Thomas, Michael Tilson

Beethoven: Symphony No. 7; Leonore Overture No. 3 / Michael Tilson Thomas

1 Super Audio CD / San Francisco Symphony / 2012-06-12

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Leonore Overture no 3 in C major, Op. 72b; Symphony no 7 in A major, Op. 92
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson
Ensemble: ; San Francisco Symphony Orchestra

This release from Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony features Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony No.7 coupled with the Leonore Overture No.3. One of...continue...
Recording information: Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco (09/14/2011-09/17/2011); Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco (10/07/2010-10/09/2010)....continue...

Essential American Classics - Over 2 hours of America's best-loved classical music

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-06-05

Works: Louis Moreau Gottschalk: Bamboula, danse des nègres for piano, Op. 2, D. 13 (RO 20); Stephen Foster: My Old Kentucky Home, for voice & piano; Beautiful dreamer; Edward MacDowell: To a Wild Rose;...
Performers: Allen, Geri; Barclay, John; Bennett, Richard Rodney [Composer]; Carter, Regina [Violin]; Criswell, Kim; Gardner, Simon; Glaser, Matt; Goodchild, Mark; Hampson, Thomas; Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Voc...
Conductors: Foley, Timothy; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Slatkin, Leonard; Slatkin, Felix; Richardson, Neil; McGlinn, John; Thomas, Michael Tilson; Bátiz, Enrique; Davies, Dennis R.; Paavo, Järvi; Warren-Green,...

The Complete Music of Carl Ruggles / Michael Tilson Thomas, Buffalo PO

2 CD / Other Minds Music / 2012-04-24

Works: Carl Ruggles: Toys; Vox clamans in deserto, pieces (3) for soprano & small orchestra; Men and Mountains; Angels; Sun-treader, for orchestra; Portals, for string orchestra; Evocations, orchestral vers...
Performers: Blegen, Judith [Soprano Vocals]; Kirkpatrick, John [Piano]; Morgan, Beverly; Raver, Leonard; Thomas, Michael Tilson
Conductors: Tilson Thomas, Michael; Thomas, Michael Tilson
Ensemble: ; Buffalo Philharmonic

The Complete Music of Carl Ruggles Michael Tilson Thomas / Buffalo Philharmonic Carl Ruggles (1876 - 1971) was an innovative American composer who used "dissonant...continue...

Mahler: Symphony No. 1

1 Super Audio CD / San Francisco Symphony / 2011-11-08

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 1 in D major "Titan"
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson

Extending the legacy of their award-winning and critically acclaimed Mahler cycle, Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony have begun reissuing the recordings, maintaining...continue...
Recording information: Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco (09/19/2001-09/23/2001)....continue...

Sound the Bells! American Premières for Brass / The Bay Brass

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2011-03-08

Works: John Williams: Sound the Bells!, fanfare for brass & percussion (or orchestra); Fanfare for a Festive Occasion, for brass & percussion; Aloft! To the Royal Masthead! for brass & percussion; Michael T...
Performers: Avdienko, Victor; Biancalana, Jeff D.; Cooper, Christopher; Cummings, Kale; Froelich, Ray; Hemphill, Thomas; Herbert, David; Hull, Douglas; Inouye, Mark; King, John [Trumpet]; Rioth, Doug; Shapiro, M...
Conductors: Neale, Alastair; Thomas, Michael Tilson; Ward, Robert; Budin, Jeffrey; Broughton, Bruce; Welcomer, Paul; Floyd, Charles

San Francisco-based ensemble The Bay Brass presents a showcase of American music both rousing and moving with these first recordings of recent works by John...continue...

Bach: Cantatas; Barber; Copland / Schreier, Hendricks

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-09-14

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 51, "Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen," BWV 51; Cantata no 82, "Ich habe genug" BWV 82; Cantata no 202, "Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten" ("Wedding Cantata") BWV 20...
Performers: Gerbeth, Klaus; Hardenberger, Hakan [Trumpet]; Haupt, Eckart; Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]; Jahn, Gudrun; Murphy, Maurice
Conductors: Schreier, Peter; Thomas, Michael Tilson

Barbara Hendricks' voice - particularly suited to Mozart, Debussy, Faure, and the lighter roles of Puccini and Richard Strauss - has a warm, crystalline quality...continue...

