Thomas Wilson, Composer

Works:

Orchestra | Chamber Orchestra | String Orchestra | Chorus & Orchestra | Opera

Ballet | Vocal | Unaccompanied Choral | Chamber | Instrumental | Brass Band

Orchestra

Carillon 1990 3333/4321/Timp/Perc/Hp/Pf/Cel/Sts. 15'

Commissioned by Glasgow city council in 1990 as part of its European City of Culture celebrations, as the inaugural work to celebrate the opening of the city's new Royal Concert Hall.

"A teeming effective scherzo in which the clatter of glockenspiel and anvil, picturing Glasgow's industry, also gave a hint of chinoiserie."

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Concerto for Orchestra 1967 3333/4331/Timp/Perc/Cel/Pf/Sts. 18'

"This masterly work is a composition of great emotional intensity and extreme sensitivity to texture and colour. Everything in this magnificent work gives the impression of inevitability coupled with individuality - the distinguishing stamp of a masterpiece."

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Guitar Concerto 1996 Solo guitar Sts. 33221 (minimum)/1Perc,Vibes,Bongos 20'

Commissioned by Phillip Thorne.

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Introit 1982 2222/423/Timp.Anvil.SC/2Perc/Hp/Pf/Cel/Sts. 25'

Commissioned by the BBC

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"The work is undoubtedly one of the finest Thomas Wilson has so far given us. Every note is essential, and many a composer has said very much less while taking twice as long doing so."

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Piano Concerto 1985 3333/4331/Timp/Perc/Hp/Cel/Sts. 28'

listen to a sample here
Commissioned by Bryden Thomson for David Wilde and the BBC Philharnomic Orchestra.

"I believe this the finest essay in the medium ever by a Briton and one of this most sparing and introspective composer's greatest achievements. The ear cannot but be beguiled by the subtext of a succession of ravishingly beautiful sound worlds. Absolutely fascinating"

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Symphony No. 2 1965 3222/4231/Perc/Hp/Pf/Cel/Sts. 23'

"For the more adventurous musical minds, Thomas Wilson's second symphony was the highlight of the programme."

"Darkly powerful."

"Thoughtful, purposeful, and by no means inconsiderable. The composer is a constructionist and can well afford to be."

"An interesting and important work"

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Symphony No. 3 1979 3333/4331/Timp/3 Perc/Hp/Pf/Cel/Sts. 25'

Commissioned by Musica Nova

"In another to all appearances first performance, it emerged as one of the most impressive works written by a Scottish composer in recent years. It is particularly rewarding for its calculation of sound qualities, from the confused sub-Penderecki Genesis to its serenely linear Apogee in the centre of the construction. In fact, Wilson makes a long-term point by stylistic allusion and is remarkably successful in sustaining the argument over a large span and with a genuinely symphonic effect."

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Symphony No. 4 1988 3333/4331/Timp/Perc/Hp/Pf/Cel/Sts. 28'

(Passeleth Tapestry)
Commissioned by Renfrew District Council together with Strathclyde Regional Council to mark Paisley's 500th anniversary as a Burgh of Barony.

"A major work, one of Wilson's most vital and sustained large-scale statements."

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Symphony No. 5 1998 2222/2Horns/2Trumpets/Timp/Perc/Strings 27'

Commissioned by the Scottish Chamber Orchestra.

"Thomas Wilson is Scotland's uncelebrated musical treasure."

"Wilson's scoring has a wonderfully light and transparent touch. Individual instrumental figures are frequently silhouetted in chiaroscuro against a finely shaded orchestral ground."

"the Mount Everest of European music in the 20th century"

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Threnody 1970 3333/4331/Timp/Perc/Hp/Cel/Pf/Sts. 18'

"A strongly wrought symphonic poem, dramatic and impressive"

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Toccata 1959 3222/4231/Hp/Timp/Sts.

8'

"Brilliantly colourful, live and accomplished, the nature of the scoring and counterpoint had in fact close links to Hindemith"

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Touchstone 1967 3333/4331/Perc/Hp/Cel/Pf/Sts. 10'

listen to a sample here Commissioned by the BBC for the Henry Wood Promenade Concerts.

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Variations for Orchestra 1960 3222/4231/Hp/Timp/Sts. 18'

"Tremendously impressive..brilliantly colourful..lively and accomplished"

"Wilson's scoring is as lucid as his musical thought."

"The young composer has an ear for the most softly shimmering orchestral colours."

