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Current Issue:
Issue 110 Autumn 2018:

• Tavistock Festival
• Sean Shibe wins RPS music award
• Ruth Gipps Variations – Vanbrugh Ensemble
• Arnold on Sounds of Brass
• Grand Grand Overture at Brighton Festival
• Charles “Charlie” Gregory, horn player
• Arnold’s whistlers
• From the archives: Commonwealth Christmas Overture, etc
• Concert Piece for Percussion / Evelyn Glennie
• Arnold the conductor: a remarkable decade 1963-72
• Festival and Society events 12-14 October 2018

Issue 109 Summer 2018:

• Brighton Philharmonic concert
• A new Patron
• Eton Essay Prize winners
• Tavistock Festival
• The Eton Collection
• New CD of fanfares
• Fantasy for Cello: an analysis by Julian Lloyd Webber
• A gesture of friendship
• Malcolm Arnold and Bruce Montgomery
• Salute to Thomas Merritt op.98
• Arnold and Britten from Zeeland
• Kensington Gardens
• The Fair County of Ayr
• Three Shanties arranged for octet

Issue 108 Spring 2018:

• Eton College Malcolm Arnold Competition
• Heatwave: Music for flute, oboe, and piano
• A heatwave in December
• Isabelle Marchewka: Solo harp works
• The Gramophone’s Top 10 English composers
• Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra
• Martin Ellerby
• The Three Musketeers on tour in Autumn 2018
• Rick Stein
• Neil Richmond: transcribing Arnold’s works
• Water Music: a South East discovery
• More praise for Sean Shibe
• Phillip Dyson: Malcolm’s piano music
• Society Accounts and subscription information
• Sponsorship
• Book review
• The Richmond Ballet perform ‘Journey’

Issue 107 Winter 2017:

• 12th Arnold Festival: a feast of delights
• Society Dinner
• New CD of Arnold Songs
• Our new website!
• Donald Mitchell (1925 – 2017)
• Fantasy for Guitar / Acclaim for Sean Shibe
• Fantasy for Double Bass
• Arnold at Eton: a student’s view
• Eton Essay Prize 2017
• News from Bel Air
• The search for the missing scores
• More cuttings from the pas

Issue 106 Autumn 2017

• Exhibition at Eton College
• The Tempest at Eton
• Statue of Malcolm Arnold unveiled at Northampton Guildhall
• Rinaldo and Armida in Westminster
• Exhibition of Marialuisa Marino’s art in Nottingham
• Alan Moore’s Jerusalem
• Malcolm Arnold Festival 2017 – A welcome by Paul Harris
• Festival arrangements for society members
• Reviving ‘Parasol’ by Ian Hÿtch
• A Pride of Parasols
• The Organ Concerto in America
• Susquehanna Symphony Orchestra
• Leicestershire Schools Symphony Orchestra
• More newspaper cuttings from the past

Issue 105 Summer 2017

• St Paul’s Sinfonia – Viola concerto
• Auction in Norwich
• Goldsmith Sinfonia – Symphony No 5
• Sinfonia Tamesa – Symphony No 7
• New kid on the block, part 3
• More on ‘Parasol’
• A-Z of Northampton by Anthony Meredith – review
• Bronwen Jones: pianist in Stolen Face
• Clarinet Concerto and sonatina
• More newspaper cuttings from the past
• Malcolm Arnold: a birthday tribute by Humphrey Searle

Issue 104 Spring 2017

• Essex Symphony Orchestra
• Sale of items from Sir Malcolm’s estate
• News from Maryland
• The nine Symphonies in concert
• New kid on the block, part 2
• Parasol, Malcolm’s only musical
• Fantasy for audience and orchestra
• New publications

Issue 103 Winter 2016

• 11th Malcolm Arnold Festival: Another Winner!
• Nigel Hess’s Launch address
• Society Dinner Oct 15th
• Complete brass music CD
• New Kid on the block, part 1
• Watching the flames together RVW and MA
• Malcolm Arnold and Thomas Merritt
• Black Mark for putting a tune into a Symphony

Issue 102 Autumn 2016 – free preview!

