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Composer of the Week:Malcolm Arnold

BBC Radio 3
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(born 1921). In the week of Malcolm Arnold 's 80th birthday, Donald Macleod talks to the composer's biographer Piers Burton-Page . Today they explore Arnold's love of jazz and his sense of humour. Fanfare for Louis Elgar Howarth and Stanley Woods (trumpets)
Overture: The Smoke, Op 21
LPO, conducted by the Composer
Three Shanties, Op4 Jaime Martin (flute), Jonathan Kelly (oboe), Emma Johnson (clarinet), Claire Briggs (horn). Susanna Cohen (bassoon)
Beckus the Dandipratt, Op 5 BBC Concert Orchestra, conductor Vernon Handley Suite: Belles of St Trinian 's BBC
Philharmonic, conductor Rumon Gamba A Grand Grand Overture, Op 5 7
Jane Glover , Christopher Laing , Bill Oddie and Donald Swann (vacuum cleaners),
Philharmonia, conductor Michael Massey Producer Kerry Chapman
Forgotten man: page 19

Contributors

Unknown:
Malcolm Arnold
Talks:
Donald MacLeod
Unknown:
Piers Burton-Page
Unknown:
Louis Elgar Howarth
Unknown:
Stanley Woods
Flute:
Jaime Martin
Oboe:
Jonathan Kelly
Oboe:
Emma Johnson
Clarinet:
Claire Briggs
Horn:
Susanna Cohen
Conductor:
Vernon Handley
Conductor:
Rumon Gamba
Unknown:
Jane Glover
Unknown:
Christopher Laing
Unknown:
Bill Oddie
Unknown:
Donald Swann
Conductor:
Michael Massey
Producer:
Kerry Chapman
Source: Radio Times

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