Main content
Sorry, this episode is not currently available

20th-Century British Film Music

Live at the Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Proms: the Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Concert Orchestra and conductor Bramwell Tovey perform classic British film scores, celebrating Malcolm Arnold on the centenary of his birth.

Live at the Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Proms: the Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Concert Orchestra and Principal Conductor Bramwell Tovey perform classic British film scores, celebrating Malcolm Arnold on the centenary of his birth.

Live from the Royal Albert Hall in London.
Presented by Martin Handley.

Malcolm Arnold's rumbustious score for Hobson's Choice matches perfectly the wonderful, blustery performance of Charles Laughton in the title role; and he illuminates the mischievous antics of the naughty schoolgirls in his sparking score for St Trinian’s. Doreen Carwithen and husband William Alwyn are featured alongside highly regarded classic Walton and Vaughan Williams scores. We'll also hear excerpts from The Skull, written by the queen of horror film music Elisabeth Lutyens, the first British woman composer to write for a full length feature film; and, 50 years after his death, Alan Rawsthorne's brooding and dark Cruel Sea Prelude.

Carwithen, arr Philip Lane Overture – Men of Sherwood Forest
Arnold, arr Christopher Palmer Hobson’s Choice – Concert Suite
Rawsthorne, arr Philip Lane The Cruel Sea - Prelude and Nocturne
Walton Escape Me Never Suite

8.15pm
Live Interval: Matthew Sweet, the presenter of Radio 3's Sound of Cinema, shares his knowledge of film music focusing particularly on the career of Malcolm Arnold, born 100 years ago this October.

Lutyens The Skull
Alwyn, arr Christopher Palmer Odd Man Out Suite (Police Chase; Nemesis (finale))
Vaughan Williams, arr Muir Mathieson The England of Elizabeth: Three Portraits
Arnold, arr Philip Lane The Belles of St Trinians – Comedy Suite

Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Concert Orchestra
Bramwell Tovey (conductor)

English composers of the 20th century could rival their counterparts across the Atlantic when it came to creating some of the most memorable cinematic moments of the century. Spend a night at the movies with a sequence of classic British film scores by composers including Malcolm Arnold, Ralph Vaughan Williams and Doreen Carwithen, brought to life by the Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Concert Orchestra and Principal Conductor Bramwell Tovey.

2 hours, 29 minutes

Music Played

  • Doreen Carwithen

    The Men of Sherwood Forest - Overture

    Orchestra: Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Bramwell Tovey.
  • Malcolm Arnold

    Hobson's Choice - Concert Suite

    Orchestra: Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Bramwell Tovey.
  • Alan Rawsthorne

    The Cruel Sea - Main Titles, Nocturne

    Orchestra: Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Bramwell Tovey.
  • William Walton

    Escape Me Never - Suite

    Orchestra: Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Bramwell Tovey.
  • Elisabeth Lutyens

    The Skull - excerpts

    Orchestra: Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Concert Orchestra. Orchestra: Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Bramwell Tovey. Conductor: Bramwell Tovey.
  • Elisabeth Lutyens

    The Skull - excerpts

    Orchestra: Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Bramwell Tovey.
  • William Alwyn

    Odd Man Out - Suite

    Orchestra: Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Bramwell Tovey.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Three Portraits from 'The England of Elizabeth'

    Orchestra: Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Bramwell Tovey.
  • Malcolm Arnold

    The Belles of St Trinians - Comedy Suite (exploits for orchestra)

    Orchestra: Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Bramwell Tovey.
  • Malcolm Arnold

    The Bridge on the River Kwai March

    Orchestra: Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Bramwell Tovey.
  • Rebecca Clarke

    Sonata in E minor for viola and piano

    Performer: Tabea Zimmermann. Performer: Kirill Gerstein.
    • MYRIOS CLASSICS.

Broadcast

  • Thu 2 Sep 2021 19:30

The home of classical music and the Proms on the Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú

Every Proms concert is broadcast live on Radio 3 - don't miss a single one.