• ‘The voice of the people’: 11th Malcolm Arnold Festival
• CD British Serenade: Solos with String Orchestra
• Devils, donkeys, and dinosaurs: The influence of Gordon Jacob on the young Malcolm Arnold
• Solitaire: sixty years on
• Generation Y in Oldenburg
• An Arnold mystery island?
• Music making and manuscripts

Issue 101 Summer 2016

• Malcolm Arnold Fantasies Competition
• Hunt the chaconne!
• Works for soloist and strings
• Malcolm Arnold’s chamber music
• Playing Malcolm’s clarinet works
• Up at the Villa
• The Arnold-Bournemouth connection
• The Eton Arnold project

Issue 100 Spring 2016

• London concert to launch new Arnold recordings
• Arnold events in Cornwall
• Malcolm Arnold and Ruth Gipps
• Avalanche Patrol
• Reconstructing Arnold’s Film Scores – Philip Lane
• 150 Arnold symphony performances
• Complete Brass works to be recorded

Issue 99 Winter 2015

• The Tenth Arnold Festival – the best yet!
• The Society Dinner
• New recording of the Oboe Quartet
• The Arnold-Bournemouth Connection
• Alf Arnold: The Black Sheep of the family?
• Arnold Films on DVD

Issue 98 Autumn 2015

• Society helps fund Arnold CD release
• Welcome to the 10th Arnold Festival
• Quiz
• Scottish Dances in Maryland
• Three’s company – the Synfoniettas
• Peter Pan
• Arnold by arrangement

Issue 97 Summer 2015

• Sonata for strings – first recording
• The Dancing Master from the Guildhall School of Music
• Was the muse really missing? Tony Meredith responds to the suggestion
  in the last issue that the Concerto for 28 Players is a neglected gem.
• Maryland Band Directors Band play Prelude, Siciliano and Rondo
• Malcolm Arnold at 60 by Hugo Cole reprinted from MusicAnd Musicians 1981
• Music from the Films A discussion between Muir Mathieson and Malcolm Arnold
• Northampton Mercury archives
• The Sunshine Matinees by Alan Poulton
• The BBC Genome project – online access to The Radio Times from 1923 onwards

Issue 96 Spring 2015

• New recording of the Seventh Symphony
• New Michala Petri CD
• John Kuchmy – a man of many parts
• An individual voice – This appreciation of Malcolm Arnold at the age of 60, written by Piers Burton-Page in 1981, has not previously been published

Issue 95 Winter 2014

• Why we all love him so much
• A kaleidoscopic imagination – the 9th Malcolm Arnold Festival
• On and Off the record – John Kehoe talks about his work at Conifer
• The elusive Serenade for guitar and strings
• Flowers of the Forest – a ballet revival in Birmingham
• The Three Musketeers in Canada
• A new Arnold dance work: Suite Bourgeoise

Issue 94 Autumn 2014

• Ninth Malcolm Arnold Festival
• Conducting an interview with our new patrons – John Wilson and Keith Lockhart
• Padstow unveiling: a wonderful day
• Old friends and memories – Padstow pays tribute to composer who took Cornwall to his heart
• ‘Scratch’ choir premieres The Shipwright’s Song
• Philip Pfaff: The forgotten organist of St Matthew’s Church
• The Ipswich Festival Overture
• Malcolm Arnold at 70

Issue 93 Summer 2014

• Padstow unveiling honours Sir Malcolm
• Keith Lockhart our new patron
• Third Light – Simon Parker writes about his new play, which includes the Four Cornish Dances
• Malcolm Arnold: the conductor remembered
• The mystery of the Fourth Symphony
• The Malcolm Arnold Trust

Issue 92 Spring 2014

• From the new Chairman Alan Poulton
• Plaque unveiling at Padstow
• Songs from the Films
• 5th symphony in Bel Air
• A concerto rediscovered: Cello Concerto
• Malcolm Arnold at Home

