Thomas Wilson was an American-born Scottish composer who relocated to Scotland
in early childhood. Educated at the University of Glasgow under Ernest Bullock
and Frederick Rimmer, Wilson joined the faculty as a lecturer in 1957, becoming
Reader in 1971 and receiving a Personal Chair in 1977. Wilson composed across
orchestral, choral, and chamber forms, completing five symphonies, four
concertos, and the opera Confessions of a Justified Sinner (1975). Symphony No.
4 Passeleth Tapestry premiered in 1988, followed by commissions for a Violin
Concerto (1993) and Guitar Concerto (1996...