Orchestral Music

Waltz Overture (1965) Duration 8 minutes: 2(picc)121; 1110; 1perc; hp; strings.
Winning entry in BBC Scotland’s competition for Scottish composers in 1965. First performed by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conducted by James Loughran, on 29 November 1965. Novello & Co Ltd (Hire)

Requiem for Philip Sparrow (1967) Duration 22 minutes: mezzo-soprano, SATB chorus, 3 oboes (CA), strings. Novello & Company Ltd (Hire)
See also under Choral Music

Estampies (1968) Duration 20 minutes: 2(picc)2(ca)22; 4231; 1perc, timp; strings.
Commisioned for the Carnegie Festival of Music and the Arts 1968 by the Carnegie Dunfermline Trustees. First performed by the Carnegie Festival Orchestra, conducted by Kenneth Montgomery at the Carnegie Festival in the Carnegie Hall, Dunfermline, on the 14 April 1968. Scottish Music Centre (Hire)

Symphony No. 1 (1970) Duration 22 minutes: 3(picc/a.flt)2,2,bclt,2(contra); 44*31; 3 perc, timp; pno (cel); hp; strings.(*4th Tpt optional.)

Commissioned by Peter Morrison for the Scottish National Orchestra who first performed it in Aberdeen on 10 March 1970, conducted by Sir Alexander Gibson. Novello & Co Ltd (Hire)

Concerto Martin Pescatore (1971) Duration 13 minutes: string orchestra: minimum 33221
Commissioned by the Cheltenham Arts Festival for the Academy of St Martin in the Fields with funds from the Arts Council of Great Britain, and first performed by them in Cheltenham Town Hall on 6 July 1971, conducted by Neville Marriner. Novello & Co Ltd (Hire)

The Tower of Victory (1973) Duration 13 minutes: a.flt,2ca,3clt(b.clt), bclt(contrabclt),2,cbsn; 4,3(2 flg.hn, cornet),3,ten tba,basstba; 4perc, timp; hp; strings (without violins).
Commissioned for Musica Nova by the Scottish National Orchestra and the University of Glasgow. First performed in the City Hall, Glasgow, on 22 September 1973 by the Scottish National Orchestra, conducted by Sir Alexander Gibson. London premiere by the same orchestra at the Proms, Royal Albert Hall on 28 August 1979.Novello & Co Ltd (Hire)

Viola Concerto (1974) Duration: 17 minutes: 3(picc,alto),ca,2(Eb),bclt,cbsn; 3,1(flg.hn), ten & bass troms,ten.tba,bass tba; 2perc; hp; strings.
Commissioned by the BBC Promenade Concerts, and first performed by Frederick Riddle with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Norman del Mar, in the Royal Albert Hall on 6 September 1974.Novello & Co Ltd (Hire)

El Ruiseñor (1979) Duration c12 minutes: 3(2)2,ca,3(bclt),3(cbsn); 4331; 3perc, timp; hp; strings.
Commissioned by the Scottish Universities Orchestra with funds from the Scottish Arts Council. First performance by the Young Musicians Symphony Orchestra, conducted by James Blair, at St John¹s Smith Square, London, on 27 October 1979.
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Chamber Symphony: ‘O Bella e Vaga Aurora’ (1982) Duration 22 minutes
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See also under Chamber and Instrumental Music

Nozze di Primavera (1984) Duration 13 Minutes: 2222; 2200; timps; strings
Commissioned by the St Magnus Festival, Orkney Islands, with funds provided by the Scottish Arts Council. First performed by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conductor Jerzy Maksymiuk, in St Magnus Cathedral, Kirkwall, on 19 June 1984. Novello & Co Ltd (Hire)

A Wheen in Doric (2000) Duration about 20 minutes
Cradle Song
Mary Walker
The Cabrach
Fyvie Castle
Rant: La Beata Francesca

2(picc)222; 4331; 2perc, timp; hp; strings (cues in the score allow the omission of certain instruments eg 3rd & 4th hns, 3rd tpt, tbns, tba, hp & perc.}

Collection of pieces based on the music of the Scottish fiddler and composer J. Scott Skinner (1843-1927). They may be performed separately but first performed as a Suite by the St James Orchestra conducted by Kenneth Paterson in St James Church, Paisley on 25 November, 2000.