"His variations had an overall character of their own that was tremendously impressive"

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Viola Concerto 1987 2222/4321/HP/Pf/Timp/Perc/Sts. 25'

Commissioned by James Durrant with assistance from the BBCSSO Trust.

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Violin Concerto 1993 2222/4331/3Perc/Timp/Pf Cel/Hp/Strings 26'

Commissioned by the National Youth Orchestra of Scotland and BP for Ernst Kovacic.

"The Violin Concerto compelled from its wistful, oboe-tinted opening, to its emphatic, rhythmical, final foot stamp."

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Chamber Orchestra

Mosaics 1981 F1(Picc.AF)/Ob(CA)/Hpschd/Polyphonic synthesiser/Sts. 20'

Commissioned for Cantilena by Radio Clyde.

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String Orchestra

Pas de Quoi 1964 Six little dances for strings 11'

Prelude, Valse, Rigaudon, Sarabande, Polka, Gavotte

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Ritornelli Per Archi 1972 For 11 solo strings or full string orchestra 19'

Commissioned for the Edinburgh Festival by the Scottish Baroque Ensemble.

"Tour de force"

"A passionate almost operatic little drama for 11 solo strings"

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St Kentigern Suite 1986 For 11 solo strings or full string orchestra. 20'

Commissioned by The Friends of Glasgow Cathedral, on the occasion of the Cathedral's 850th Anniversary.

"Wonderfully subtle and elegant, ..so laden with atmosphere that the breathless hush at the end of the work was almost tangible."
"A masterpiece"

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Chorus and Orchestra

Amor Christi 1989 Chamber Choir. 2222/22/2Perc/Timp/Hp/Sts. 23'

Commissioned the Scottish Philharmonic Singers

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Confitemini Domino 1993 SATB/Brass Quiutet/Organ 11'

Commissioned by the Royal College of Organists to celebrate their 100th Anniversary

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Missa Pro Mundo Conturbato 1970 Chamber Choir. 2 Perc/Hp/Sts. 22'

Commissioned by the John Currie Singers.

"The Quality of the work was gripping and masterly"

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Sequentiae Passionis 1971 Large Chamber Choir. 222/4231/Timp/Perc/Hp/Tape/Sts. 55'

Commissioned by Musica Nova.

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Songs of Hope and Expectation 1977 Chamber Choir. Pf.EO. Hpschd. (1 player)/Sts. 16'

Commissioned by the John Currie Singers.

"There is no doubt as to its musical stature."

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Te Deum 1971 Large Chorus. 2233/4231/3 Perc/Timp/Hp/Pf/Sts. 17'

listen to a sample here

Commissioned by the Edinburgh Festival for the opening concert on the occasion of its 25th Anniversary.

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Opera

The Charcoal Burner 1968 3222/4331/Timp/Perc/Hp/Pf/Cel/Sts. 60'

Commissioned by the BBC.

"The broadcast left no doubt that this is a major contribution to operatic literature. Wilson's touch is everywhere assured - and never more so that in the extraordinary passage that accompanies the murder."

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Confessions of a Justified Sinner 1974 2222/323/Timp/Perc/Hp/Pf.Cel.EO.(1 player) Tape/Sts. 135'

Commissioned by Scottish Opera.

"Thomas Wilson's operas are unjustly neglected works by Scotland's finest composer bar none."
"Such is the power of the 'Sinner' that one is bowled over and consequently unable to apply objective criticism."

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Ballet

Embers of Glencoe 1973 Percussion. 35'

Commissioned by Scottish Ballet.

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Vocal

Carmina Sacra 1964 High Voice/Hp/Sts. 18'

Version for voice and keyboard also available.

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One Foot in Eden 1977 Mezzo sop./Fl/Clar/Hp/Pf/Eo.(1 player)/Perc/Vln/Vla/Vc. 27'

Version for voice and piano also available.

Commissioned by Josephine Nendick.

"The largely unaccompanied setting of Muir's great poem, 'The Horses,' is possibly the most impressive marriage yet of words and music in the Scottish experience"

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Six Scots Songs 1962 Arrangements for voice and Pf. 14'

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Three Orkney Songs 1961 sop/Bar/Fl/Ob/Vln/Vc/Pf. 10'

Commissioned by the BBC.

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The Willow Branches 1983 Mezzo sop./2222/2Hns/Hp/Cel/2Perc/Timp/Sts 21'

Seven Songs from the Chinese.