Issue 91 Winter 2013

• Welcome to John Wilson as new Patron
• Festival Dinner
• Eighth Malcolm Arnold Festival
• Personal reflections on No 8 – P Harris
• The Padstow Lifeboat Op 94
• Some memories of Malcolm Arnold in Cornwall

Issue 90 Autumn 2013

• The Malcolm Arnold Society Festival Dinner
• Paul Harris introduces the 8th Malcolm Arnold Festival
• ‘The Padstow Lifeboat’ Part 3

Issue 89 Summer 2013

• Eighth Malcolm Arnold Festival – highlights to come in 19-20 October
• Dorothy Morris obit
• The Padstow Lifeboat
• Special offer from Faber

Issue 88 Spring 2013

• Malcolm Arnold Trumpet Competition
• Plaque for Padstow
• Sir Malcolm Arnold’s ‘The Padstow Lifeboat’ Op. 94

Issue 87 Winter 2012

• Obituary for John Gould
• Report on the Seventh Malcolm Arnold Festival
• Arnold’s Richmond played a the Olympics

Issue 86 Autumn 2012

• Paul Harris speaks to Geoffrey Brand
• Arnold, Bliss, Berners and Lambert
• How does Malcolm Arnold rank alongside other great 20th century English composers? 5/5
• The Malcolm Arnold Festival, Northampton 21-22 October
• A night at the ballet. Suites from Sleeping Beauty and Nutcracker and three Arnold Ballet scores

Issue 85 Summer 2012

• The Dancing Master – highlight of the Festival
• Thames Diamond Jubilee River Pageant June 3rd includes the Padstow Lifeboat march.
• Projects to celebrate the life of Sir Malcolm
• Havant Symphony Orchestra – the fourth symphony
• A New Arnold Ballet

Issue 84 Spring 2012

• Seventh Malcolm Arnold Festival 20-21 October 2012 – message from Paul Harris
• Society News
• Sixth Malcolm Arnold Festival report by Edward Clark
• How does Malcolm Arnold rank alongside other great 20th century English composers? Part 4/5 Rebecca Steven
• Arnold’s First Symphony: Keith Lockhart conducts the BBC Concert Orchestra.

Issue 83 Winter 2011

• An offer we can’t refuse
• Celebrations in brass (and wine and cake)
• The 9 symphonies at the Malcolm Arnold Festival
• The dilemma of the Ninth
• How does Malcolm Arnold rank alongside other great 20th century English composers? 3/5

Issue 82 Autumn 2011

• Sir Malcolm Arnold’s 90th anniversary – message from Paul Harris
• Celebration in Brass
• Malcolm Arnold on Desert Island Discs
• A Malcolm Arnold Journal?
• How does Malcolm Arnold rank alongside other great 20th century English composers? 2/5

Issue 81 Summer 2011

• Sir Malcolm Arnold’s 90th anniversary
• Festival Schedule
• Celebration in Brass
• How does Malcolm Arnold rank alongside other great 20th century English composers? 1/5
• The Purple Dust saga

Issue 80 Spring 2011

• The Arnold Cello Concerto in Concert
• Where are the Great British Symphonies
• The making of a musician

Issue 79 winter 2010

• Hayley Mills at opening 5th Malcolm Arnold Festival
• Society ‘Get Together’
• A Grand, Grand Event
• Festival Gallery
• Homage to the Queen

Issue 78 Autumn 2010

• Cello Concerto recording in preparation (Naxos)
• A breath of fresh air for the Malcolm Arnold Festival 2010
• Malcolm Arnold at the Proms (1952 onwards)
• Whoops! (Richard Attenborough)

Issue 77 Summer 2010

• Malcolm Arnold Festival 2010
• First Society ‘Get Together’
• Festival News from Paul Harris
• Planning pays off for young performers
• The Persuasive Pamela (Watson)

Issue 76 Spring 2010

• Sir Malcolm’s piano donated to Attleborough High school
• 2010 Festival News
• The Symphonies on Record
• Views sought: Should the Society be run by a committee

