Written to celebrate the sixtieth birthday of the legendary oboist Leon Goossens, and first performed by him and the Carter Trio in 1958, this delightful 13-minute quartet is a fine showcase of Malcolm Arnold's melodic gifts. The work unfolds over three elegant movements, always engaging and directly communicative.

Malcolm Arnold's Fantasy for Descant Recorder is an exciting, varied piece which explores the range of the instrument. With a combination of lively, highly ornamented phrases and slow, lyrical lines, this work in an excellent opportunity to showcase your abilities to transport a listener through various moods.

Malcolm Arnold composed his Second Flute Concerto in 1972 for Richard Adeney, who premiered it at the Aldeburgh Festival with the English Chamber Orchestra. Cast in three movements, this delightful 14-minute concerto is scored for solo flute, pairs of oboes and horns, and strings.

Dedicated to Sir James Galway, who gave the first performance in 1977 at New Hall, Cardiff, this Sonata for Flute and Piano is in three movements. The composer writes, "there are so many works for flute which are solely vehicles for instrumental virtuosity that I have attempted to write a piece where the musical element is more to the fore. Although this is a virtuoso work with a particular virtuoso in mind, it endeavours to be as interesting musically as I can possibly make it."

Composed in 1982 Malcolm Arnold's Trumpet Concerto was written to mark the centenary of the foundation of the Royal College of Music. Before devoting himself entirely to composition, Arnold was the principal trumpet in the Philharmonia Orchestra, and his mastery of the instrument is evident throughout this brilliantly compact 12-minute work. 'Contemporary-music-without-tears has always been his aim, and this succinct little three-movement work showed him as skilful as ever in unpretentious directness of utterance, as it were in the vernacular. For the soloist it is a gift, alike in the...

Written to celebrate the sixtieth birthday of the legendary oboist Leon Goossens, and first performed by him and the Carter Trio in 1958, this delightful 13-minute quartet is a fine showcase of Malcolm Arnold's melodic gifts. The work unfolds over three elegant movements, always engaging and directly communicative.

Composed as a virtuoso showpiece for the Fine Arts Brass Ensemble in 1988, and premiered at the Cheltenham Festival, this 8-minute quintet is in three movements. Two vivace movements bookend a mournful chaconne.