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Bryden Thomson
1928-1991 GB, Ayr
Composer / Conductor of Classical
Bryden Thomson (16 July 1928 – 14 November 1991) was a Scottish conductor remembered especially for his championship of British and Scandinavian composers. His recordings include influential surveys of the orchestral music of Hamilton Harty and Arnold Bax. He was principal conductor of several British orchestras, including the Ulster Orchestra, which flourished under his tenure.
Popular Tracks 
Piano Concerto No. 21 in C, K.467: II. Andante on 100 Drivetime Classics by Various Artists Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major, K. 467 'Elvira Madigan': II. Andante (Excerpt) on Most Relaxing Piano Album in the World....Ever! by Various Artists The Blue Danube, Op. 314 on Top 50 Feel Good Classics by Various Artists Voices of Spring, Op. 410 on Spring Songs by Various Artists Artist's Life, Op. 316 on 55 Waltz by Various Artists Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis on Vaughan Williams: Norfolk Rhapsody by Ralph Vaughan Williams, Bryden Thomson, London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra & Michael Davis Kaiser-Waltz, Op. 437 on The Strauss Family by Various Artists Wine, Women and Song, Op. 333 on 55 Waltz by Various Artists Piano Concerto in B Minor, Op. 89: II. Larghetto on Hummel: Piano Concertos by Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Bryden Thomson, English Chamber Orchestra & Stephen Hough Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 85: I. Allegro moderato on Hummel: Piano Concertos by Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Bryden Thomson, English Chamber Orchestra & Stephen HoughTrack list and 30sec audio provided by 
Discography
| Title | Artist | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Symphonies 1-4; Rondo Scherzoso; Comedy Overture | Peter Racine Fricker, Bryden Thomson, Albert Rosen, Edward Downes, Maurice Handford | 2017 | Album |
| Symphonies Nos. 2 & 11 | Daniel Jones | 2017 | Album |
| Welsh Dances | Alun Hoddinott - William Mathias - Daniel Jones / The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Charles Groves, National Youth Orchestra Of Wales, Arthur Davison | 2009 | Compil. |
| Symphonies 4, 7 & 8 | Daniel Jones – Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Charles Groves ; BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra / Bryden Thomson | 2007 | Compil. |
| A John Field Suite / The Londonderry Air / In Ireland / Suite From Handel's 'Water Music' | Sir Hamilton Harty, Ulster Orchestra, Bryden Thomson | 2005 | Album |
| Orchestral Works, Volume 7 | Arnold Bax, Margaret Fingerhut, The London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bryden Thomson | 2004 | Compil. |
| Orchestral Works, Volume 6 | Arnold Bax, The London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bryden Thomson | 2003 | Album |
| Khachaturian: Violin Concerto; Cello Concerto | Aram Khatchaturian, Lydia Mordkovitch, Raphael Wallfisch, Neeme Järvi, Bryden Thomson, The London Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Scottish National Orchestra | 2002 | Album |
| Symphony No. 6 • Lanterne Des Morts • A Contemplation Upon Flowers • Scena For Strings | Alun Hoddinott — Lillian Watson, The BBC National Orchestra Of Wales, Bryden Thomson | 1998 | Album |
| Symphonies 6 & 9 • The Country Beyond The Stars | Daniel Jones – Welsh National Opera Chorus, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Charles Groves ; BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra / Bryden Thomson | 1996 | Compil. |
| Piano Concertos, No.2 In C Minor Op.18, No.3 In D Minor Op.30 | Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff, Howard Shelley, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Bryden Thomson | 1993 | Album |
| Tintagel / Nympholept / Paean / Christmas Eve / Dance Of Wild Irravel / Festival Overture | Arnold Bax, The London Philharmonic Orchestra, Ulster Orchestra, Bryden Thomson | 1993 | Album |
| Elgar: Sea Pictures The Music Makers | Sir Edward Elgar, Linda Finnie, The London Philharmonic Choir, The London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bryden Thomson | 1992 | Album |
| Symphonies: No.4 'The Inextinguishable', No.6 Sinfonia Semplice | Carl Nielsen, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Bryden Thomson | 1992 | Album |
| Symphonies 3 & 4 | Bohuslav Martinů - Bryden Thomson, Royal Scottish National Orchestra | 1991 | Album |
| Symphony No. 2 | Sir Edward Elgar – The London Philharmonic Orchestra · Bryden Thomson | 1991 | Album |
