A Nice Conundrum – My Life in Two Worlds by Alan PoultonSelf-published 2020, 554 pages Alan Poulton’s biography was published last year, but so far, it has not been featured here despite having quite a lot about Malcolm Arnold in it. It is quite a massive undertaking and chronicles Alan’s […]
DISCOVER MALCOLM ARNOLD – 2021 CENTENARY YEAR Deadline extended to 30th September! The Malcolm Arnold Essay Prize is for students under 19 and is intended to encourage inquiry into Arnold’s work and to reflect on the experience of performing his music. The Prize is supported by the Malcolm Arnold Trust. […]
Malcolm Arnold‘s Centenary will be celebrated by the BBC Proms in two concerts. Like last year this year’s Proms season is very short, due to the pandemic and ticket sales for the events below will start on 10th July. Symphony 5 will be performed by the BBC Symphony Orchestra under […]
Alan Poulton, who has been the Chairperson of the Society since 2014, has decided to step down from the role at the end of the year. He has made an enormous contribution to the Society over the past 8 years, but now he is looking to move on and to […]
Malcolm Arnold‘s Fantasy for Horn is part of a new CD and Download from Three World Records that celebrates the centenary of the legendary horn player Dennis Brain. Some more info from Ben Goldscheider himself! Order it here!
The brand new issue of Beckus (No. 121) has just been released. This is the quarterly newsletter for our members.If you are not yet a member: Just click here! The contents: 16th Malcolm Arnold Festival will be online The Society is looking for a Chairperson The Dancing Master wins BBC […]
This year’s Maestro is a book! For the 2021 issue of our Society journal, Maestro, Alan Poulton wanted to write a major article exploring Malcolm Arnold’s ancestors — the Arnold and Hawes families. We already had an article on the Hawes family in Maestro No. 3, but Alan had acquired […]
A new release from Indicator with a special feature on the score by Malcolm Arnold. Ronald Neame directs this adaptation of Enid Bagnold’s play which tells of a haughty matriarch (Edith Evans) who employs a governess (Deborah Kerr) with a shadowy past to take care of her troubled teenage granddaughter […]
Resonus’ The Dancing Master has won the BBC Music Magazine Opera Award! Our congratulations go to conductor John Andrews, the BBC Concert Orchestra, the amazing cast of singers, Resonus Classics and everybody behind the scenes. If you haven’t heard the CD premiere of The Dancing Master, you can Order it […]
Presto Music’s Paul Thomas and Piers Burton-Page, Honorary President of the Malcolm Arnold Society and author of Philharmonic Concerto: Life and Music of Malcolm Arnold are celebrating the life and work of one of the most distinctive British composers of the twentieth century in a brand new podcast. Piers has […]
The April 2021 issue of BBC Music Magazine celebrates the centenary of Malcolm Arnold. It’s available from 18th March 2021. Malcolm Hayes reasses the work of one of Britain’s finest composing talents. BBC Music Magazine 04/2021 The CD contains: Symphony No. 2, Op. 40 I Allegretto 6:21 II Vivace 4:29 III Lento […]
A new release from Network. Robert Morley and Maurice Evans star as the celebrated Gilbert and Sullivan in this sumptuous costume drama from British film legends Frank Launder and Sidney Gilliat. A memorable soundtrack courtesy of the London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Sir Malcolm Sargent and Muir Mathieson. The music […]
