Sunday Feature: Malcolm Arnold, The Tortured ComposerSeries 1, episode 0Sir Malcolm Arnold has given joy and pleasure to millions of people all over the world through his music. His screen credits alone numbered far over one hundred, including iconic films such as The Belles of St. Trinian's, Whistle Down the Wind, Hobson's Choice, The Sound Barrier, The Inn of the Six Happiness, and earning Arnold an Oscar, The Bridge on the River Kwai. Then there is his frequently performed works for the concert hall, including The Padstow Lifeboat, the Scottish, English and Cornish Dances, the Guitar Concerto and the list goes on. Yet the Nine Symphonies of Malcolm Arnold have had a very different reception over the years. In this centenary year since the composer's birth, Simon Heffer champions Arnold as one of the greatest British symphonic composers, and explores why these works are not better known Click to see when Sunday Feature, Malcolm Arnold, The Tortured Composer is coming up on UK TV Cast (unconfirmed)
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