Issue 75 Winter 2009

• An embarrassment of riches – three Festivals
• Fourth Malcom Arnold Festival
• Peterloo Prize Winner – Sarah Git; Beckus Joint Prize winners – Jude Carlton, Toby Young
• The Fourth Symphony in concert
• Padstow Arts Festival

Issue 74 Autumn 2009

• Sheila Arnold 16 September 1919 – 25 June 2009
• The Fourth Symphony discussed by John Gibbons
• Devils, Donkeys and Dinosaurs – the influence of Gordon Jacob on Arnold
• The first Padstow Arts Festival

Issue 73 Summer 2009

• The Fourth Malcolm Arnold Festival
• Sir Malcolm Arnold’s Third Symphony in concert – Dr Howard Sowerby
• Visit to Tallinn for The Three Musketeers

Issue 72 Spring 2009

• In Memoriam Richard Hickox
• From the Archives: Malcolm Arnold at Home (Oct 1969)
• The Road to Badger’s Green
• Moritz Ernst plays Malcolm Arnold

Issue 71 Winter 2008

• The Third Malcolm Arnold Festival – Tony Meredith reflects
• A window opens – opera
• The Power of the Press

Issue 70 Autumn 2008

• Festival Update
• A conductor’s view – Benjamin Ellin
• Well Hung – a new portrait of Sir Malcolm
• Slaithwaite Philharmonic performs 3rd symphony April 2009

Issue 69 Summer 2008

• Malcolm Arnold Festival 2008
• The Malcolm Arnold Bronze
• Roy Noakes 1936-2002
• “It’s a hotel, Jim, but not as we know it!”

Issue 68 Spring 2008

• Sir Malcolm Arnold and Russia
• The Three Musketeers – Olivier Award
• The Dancing Master
• Malcolm Arnold on YouTube

Issue 66 Autumn 2007

• Update Second Arnold Festival Oct 6-7 2007
• Eric Dickinson (d. June 2007)
• Arnold on DVD – recent releases
• Malcolm Arnold on Composition

Issue 65 Summer 2007

• Second Malcolm Arnold Festival Oct 6-7 2007
• The Grieg Society Arnold celebration
• Arnold on CD – recent releases
• The Sea Creature – Malcolm Arnold remembered Gerard Hoffnung (c 1960)
• Moritz Ernst

Issue 64 Spring 2007

• Memories of Malcolm
• Society members pay their tributes
• A 16 Hour Orgy David Elliott, the producer, explains
• Musicians’ Book of Remembrance
• Stan Hibbert – Obituary

Issue 63 Winter 2006

• Sir Malcolm Arnold CBE 1921-2006 – obituaries
• The Malcolm Arnold Festival 2006

Issue 62 Summer 2006

• Honory Doctorate for Sir Malcolm (University of Northampton)
• Box of Delights ( The Conifer recordings are being reissued)
• The Malcolm Arnold Festival
• Fine Arts Brass update

Issue 61 Summer 2006

• The New Arnold double CD project
• The return of Odysseus
• The Cowbell Symphony
• The Three Musketeers

Issue 60 Spring 2006

• The Malcolm Arnold Festival
• Continental Arnold
• Komponisten uden sidestykke (Composer without equal)

Issue 59 Winter 2005

• The Seventh Symphony – Live! (in March 2006)
• New Arnold Thematic Catalogue – Alan Poulton – work in progress
• Malcolm Arnold in Cornwall
• Malcolm Arnold on DVD

Issue 58 Autumn 2005

• Glorious 12th Distinguished Musician Award for Sir Malcolm
• Suite Success – Intriplicate perform Suite Bourgeoise
• The Turtle Drum – A Child’s View
• The Complete Brass Chamber Music of Sir Malcolm Arnold to go ahead.