| Symphonies 2 & 6 | Bohuslav Martinů - Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Bryden Thomson | 1991 | Album |
| Symphonies 1 & 5 | Bohuslav Martinů - Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Bryden Thomson | 1991 | Album |
| Cello Concerto - Partita | Sir William Walton, The London Philharmonic Orchestra, Raphael Wallfisch, Bryden Thomson | 1991 | Album |
| Symphony No. 9 In E Minor / Piano Concerto | Ralph Vaughan Williams - Howard Shelley, Bryden Thomson, The London Symphony Orchestra | 1991 | Album |
| Violin Concerto / A Legend / Romantic Overture / Golden Eagle | Arnold Bax, Lydia Mordkovitch, The London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bryden Thomson | 1991 | Album |
| Symphony No. 1 • Varii Capricci | Sir William Walton - Bryden Thomson, The London Philharmonic Orchestra | 1991 | Album |
| Symphony No. 1 | Sir Edward Elgar – The London Philharmonic Orchestra · Bryden Thomson | 1991 | Album |
| Dances (Scottish, Irsh, Cornish, English) / Sarabande & Polka From 'Solitaire' | Malcolm Arnold, Bryden Thomson, The Philharmonia | 1990 | Album |
| Symphony No. 8 In D Minor / Partita For Double String Orchestra / Fantasia On Greensleeves / Two Hymn-Tune Preludes | Ralph Vaughan Williams - Bryden Thomson, The London Symphony Orchestra | 1990 | Album |
| The Truth About Russian Dancers / From Dusk Till Dawn | Arnold Bax - The London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bryden Thomson | 1990 | Album |
| The Four Piano Concertos - Rhapsody On A Theme Of Paganini | Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff, Howard Shelley, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Bryden Thomson | 1990 | Album |
| The Complete Symphonies | The London Philharmonic Orchestra, Ulster Orchestra, Bryden Thomson, Arnold Bax | 1990 | Album |
| Bax: Symphony No. 5 & Russian Suite | Arnold Bax, Bryden Thomson, The London Philharmonic Orchestra | 1989 | Album |
| Symphony No. 5, Russian Suite | Arnold Bax, The London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bryden Thomson | 1989 | Album |
| Sinfonia Antartica (No. 7) / Toward The Unknown Region | Ralph Vaughan Williams, Bryden Thomson, London Symphony Chorus, The London Symphony Orchestra, Catherine Bott | 1989 | Album |
| A Sea Symphony (No.I) | Ralph Vaughan Williams, Bryden Thomson conducts The London Symphony Orchestra & London Symphony Chorus | 1989 | Album |
| Les Illuminations / Quatre Chansons Françaises / Serenade For Tenor, Horn & Strings | Benjamin Britten - Felicity Lott, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Michael Thompson, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Bryden Thomson | 1989 | Album |
| A London Symphony (No.2) / Concerto Grosso | Ralph Vaughan Williams, Bryden Thomson, The London Symphony Orchestra | 1989 | Album |
| Elgar Enigma Variations - The Sanguine Fan - Incidental Music & Funeral March From Grania & Diarmid | Bryden Thomson | 1989 | Album |
| BRAHMS: Piano Concerto No. 1 Op. 15, MENDELSSOHN: Capriccio Brillant Op. 22 | Johannes Brahms, Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Israela Margalit, Bryden Thomson, The London Symphony Orchestra | 1989 | Album |
| Cello Concerto / Symphony No. 3 'Laudes Musicae' | Kenneth Leighton, Raphael Wallfisch, Neil Mackie, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Bryden Thomson | 1989 | Album |
| Symphony No. 6 In E Minor / Tuba Concerto | Ralph Vaughan Williams, Patrick Harrild, Bryden Thomson, The London Symphony Orchestra | 1989 | Album |
| More Classical Pieces, The Ulster Orchestra In Association With Tyrone Crystal | Ulster Orchestra / Bryden Thomson | 1988 | Single |
| Symphony No. 4 In F Minor / Concerto Accademico | Ralph Vaughan Williams, Kenneth Sillito, Bryden Thomson, The London Symphony Orchestra | 1988 | Album |
| Symphony No. 6 / Festival Overture | Arnold Bax - The London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bryden Thomson | 1988 | Album |
| Cello Concerto No. 2 / Chant Du Ménestrel / Cello Concerto | Dmitry Kabalevsky / Alexander Glazunov / Aram Khatchaturian – Raphael Wallfisch, The London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bryden Thomson | 1988 | Album |
| Symphony No. 6 / Festival Overture | Arnold Bax - The London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bryden Thomson | 1988 | Album |
| A Pastoral Symphony (No.3) / Oboe Concerto | Ralph Vaughan Williams, David Theodore, Bryden Thomson, The London Symphony Orchestra, Yvonne Kenny | 1988 | Album |
