Composers Performers

Virgil Thomson

Virgil Thomson (1896–1989)

USA · Late romanticism, Neoclassicism (1923-1932)

As a performer: conductor

5 Songs from William Blake

Acadian Songs and Dances, from `The Louisiana Story`

Concerto for Cello and Orchestra (1950)

Concerto for Flute, Strings, Harp & Percussion: A Portrait of Roger Baker (1954)

Eight Portraits for Orchestra (1942-1944)

Eight Portraits, 1928-1940

Five 2-Part Inventions (1926)

`Five Ladies` (1983)

Four saints in three acts, opera

Nine Portraits for Piano (1930-1969)

Parson Weems and the Cherry Tree (1975)

Pilgrims and Pioneers for orchestra

Ragtime Bass in C-sharp major

Seventeen Portraits for Piano (1982-1984)

Song Cycle `Mostly About Love` (`Songs for Alice Estey`, 1959)

String Quartet № 2

Suite from film `Louisiana Story`

Symphony No. 2 in C major

Symphony No. 3 (1972)

Symphony on a Hymn Tune (1928)

The Plow That Broke The Plains (complete) (1936)

The River (complete) (1937)

Three Pictures for orchestra (1949)