Barclay, Robert (Robert Lenard), 1918-1980

Composed 1940. First performance Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, 7 February 1941, Vancouver Promenade Symphony Orchestra, Arthur Benjamin conductor. Dedicated to Arthur Benjamin.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

Composed 1950. First performance Vancouver, British Columbia, 14 March 1950, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, the composer conducting.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

Originally composed 1942. First performance Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, 1 July 1942, John Avison conductor. Revised 1947. First performance of revised version at the meeting of National Association for American Composers and Conductors, Columbia University, New York, 21 January 1951, Teachers College Little Symphony, Ernest E. Harris conductor. See also Scherzo, callno.: 4913.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

Originally composed 1942, and titled Pastoral Overture. First performance Vancouver, British Columbia, 26 July 1942, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Ernest MacMillan conductor. Revised 1947.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

Originally composed 1942. First performance Vancouver, British Columbia, 14 February 1943, Vancouver Junior Symphony Orchestra, Gregori Garbovitzky conductor. Revised 1947. First performance of revised version at the meeting of the National Association for American Composers and Conductors, Columbia University, New York, 21 January 1951, Teachers College Little Symphony, Ernest E. Harris conductor. See also Nocturne, callno.: 5077.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

Originally composed 1940. First performance Rochester, New York, 28 October 1942, Eastman-Rochester Symphony Orchestra, Howard Hanson conductor. Revised 1950. The 1950 version is for reference only. The composer now wishes only the original (1940) version to be performed.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

Composed 1946. First reading Composers' Reading Rehearsal, New York, 1947, Juilliard Symphony Orchestra, Robert Ward conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

Composed 1950.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

Composed 1941. First performance Toronto, 2 April 1942, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation String Orchestra, Alexander Chuhaldin conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

Composed 1955.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

Composed 1939. Revised 1950.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

Originally composed 1942 under the title Symphony for Radio Orchestra. First performance Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, 25 November 1942, Canadian Broadcasting Symphony, Jean de Rimanoczy conductor. Revised 1949, 1950. First performance of revised version Contemporary Arts Festival, Urbana, Illinois, 3 March 1950, University of Illinois Symphony Orchestra, John M. Kuypers conductor. The original 1942 version was written for a radio orchestra which included, as well as the 1950 orchestration, trombones and cymbals. The 1942 version was withdrawn and re-orchestrated (minus the

trombones and cymbals). A number of cuts were made and other portions were entirely reworked. The content and form of the 1950 version is substantially the same as that of the 1942 score.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.