Malcolm Arnold! Malcolm Arnold! Malcolm Arnold! One of the all-time brilliant British composers! Symphonies, film scores, overtures, chamber music, concertos, everything!
Thank you so much for putting this version back online; it had disappeared from RUclips for a few years. Only ones available were mostly small or high school orchestras, which were great, but lacked the _grand_ grand quality of a nice big symphony.
Yes, “A Grand, Grand Orchestra” was written by Sir Malcolm Arnold for a Hoffnung Festival as a parody of Tchaikovsky’s “1812 Overture”, and the various vacuum cleaners in the piece were a nod to President Hoover.
Yeah, I eventually noticed the vacuums there. Were those put there to say that this piece sucks? Now I am just kidding, of course. Hoffnung was a genius to come up with this. It's a shame he only lived to be 34.
The music is by Malcolm Arnold and this particular performance of the BBCSO and guests was in the Royal Albert Hall, as opposed to the RFH. If you correct/add those details your video can be found more easily.
Nobody should ever say that composers and musicians are not fun! - Gerard Hoffnung . Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ("Buena nox, bist a rechter ox. Buena notte, liebe lotte. buen nui. pfui pfui pfui")
Sadly it was the story of Malcolm Arnold's career to be overlooked, a situation that still exists today with even his centenary two years ago proving to be a damp squib.
Malcolm Arnold! Malcolm Arnold! Malcolm Arnold! One of the all-time brilliant British composers! Symphonies, film scores, overtures, chamber music, concertos, everything!
I love the tuning by Belohlavek 🤣🤣🤣 Rest in peace maestro. We will never forget you.
Thank you so much for putting this version back online; it had disappeared from RUclips for a few years. Only ones available were mostly small or high school orchestras, which were great, but lacked the _grand_ grand quality of a nice big symphony.
Yes, “A Grand, Grand Orchestra” was written by Sir Malcolm Arnold for a Hoffnung Festival as a parody of Tchaikovsky’s “1812 Overture”, and the various vacuum cleaners in the piece were a nod to President Hoover.
Yeah, I eventually noticed the vacuums there. Were those put there to say that this piece sucks?
Now I am just kidding, of course. Hoffnung was a genius to come up with this. It's a shame he only lived to be 34.
The music is by Malcolm Arnold and this particular performance of the BBCSO and guests was in the Royal Albert Hall, as opposed to the RFH.
If you correct/add those details your video can be found more easily.
Nobody should ever say that composers and musicians are not fun!
- Gerard Hoffnung
. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ("Buena nox, bist a rechter ox. Buena notte, liebe lotte. buen nui. pfui pfui pfui")
I love Stephen Hough. I didn't know he's a vacuumist too, wow, such talent!
Your headline leads those who know no better that Hoffnung was the composer and makes no mention of Malcolm Arnold.
Sadly it was the story of Malcolm Arnold's career to be overlooked, a situation that still exists today with even his centenary two years ago proving to be a damp squib.
G E N I A L !! Et que celà fait du bien..
Bum!👏
Venue looks more like the Royal Albert Hall to me but eh, I'm not british enough to care :p