Concerto for Harmonica and Orchestra (Arnold)

The Concerto for Harmonica and Orchestra, Opus 46, is a concerto featuring a harmonica soloist, written by English composer Malcolm Arnold. The piece was composed in 1954 for the American harmonica virtuoso Larry Adler, and was premiered on August 14, 1954 at the Royal Albert Hall, with accompaniment by the BBC Symphony Orchestra. The concerto was one of the first of a number of "serious" pieces composed for the harmonica after the Second World War (in addition to works by Darius Milhaud, Ralph Vaughan Williams, and Heitor Villa-Lobos).

The concerto has a duration of nine minutes and is cast in three movements:

Grazioso
Mesto
Con brio

Sources

The World Guide to Musical Instruments, Max Wade-Matthews, Anness Publishing Ltd., 2001
Official Malcolm Arnold Website

Malcolm Arnold

Ballet	Homage to the Queen Sweeney Todd

Orchestral music	Symphony No. 1 (1949) Symphony No. 2 (1953) Symphony No. 3 (1957) Symphony No. 4 (1960) Symphony No. 5 (1961) Symphony No. 6 (1967) Symphony No. 7 (1973) Symphony No. 8 (1978) Symphony No. 9 (1986) English Dances Four Scottish Dances Tam O'Shanter Overture

Concertante	Concerto for Two Violins and String Orchestra Clarinet Concerto No. 2 Concerto for Harmonica and Orchestra

Miscellaneous	The River Kwai March

Film score	Wings of Danger (1952 film) The Sound Barrier (1952) Stolen Face (1952) The Holly and the Ivy (1952) It Started in Paradise (1952) The Captain's Paradise (1953) Albert R.N. (1953) Hobson's Choice (1954) You Know What Sailors Are (1954) The Sleeping Tiger (1954) The Belles of St Trinian's (1954) The Sea Shall Not Have Them (1954) 1984 (1956) Trapeze (1956) The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) The Roots of Heaven (1958) Dunkirk (1958) The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (1958) The Key (1958) Tunes of Glory (1960) Whistle Down The Wind (1961) No Love for Johnnie (1961) The Inspector (1962) The Lion (1962) Nine Hours to Rama (1963) Tamahine (1963) The Chalk Garden (1964) The Heroes of Telemark (1965) Sky West and Crooked(1966) Africa Texas Style (1967) The Reckoning (1969) David Copperfield (1969)

Named for Arnold	Malcolm Arnold Academy

Related articles	Curse of the ninth

List of compositions by Malcolm Arnold Category:Compositions by Malcolm Arnold

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