Commissioned by Marilyn de Blieck.

Version for voice and piano also available.

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Unaccompanied Choral

A Babe is Born 1967
SATB & organ
5'

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Ave Maria / Pater Noster 1967
SATB
5'

"Miniature gems with their subtle yet wholly personal harmony"

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By the Waters of Babylon 1951 SATB or Tenor/Bar/Bass. 5'

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Cantigas Para Semana Santa 1992 Chamber Choir 21'

Commissioned by Cappella Nova

"There is a general agreement in the group that this is one of the best commissions we've had."

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Mass based on a Bach Chorale c. 1960 SATB

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Mass in D Minor 1956 Chamber Choir 18'

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Mass in Polyphonic Style c. 1960 SATB

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Missa Brevis 1960 SATB

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Missa Brevis (St. Augustine) 1957 SATB

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My Soul Longs for Thee 1992 SSA 5'

"Thomas Wilson writes in a modern style - but very sympathetically for choirs. He has produced what must be the best music of all the choral settings of the new English liturgy so far."

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Night Songs 1967 SATB 12'

Commissioned by the John Currie Singers

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There is no Rose (Carol) 1974 SATB 4'

First performed at King's College Cambridge, Festival of Lessons and Carols.

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Ubi Caritas et Amor 1976 2Tenor/2Bar/Bass 18'

Commissioned by the Baccholian Singers for the City of London Festival.

"A masterly musical harmony on various aspects of love, beginning and ending with a plainsong refrain"

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Chamber

Canti Notturni 1972 F1(AF)/Clar(BC)/Vln/Vla/Vc/Pf. 18'

Commissioned by the Clarina Ensemble.

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Chamber Concerto 1986 F1(Clar)/Hn/Tpt/TRom/2Perc/Pf/Vln/Vc. 22'

Commissioned by the New Music Group of Scotland

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Chamber Symphony 1990 Fl/Ob/Clars(BC)/Fg/2Hns/Tpt/2Vlns/Vla/Vc/Cb. 26'

Commissioned by Paragon Ensemble and Glasgow District Council as part of the celebrations during Glasgow's reign as European City of Culture 1990.

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Complementi 1973 Clar(BC)/Vln/Vc/Pf/Vln/Vc/Pf. 18'

Commissioned by Clarina Ensemble.

"A superb new work that grows in stature with each hearing".

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Concerto da Camera 1965 Fl/Ob.Vln/Vc/Pf. 16'

Commissioned by Bernicia Ensemble.

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Mosaics 1981 Fl(Picc.AF)/Ob(CA)/Hpschd.Polyphonic Synthesiser/Sts. 20'

Commissioned by Radio Clyde.

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Pas de Quoi 1964
(See String Orchestra)
11'

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Piano Trio 1966 Pf/Vln/Vc. 17'

Commissioned by the Scottish Trio.

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Ritornelli per Archi 1972 11 solo strings (See also String Orchestra). 19'

Commissioned by the Scottish Baroque Ensemble for the Edinburgh Festival.

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Sinfonia for Seven Instruments 1968 Clar/Fag/Hn/String Quartet. 17'

Commissioned by the University of Glasgow.

"It is a virile clear cut piece, tightly packed. The form is so lucid. This sinfonia could equally be called a serenade"

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Sonata for 'Cello and Piano 1971 Pf./Vc 22'

Commissioned by Glasgow Chamber Music Society.

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Sonatina for Clarinet and Piano 1962 Clar/Pf. 9'

listen to a sample here

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St. Kentigern Suite 1986 For 11 solo strings (See also String Orchestra). 20'

Commissioned by the Friends of Glasgow Cathedral, on the occasion of the Cathedral's 850th anniversary.

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String Quartet No. 3 1958 2Vln/Vla/Vc. 21'

McEwen Composition Prize.

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String Quartet No. 4 1978 2Vln/Vla/Vc. 20'

listen to a sample here

Commissioned by the Edinburgh String Quartet.
(Premiere BBC TV).

"This is a superb new quartet. Its ideas and cells are unfolded with economy and elegance."

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Threads 1996 Bass Clar/Marimba/Vibraphone. 5'

Commissioned by Duo Contemporain.

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Violin Sonata 1961 Vln/Pf. 19'

Commissioned by the University of Glasgow.

"The sonata shows that serial writing need not be wholly a cerebral soulless affair that it can approximate to music in the usual sense of the term and claim a response too."