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Cradle Song (1985) Duration 4 minutes
2222; 4331; 2 perc, timp; hp; strings. (Cues in the score allow the ommission of certain instruments) J. Scott Skinner’s tune arranged for the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra’s 50th birthday concert. First performance in the Concert Hall, Broadcasting House, Glasgow1985, conducted by Jerzy Maksymiuk.
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Gramophone recording: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Conducted by Sir Alexander Gibson. Lismor Digital. LCOM 6017

Mary Walker (2000) Duration 3 minutes 15 seconds
2222; 4331; 2perc, timp; hp; strings. (Cues in the score allow the omission of certain instruments)
Commissioned by the St James Orchestra, Paisley . Based on the Reel: Mary Walker, by the Scottish fiddler and composer, J. Scott Skinner (1843-1927). First performed by the St James Orchestra conducted by Kenneth Paterson, St James Church, Paisley on 8 April 2000
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The Cabrach Duration 2 minutes 30 seconds (1999)
2(picc)222; 4331; 2perc,timp; hp; strings. (Cues in the score allow the omission of certain instruments}
Commissioned by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Based on the Jig Strathspey, The Buck of the Cabrach by the Scottish fiddler and composer, J. Scott Skinner (1843-1927). 
First performed by the St James Orchestra conducted by Kenneth Paterson, St James Church, Paisley on 8 April 2000.
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Fyvie Castle (2000) Duration: about 5 minutes
2222; 2100; timp; hp (optional); strings
Commissioned by the St James Orchestra, Paisley with help from the National Lottery ‘Awards for All’ scheme. The music is based on the Pastoral, Fyvie Castle by the Scottish fiddler and composer, J. Scott Skinner (1843‹1927). First performed by the St James Orchestra conducted by Kenneth Paterson in St James Church,Paisley on 25 November, 2000.
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Rant: La Beata Francesca (2000) Duration: about 3 minutes
2222; 4331; 2perc, timp; hp; strings (Cues in the score allow the omission of certain instruments)
Commissioned by the St James Orchestra, Paisley with help from the National Lottery ‘Awards for All’ scheme. All the music is Dalby’s own but it is based on the style and spirit of the music of the Scottish fiddler and composer, J. Scott Skinner (1843‹1927). It was first performed by the St James Orchestra conducted by Kenneth Paterson in St James Church, Paisley on 25 November, 2000
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The Mary Bean (1991) Duration c16 minutes: 3(picc)2,ca,2,bclt,2,cbsn; 4331; 3perc,timp; hp; strings.
Commissioned by the BBC for the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, who first performed it at the Proms in the Royal Albert Hall, on 17 August 1991, conducted by Sir Alexander Gibson.Novello & Co Ltd (Hire)

Variations for a Fair Maid of Perth (1993) Duration 19 minutes: 2(picc)222; 2200; hp; timp; strings.
Commissioned by the Sinfonia of Scotland with funds provided by the Scottish Arts Council and the Holst Foundation. First Performance by the Sinfonia of Scotland, conducted by Nicholas Braithwaite in St John¹s Kirk, Perth on the 12 March 1993.Composer or Scottish Music Centre (Hire)

Cantata: John Clare’s Vision (1993) Duration 29 minutes: soprano (or tenor) and strings (minimum 33221)
Commisioned by the 1993 Peterborough Cathedral Festival with financial help from the the Eastern Orchestral Board. Part of it was first performed by Ann Mackay with the European Community Chamber Orchestra, directed by Eivind Aadland in Peterborough Cathedral on 10 July, 1993. The first complete performance was given by Penelope Walmisley-Clarke with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra conducted by Jerzy Maksymiuk in the Concert Hall, Broadcasting House, Queen Margaret Drive Glasgow on 17 September 1993. This recording was broadcast on Radio 3 on 2 August 1994.

Words by John Clare: Hymn to the Creator; He Harmonised Darkness to Night and Repose (Psalm 104 vv 20-26); Thy Mercy Covers Earth and Sky; Hymn.
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The White Maa (1994) Duration 19 minutes: 2(Picc)222; 2200; timp; strings.
Music to celebrate 200 years of Union Street, Aberdeen.
Commissioned by the City of Aberdeen District Council with subsidy from the Scottish Arts Council. First performed by the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Gilbert Varga in the Music Hall, Aberdeen on 4 November 1994.
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Adagio for Strings (1997) Duration 8 minutes: (minimum 33221)
A reworking for strings of the Hymn that forms the last movement of Dalby¹s Cantata: John Clare’s Vision. It was in this form that the movement was heard at the first performance of part of the Cantata in Peterborough Cathedral in 1993.
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Wisła (1985) Duration 2 Minutes. Strings (minimum 11111) (version for String Quartet also available — see Chamber and Instrumental Music)
An arrangement of a popular Polish folk song for Jerzy Maksymiuk.
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The First Thursday in May (1999) Duration 7 to 8 minutes.
Strings (minimum 33221)
Commissioned by the National Youth String Orchestra of Scotland who performed it for the first time with conductor James Durrant in St Andrew’s College, Bearsden, Glasgow, on 7 August 1999. It celebrates the inauguration of the Scotland Act 1998.
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