Issue 57 Summer 2005

• The Malcom Arnold Festival
• Fiona Southey is new manager for Sir Malcolm
• Malcolm Arnold House- Northampton for the care of children – further detail
• Sir Malcom Arnold CBE – Patron and Friend – Tony Cleary

Issue 56 Spring 2005

• The Incorporated Society of Musicians offer Sir Malcolm the Distinguished Musician Award for 2004
• A Truly Great Man – Irene Lynch recalls a beautiful friendship
• Toward the Unknown Region: A film by Tony Palmer reviewed by Piers Burton-Page
• Malcolm Arnold House- Northampton for the care of children

Issue 55 Winter 2004

• Arnold Renascent? A personal view of the Study Day by John Pearce
• Malcolm Arnold – Rogue Genius : review by Philip Wood
• 24-9-04 – LPO/Vernon Handley review by Günther Kögebehn
• The Film – readers views
• Sir Malcolm Arnold’s String Quartet in performance and on tour by David Angel

Issue 54 Autumn 2004

• The Concert and Film September 24th 2004
• Alla Marcia: Arnold and the Quickstep
• The Battle of Britain – A Film Score Odyssey
• DVD update

Issue 53 Summer 2004

• First Person Singular – Julian Lloyd Webber
• The New Biography by Anthony Meredith and Paul Harris
• Celebration Concert to launch the New Biography
• Arnold does Southend

Issue 52 Spring 2004

• The Arnold Ensemble
• Celebration: Malcolm and Anthony are reunited
• Sixty Years Tacet – the recently discovered Wind Quintet
• Writing Music for Films (Dr Malcolm Arnold – 1970)
• Society Polo Shirts

Issue 51 Winter 2003

• Editorial – Heartbreak
• Sir Malcolm receives Honorary Doctorate
• In His Own Words
• Documentaries at the Imperial War Museum
• A Song of Accounting Periods

Issue 50 Autumn 2003

• Sir Malcolm recovering from a chest infection.
• A new file about Sir Malcolm will open the 2004 season of the South Bank Show
• During October the Imperial War Museum will be showing a series of Documentaries with music by Arnold to coindide with his 82nd birthday
• The premiere of the revised Cello Concerto

Issue 49 Summer 2003

• The Malcolm Arnold Society is delighted to welcome Richard Hickox CBE as its new Patron
• Surprised by Beauty. Arnold features in a book by Robert R Reilly
• A Tale of Two Ditties. Tracking down the Robert Burns tune in the second Scottish Dance
• A Day with Sir Malcolm Arnold by Edward W Clark
• Sir Malcolm in Texas for the Arnold Texas Fiesta

Issue 48 Spring 2003

• The death of Lady Hilary Groves.
• Lost and Found- The remarkable story of Malcolm Arnold’s Wind Quintet Paul Harris
• An Ebullient Young Man a personal recollection by Arthur Butterworth MBE
• A Welcome Addition – review of Paul Jackson’s new biography “The Brilliant and the Dark” By Phillip Wood
• Sir Malcom Arnold in San Antonio A Musical Fiesta
• Investigating Arnold’s songs and arias.

Issue 47 Winter 2002

• The Hunt for Purple Dust by Alan Poulton – the hunt for missing scores
• Sorry Vaughan Williams, Sorry all the Rest – the scarcity of performances of British Music
• Fantasy on a Theme of John Field (1975) Opus 116 – extract from Paul Jackson’s new biography “The Brilliant and the Dark”
• Just listen to the Bloody Music Sir Malcolm and Paul Serotsky

Issue 46 Autumn 2002

• Fanfare for a Royal Occasion
• A Grand Grand Composer: Bill Newman chats with Sir Malcolm 1994
• Arnold In Germany ….
• …. and in Harrogate

Issue 45 Summer 2002

• Hazard Chase to promote the music of Sir Malcolm Arnold
• The Brilliant and the Dark: A further extract from Paul Jackson’s book on Sir Malcolm
• The best clarinettist in the World
• An offer you can’t refuse

Issue 44 Spring 2002

• The Brilliant and the Dark: Extract from Paul Jackson’s book on Sir Malcolm
• Discography Supplement March 2002
• Two World Premieres
• Archive: Tunes Foremost: Lyndon Jenkins questions the composer