Mahler: Songs with Orchestra

1 Super Audio CD / San Francisco Symphony / 2010-09-14

Works: Gustav Mahler: Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen; Rückert Lieder (5); Des Knaben Wunderhorn
Performers: Graham, Susan; Hampson, Thomas
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson

The San Francisco Symphony's Grammy-winning Mahler recording cycle, launched in 2001 on its own SFS Media label, comes to a close this season with this...continue...
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The Music of America: Copland

3 CD / Sony Classical / 2010-06-08

Works: Aaron Copland: Fanfare for the common man; Appalachian Spring, ballet for 13 instruments; Quiet City, complete incidental music; Concerto for Clarinet; An Outdoor Overture, for orchestra or band; Rod...
Performers: Bogin, Abba; Goodman, Benny; Newell, Laura; Warfield, William [Baritone Vocals]
Conductors: Copland, Aaron; Thomas, Michael Tilson; Bernstein, Leonard; Williams, John

The Music of America: Charles Ives

3 CD / Sony Classical / 2010-06-08

Works: Charles Ives: Symphony no 2, for orchestra, S. 2 (K. 1A2); From the Steeples and Mountains for Brass and Bells; Robert Browning Overture, for orchestra, S. 27 (K. 1B6); Variations for Organ on "Ameri...
Performers: Hampson, Thomas; Herseth, Adolph; Spector, Fred; Thomas, Michael Tilson
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson; Stokowski, Leopold; Ormandy, Eugene

Barber Adagio (100th Anniversay)

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-02-23

Works: Samuel Barber: Adagio for Strings; The School for Scandal, overture for orchestra, Op. 5; Concerto for Violin Op. 14; Knoxville, Summer of 1915, Op. 24; Essay for Orchestra no 1, Op. 12; Medea's Medi...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Baxtresser, Jeanne; Drucker, Stanley; Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]; LeClair, Judith; McCawley, Leon; Myers, Philip; Oliveira, Elmar; Robinson, Joseph; Vignoles, Roger [Piano]
Conductors: Rattle, Simon, Sir; Slatkin, Leonard; Thomas, Michael Tilson

This 2-CD commemorative set marks the centenary of Samuel Barber's birth and gives a fairly rounded picture of the composer. Samuel Barber's music, masterfully crafted...continue...

Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4

1 CD / San Francisco Symphony / 2010-01-12

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 4 in F minor, Op. 36
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson

Keeping Score is much more than a critically acclaimed PBS television series - it is a natural outgrowth of the San Francisco Symphony's almost century-long...continue...
Recording information: Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco (05/30/2002-05/31/2002)....continue...

Beethoven: Symphony No. 3

1 CD / San Francisco Symphony / 2010-01-12

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 "Eroica"
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson

Keeping Score is much more than a critically acclaimed PBS television series - it is a natural outgrowth of the San Francisco Symphony's almost century-long...continue...
Recording information: Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco (05/13/2004-05/15/2004)....continue...

Stravinsky: Rite Of Spring; Firebird Suite Excerpts

1 CD / San Francisco Symphony / 2010-01-12

Works: Igor Stravinsky: The Firebird Suite; Le sacre du printemps
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson

Keeping Score is much more than a critically acclaimed PBS television series - it is a natural outgrowth of the San Francisco Symphony's almost century-long...continue...
Recording information: Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, California (09/22/2004-09/23/2004)....continue...

Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique

1 CD / San Francisco Symphony / 2010-01-12

Works: Hector Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson

Keeping Score is much more than a critically acclaimed PBS television series - it is a natural outgrowth of the San Francisco Symphony's almost century-long...continue...
Recording information: Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, CA (12/05/2007-12/06/2007)....continue...

Ives: Holidays Symphony

1 CD / San Francisco Symphony / 2010-01-12

Works: Charles Ives: New England Holidays Symphony; Aaron Copland: Appalachian Spring, ballet for 13 instruments
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson

Keeping Score is much more than a critically acclaimed PBS television series - it is a natural outgrowth of the San Francisco Symphony's almost century-long...continue...
Recording information: Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco (2005-09-17&2007-11-30&2007-)....continue...

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5

1 CD / San Francisco Symphony / 2010-01-12

Works: Dmitry Shostakovich: Symphony no 5 in D minor, Op. 47
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson

Keeping Score is much more than a critically acclaimed PBS television series - it is a natural outgrowth of the San Francisco Symphony's almost century-long...continue...
Recording information: Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco (11/27/2007-11/30/2007)....continue...

