Tristan Wilson

Music

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• Opera
• Orchestra
• Large Ensemble (8+ players)
• Small Ensemble (2–7 players)
• Solo
• Vocal Music
• Arrangements
• Film/Media Scoring

Opera

Saint Agony (2023) – 16′
– three singers (S/T/Br) and ensemble: cl(ebcl/bcl), tpt, 2perc, vla, vcl, cbs
– libretto by Alex Calderwood
– further information

Orchestra

Bidings (2025) – 7′
– 2(2pic).2(EH).2(bcl).2(cbsn) – 2.2.2.1 – timp.2perc – pno – strs
– further information

Litany (2023) – 5′
– 2(afl).1+EH.1+bcl.1+cbsn – 4.2.1.1 – 1perc – hp – strs
– orchestration of Tōru Takemitsu’s 1989 piano work

Hyacinth (2023) – 9′
– 3(afl,pic).2(EH).2+bcl.2 – 4.3.1+btbn.1 – timp.2perc – hp.pno – strs
– further information

Large Ensemble (8+ players)

Two Portraits (2022) – 14′
– solo viola and ensemble: fl(afl), cl(bcl), 2perc, hp, pno, vln, vcl, cbs

there is no there there (2021) – 22′
– fl(afl), bcl, tsax(asax), tpt, tba, 2perc, harp, 2synth(cel), vln, 2vla, cbs

Small Ensemble (2–7 players)

gilding cages (2024) – 7′
– afl, cl(bcl), 1perc, pno, vln, vcl
– further information

Overpasses (2024) – 6′
– oboe [or soprano sax] and piano
– further information

Fragments in Irregular Time (2023) – 7′
– piano, violin, and cello
– further information

a year is a distance travelled in circles (2022) – 6′
– English horn, viola, harp, and percussion (1)
– further information

disappearance into snow (2022) – 5′
– piano and string quartet

peering at eons (2021) – 7′
– alto flute, horn, and cello

Five Songs (2021) – 15′
– soprano, viola, and percussion
– text by Djuna Barnes
– further information

semiotics (2020) – 4′
– string quartet
– further information

moonrise, sunrise… (2020) – 5′
– alto saxophone and piano

Solo

Interior Lullaby (2024) – 4′
– solo piano
– further information

and would I sublimate (2024) – 6′
– solo bass or alto flute
– further information

I see beyond my eyes (2024) – 11′
– solo viola (in scordatura)
– further information

Sun-Pieces (2022) – 7′
– solo flugelhorn
– further information

towards an ever after (2022) – 8′
– solo vibraphone
– further information

Meditation (after Chopin Op. 28/6) (2020) – 3′
– solo piano
– recording

Étude de Concert (Toccatina) (2020, rev. 2021) – 2′
– solo piano

Vocal Music

Two Kitchen Songs (2023) – 5′
– soprano (or mezzo-soprano) and piano
– text by “frozen sun” (anonymous user on poemhunter.com)
– further information

Lines to a Lady (from Five Songs) (2022) – 5′
– soprano (or mezzo-soprano) and piano
– text by Djuna Barnes
– further information

Five Songs (2021) – 15′
– soprano, viola, and percussion
– text by Djuna Barnes
– further information

Long have I longed (Sonnet 16) (2020) – 5′
– solo tenor
– text adapted from Richard Barnfield

Lux Aeterna (2018, rev. 2022) – 3′
– SSATB choir

Arrangements

Litany (2023) – 5′
– orchestra: 2(afl).1+EH.1+bcl.1+cbsn – 4.2.1.1 – 1perc – hp – strs
– orchestration of Tōru Takemitsu’s 1989 piano work

Film/Media Scoring

The Novelist (2020) – 31′
– dir. Alex Calderwood
– watch on YouTube