one of the most versatile and prolific British composers of the post war era. This is his Fantasy For Trombone Opus 101 from 1969.

A short but highly dense challenging and inventive Fantasy by one of Britain's most celebrated 20th century composers Sir Malcolm Arnold.

Martin Cooper writes 'The concerto has a dashing first movement marked by jazz memories and a lento whose wistful melancholy also suggests the sentimental lyrical style of the 1930s. The leap from this to the crude whooping and the stomping rhythms of the finale was irresistible. . .'Daily Telegraph 12 October 1976

The full score for Symphony No.8 Op.121 a contemporary masterpiece by Malcolm Arnold composed in 1979. It is a substantial work with clever and fascinating orchestration.

Guitar Concerto Opus 67 was commissioned by Julian Bream who gave the first performance in Aldeburgh with the Melos Ensemble. It is an overt tribute to Jazz and especially to Django Reinhardt. This is particularly evident in the long slow movement which someone once described as a script for a Hitchcock thriller.The most remarkable feature of Arnold?s Guitar Concerto is that the composer cleverly eschewed all clichés in his guitar writing be they Spanish or Jazz and that he approached his task in his own inimitable way. The scoring for small forces is a miracle of economy clarity and efficiency. Malcolm Arnold at his best and at his most inventive thiswonderfully crafted piece has become a favourite.

. . .a 17-minute three-movement work in which orchestra suits and colours are dealt with concision wit fluency and light-fingered skill. . .Gillian Widdicombe Financial Times November 1976

Little Suite for Orchestra No. 1: Op 53-Malcolm Arnold is one Britain’s best-loved composers. In 1948 he composed a very short suite for the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain - entitled simply To Youth. Seven years later he took To Youth and made some fairly major revisions including a complete new movement and the Little Suite for Orchestra was born. The Little Suite for Orchestra follows a very similar pattern to the later suites for brass band starting with a bold strident Prelude which strangely ends quietly before a lovely lilting Dance composed in 3/8 time. Finally a rollicking and militaristic March brings the suite to a conclusion. This arrangement for brass band by Robin Norman is sure tobecome a classic in the brass band repertoire.