Symphony II:Finale (Arnold)

Malcolm Arnold

Malcolm Arnold (trans. James Sudduth)

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This symphony bears the designation Opus 40.

General Info

Year: 1953 /
Duration: c. 6:00
Difficulty: VI (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Symphony
Publisher: Manuscript
Cost: Score and Parts - Unknown

Instrumentation

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Errata

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Program Notes

The Symphony No. 2, Op. 40 by Malcolm Arnold is a symphony dating from 1953. Arnold composed the symphony on commission from the Bournemouth Winter Garden's Society. He dedicated the score to the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and conductor Charles Groves, who premiered the work on 25 May 1953.

- Program Note from Wikipedia

Commercial Discography

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State Ratings

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Performances

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• L. V. Berkner High School (Richardson, Tx.) Symphonic Band I (Jason Schayot, conductor) - 18 December 2019 (2019 Midwest Clinic)

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

• Symphony No. 2 (Arnold), Wikipedia Accessed 18 December 2019