Issue 43 Winter 2001

• Brillante – The 80th Birthday Celebrations
• … ‘It’s Sir Malcolm’s Birthday after all
• 80th Birthday Concerts at Wigmore hall, October 23 & 25
• New Recordings

Issue 42 Autumn 2001

• Malcolm Arnold talks about Film Music
• Norman Lebrecht regrets Arnold’s omission from the Proms
• Paul Serotsky praises Arnold’s Music
• Two World Premiere’s at Cheltenham
• CD Launch on Arnold Birthday

Issue 41 Summer 2001

• Malcolm Arnold on Bass Drum
• Appeal passes £800 mark
• Conclusion of BBC Omnibus
• Philip Goodall listens to latest Arnold releases

Issue 40 Spring 2001

• 80th Birthday Concert appeal
• Something for everyone
• Transcript of BBC Omnibus Documentary with John Amis
• Latest recordings
• Letters

Issue 39 Winter 2000

• Arnold Festival Report: Philip Wood
• Phillip Dyson writes about the Stolen Face Ballade
• TV Chef joins the Society
• Letters

Issue 38 Autumn 2000

• First Arnold Festival in Northampton previewed
• Members letters
• More recording news
• CD offer from Chandos

Issue 37 Summer 2000

• Live performance reviews: 4th symphony (UK); 9th Symphony (American premiere)
• The Name Game – Paul Jackson makes an analytical discovery
• Me and Malcolm Arnold. Arnold’s librettist remembers
• Malcolm Arnold Festival arranged for his home town of Northampton

Issue 36 Spring 2000

• New Bostock CD reviewed
• Member’s Letters
• World wide performance diary
• CD and Huddersfield Concert Ticket offers

Issue 35 Winter 1999

• Bostock Interviewed
• The Slaithwaite Review
• Why am I a member of the Society
• English Enigma part 2
• CD offer

Issue 34 Autumn 1999

• Pimlico Dictionary of 20th Century Music under scrutiny
• An American Essay Part 1 from Robert R Reilly
• 9th Symphony to receive American Premiere
• CD offer

Issue 33 Summer 1999

• The Slaithwaite Philharmonic announce their concert Season (incl. Arnold: Clarinet Concerto No. 2 & Symphony No. 4
• John Huntley talks about Arnold’s Film Music
• Paul Serotsky’s view of the John Field Fantasy
• Arnold’s David Copperfield and new CDs

Issue 32 Spring 1999

• Little Suite – Large Orchestra :Simon Rattle beats world record for largest orchestra
• Portrait of Diana Hirst
• American correspondence on new Conifer CD
• Massachusetts member seeks contact with other members

Issue 31 Winter 1998

• Christmas at Craigmore
• Diana Hirst – New representative for Sir Malcolm
• A Floral Garland in Northamptonshire
• The Arethusa Ensemble performances
• A look at Tam O’Shanter on CD

Issue 30 Autumn 1998

• A Festival of British Music: proposals from Richard Hickox
• Nulli Secundus: Kneller Hall revisited
• The Arnold- Lean Trilogy Part 3: The Bridge on the River Kwai by Christopher Richie
• CD special offers to members

Issue 29 Summer 1998

• The Slaithwaite Tales (or The Night is ended but the melody lingers on)
  notes on the concert given by the Slaithwaite Philharmonic Orchestra
• Andrew Penny (conductor) joins the Society
• Recording notes including Andrew Penny’s recording of the fourth symphony

Issue 28 Spring 1997

• Conferment Day at the Royal Northern College of Music
• Julian Bliss (aged 8)
• The Arnold- Lean Trilogy Part 2: Hobson’s Choice by Christopher Richie
• Concerto for Pop Group and Orchestra – Postscript by Vincent Budd

Issue 27 Winter 1997

• Modulation: John Kehoe takes over from Stan Hibbert
• The ‘Arnold Awards’
• The Arnold-Lean Trilogy Part 1 by Christopher Richie
• Malcolm Arnold and Jon Lord Part 2 Enter Malcolm Arnold by Vincent Budd

