Talk:Malcolm Arnold

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Brass Quintet works[edit]

Why are his works for brass quintet listed under "Band" and not "Chamber Music"?

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Conductor[edit]

The only mention in the present text of Malcolm Arnold conducting is in relation to the Jon Lord Concerto in 1969, and in another section on this talk page "numerous commissions" are mentioned. Can anyone elaborate on Arnold's conducting with more cases, so that a separate section in the article might be justified? Where did Arnold learn to conduct anyway and were any recordings made of him conducting? I am Dutch and I am lacking the informed background or sources to do this, but maybe someone else, from Britain?--Hansung02 (talk) 01:18, 24 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

There are definitely recordings of Arnold conducting, because I own one of them. A compilation disc called "Hurrah for Malcolm Arnold" contains Arnold conducting his own Grand, Grand overture (the spoof concerto, with the vacuum cleaners and the floor polisher). Most of the other recordings on that disc are Muir Mathieson conducting his film music. -- PaulHammond (talk) 10:39, 23 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, Arnold was in fact highly regarded and in demand as a conductor, not only of his own works but of other composers, especially Elgar, Berlioz, etc. He recorded most of his own orchestral works, often several times. It would be good for this article to elaborate on that aspect of his career; in fact this article ought to be expanded considerably in several directions as it is still rather sketchy. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.190.49.175 (talk) 21:17, 26 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

No reference to children[edit]

I'm surprised that there is no reference to any of Arnold's children in the article. Just from references in the liner notes to his symphonies I am aware that he had children, and that one of them was autistic. I guess they themselves may not be wikipedia notable, but they are an important part of Arnold's life.

OK - I have from the Naxos recording of symphonies 7 and 8 "The dedication "To Katherine, Robert and Edward", Arnold's children, would hardly merit comment were it not for the character of the score... Whether or not the dedication conceals a deeper personal intent is something on which to ponder." I can't find the reference to one of his sons being autistic, maybe it's in with the symphonic dances? But there's something somewhere about one of the Irish tunes being included in his 7th or 8th symphony because it was the favourite of one of his sons. -- PaulHammond (talk) 10:35, 23 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]