MARTIN DALBY Catalogue of Works - Chamber and Instrumental Music

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CHAMBER AND INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC Fair Women Like Fair Jewels Are (1963) Duration 10 minutes: Variations for Wind Octet on a song by Robert Jones. 2(Picc)112; 1100; 00000 First performed at the Royal College of Music Contemporary Music Society by Wind and Brass Students of the RCM, conducted by Kenneth Montgomery, 16 July 1963. Composer or Scottish Music Information Centre (Sale or Hire) Variations for cello and piano (1966) Duration 8 minutes: Eight variations which grow successively both in length and musical substance from a simple, concise idea. They were written for Donna Magendanz and Piero Guarino who played them for the first time for the Amici della Musica in the Sala delle Colonne, Ca' Giustinian, Venice, Italy, on 6 November 1967. Alfred Lengnick & Co (Sale) Catalogue No. 4267 Gramophone recording: Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), John McCabe (piano), Fricker, Berkeley, McCabe, Dalby, Editions de L¹Oiseau- Lyre (Decca), DSLO 18, Side 2 Band 2 Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano (1967) Duration 21 minutes: Commissioned by the University of Glasgow under the terms of the McEwen Bequest, and first performed in the Fore Hall at the University by the Scottish Piano Trio (Louis Carus, Joan Dickson and Wight Henderson) in May 1967. Novello & Co Ltd (Hire) Arlecchino (1968) Duration 2 minutes: guitar solo A short piece of no more than medium difficulty commissioned by Oxford University Press for inclusion in a volume of British Guitar music. Modern Guitar Music (ed Hector Quine) Oxford University Press (Sale) ISBN 0 19 358421 2 Pindar is Dead(1968) Duration 6 minutes: clarinet and piano Written for Alan Hacker and Ian Lake for a Music in Our Time concert at Conway Hall, London, in October 1968. Novello & Co Ltd Cantica (1969) Duration 12 Minutes: soprano (or tenor), clarinet, viola and piano. Novello & Co Ltd See also under Vocal Music Sonatina for Oboe and Piano (1969) Duration 5 minutes: Written for and dedicated to Dalby's first wife Fiona. It is a simple, brief and concise model of a sonata. Novello & Co Ltd (Sale) Catalogue No. 120436 Commedia (1969) Duration 13 minutes: clarinet, violin, cello and piano. Commissioned by the Music Group of London with the help of the Gulbenkian Foundation, and first performed by the Group at the Purcell Room, London, on 5 May 1969. Novello & Co Ltd (Hire) Cancionero para una Mariposa (1971) Duration 17 minutes: flt, 2 bsn, 2 trpt, 2 trom, 2 vcl. Commissioned by the Cardiff Festival of Twentieth Century Music with funds provided by the Welsh Arts Council, and first performed by the London Sinfonietta, conducted by David Atherton, at the University of Cardiff, on 13 March 1971. London premiere by the London Sinfonietta at the Queen Elizabeth Hall on 11 October 1974. Novello & Co Ltd (Hire) Study score for sale: Catalogue No. 890065 Whisper Music (1971) Duration 17 minutes: flt(picc), clt(bclt), tpt, 1perc, hp and vcl. Commissioned by the Nash Concert Society with funds from the Arts Council of Great Britain, and first performed in the Purcell Room, London, by the Nash Ensemble on 5 May 1971. Novello & Co Ltd (Hire) Macpherson's Rant (1971) Duration 10 minutes: piccolo, flute and alto-flute(one player) and double bass. A virtuoso piece written for Rodney Slatford who commissioned it with the aid of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation. The first performance was given by Bert and Nancy Turetsky at the YoungVicTheatre in London on 14 October 1973. Yorke Edition (Sale) String Quintet (1972) Duration 16 minutes: 2 violins, viola and 2 cellos Commissioned by the City Music Society for the Allegri String Quartet and Terence Weill and first performed at Goldsmiths Hall, London, on 27 October, 1972. Novello & Co Ltd (Hire) Catalogue No. 120468 Páginas (1973) Duration 10 minutes: treble recorder and harpsichord Commissioned by Carl Dolmetsch, and first performed at the Wigmore Hall, London, by Carl Dolmetsch and Joseph Saxby on 1 March 1973. Novello & Co Ltd Unicorn (1975) Duration 8 minutes: violin and piano Commissioned by Glasgow International Arts Enterprises for the 1975 City of Glasgow International Competition for Junior Violinists. First performed at the 1975 Competition. Novello & Co Ltd (Sale) Catalogue No. 120436 Aleph (1975) Duration 16 minutes: 2flt, hn, tpt, trom, cymbalom(or hpschd), 2double basses. Commissioned by the London Sinfonietta with funds provided by the Arts Council of Great Britain and first performed on 25 March 1975 at the Royan Festival, France, conducted by Gilbert Amy. UK premiere by the London Sinfonietta, conducted by Simon Rattle, at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, on 5 May 1978. Novello & Co Ltd (Hire) Almost A Madrigal (1977) Duration 20 minutes: flt, hn, 2tpt, trom, tba, 2perc(vibraphone, marimba). Commissioned by the University of Glasgow under the terms of the McEwen bequest, and first performed by the Nigel