Copland Greatest Hits

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2009-03-24

Works: Aaron Copland: Fanfare for the common man; El salón México; Appalachian Spring; Rodeo; Billy the Kid, ballet; The Tender Land; Quiet City; Our Town, suite from the film score for orches...
Performers: Fleck, Bela; Glennie, Evelyn; Leo Smit (ii) [Piano/Composer]; Morrison, Timothy; Thorstenberg, Laurence
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson; Copland, Aaron; Williams, John; Bernstein, Leonard; Slatkin, Leonard; Kostelanetz, André; Wordsworth, Barry;
Ensemble: ; Flecktones

Rachmaninov Greatest Hits

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2009-03-24

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Preludes (10) for Piano, Op. 23; Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini; Suite for 2 Pianos no 1, Op. 5 "Fantaisie-tableaux"; Concerto for Piano no 2 in C minor, Op. 18; Songs (12), Op. ...
Performers: Ax, Emanuel; Bronfman, Yefim [Piano]; Douglas, Barry [Piano/Conductor]; Feltsman, Vladimir [Piano]; Laredo, Ruth; Neriki, Shigeo; Rachmaninov, Sergei; Starker, Janos; Volodos, Arcadi
Conductors: Mehta, Zubin; Thomas, Michael Tilson; Temirkanov, Yuri; Levine, James
Ensemble: ; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

EMI American Classics - Samuel Barber / Michael Tilson-Thomas, Leonard Slatkin, Barbara Hendricks, Elmar Oliviera, et al

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-06-24

Works: Samuel Barber: Adagio for Strings; Knoxville, Summer of 1915, Op. 24; Concerto for Violin Op. 14; The School for Scandal, overture for orchestra, Op. 5; Essay for Orchestra no 1, Op. 12; Medea's Medi...
Performers: Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]; Oliveira, Elmar
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson; Slatkin, Leonard

Samuel Barber (1910–1981) is best known today for his 'Adagio for Strings', which was originally written as the slow movement for an early string quartet,...continue...

Essential Jose Carreras (International)

2 CD / Sony Classical Import / 2008-03-11

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Umberto Giordano: Fedora; Andrea Chenier; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Turandot; Gaetano Donizetti: Poliuto; Jules Massenet: Werther; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, op...
Performers: Baltsa, Agnes; Bogart, John-Paul; Carreras, José [Tenor Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; Gavanelli, Paolo; Hintermeier, Margaretha; Katz, Martin; Kerns, Robert [Baritone Vocals]; King, Sarah; Kovacs,...
Conductors: Domingo, Placido; Patanè, Giuseppe; Thomas, Michael Tilson; Maazel, Lorin; Caetani, Oleg; Tunick, Jonathan; Casas, Joan; Mercurio, Steven

A beloved member of The Three Tenors, Spain's Jos Carreras has become one of the most passionate, popular and affecting singers of his time. Though...continue...

Song of the Cello

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2007-12-04

Works: Johannes Brahms: Concerto for Violin and Cello in A minor, Op. 102 "Double"; Liebestreu, Op. 3 no 1; Songs (5) for voice & piano, Op. 105; Luigi Boccherini: Menuett; Camille Saint-Saëns: Concert...
Performers: Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Gililov, Pavel; Hovora, Daria; How, Liang Ping; Kremer, Gidon; Maisky, Lily; Maisky, Mischa; Meell, Melissa; Phillips, Todd; Poy, Nardo; Tiempo, Sergio
Conductors: Bernstein, Leonard; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Mehta, Zubin; Thomas, Michael Tilson

Simon Bainbridge: Fantasia for Double Orchestra; Viola Concerto; Concertante in Moto Perpetuo

1 CD / NM Classics Import / 2006-09-11

Works: Simon Bainbridge: Fantasia for double orchestra; Concerto for Viola; Concertante in Moto Perpetuo, for ten players
Performers: Trampler, Walter
Conductors: Bainbridge, Simon; Thomas, Michael Tilson
Ensemble: ; Composers Ensemble

Gramophone Magazine
The Viola Concerto (1976) remains an astonishingly assured work from one then in his early twenties, not least in the subtle control of tension...continue...

Stravinsky: Le Sacre Du Printemps, Le Roi Des Etoiles, Petrushka

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2006-07-13

Works: Igor Stravinsky: Le sacre du printemps; Le roi des étoiles; Petrushka, ballet (burlesque) in 4 scenes for orchestra (1947 version)
Performers: Vasary, Tamas
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson; Dutoit, Charles

Collection Du Millenaire....continue...