Issue 26 Autumn 1997

• Surf with Arnold Arnold on the World Wide Web
• Malcolm Arnold and Jon Lord: “Concerto for Group and Orchestra “and “Gemini Suite” by Vincent Budd
• BBC Proms snub Arnold Again Editorial Comment
• Recorded Music by Philip Goodall
• STOP PRESS: Stan Hibbert has retired as Sir Malcolm’s personal representative. His place is taken by John Kehoe

Issue 25 Summer 1997

• The Rehearsal Orchestra and Sir Malcolm’s Fifth symphony
• Children’s Suite Opus 36 by Denis Bloodworth
• A portrait of obsessive revenge: The concluding part of Paul Jackson’s look at Arnold’s ballet music
• Philip Goodall – the Society’s new recording consultant

Issue 24 Spring 1997

• An Arnold Premiere – almost! by Piers Burton-Page
• Arnold’s happiest collaboration: the third part of Paul Jackson’s look at Arnold’s ballet music
• Stan’s Master of the Queen’s Gala Music – Peterloo at the opening of Bridgewater Hall
• Arnold Celebration ’96 some reflections by Stan Hibbert

Issue 23 Winter 1996

• Thanks Stan – the Society shows its gratitude to Stan Hibbert
• A Grand Grand Celebration – Phil’s view
• This Christmas Night – an reprint of Mary Wilson’s carol set by Malcolm Arnold
• A serious Error: the second part of Paul Jackson’s look at Arnold’s ballet music
• Press reviews of the Sir Malcolm Arnold 75th birthday concert RFH London

Issue 22 Autumn 1996

• Commemorative Issue for Sir Malcolm Arnold’s 75th Birthday
• Birthday Greetings including those from H.R.H. The Duchess of Kent, Julian Lloyd Webber (Patron), Lady Hilary Grove and Norman Lebrecht
• An Original Voice Uncompromised: The First part of an in-depth study of the ballet music of Malcolm Arnold by Paul Jackson
• An Offbeat Story: Arnold as Composer of the Weeks at the BBC by Piers Burton-Page
• Memories of Sir Malcolm by Philip Trowell
• Issue 21 Summer 1996
• Dear Mr Kenyon: An open letter to the Controller of BBC Radio 3 by Paul Brooks
• Were you there? Arnold Celebration ’96
• Sir Malcolm Arnold and the Recorder by Denis Bloodworth of Recorder Magazine
• What the Papers say . . .
• Lost and Found The Society’s founder, Paul Jackson, considers some Arnold gains and losses

Issue 20 Spring 1996

• Stan’s Soirée launches Arnold Celebration ’96. The combined efforts of the Barbican Music Library, Novello & Co., Marialuisa Marino and others under the direction of Stan Hibbert, gave the “Arnold Celebration ’96” a magnificent send-off.
• Vive Arnold record review by Michel Fleury
• Arnold for Band record review by Keith Llewellyn

Issue 19 Winter 1995 (Newsletter renamed to Beckus)

• A Merry Christmas from Sir Malcolm and Anthony
• The Music of Malcolm Arnold by Adrian Smith (Slaithwaite Phil.)
• Stan Hibbert on 75th Birthday Celebration plans for 1996
• Inspiration and Joy by Marialuisa Marino

Issue 18 Autumn 1995

• Hobson’s Choice in Rochdale
• Wakefield Arnold Celebration
• A letter from Philip Pfaff

Issue 17 Summer 1995

• Kings Lynn Arts Festival Arnold Tribute
• A letter from Barry Arnold Long
• A letter from John Amis

Issue 16 Spring 1995 

• The Arnold Celebration 96
• Philharmonic Concerto – A book by Piers Burton-Page
• Christopher Palmer, R.I.P.

Issue 15 Winter 1994 (Newsletter renamed to The Smoke)

• Keith Llewellyn takes over running the Arnold Society
• Malcolm Arnold – Composer of the week

Issues 01 – 14, July 1991 to October 1994 (simply named Newsletter)

• Just a newsletter!