As this year our usual annual Festival Dinner can’t take place for obvious reasons, we will have another virtual get-together on Zoom. This hopefully gives members who were not able to join in person before also a chance to meet up. It will be held on the 22nd October at […]
BBC Radio 3 is celebrating Malcolm’s 100th with several broadcasts this week. Saturday 16 OctoberRadio 3, 7 am Breakfast includes the Irish DancesRadio 3, 9 am Record Review includes excerpts from the Grand Concerto Gastronomique Sunday 17 OctoberRadio 3, 6.45 pm “Malcolm Arnold, the Tortured Composer” (Simon Heffer) Tuesday 19 […]
Malcolm’s 100th The 16th International Malcolm Arnold Festival 16th – 17th October 2021 Can be watched exclusively online this year More information from festival director Paul Harris can be found on the Festival website. The Programme:
MALCOLM ARNOLD: ORCHESTRAL MUSIC Brand new recording from Toccata Classics These two works present two sharply contrasting sides of Malcolm Arnold: his limitless resources of knockabout fun, and a sense of existential tragedy. But each score presents its own surprises: the jocularity of the Grand Concerto Gastronomique – written for […]
Recorded in the presence of the composer, Andrew Penny’s recordings of the Complete Symphonies and Dances by Sir Malcolm Arnold To be released 22nd October 2021 Order it here! Contains:Symphony no.1, op.22Symphony no.2, op.40Symphony no.3, op.63Symphony no.4, op.71Symphony no.5, op.74Symphony no.6, op.95Symphony no.7, op.113Symphony no.8. op.124Symphony no.9, op.128 English Dances […]
On one of my frequent visits to Northampton during 1983 (I was putting the finishing touches to the Faber catalogue of Arnold’s music), Malcolm showed me a letter he had received from one of his contemporaries at the Royal College of Music, Ruth Gipps. This should forward to https://www.malcolmarnoldsociety.co.uk/malcolm-arnold-and-ruth-gipps/
SOMM Recordings is delighted to mark the 100th anniversary of Sir Malcolm Arnold’s birth with seven first recordings of arrangements for violin and piano played by Peter Fisher and Margaret Fingerhut. To be released 17th September 2021 Order it here! On This Recording Solitaire – Sarabande* (arr. Alan Poulton) Trapeze – Lola’s Theme* (arr. […]
The September 2021 issue of the Gramophone Magazine is out. To celebrate the centenary of Malcolm Arnold, Richard Bratby explores how the British composer’s reputation is rightly being reassessed. For more information: https://www.gramophone.co.uk/classical%20music%20news/article/introducing-the-september-issue-of-gramophone-featuring-igor-levit
The brand new issue of Beckus (No. 122) 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 – ‘Malcolm’s 100th’ Society get-together Julian Lloyd Webber honoured Sinfonietta No. 1 Harrisburg Symphony No. […]
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 […]