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Instrumental

Cancion 1982 For Guitar. 3'

"Its power of fascination with an audience is magic."

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Chanson de Geste 1991 For Solo Horn. 11'

Commissioned by by Redcliffe Concerts.

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Coplas del Ruiseñor 1972 For Guitar 10'

Commissioned by Angelo Gilardino.

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Dream Music 1983 For Guitar. 10'

Commissioned by Phillip Thorne.

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Fantasia 1964 For Solo 'Cello 8'

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Incunabula 1983 For Piano 12'

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Soliloquy 1969 For Guitar. 12'

Commissioned by Glasgow Master Concerts for Julian Bream.

"Thomas Wilson's Soliloquy provided the evening's most encouraging moment. Angular and dark-toned, but with a noticeably wider range of gesture than the rest of the programme."

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Sonata 1964 For Piano. 18'

"A power of utterance is achieved by an economy of idea and texture typical of this composer..The slow variations near the end of the work were striking in their pureness of sonority. They are sinewy and sensitive, full of colours and phrases and rhythms that compel attention."

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Sonatina 1956 For Piano. 8'

"Clean, lean, and athletic"

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Three Festival Pieces 1964 For Piano. (arrangement for two guitars by Selina Copley also available) 7'

Reverie
Tzigane
Valse Viennoise

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Three Pieces 1971 For Guitar. 7'

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Toccata Festevole 1990 For Organ. 7'

Commissioned by the Paisley International Organ Festival.

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Brass Band

Cartoon 1969 For Cornet 5'

listen to a sample here Commissioned by Robert Oughton and the Scottish CWS Band

Available in versions for Cornet and Brass Band, Brass Ensemble and Optional percussion, and Cornet and Piano.

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Refrains and Cadenzas 1984 Brass Band 11'

Commissioned by the Cheltenham Festival (Test piece for the European Championships 1984).

"This is a work of which the composer, the commissioners, and all those interest in good music for brass bands can be justly proud"

"A well constructed work, the craftsmanship of which is impressive on close study."

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Sinfonietta 1967 Brass Band 13'

Commissioned by the Scottish Amateur Music Association for the National Youth Brass Band.

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Wilson also wrote a number of incidental pieces under commissions from BBC TV, BBC Radio, Radio Clyde and others.

Orchestra

Carillon	1990	3333/4321/Timp/Perc/Hp/Pf/Cel/Sts.	15'
		Commissioned by Glasgow city council in 1990 as part of its European City of Culture celebrations, as the inaugural work to celebrate the opening of the city's new Royal Concert Hall.

		"A teeming effective scherzo in which the clatter of glockenspiel and anvil, picturing Glasgow's industry, also gave a hint of chinoiserie."
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Concerto for Orchestra	1967	3333/4331/Timp/Perc/Cel/Pf/Sts.	18'

		"This masterly work is a composition of great emotional intensity and extreme sensitivity to texture and colour. Everything in this magnificent work gives the impression of inevitability coupled with individuality - the distinguishing stamp of a masterpiece."
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Guitar Concerto	1996	Solo guitar Sts. 33221 (minimum)/1Perc,Vibes,Bongos	20'
		Commissioned by Phillip Thorne.
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Introit	1982	2222/423/Timp.Anvil.SC/2Perc/Hp/Pf/Cel/Sts.	25'
		Commissioned by the BBC
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		"The work is undoubtedly one of the finest Thomas Wilson has so far given us. Every note is essential, and many a composer has said very much less while taking twice as long doing so."
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Piano Concerto	1985	3333/4331/Timp/Perc/Hp/Cel/Sts.	28'
listen to a sample here		Commissioned by Bryden Thomson for David Wilde and the BBC Philharnomic Orchestra.

		"I believe this the finest essay in the medium ever by a Briton and one of this most sparing and introspective composer's greatest achievements. The ear cannot but be beguiled by the subtext of a succession of ravishingly beautiful sound worlds. Absolutely fascinating"
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Symphony No. 2	1965	3222/4231/Perc/Hp/Pf/Cel/Sts.	23'

		"For the more adventurous musical minds, Thomas Wilson's second symphony was the highlight of the programme." "Darkly powerful." "Thoughtful, purposeful, and by no means inconsiderable. The composer is a constructionist and can well afford to be." "An interesting and important work"
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Symphony No. 3	1979	3333/4331/Timp/3 Perc/Hp/Pf/Cel/Sts.	25'
		Commissioned by Musica Nova

