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Malcolm Arnold Festival

Here, you will find information about the 2024 Malcolm Arnold Festival. Please also visit the official website for more information.


19th International Arnold Festival
Each concert: £10. Day ticket (3 concerts): £25. Students and under 18s: FREE.

Society members get a 50% discount, so please request your discount code from us.


Launch Concert – Sat, 19 Oct 2024, 11:00 – 12:30 – St Peter’s Church, Mare Fair, Northampton NN1 1SW, UK

11:00 am Spectacle Brass Quintet led by Nick Budd

Festival Launch by Composer Matthew Taylor

  • Fanfare for Louis
  • Brass Quintet No. 1
  • Four Fanfares
  • Double Fugue from Symphony for Brass
  • Three Shanties

11:50 am Students from Birmingham Conservatoire

  • String Quartet No. 2

Choir and Organ Concert – Sat, 19 Oct 2024, 14:30 – 16:00 – All Saints Church, George Row, Northampton NN1 1DF, UK

2:30 pm (Doors open 2:00 pm)

Abington Vale Primary School and the County Youth Choir
Choir led by Simon Toyne
Organist – Tom Moore

  • John Clare Cantata
  • Psalm 150
  • Two Ceremonial Psalms
  • Two-part songs
  • Organ Theme and Variations (featuring new 2024 variation)

3:30 pm

  • Turtle Drum

Gala Concert – Sat, 19 Oct 2024, 18:00 – 19:45, Guildhall, St Giles’ Square, Northampton NN1 1DE, UK

6:00 pm Symposium with Mathew Taylor (The Court Room)

6:30 pm County Youth Concert Band (The Grand Hall) conducted by Meghan Foster

  • Scottish Dances
  • Padstow Lifeboat
  • Sarabande and Polka

NMPAT Orchestra conducted by Andy Kirkwood and Richard Smith

  • English Dances Set 2
  • Little Suite No 2
  • River Kwai March

Society Dinner – Sat, 19 Oct 2024, ca 20:00 – 23:00, Mercure Hotel, Silver Street, Northampton NN1 2TA, UK

Arnold Society Dinner, pre-booking is needed. Please contact us.
Here, you will find the provisional 3-course menu.


Online Day – Sun, 27th October 2024
Malcolm Arnold’s music for smaller forces – including a focus on his songs – with talks and exclusive interviews