Andrew Penny Explained

Andrew Jonathan Penny MBE (born 4 December 1952, Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England)^[1] is an English conductor. He has recorded a complete cycle of Malcolm Arnold's symphonies.^[2]

From 1982 to 2022, he was Musical Director of the Hull Philharmonic Orchestra.^[3] In November 1999 he directed two performances of Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 8 (The Symphony of a Thousand), as part of the Millennium celebrations in Hull.

He was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2014 Birthday Honours for services to music.

Notes and References

1. News: Andrew Penny . radioswissclassic.ch . 24 November 2019.
2. "Sir Malcolm Arnold and his Nine Symphonies", Classical CD Review, July 2005, Web site: Sir Malcolm Arnold . 12 April 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120411210605/http://classicalcdreview.com/sirmalcolm.htm . 11 April 2012 .
3. Web site: Penny, Andrew. November 2001. Naxos Digital Services Ltd. 3 June 2009. 3 January 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20090103131606/http://www.naxos.com/conductorinfo/Andrew_Penny_31809/31809.htm. dead.