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- Malcolm Arnold
Four Scottish Dances (for orchestra) (1957)
- Paterson Publications (World)
- 1+pic.2.2.2/4230/timp.perc/hp/str
- brass band
- 9 min
- 18th May 2025, St Edburg's, Bicester, United Kingdom
- 7th June 2025, Greyfriars Kirk, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Programme Note
These dances were composed early in 1957 and are dedicated to the BBC Light Music Festival. They are all based on original melodies, except one, the melody of which was composed by Robert Burns.
The first dance is in the style of a slow strathspey.
The second, a lively reel, begins in the key of E flat, and rises a semitone each time it is played until the bassoon plays it, at a greatly reduced speed, in the key of G. The final statement of the dance is at the original speed in the home key of E flat.
The third dance is in the style of a Hebridean song and attempts to give an impression of the sea and mountain scenery on a calm summer’s day in the Hebrides.
The last dance is a lively fling which makes a great deal of use of the open strings of the violins.
The first dance is in the style of a slow strathspey.
The second, a lively reel, begins in the key of E flat, and rises a semitone each time it is played until the bassoon plays it, at a greatly reduced speed, in the key of G. The final statement of the dance is at the original speed in the home key of E flat.
The third dance is in the style of a Hebridean song and attempts to give an impression of the sea and mountain scenery on a calm summer’s day in the Hebrides.
The last dance is a lively fling which makes a great deal of use of the open strings of the violins.
Media
4 Scottish Dances, Op. 59: No. 1, Pesante
4 Scottish Dances, Op. 59: No. 2, Vivace
4 Scottish Dances, Op. 59: No. 3, Allegretto
4 Scottish Dances, Op. 59: No. 4, Con brio
Scores
Discography
Malcolm Arnold
- LabelLyrita
- Catalogue NumberSRCD.201
- ConductorMalcolm Arnold
- EnsembleLondon Philharmonic Orchestra
- Released2014
Arnold: Dances
- LabelChandos
- Catalogue NumberCHAN 8867
- ConductorBryden Thomson
- EnsemblePhilharmonia Orchestra
- Released1990
- LabelPolyphonic
- Catalogue NumberQPRM 117D
- EnsembleMassed Bands of the RAF
- LabelChandos
- Catalogue NumberCHAN 8867
- ConductorBryden Thomson
- EnsembleLondon Philharmonic Orchestra
- LabelNaxos
- Catalogue Number8 553526
- ConductorAndrew Penny
- EnsembleQueensland Symphony Orchestra
- LabelHarlequin
- Catalogue NumberHAR 1123 CD
- ConductorGeoffrey Brand
- EnsembleC.W.S. (Glasgow) Band
- LabelReference
- Catalogue NumberRR 66 CD
- ConductorJerry F. Junkin
- EnsembleDallas Wind Symphony Orchestra
- LabelRCA
- Catalogue Number09026 68901-2
- ConductorKeith Lockhart
- EnsembleBoston Pops Orchestra
- LabelEverest
- Catalogue NumberEVC 9006
- ConductorSir Malcolm Arnold
- EnsembleLondon Philharmonic Orchestra
- LabelLyrita
- Catalogue NumberSRCD 201
- ConductorSir Malcolm Arnold
- EnsembleLondon Philharmonic Orchestra
- LabelHMV
- Catalogue Number5 72480-2
- ConductorMalcolm Arnold / Robert Irving
- EnsemblePhilharmonia Orchestra / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Arnold, The Sound Barrier
- LabelEMI
- Catalogue NumberEMI 72435661202
- ConductorRobert Irving / Malcolm Arnold
- EnsembleRoyal Philharmonic Orchestra / Philharmonia Orchestra
Arnold Dances
- LabelChandos
- Catalogue NumberCHAN 8867
- ConductorBryden Thomson
- EnsemblePhilharmonia Orchestra
