Grand, Grand Overture, A

Malcolm Arnold

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.

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