Born in 1921, Sir Malcolm Arnold was one of the most fluent and versatile composers of his, or any other, generation. His prolific output comprises symphonies, concerti, chamber music, stage works, divertimenti, choral music, song cycles and music for wind and brass band, whilst his catalogue of over a hundred scores for film and television includes the Oscar-winning Bridge on the River Kwai.
Malcolm Arnold was awarded the CBE in 1970 and was Knighted in 1993. In 1986 he received the Ivor Novello Award for outstanding services to British music and in 2001 was awarded a Fellowship of the British Academy for Composers and Songwriters on the occasion of his 80th birthday.
Forthcoming performances:
Four Cornish Dances
25.4.10, Thornbury, United Kingdom
The Three Musketeers
6.5.10, Estonian National Opera, Tallinn, Estonia: Ballet of the Estonian National Ballet/ch. David Nixon/cond. Jüri Alperten & Mihhail Gerts
Concerto for Flute No 2
6.5.10, Carl Nielson Salen Odense, Denmark: Odense Symfoniorkester
The Three Musketeers
21.5.10, Estonian National Opera, Tallinn, Estonia: Ballet of the Estonian National Ballet/ch. David Nixon/cond. Jüri Alperten & Mihhail Gerts
Four Cornish Dances
22.5.10, Lighthouse Theatre, Poole, United Kingdom: Bournemouth S.O.
The Three Musketeers
28.5.10, Estonian National Opera, Tallinn, Estonia: Ballet of the Estonian National Ballet/ch. David Nixon/cond. Jüri Alperten & Mihhail Gerts
Four Cornish Dances
20.6.10, Halifax, United Kingdom: Orchestra of Square Chapel
Larch Trees
28.6.10, St John Smiths Square, United Kingdom: Kensington Symphony Orch/Russell Keable
Symphony No 8
3.7.10, St Johns Waterloo., United Kingdom: Sinfonia Tamesa
Peterloo
18.7.10, Muza Kawasaki Symphony Hall, Japan: Freiheit Symphony Orchestra/Masahiro Isaki
Four Cornish Dances
30.8.10, BBC Proms, Royal Albert Hall, London, United Kingdom: BBC Concert Orchestra/Keith Lockhart