Are you a member of the Malcolm Arnold Society? Then the brand new issue of Beckus (No 110) should be with you shortly. If you are not yet a member: Just click here! The contents: Tavistock Festival Sean Shibe wins RPS music award Ruth Gipps Variations – Vanbrugh Ensemble Arnold on […]
Sounds of Brass presented by Philip Hunt Sunday 15th July 2018 Broadcast on BBC Radio Cornwall, Devon, Guernsey & Jersey @ 8 pm and on BBC Radio Bristol, Gloucestershire, Somerset Sound, Swindon & Wiltshire @12am. And available on the iPlayer until 30 days after broadcast: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p001d7s2 More information will be […]
Are you a member of the Malcolm Arnold Society? Then the brand new issue of Beckus (No 109) should be with you shortly. If you are not yet a member: Just click here! The contents: Brighton Philharmonic concert A new Patron Eton Essay Prize winners Tavistock Festival The Eton Collection New […]
Returning to the UK stage, David Nixon OBE’s The Three Musketeers is a dashing tale of intrigue, treachery, romance and thrilling swordplay. With a sweeping score by Sir Malcolm Arnold, played live by Northern Ballet Sinfonia. The Three Musketeers will tour to Nottingham, Newcastle, Sheffield and Canterbury from October to November 2018. More […]
A new Chandos release! Fanfares performed by Onyx Brass conducted by John Wilson Chandos CHSA 5221 Purchase the recording here! Contains the following Fanfares by Sir Malcolm Arnold: Fanfare for a Royal Occasion (1956) * A Richmond Fanfare (1957) * Kingston Fanfare (1959) Festival Fanfare (1961) Railway Fanfare (1975) *Premiere […]
Eton College has announced the winners of the Malcolm Arnold essay prize! Eleanor Fox of Kings College London and Isaac Adni of Westminster School. Congratulations! More on this in the upcoming Beckus and the essays themselves will be published in the next Maestro!
Over the decades owing to all too human nature concert music manuscripts, film score manuscripts and even films themselves get lost. A new endeavour was started in the Winter 2017 issue of Beckus (No 107) by our chairman Alan Poulton to locate the missing materials. Bit by bit we will be […]
The Dutch label Zefir Records has released a new recording of the Scottish Dances. The Zeeland Orchestra conducted by Ivan Meylemans. The CD also contains Britten’s Violin Concerto with soloist Mathieu van Bellen. Purchase the recording here: More information here: https://www.zefirrecords.nl/album/1df04fb7005506ab048/het-zeeuws-orkest-mathieu-van-bellen_arnold-&-britten.html
Are you a member of the Malcolm Arnold Society? Then the brand new issue of Beckus (No 108) should be with you now. If you are not yet a member: Just click here! The contents: Eton College Malcolm Arnold Competition Heatwave: Music for flute, oboe, and piano A heatwave in December […]
The Heatwave Trio have released their first CD. It contains works for piano trio by Arnold, Delius, Dring, Farrington, Mathias, Robbins and Tippett. The trios members are Juliette Bausor, principal flute of the LPO Daniel Bates, principal oboe of the City of London Sinfonia and the Irish Chamber Orchestra Simon […]
Are you a member of the Malcolm Arnold Society? Then the brand new issue of Beckus (No 107) should be with you in the week of the 20th November! If you are not yet a member: Just click here! The contents: 12th Arnold Festival: a feast of delights Society Dinner New […]
The 13th Malcolm Arnold Festival dates are 13-14th October 2018! The official website of the Malcolm Arnold Festival Paul Harris, Founder and Artistic Director of the Malcolm Arnold Festival