Each issue has regular features such as a Performance Diary, Letters page and Archive Section.
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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
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
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
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
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
Plaque unveiling at Padstow
Songs from the Films
5th symphony in Bel Air
A concerto rediscovered: Cello
Concerto
Malcolm Arnold at Home
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
The Malcolm Arnold Society Festival Dinner
Paul Harris introduces the 8th
Malcolm Arnold Festival
'The Padstow Lifeboat' Part 3
Eighth Malcolm Arnold Festival - highlights to
come in 19-20 October
Dorothy Morris obit
The Padstow Lifeboat
Specialoffer from Faber
Malcolm Arnold Trumpet Competition
Plaque for Padstow
Sir Malcolm Arnold’s ‘The Padstow Lifeboat’ Op. 94
Obituary for John Gould
Report on the Seventh Malcolm Arnold Festival
Arnold's Richmond played a the Olympics
Paul Harris speaks to Geoffrey Brand
Arnold, Bliss, Berners and Lambert (in the history of the Royal Ballet
How does Malcolm Arnold rank alongside other great 20th century English composers?
(the conclusion of Rebecca Steven's five part study
The Malcolm Arnold Festival, Northampton 21-22
Ocober
includes the World Premiere of The Dancing Master plus Strauss Der Fledermaus
Julian Lloyd Webber plays the Delius cello concerto
A night at the ballet. Suites from Sleeping Beauty and Nutcracker and three
Arnold Ballet scores
(The programme will include Hobson’s Choice, David Copperfield, Sarabande
and Polka and Bridge on the River Kwai march.)
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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?
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? ... contd.
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?
The Purple Dust saga
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)
If it ain't broke
STOP PRESS. The 2011 festivale will see the performance of all the Arnold symphonies
Issue 76 Spring 2010
Sir Malcolm's piano donated to Attleborough High school
2010 Festival News
The Symphonies on Record
Views sought: Should the Siciety 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
Malcom 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 64 Spring will continue our tribute to Sir
Malcolm.
You may send a contribution of up to 150 words before
Feb 1st.
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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 perfom 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 Society's 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 Grad 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 Malcom'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 ommission 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 Bithday 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 perfomance diary
CD and Huddersfield Concert Ticket offers
Issue 35 Winter1999
Bostock Interviewed
The Slaithwaite Review
Why am I a member of the Society
English Enigma part 2
Concerts
CD offer
Issue 34 Autumn1999
Pimlico Dictionary of 20th Century Music under scrutiny
An American Essay Part 1 from Robet 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 Spring1999
Little Suite - Large Orchestra :Simon Rattle beats world record for
largest orchestra
Portrait of Diana Hirst
American correspondence on new Conifer CD
Massachusett's 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
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
Naxos sales figures (Sept 98)
Arnold Dances
16,665
Symphonies 1 & 2 17,048
Symphony 9
22,077
Symphonies 3&4 it is a bit early for sales figures
but 2,500 had gone at the end of August.
This represents a total of 58,290 in two and
a half years
Issue 29 Summer1998
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
Modulation: John Kehow 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
