Composers, Writers and Editors
Sir Malcolm Arnold
Sir Malcolm Arnold (1921 – 2006) is one of the towering figures of the 20th century, with a remarkable catalogue of major concert works to his credit, including nine symphonies, seven ballets, two operas, one musical, over twenty concertos, two string quartets, and music for brass band and wind band. He also wrote 132 film scores, among these are some of the finest works ever composed for the medium including Bridge on the River Kwai (for which, in 1958, he was one of the first British composers ever to win an Oscar), Inn of the Sixth Happiness (for which he received an Ivor Novello Award in 1958), Hobson’s Choice and Whistle Down the Wind.
Arnold began his professional musical life in July 1941 as second trumpet with the London Philharmonic Orchestra. Acknowledged as one of the finest players of the day, he eventually became the orchestra’s Principal Trumpet. In 1969 he was made a Bard of the Cornish Gorseth and was awarded the CBE in 1970. He held Honorary Doctorates of Music from the Universities of Exeter, Durham and Leicester – and in America from the Miami University, Oxford, Ohio; he was made a Fellow of the Royal College of Music in 1983 as well as Hon. R.A.M. and Hon. F.T.C.L. In 1985 Malcolm Arnold received an Ivor Novello Award for ‘Outstanding Services to British Music’, the Wavendon Award in 1985, and a knighthood in the 1993 New Year’s Honours List for his services to music.
The first Arnold Festival took place in October 2006 at the Royal and Derngate Theatre in Northampton, the composer’s birthplace, and is now an important annual event in the British musical calendar.
8 Children's Pieces for Piano
Composer: Sir Malcolm Arnold QT157
Beauty Haunts the Woods
Composer: Sir Malcolm Arnold QT76
Beauty Haunts The Woods
Composer: Sir Malcolm Arnold QT41
Divertimento
Composer: Sir Malcolm Arnold QT25
Dream City
Composer: Sir Malcolm Arnold Arranger: Paul Harris QT42
Elektra For Flute and Percussion
Composer: Sir Malcolm Arnold QT186
Fantasy for Double Bass
Composer: Sir Malcolm Arnold QT154
Fantasy for flute & clarinet
Composer: Sir Malcolm Arnold QT65
Fantasy for flute & guitar
Composer: Sir Malcolm Arnold QT64
Festival Fanfare
Composer: Sir Malcolm Arnold QT142
Grand Fantasia
Composer: Sir Malcolm Arnold QT71
Hobson's Choice Trio
Composer: Sir Malcolm Arnold QT57
Hobson's for Wind Octet
Composer: Sir Malcolm Arnold QT88
Katherine Walking and Running
Composer: Sir Malcolm Arnold
QT193
Kensington Gardens - song cycle for voice and piano
Composer: Sir Malcolm Arnold QT175
Overture for Wind Octet
Composer: Sir Malcolm Arnold QT69
Phantasy 'Vita Abundans'
Composer: Sir Malcolm Arnold QT67
Piano Music Volume 2
Composer: Sir Malcolm Arnold QT73
Purple Dust
Composer: Sir Malcolm Arnold QT72
Ragtime
Composer: Sir Malcolm Arnold QT87
Savile Centenary Fanfare For Two Trumpets
Composer: Sir Malcolm Arnold QT189
Scherzetto
Composer: Sir Malcolm Arnold QT43
Solitaire
Composer: Sir Malcolm Arnold QT68
Sonata (1942)
Composer: Sir Malcolm Arnold QT66
Suite Bourgeoise
Composer: Sir Malcolm Arnold QT63
The Early Piano Music
Composer: Sir Malcolm Arnold QT59
The Peacock in the Zoo
Composer: Sir Malcolm Arnold QT78
Three Fantasies
Composer: Sir Malcolm Arnold QT44
Two Part Songs
Composer: Sir Malcolm Arnold QT86
Two Sketches
Composer: Sir Malcolm Arnold QT62
Wind Quintet
Composer: Sir Malcolm Arnold QT61
