Thomas Wilson - Orchestral
Introit |
1982 |
2222/423/Timp.Anvil.SC/2Perc/Hp/Pf/Cel/Sts. Commissioned by BBC.
"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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25' |
Symphony No. 2 |
1965 |
3222/4231/Perc/Hp/Pf/Cel/Sts.
"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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23' |
Symphony No. 3 |
1979 |
3333/4331/Timp/3 Perc/Hp/Pf/Cel/Sts. Commissioned by Musica Nova. |
25' |
Symphony No. 4
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1988 |
3333/4331/Timp/Perc/Hp/Pf/Cel/Sts. 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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28' |
Symphony No. 5 |
1998 |
2222/2Horns/2Trumpets/Timp/Perc/Strings Commissioned by the Scottish Chamber Orchestra.
"Thomas Wilson is Scotland's uncelebrated musical treasure."
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27' |
Concerto For Orchestra |
1967 |
3333/4331/Timp/Perc/Cel/Pf/Sts.
"This masterly work is 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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18' |
Threnody |
1970 |
3333/4331/Timp/Perc/Hp/Cel/Pf/Sts.
"A strongly wrought symphonic poem, dramatic and impressive"
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18' |
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Touchstone MP3 extract (4.5MB) 
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1967 |
3333/4331/Perc/Hp/Cel/Pf/Sts. Commissioned by the BBC for the Henry Wood Promenade Concerts. |
10' |
Variations For Orchestra |
1960 |
3222/4231/Hp/Timp/Sts.
"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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18' |
Toccata |
1959 |
3222/4231/Hp/Timp/Sts.
"Brilliantly colourful, live and accomplished, the nature of the
scoring and counterpoint had in fact close links to Hindemith"
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8' |
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Concerto For Piano and Orchestra MP3 extract (1.2MB)
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1985 |
3333/4331/Timp/Perc/Hp/Cel/Sts. 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
archievements. The ear cannot but be beguilded by the subtext of a
succession of ravishingly beautiful sound worlds. Absolutely
fascinating"
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28' |
Viola Concerto |
1987 |
2222/4321/HP/Pf/Timp/Perc/Sts. Commissioned by James Durrant with assistance from the BBCSSO Trust. |
25' |
Carillon |
1990 |
3333/4321/Timp/Perc/Hp/Pf/Cel/Sts. 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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15' |
Violin Concerto |
1993 |
2222/4331/3Perc/Timp/Pf Cel/Hp/Strings 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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26' |
Guitar Concerto |
1996 |
Solo guitar Sts. 33221 (minimum)/1Perc,Vibes,Bongos Commissioned by Phillip Thorne. |
20' |