Symphony II:Finale (Arnold)

Malcolm Arnold

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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

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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

Sir Malcolm Arnold’s Second Symphony was commissioned by the Bournemouth Winter Garden’s Society and is dedicated to Charles Groves and the Bournemouth Municipal Orchestra “in celebration of the Diamond Jubilee of the orchestra”. The first performance of the symphony was on 25th May 1953.

The final movement, Allegro con brio, is based on two themes and is very light hearted. The first theme is a dance-like melody lead by the woodwinds. The second theme appears in the horns and is passed through the trumpets and trombones in a fugal texture. The material of the first section returns and there is a passage for piccolo over harmonies and fragments presented by the xylophone and flute. The bold secondary theme returns before the last appearance of the dance melody and a stately coda.

- Program Note from Texas Christian University Wind Symphony concert program, 18 November 2021

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State Ratings

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Performances

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Texas Christian University (Fort Worth) Wind Symphony (Harry D. Blake, conductor) - 18 November 2021
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

Brass Quintet No. 2 (1987)
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/)
March from "A Little Suite" (arr. Sumner) (1955/1965)
Overseas
Overture for Wind Octet (1940/2004)
The Padstow Lifeboat, op. 94
Peterloo Overture (tr. Sayre)
Prelude, Siciliano and Rondo (tr. Paynter) (1963/1979)
Quintet for Two Trumpets, Horn, Trombone and Tuba (1961/2004)
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