Boddice Brass Ensemble, conducted by the composer, at Glasgow University on 28 April 1977. Novello & Co Ltd (Hire) The Dancer Eduardova (1978) Duration 18 minutes: flt(picc,altoflt), clt(bclt), 1perc, pno(cel - optional), vln, vcl. Music based on Kafka's dreams. Commissioned by the St Magnus Festival, Orkney Islands, with financial assistance from the Scottish Arts Council, and first performed there by the Fires of London, directed by Peter Maxwell Davies, on 20 June 1978. London premier in the Queen Elizabeth Hall on 6 October 1978. Novello & Company Limited (Hire) Study Score for Sale: Catalogue No. 890112 Man Walking: Serenade for Octet (1981) Duration 17 minutes: clt, bsn, hn, 2vln, vla, vcl, db (it usually requires a conductor). Commissioned by the Nash Ensemble with financial help from the Arts Council of Great Britain. First performance by the Nash Ensemble at St John's Smith Square, London, on 4 June 1981, conducted by Lionel Friend. Novello & Company Limited(Hire) Chamber Symphony: 'O Bella e Vaga Aurora' (1982) Duration 22 minutes: fl(picc), clt(Eb), clt(bclt), hn, tpt, 1perc(marimba, 4 tom toms 2 bongos), hp, vln, vla, vc, db (requires a conductor) Commissioned by the Edinburgh International Festival with funds from the Scottish Arts Council. First performed by the New Music Group of Scotland, under the direction of Edward Harper, at the Queen's Hall, Edinburgh, on 10 September 1982. Early Song; Increasing Song; Sad Song; Proud Songsters. Novello & Co Ltd (Parts Hire) Score (Sale) Catalogue Number 360022 Scotch Rhapsody (1983) Duration 9 minutes: viola and piano Commissioned by the Park Lane Group with funds provided by the Arts Council of Great Britain. First Performance by Sally Beamish and Simon Parkin in the Purcell Room, London, on 11 January 1984. Novello & Company Ltd Wisla (1985) Duration 2 minutes: string quartet An arrangement of a popular Polish folk song. (A version for strings also exists.) Composer or Scottish Music Information Centre (Sale or Hire) Ryvoan Bothy (1985) Duration 3 minutes: arranged by Martin Dalby, violin and piano Scottish fiddle tune by John Proctor. Composer or Scottish Music Information Centre Songs My Mother Taught Me (1986) Duration 18 minutes: flute (picc), ob, clt, bsn, hn, bclt. Commissioned by the Paragon Ensemble with financial assistance from the Scottish Arts Council. First performance at the Henry Wood Hall, Glasgow, on 16 February 1987. Novello & Company Ltd (Sale or Hire) Rose of Gazing (1987) Duration 7 minutes: recorder and harpsichord. Commissioned by Marion Whitehead and Robert Hoult with help from the Eastern Arts Association. First performance at the Maidstone Festival in June 1987. Novello & Company Ltd De Patre ex Filio (1988) Duration 14 minutes: clt, bsn, hn, 2vln, vla, vcl, cb. Commissioned by Edinburgh Contemporary Arts Trust with subsidy from the Scottish Arts Council. First performance by ECAT, conducted by Simon Bainbridge, at the Queens Hall, Edinburgh, on 13 March 1988. Novello & Company Ltd (Hire) Heffalump Dance (1987) Duration 1 minute: Caroline Emery arr Martin Dalby, double bass and piano. A short, simple teaching piece for young bass students aged between six and twelve. Yorke Mini-Bass book 1, Bass is Best, by Caroline Emery and Rodney Slatford. Yorke Edition (1988) (Sale) Butterfly Music (1995) Duration 15 minutes: brass quintet: 2 tpts, hn, ten & bass troms. A collection of seven pieces commissioned by the Scottish Brass Ensemble with financial assistance from the Scottish Arts Council. The Brass Ensemble performed the first four movements for the first time in the Carnegie Music Institute, Dunfermline on 15 January 1995. Overture; Scherzo sopra 'Pasa el Agua Ma Julietta Dama'; Lento sopra 'Tristezza, Quien a Mi Vos Dió'; Serenata: '¿Quién te trajo, caballero?'; Intermezzo: 'En Avila mis ojos'; Notturno; Finale. Composer or Scottish Music Information Centre (Sale or Hire) The Loch Ness Monster's Song (1994) Duration 2 minutes: mezzo soprano(or baritone), tenor saxophone, marimba, cello and piano Setting of a text by the Scottish poet Edwin Morgan. It originally formed part of a sequence of pieces relating to water with songs by other Scottish composers. Frances McCafferty and the Chamber Group of Scotland (Tommy Smith, Heather Corbett, Robert Irvine and Graeme McNaught) performed it for the first time in the Stevenson Hall at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama on 15 May 1994. Composer or Scottish Music Information Centre (Sale or Hire) String Quartet (1995) Duration 25 minutes Commissioned by the University of Aberdeen with financial assistance from the Scottish Arts Council to celebrate the University¹s quincentenary. It was first performed by the Yggdrasil Quartet of Aberdeen in the Mitchell Hall, University of Aberdeen on 8 February 1996. Composer or Scottish Music Information Centre (Sale or Hire) Bandit (2001) Duration 7 minutes Clarinet in B flat and piano Written for Kate McDermott to perform at the BBC Young Musician of the Year competition, 2001, Composer or Scottish Music Information Centre (Sale) Back to top