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Grand, Grand Overture, A
Malcolm Arnold (arr. Keith Wilson)
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Subtitle: For Three Vacuum Cleaners, One Floor Polisher, and Concert Band
This work bears the designation Opus 57.
Contents
General Info
Year: 1956 / 1983
Duration: c. 8:00
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Orchestra
Publisher: Carl Fischer
Cost: Unknown
For availability information, see Discussion tab, above.
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
English Horn
Bassoon I-II
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Contra-Alto Clarinet
B-flat Contrabass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Cornet I-II-III
B-flat Trumpet I-II
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Organ
Timpani
Percussion, including:
- Bass Drum
- Crash Cymbals
- Chimes
- Floor Polisher
- Rifles (4)
- Snare Drum
- Tam-tam
- Vacuum Cleaners (3)
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
A Grand, Grand Overture was commissioned for the Hoffnung Music Festival in Royal Festival hall in London, November 13, 1956.
- Program Note from score
Commercial Discography
None discovered thus far.
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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- Philharmonic Winds (Singapore) (Leonard Tan, conductor) - 6 April 2014
Works for Winds by this Composer
- Concerto for Oboe and Strings (arr. Watts) (1952)
- Divertimento for Wind Octet (1988)
- English Dances, Book One (tr. Johnstone) (1950/1965)
- English Dances, Book Two (tr. Herbert) (1951/1989)
- English Dances, Book Two (tr. Sudduth)
- English Dances Set 2 (tr. Thompson)
- Fanfare for a Festival (arr. McDermott) (1955/1986/2000)
- Fanfare for Louis, 1970
- Four Cornish Dances (tr. Marciniak)
- Four Scottish Dances (tr. Paynter) (1957/1978)
- Four Welsh Dances (tr. Parkes)
- A Grand, Grand Overture (tr. Wilson)
- H.R.H. The Duke of Cambridge (1957)
- The Inn of Sixth Happiness (arr. Suzuki) (1958/)
- Overseas
- The Padstow Lifeboat, op. 94
- Peterloo Overture (tr. Sayre)
- Prelude, Siciliano and Rondo (tr. Paynter) (1963/1979)
- River Kwai March, The (1957)
- Sarabande and Polka from Solitaire (tr. Paynter)
- Symphony for Brass, op. 123
- Symphony No. 2: Allegretto and Vivace, op. 40 (tr. Parkes)
- Symphony No. 2: Finale, op. 40 (tr. Sudduth)
- Tam O'Shanter Overture, op. 51 (tr. Paynter)
- Three Sea Shanties (1943)
- Trevelyan Suite, op. 96
- Variations on a Theme of Ruth Gipps (trans. Braddock) (1978/2019)
- Water Music, op. 82
Resources
- Arnold, M.; Wilson, K. (1983). A grand grand overture : For Three Vacuum Cleaners, One Floor Polisher, and Concert Band : op. 57 [score]. C. Fischer: New York.
- Novello Website