Thomas Wilson - Chamber Works

String Quartet No. 3

 1958 McEwen Composition Prize. 21'
String Quartet No. 4
MP3 Extract (2.1MB) 		1978 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."
20'

Ritornelli Per Archi

 1972 11 solo strings (See also String Orchestra).
Commissioned by the Scottish Baroque Ensemble for the Edinburgh Festival. 		19'

St Kentigern Suite

 1986 For 11 solo strings (See also String Orchestra).
Commissioned by the Friends of Glasgow Cathedral, on the occasion of the Cathedral's 850th anniversary. 		20'

Canti Notturni

 1972 F1(AF)/Clar(BC)/Vln/Vla/Vc/Pf.
Commissioned by the Clarina Ensemble. 		18'

Chamber Concerto

 1986 F1(Clar)/Hn/Tpt/TRom/2Perc/Pf/Vln/Vc.
Commissioned by the New Music Group of Scotland. 		22'

Sonata For Cello And Piano

 1971 Commissioned by Glasgow Chamber Music Society. 22'

Complementi

 1973 Clar(BC)/Vln/Vc/Pf/Vln/Vc/Pf.
Commissioned by Clarina Ensemble.
"A superb new work that grows in stature with each hearing".
18'

Concerto Da Camera

 1965 Fl/Ob.Vln/Vc/Pf.
Commissioned by Bernicia Ensemble. 		16'

Pas De Quoi

 1964 (See also String Orchestra). 11'

Mosaics

 1981 Fl(Picc.AF)/Ob/(CA)/Hpschd.Polyphonic Synthesiser/Sts. (See also Chamber Orchestra).
Commissioned by Radio Clyde. 		20'

Sinfonia For Seven Instruments

 1968 Clar/Fag/Hn/String Quartet.
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"
17'

Chamber Symphony

 Fl/Ob/Clars(BC)/Fg/2Hns/Tpt/2Vlns/Vla/Vc/Cb.
Commissioned by Paragon Ensemble and Glasgow District Council as part of the celebrations during Glasgow's reign as European City of Culture 1990. 		26'

Violin Sonata

 1961 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."
19'

Sonata For Clarinet and Piano

 1962 Clar/Pf. 9'

Piano Trio

 1966 Pf/Vln/Vc.
Commissioned by the Scottish Trio. 		17'

Threads

 1996 Bass Clar/Marimba/Vibraphone.
Commissioned by Duo Contemporain. 		5'