Malcolm Arnold

Dal classico film della seconda guerra mondiale del 1957 Il ponte sul fiume Kwai, ecco la famosa marcia di Malcolm Arnold che incorpora la marcia del colonnello Bogey di Kenneth Alford insieme alla me...

Originally entitled 'Flourish for a 21st Birthday' (opus 44) the work was scored for 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 2 cornets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani and 3 percussion. This new version for concert band by M...

Un gioiello raramente rappresentato, quest'opera comica in un atto unico del 1952 di Malcolm Arnold è adattata da "The Gentleman Dancing Master" di William Wycherley. La trama segue l'eroina Miranda e...

Malcolm Arnold is well known to brass players as a composer of often extrovert sounding music specially suited to the bright colors obtainable from brass instruments. . .The first symphony that was wr...

Written to celebrate the sixtieth birthday of the legendary oboist Leon Goossens, and first performed by him and the Carter Trio in 1958, this delightful 13-minute quartet is a fine showcase of Malcol...

Instrumentation: 2.picc.2.2.2 - 4331 - timp - perc(2): cyms/BD/SD/tam-t/glsp/tamb/xyl/cast - harp - strings

Writtend for the 1956 Hoffnung Festival this piece is really the stuff of legend. Features solo efforts by 3 Vacuum Cleaners, 1 lonely Floor-Polisher and 4 Rifles.

Premierd by Leon Goosens under the direction of Boyd Neel in June 1953.