		"In another to all appearances first performance, it emerged as one of the most impressive works written by a Scottish composer in recent years. It is particularly rewarding for its calculation of sound qualities, from the confused sub-Penderecki Genesis to its serenely linear Apogee in the centre of the construction. In fact, Wilson makes a long-term point by stylistic allusion and is remarkably successful in sustaining the argument over a large span and with a genuinely symphonic effect."
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Symphony No. 4	1988	3333/4331/Timp/Perc/Hp/Pf/Cel/Sts.	28'
(Passeleth Tapestry)		Commissioned by Renfrew District Council together with Strathclyde Regional Council to mark Paisley's 500th anniversary as a Burgh of Barony.

		"A major work, one of Wilson's most vital and sustained large-scale statements."
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Symphony No. 5	1998	2222/2Horns/2Trumpets/Timp/Perc/Strings	27'
		Commissioned by the Scottish Chamber Orchestra.

		"Thomas Wilson is Scotland's uncelebrated musical treasure." "Wilson's scoring has a wonderfully light and transparent touch. Individual instrumental figures are frequently silhouetted in chiaroscuro against a finely shaded orchestral ground." "the Mount Everest of European music in the 20th century"
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Threnody	1970	3333/4331/Timp/Perc/Hp/Cel/Pf/Sts.	18'

		"A strongly wrought symphonic poem, dramatic and impressive"
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Toccata	1959	3222/4231/Hp/Timp/Sts.
			8'
		"Brilliantly colourful, live and accomplished, the nature of the scoring and counterpoint had in fact close links to Hindemith"
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Touchstone	1967	3333/4331/Perc/Hp/Cel/Pf/Sts.	10'
listen to a sample here		Commissioned by the BBC for the Henry Wood Promenade Concerts.
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Variations for Orchestra	1960	3222/4231/Hp/Timp/Sts.	18'

		"Tremendously impressive..brilliantly colourful..lively and accomplished" "Wilson's scoring is as lucid as his musical thought." "The young composer has an ear for the most softly shimmering orchestral colours." "His variations had an overall character of their own that was tremendously impressive"
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Viola Concerto	1987	2222/4321/HP/Pf/Timp/Perc/Sts.	25'
		Commissioned by James Durrant with assistance from the BBCSSO Trust.
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Violin Concerto	1993	2222/4331/3Perc/Timp/Pf Cel/Hp/Strings	26'
		Commissioned by the National Youth Orchestra of Scotland and BP for Ernst Kovacic.

		"The Violin Concerto compelled from its wistful, oboe-tinted opening, to its emphatic, rhythmical, final foot stamp."
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Chamber Orchestra

Mosaics	1981	F1(Picc.AF)/Ob(CA)/Hpschd/Polyphonic synthesiser/Sts.	20'
		Commissioned for Cantilena by Radio Clyde.

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String Orchestra

Pas de Quoi	1964	Six little dances for strings	11'
		Prelude, Valse, Rigaudon, Sarabande, Polka, Gavotte
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Ritornelli Per Archi	1972	For 11 solo strings or full string orchestra	19'
		Commissioned for the Edinburgh Festival by the Scottish Baroque Ensemble.

		"Tour de force" "A passionate almost operatic little drama for 11 solo strings"
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St Kentigern Suite	1986	For 11 solo strings or full string orchestra.	20'
		Commissioned by The Friends of Glasgow Cathedral, on the occasion of the Cathedral's 850th Anniversary.

		"Wonderfully subtle and elegant, ..so laden with atmosphere that the breathless hush at the end of the work was almost tangible." "A masterpiece"
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Chorus and Orchestra

Amor Christi	1989	Chamber Choir. 2222/22/2Perc/Timp/Hp/Sts.	23'
		Commissioned the Scottish Philharmonic Singers
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Confitemini Domino	1993	SATB/Brass Quiutet/Organ	11'
		Commissioned by the Royal College of Organists to celebrate their 100th Anniversary
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Missa Pro Mundo Conturbato	1970	Chamber Choir. 2 Perc/Hp/Sts.	22'
		Commissioned by the John Currie Singers.

		"The Quality of the work was gripping and masterly"
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Sequentiae Passionis	1971	Large Chamber Choir. 222/4231/Timp/Perc/Hp/Tape/Sts.	55'
		Commissioned by Musica Nova.
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Songs of Hope and Expectation	1977	Chamber Choir. Pf.EO. Hpschd. (1 player)/Sts.	16'
		Commissioned by the John Currie Singers.

