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The 6th Malcolm Arnold Festival
21st - 23rd October 2011
The 9 Symphonies
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Royal & Derngate, Northampton
Box Office 01604 624811
Tickets on Sale from June 27th
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Friday 21st October
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20.00
The Festival will be launched by the legendary actor Robert Hardy, star of Harry Potter and All Creatures Great and Small. The first concert will include both the 1st and 2nd symphonies, performed by the Cambridgeshire Symphony Orchestra conducted by Steve Bingham. Piers Burton-Page will give an introduction to the music and the concert will also include Eric Coates’ The Dambuster’s Overture and Vaughan Williams The Lark Ascending with the brilliant young violinist Claudia Moore-Gillon. |
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Saturday 22nd October
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10.00
John Amis (left) will be launching two important new books, 'Malcolm Arnold in Words' and 'Composers on the Nine'. There will also be a performance of the 'The Peacock in the Zoo' given by the choir of the Malcolm Arnold Academy. After a short chamber recital, the next concert begins at 11.30 and will include the 3rd symphony, conducted by Benjamin Ellin with the Slaithwaite Philharmonic Orchestra. The young trumpet star Rebecca Robertson will also play Haydn's trumpet concerto, a great favorite of Malcolms.
2.00
After lunch we will hear the 4th Symphony played by the outstanding University of London Symphony Orchestra and their concert will also include Respighi's Pines of Rome.
4.00
After another short chamber recital, we will hear the 5th Symphony and Walton's great Crown Imperial march performed by the wonderful Northamptonshire County Youth Orchestra conducted by Peter Dunkley. Ben Hoffnung the son of the great Gerard Hoffnung, will be introducing this concert.
5.30
Another short chamber concert will proceed the evenings festivities beginning at…
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7.30
John gibbons, with his Ealing Symphony Orchestra will perform his 6th Symphony, together with a number of surprises
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Sunday 23rd October
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11.30
Sunday will begin with a talk by the well-known composer Dr Timothy Bowers on the 7th and 8th Symphonies. The two works will be conducted by the great Andrew Penny, who has recorded the entire symphonic cycle on Naxos. The concert will also include Shostakovich's br illiant Festival Overture.
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2.00
Andrew Penny returns to talk about his highly acclaimed recordings of the symphonies, at which Sir Malcolm himself was in attendance.
2.45
Another chamber concert, directed by the distinguished pianist Scott Mitchell.
4.00
John Griff, the voice of BBC Radio Northampton, will present a fascinating feature on the particular years of each of Malcolm's symphonies.
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7.30
The Gala evening concert, will be conducted by the acclaimed John Gibbons, and will include Malcolm's most personal statement, the intensely moving and engaging 9th Symphony. We are also delighted to welcome the international violinist Nicola Benedetti, who will be playing Brahms' Double Concerto
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