Arnold - Sonatina for Clarinet and Wind Band, op. 29 *Lemione titled ‘Siesta’ is lazy and

titled ‘Siesta’ is lazy and languid rising to an impassioned climax in the middle of the movement

a widening gulf developed between the composer's expectations and the performance practices of the early 20th century

alongside Gioacchino Rossini’s fast and furious William Tell Overture

As the material is developed it becomes more abstract until an angry outburst seems to settle the score giving way to a return of the more optimistic sounding sections heard earlier

Arnold - Sonatina for Clarinet and Wind Band, op. 29 *Lemione titled ‘Siesta’ is lazy andEnglish composer Malcolm Arnold wrote this compact sonatina in 1951 and it has since become one of his most popular instrumental works. As always with Arnold, it is impeccably crafted: the first movement, with it's wide leaps, the occasional incursion of a six eight bar into the prevailing four four, and the lightest of jazzy touches, lives up to its marking of Allegro con brio; while the second demonstates Arnold's love at this period of a gentle