Variations on a Theme of Ruth Gipps

Malcolm Arnold

Malcolm Arnold (trans. Brittan Braddock)

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General Info

Year: 1978 / 2019
Duration: c. 11:30
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Orchestra
Publisher: Unknown
Cost: Score and Parts - Unknown

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Errata

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Program Notes

Ruth Gipps (1921-1999) was an important composer, conductor, pianist, and oboist in 20th century England. She studied with Ralph Vaughan Williams and Gordon Jacob at the Royal College of Music, where she met a fellow student and trumpet player by the name of Malcolm Arnold. They became fast friends and supporters of each other.

Gipps’ Coronation Procession, Opus 41 (1953) became her first composition to be broadcast worldwide. Malcolm Arnold took a theme from this piece and composed a set of variations upon it to encourage Gipps. The first performance of Variations for Orchestra on a Theme of Ruth Gipps was performed by the Chanticleer Orchestra in Queen Elizabeth Hall on February 22, 1978. Ruth Gipps was the conductor.

- Program Note from University of Colorado Boulder Wind Symphony concert program, 18 April 2019

Commercial Discography

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Performances

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• University of Colorado Boulder Wind Symphony (Brittan Braddock, conductor) – 18 April 2019

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)
• Trevelyan Suite, op. 96
• Variations on a Theme of Ruth Gipps (trans. Braddock) (1978/2019)
• Water Music, op. 82

Resources

• Brittan Braddock website Accessed 20 April 2019