| Symphony No. 7 / Four Songs | Arnold Bax - The London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bryden Thomson, Martyn Hill | 1988 | Album |
| Dona Nobis Pacem - Five Mystical Songs | Ralph Vaughan Williams, Edith Wiens, Brian Rayner Cook, The London Philharmonic Orchestra, The London Philharmonic Choir, Bryden Thomson | 1988 | Album |
| Piano Concerto - Piano Concerto No. 2 | Robert Schumann - Camille Saint-Saëns - Israela Margalit - Bryden Thomson - The London Philharmonic Orchestra | 1987 | Album |
| Symphonic Variations / Morning Song (Maytime In Sussex) | Arnold Bax - Margaret Fingerhut, The London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bryden Thomson | 1987 | Album |
| Piano Concerto In B Minor Op. 89 / Piano Concerto In A Minor Op. 85 | Johann Nepomuk Hummel - Stephen Hough, English Chamber Orchestra, Bryden Thomson | 1987 | Album |
| Norfolk Rhapsody • In The Fen Country • Fantasia On A Theme By Thomas Tallis • 5 Variants Of "Dives And Lazarus" | Ralph Vaughan Williams, The London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bryden Thomson | 1987 | Album |
| Symphony No. 2 / Nympholept | Arnold Bax - The London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bryden Thomson | 1987 | Album |
| Winter Legends / Saga Fragment | Arnold Bax - Margaret Fingerhut, The London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bryden Thomson | 1987 | Album |
| Norfolk Rhapsody / In The Fen Country / Fantaisia On A Theme By Tallis / 5 Variants Of "Dives And Lazarus" | Ralph Vaughan Williams, The London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bryden Thomson | 1987 | Album |
| Piano Concerto No. 21, K.467 "Elvira Madigan" / Piano Concerto No. 9, K.271 | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart / Stephen Hough / Hallé Orchestra / Bryden Thomson | 1987 | Album |
| Cello Concerto • Northern Ballad No.3 • Cortè̩ge • Mediterranean • Overture To A Picaresque Comedy | Arnold Bax, Raphael Wallfisch, Bryden Thomson, The London Philharmonic Orchestra | 1987 | Album |
| Waltzes | Johann Strauss Jr., Hallé Orchestra, Bryden Thomson | 1987 | Album |
| Symphony No. 5 In D / The Lark Ascending | Ralph Vaughan Williams, Bryden Thomson, The London Symphony Orchestra, Michael Davis | 1987 | Album |
| Symphony No. 3 / Dance Of Wild Irravel / Paean | Arnold Bax - The London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bryden Thomson | 1986 | Album |
| Symphony No. 2 In E Flat Op. 63 | Sir Edward Elgar - The London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bryden Thomson | 1986 | Album |
| Elgar: Symphony No. 1 In A Flat Op. 55 | Sir Edward Elgar, Bryden Thomson, The London Philharmonic Orchestra | 1986 | Album |
| Symphony No. 1 / Christmas Eve | Arnold Bax - The London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bryden Thomson | 1986 | Album |
| Elgar: Symphony No. 1 In A Flat Op. 55 | Sir Edward Elgar, Bryden Thomson, The London Philharmonic Orchestra | 1986 | Album |
| Piano Concerto / Mai-Dun / Legend | John Ireland - Eric Parkin, The London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bryden Thomson | 1986 | Album |
| Tone Poems Vol. 2 | Arnold Bax - Bryden Thomson • Ulster Orchestra | 1985 | Album |
| Tone Poems | Arnold Bax, Bryden Thomson, Ulster Orchestra | 1984 | Album |
| Tone Poems | Arnold Bax, Bryden Thomson, Ulster Orchestra | 1983 | Album |
| Piano Concerto / In Ireland / With The Wild Geese | Sir Hamilton Harty - Malcolm Binns, Ulster Orchestra, Bryden Thomson | 1983 | Album |
| The Wand Of Youth Suites / Nursery Suite | Sir Edward Elgar - Ulster Orchestra, Bryden Thomson | 1983 | Album |
| Symphony No. 4 / Tintagel | Arnold Bax - Bryden Thomson, Ulster Orchestra | 1983 | Album |
| The Children Of Lir / Ode To A Nightingale | Sir Hamilton Harty, Heather Harper, Ulster Orchestra, Bryden Thomson | 1982 | Album |
| An Irish Symphony / A Comedy Overture | Sir Hamilton Harty, Ulster Orchestra, Bryden Thomson | 1981 | Album |
| Orchestral Music | Sir Hamilton Harty - Ralph Holmes, Ulster Orchestra, Bryden Thomson | 1979 | Album |
| Violin Concerto / Variations On A Dublin Air | Sir Hamilton Harty - Ralph Holmes, Ulster Orchestra, Bryden Thomson | 1979 | Album |
| Ivan IV | Georges Bizet, John Brecknock, Jeanette Scovotti, John Noble, Patricia Kern, Bryden Thomson, Richard Angas | 1975 | Album |
| Symphony No. 1 In A Flat, Op, 55 | Sir Edward Elgar, The London Philharmonic Orchestra, David Nolan, Bryden Thomson | Album | |
| De Meesterwerken 18 Johann Strauss Jr. 1825-1899 | Bryden Thomson, Hallé Orchestra | Album |
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