		"There is no doubt as to its musical stature."
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Te Deum	1971	Large Chorus. 2233/4231/3 Perc/Timp/Hp/Pf/Sts.	17'
listen to a sample here		Commissioned by the Edinburgh Festival for the opening concert on the occasion of its 25th Anniversary.
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Opera

The Charcoal Burner	1968	3222/4331/Timp/Perc/Hp/Pf/Cel/Sts.	60'
		Commissioned by the BBC.

		"The broadcast left no doubt that this is a major contribution to operatic literature. Wilson's touch is everywhere assured - and never more so that in the extraordinary passage that accompanies the murder."
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Confessions of a Justified Sinner	1974	2222/323/Timp/Perc/Hp/Pf.Cel.EO.(1 player) Tape/Sts.	135'
		Commissioned by Scottish Opera.

		"Thomas Wilson's operas are unjustly neglected works by Scotland's finest composer bar none." "Such is the power of the 'Sinner' that one is bowled over and consequently unable to apply objective criticism."
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Ballet

Embers of Glencoe	1973	Percussion.	35'
		Commissioned by Scottish Ballet.
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Vocal

Carmina Sacra	1964	High Voice/Hp/Sts.	18'
		Version for voice and keyboard also available.
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One Foot in Eden	1977	Mezzo sop./Fl/Clar/Hp/Pf/Eo.(1 player)/Perc/Vln/Vla/Vc.	27'
		Version for voice and piano also available.
		Commissioned by Josephine Nendick.

		"The largely unaccompanied setting of Muir's great poem, 'The Horses,' is possibly the most impressive marriage yet of words and music in the Scottish experience"
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Six Scots Songs	1962	Arrangements for voice and Pf.	14'
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Three Orkney Songs	1961	sop/Bar/Fl/Ob/Vln/Vc/Pf.	10'
		Commissioned by the BBC.
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The Willow Branches	1983	Mezzo sop./2222/2Hns/Hp/Cel/2Perc/Timp/Sts	21'
		Seven Songs from the Chinese.
		Commissioned by Marilyn de Blieck.
		Version for voice and piano also available.
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Unaccompanied Choral

A Babe is Born	1967	SATB & organ	5'
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Ave Maria / Pater Noster	1967	SATB	5'

		"Miniature gems with their subtle yet wholly personal harmony"
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By the Waters of Babylon	1951	SATB or Tenor/Bar/Bass.	5'
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Cantigas Para Semana Santa	1992	Chamber Choir	21'
		Commissioned by Cappella Nova

		"There is a general agreement in the group that this is one of the best commissions we've had."
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Mass based on a Bach Chorale	c. 1960	SATB

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Mass in D Minor	1956	Chamber Choir	18'
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Mass in Polyphonic Style	c. 1960	SATB

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Missa Brevis	1960	SATB
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Missa Brevis (St. Augustine)	1957	SATB

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My Soul Longs for Thee	1992	SSA	5'

		"Thomas Wilson writes in a modern style - but very sympathetically for choirs. He has produced what must be the best music of all the choral settings of the new English liturgy so far."
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Night Songs	1967	SATB	12'
		Commissioned by the John Currie Singers
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There is no Rose (Carol)	1974	SATB	4'
		First performed at King's College Cambridge, Festival of Lessons and Carols.

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Ubi Caritas et Amor	1976	2Tenor/2Bar/Bass	18'
		Commissioned by the Baccholian Singers for the City of London Festival.

		"A masterly musical harmony on various aspects of love, beginning and ending with a plainsong refrain"
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Chamber

Canti Notturni	1972	F1(AF)/Clar(BC)/Vln/Vla/Vc/Pf.	18'
		Commissioned by the Clarina Ensemble.
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Chamber Concerto	1986	F1(Clar)/Hn/Tpt/TRom/2Perc/Pf/Vln/Vc.	22'
		Commissioned by the New Music Group of Scotland
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Chamber Symphony	1990	Fl/Ob/Clars(BC)/Fg/2Hns/Tpt/2Vlns/Vla/Vc/Cb.	26'
		Commissioned by Paragon Ensemble and Glasgow District Council as part of the celebrations during Glasgow's reign as European City of Culture 1990.
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Complementi	1973	Clar(BC)/Vln/Vc/Pf/Vln/Vc/Pf.	18'
		Commissioned by Clarina Ensemble.

