Beckus Newsletters No 039 – 055 Spring 2001 to Winter 2004
















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 Malcolm 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 in 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 Premieres at Cheltenham
- CD Launch on Arnold’s Birthday
Issue 41 Summer 2001
- Malcolm Arnold on Bass Drum
- Appeal passes £800 mark
- Conclusion of BBC Omnibus
- Philip Goodall listens to the 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
You must be logged in to post a comment.