Person
Virgil Thomson

Composer , Conductor , Arranger

Person
Virgil Thomson

Overview Discography Compositions Editions

Life

Born: 1896-11-25, United States

Died: 1989-09-30, United States

Information: Wikipedia

Performances
12 Performances
12 Performances All items
Performance
3 Pictures
1954-02-14 in Town Hall, Philadelphia
Timings: 00:18:38
Eugene Ormandy - Conductor
1. The Seine at Night
1961-10-14 in Carnegie Hall, New York
Timings: 00:08:55
5 Portraits
1945-05-20 in Academy of Music, Philadelphia
Timings: 00:13:35
Virgil Thomson - Conductor
5 Songs from William Blake
1952-11-23 in Town Hall, Philadelphia
Timings: 00:15:18
Mack Harrell - Baritone
Eugene Ormandy - Conductor
Four Saints in Three Acts, opera
1947-06-25
Timings: 00:47:58
Virgil Thomson - Conductor
0 Beatrice Robinson-Wayne - Soprano | St. Teresa I
0 Ruby Greene - Mezzo-soprano/Contralto | St. Teresa II
0 Edward Matthews - Baritone | St. Ignatius
0 Altonell Hines - Mezzo-soprano | Commère
0 Abner Dorsey - Bass | Compère
0 Inez Matthews - Soprano | St. Settlement
0 Charles Holland - Tenor | St. Chavez
0 David Bethea - Tenor | St. Stephen
0 Randolph Robinson - Baritone | St. Plan
Excerpts
1960-05-07 in Carnegie Hall, New York
Timings: 00:13:54
William Jonson - Choirmaster
Lee Venora - Soprano
Betty Allen - Mezzo-soprano
Louisiana Story
1949-05-10 in Town Hall, Philadelphia
Timings: 00:16:32
Eugene Ormandy - Conductor
Arrangement for Choir and Organ
1962-05-22 in Mormon Tabernacle, Salt Lake City
Timings: 00:02:40
The Mother of Us All, suite
1950-04-02 in Carnegie Hall, New York
Timings: 00:13:19
The Plow that Broke the Plains, suite
1960-12 in Manhattan Center, New York
Timings: 00:13:41
Editions
11 Editions
11 Editions All items
Thomson, Virgil: Four Saints - Orch of Our Time,cond.Thome (lib) (gatefold) (r.1981)
Thomson,Virgil: Missa Pro Defunctis/Brahms-Thomson: 5 Chrale Prels from op.122 - Crane Ch & Orch,cond.comp (r.World premiere,1960)
Thomson, Virgil: Four Saints in Three Acts (abridged) (unknown orch,cond.comp), The Plow that Broke the Plains Suite (Hollywood Bowl SO,cond.Stokowski)
Thomson, Virgil: SQ 2 (Juilliard SQ)/ W.Schuman: Voyage (Webster pno)
Jonas,Maryla: Handel,Mozart,Schubert-Liszt,Nicholas,Virgil Thomson,Mendelssohn,Dussek,Casella (r.1950s)
Thomson, Virgil: Vcl Con (L.Silva), The Mother of Us All - cond.W.Janssen
Gold-Fizdale Piano Duo: Modern Waltzes (Auric,Rieti,Sauguet,Virgil Thomson,Tailleferre,P.Bowles)
Thomson, Virgil: Plow that Broke the Plans suite/ Copland: Our Town film music - Little Orch Society,cond.Scherman
Thomson,Virgil: 10 Etudes - M.Schapiro pno
Thomson,Virgil: 4 Saints opera (abridged by composer) - Robinson-Wayne,R.Greene,I.Matthews,E.Matthews,C.Holland (r.1947) (lib)
Thomson, Virgil: Sym on a Hymn Tune,The Feast of Love/ Hanson: 4 Psalms - cond.Hanson (RFR4\RFR2)
Thomson, Virgil: Four Saints in Three Acts (abridged) Thomson: et al