		"A superb new work that grows in stature with each hearing".
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Concerto da Camera	1965	Fl/Ob.Vln/Vc/Pf.	16'
		Commissioned by Bernicia Ensemble.
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Mosaics	1981	Fl(Picc.AF)/Ob(CA)/Hpschd.Polyphonic Synthesiser/Sts.	20'
		Commissioned by Radio Clyde.
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Pas de Quoi	1964	(See String Orchestra)	11'
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Piano Trio	1966	Pf/Vln/Vc.	17'
		Commissioned by the Scottish Trio.
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Ritornelli per Archi	1972	11 solo strings (See also String Orchestra).	19'
		Commissioned by the Scottish Baroque Ensemble for the Edinburgh Festival.
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Sinfonia for Seven Instruments	1968	Clar/Fag/Hn/String Quartet.	17'
		Commissioned by the University of Glasgow.

		"It is a virile clear cut piece, tightly packed. The form is so lucid. This sinfonia could equally be called a serenade"
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Sonata for 'Cello and Piano	1971	Pf./Vc	22'
		Commissioned by Glasgow Chamber Music Society.
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Sonatina for Clarinet and Piano	1962	Clar/Pf.	9'
listen to a sample here
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St. Kentigern Suite	1986	For 11 solo strings (See also String Orchestra).	20'
		Commissioned by the Friends of Glasgow Cathedral, on the occasion of the Cathedral's 850th anniversary.
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String Quartet No. 3	1958	2Vln/Vla/Vc.	21'
		McEwen Composition Prize.
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String Quartet No. 4	1978	2Vln/Vla/Vc.	20'
listen to a sample here		Commissioned by the Edinburgh String Quartet. (Premiere BBC TV).

		"This is a superb new quartet. Its ideas and cells are unfolded with economy and elegance."
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Threads	1996	Bass Clar/Marimba/Vibraphone.	5'
		Commissioned by Duo Contemporain.
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Violin Sonata	1961	Vln/Pf.	19'
		Commissioned by the University of Glasgow.

		"The sonata shows that serial writing need not be wholly a cerebral soulless affair that it can approximate to music in the usual sense of the term and claim a response too."
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Instrumental

Cancion	1982	For Guitar.	3'

		"Its power of fascination with an audience is magic."
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Chanson de Geste	1991	For Solo Horn.	11'
		Commissioned by by Redcliffe Concerts.
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Coplas del Ruiseñor	1972	For Guitar	10'
		Commissioned by Angelo Gilardino.
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Dream Music	1983	For Guitar.	10'
		Commissioned by Phillip Thorne.
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Fantasia	1964	For Solo 'Cello	8'
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Incunabula	1983	For Piano	12'
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Soliloquy	1969	For Guitar.	12'
		Commissioned by Glasgow Master Concerts for Julian Bream.

		"Thomas Wilson's Soliloquy provided the evening's most encouraging moment. Angular and dark-toned, but with a noticeably wider range of gesture than the rest of the programme."
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Sonata	1964	For Piano.	18'

		"A power of utterance is achieved by an economy of idea and texture typical of this composer..The slow variations near the end of the work were striking in their pureness of sonority. They are sinewy and sensitive, full of colours and phrases and rhythms that compel attention."
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Sonatina	1956	For Piano.	8'

		"Clean, lean, and athletic"
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Three Festival Pieces	1964	For Piano. (arrangement for two guitars by Selina Copley also available)	7'
		Reverie Tzigane Valse Viennoise
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Three Pieces	1971	For Guitar.	7'
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Toccata Festevole	1990	For Organ.	7'
		Commissioned by the Paisley International Organ Festival.
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Brass Band

Cartoon	1969	For Cornet	5'
listen to a sample here		Commissioned by Robert Oughton and the Scottish CWS Band
		Available in versions for Cornet and Brass Band, Brass Ensemble and Optional percussion, and Cornet and Piano.
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Refrains and Cadenzas	1984	Brass Band	11'
		Commissioned by the Cheltenham Festival (Test piece for the European Championships 1984).

		"This is a work of which the composer, the commissioners, and all those interest in good music for brass bands can be justly proud" "A well constructed work, the craftsmanship of which is impressive on close study."
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Sinfonietta	1967	Brass Band	13'
		Commissioned by the Scottish Amateur Music Association for the National Youth Brass Band.