Spaghetti With Mussels and Tomato Sauce

Malcolm Arnold, Grand Concerto Gastronomique for Eater, Waiter, Food and Large Orchestra, Prologue (Maestoso) - Oysters (Moderato - Vivace).

Arnold once stated: “I always write music that, if I were in the audience, I would like to hear.” The Academy-awarded English composer (1921-2006) of the film score for “The Bridge on the River Kwai”, wrote the gracious, inventive, and hilarious “Grand Concerto Gastronomique" for the Hoffnung Astronautical Music Festival (1961). As noted in an article published in “The NY Times” in 2021, his humorous gastronomic concert “is an illuminating snapshot of Arnold the satirist.”

Iconic summer dishes. Spaghetti with organic Greek mussels and tomato sauce. The secret in this recipe is a quite unique ingredient in the sauce. A home-made sun-dried tomato paste from Samos. So grateful to the resourceful mothers of this magical island, who always offer me fantastic gifts from their gardens!

Malcolm Arnold, Grand Concerto Gastronomique for Eater, Waiter, Food and Large Orchestra, Prologue (Maestoso) - Oysters (Moderato - Vivace).

Arnold once stated: “I always write music that, if I were in the audience, I would like to hear.” The Academy-awarded English composer (1921-2006) of the film score for “The Bridge on the River Kwai”, wrote the gracious, inventive, and hilarious “Grand Concerto Gastronomique" for the Hoffnung Astronautical Music Festival (1961). As noted in an article published in “The NY Times” in 2021, his humorous gastronomic concert “is an illuminating snapshot of Arnold the satirist.”

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