Event Title: Malcolm Arnold Festival - Concertino for oboe and strings

Date: 24/10/2026

Time: 11:00am

Location: Cripps Hall, School for Boys, Billing Road, Northampton NN1 5RT

Information: Orchestral Concert ‘A Man for All Seasons’
ORCHESTRAL WORKS BY MALCOLM ARNOLD:
Anniversary Overture
Concertino for oboe and strings
Larch Trees: Tone Poem for Orchestra
Violin Concerto, World Premiere (orchestrated from the composer’s sketches by Jonathan Whiting)
Scherzetto for Clarinet and Orchestra
Water Music

Albion Orchestra
Stone Tung, conductor
Elif Ece Cansever, violin
Hannah Shimwell, clarinet
Mateus Colares de Souza, Oboe

Julian Lloyd Webber launches a day of live performances of Arnold’s music for strings, wind and brass, in the composer’s hometown of Northampton, to include the Cello Fantasy played by Jiaxin Cheng Lloyd Webber, and an evening Gala Concert performed by the Northampton Symphony Orchestra. The Festival's evening Gala Concert features Ruth Gipps' Oboe Concerto with soloist Emmet Byrne - see website for details of timings, church venue and ticket sales.

Ticket Prices: A Day Ticket gives access to all six daytime concerts at £18.00, Under 18s / Student FREE. Available online or on the door.

How to Book: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/malcolmarnoldfestival/2194895

Website: https://www.malcolmarnoldfestival.com/upcoming-festival