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Live at the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Proms: the ´óÏó´«Ã½ 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

´óÏó´«Ã½ 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 ´óÏó´«Ã½ Concert Orchestra and Principal Conductor Bramwell Tovey.