The Copland Collection

1 CD / Sony Classical Import / 2006-06-27

Works: Aaron Copland: Fanfare for the common man; El salón México; Appalachian Spring; Rodeo; Billy the Kid; The Tender Land; Quiet City; Our Town; Down a Country Lane; Lincoln Portrait
Performers: Glennie, Evelyn; Leo Smit (ii) [Piano/Composer]; Morrison, Timothy; Thorstenberg, Laurence
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson; Copland, Aaron; Williams, John; Bernstein, Leonard; Slatkin, Leonard; Kostelanetz, André; Wordsworth, Barry;
Ensemble: ; Béla Fleck & the Flecktones ; Boston Symphony Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; National Philharmonic Orchestra; New Philharmonia Orchestra; New York Philharmonic; St. Louis Symphony Orch...

Drive Time - Autobahn

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2005-06-28

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Guglielmo Tell; Richard Wagner: Die Walküre; Lohengrin; Maurice Jarre: Mad Max; Aram Khachaturian: Gayaneh; Franz Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsodies (19) for Piano, S 244; Johannes B...
Conductors: Wordsworth, Barry; Mehta, Zubin; Jarre, Maurice; Kostelanetz, André; Fiedler, Arthur; Thomas, Michael Tilson; ; Maazel, Lorin; Boulez, Pierre; Salonen, Esa-Pekka; Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: ; Ensemble Wien-Berlin

Classical Music 101 - 101 Famous Classical Themes

1 CD / RCA Records / 2004-09-28

Works: Tomaso Albinoni: Adagio for Organ and Strings in G minor; Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestral Suite no 3 in D major, BWV 1068; Brandenburg Concerto no 2 in F major, BWV 1047; Goldberg Variations, BWV 9...
Performers: Anda, Geza; Ax, Emanuel; Baekkelund, Kjell; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bjorling, Jussi; Bream, Julian [Guitar]; Demus, Jorg [Piano]; Domingo, Placido; Douglas, Barry [Piano/Conductor]; Garcia, Jose-Luis; Hautz...
Conductors: Stratta; Baumgartner, Rudolf; Stokowski, Leopold; Ormandy, Eugene; Munch, Karl; Leinsdorf, Erich; Mehta, Zubin; Fiedler, Arthur; Prêtre, Georges; Copland, Aaron; Kapp, Richard; Grüner-Hegge...
Ensemble: ; Lucerne Festival Strings; Philharmonia Virtuosi

Creepy Classics

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2003-04-10

Works: Gustav Holst: The Planets, Op. 32/H 125; Camille Saint-Saëns: Danse macabre in G minor, Op. 40; Samson et Dalila, Op. 47; Modest Mussorgsky: Night on the Bare Mountain; Hector Berlioz: Symphonie...
Conductors: Bernstein, Leonard; Ormandy, Eugene; Boulez, Pierre; Thomas, Michael Tilson; Szell, George

Preludes, Fugues and Riffs - Jazz in Classical Music

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1999-05-25

Works: George Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue; Darius Milhaud: La création du monde, Op. 81; Aaron Copland: Music for the Theatre, suite for small orchestra; Igor Stravinsky: Ebony Concerto; Leonard Berns...
Performers: Davis, Miles; Gershwin, George; Goodman, Benny
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson; Bernstein, Leonard; Stravinsky, Igor; Schuller, Gunther
Ensemble: ; Columbia Jazz Combo; Columbia Jazz Ensemble

This collection contains both mono and stereo recordings.

Since its genesis jazz has fascinated classical musicians, and this disc documents some of the traffic at the crossroads. Among the fir...continue...

The Chorus - Greatest Hits

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1996-10-29

Works: Carl Orff: Carmina burana; Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben," BWV 147 (BC A174); Bist du bei mir, aria arranged for voice & continuo (after Gottfried Stölz...
Performers: Adams, Sarah Fuller; Asper, Frank W.; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Baker, Jeffrey Reid; Howe, Julia Ward; Howell, Gwynne; Monoyios, Ann; Murphy, Suzanne; O'Neill, Dennis [Tenor Vocal]; S...
Conductors: DeCormier, Robert; Ormandy, Eugene; Condie, Richard P.; Cobos, Luis; Thomas, Michael Tilson; Schmidt-Gaden, Gerhard; Guttenberg, Enoch zu; Hills, Margaret; Bruno, Weil; Tchakarov, Emil; Giulini, Carl...
Ensemble: ; European Baroque Soloists; New York Choral Society; Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra; Vocal Majority

Mendelssohn - Greatest Hits

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1995-06-13

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony no 4 in A major, Op. 90 "Italian"; A Midsummer Night's Dream; Concerto for Violin in D minor; Song Without Words; Athalie, incidental music, Op. 74; Song without words, Op...
Performers: Ameling, Elly [Soprano Vocals]; Beths, Gijs; Beths, Vera; Bylsma, Anner; Cerutti, David; Cho-Liang, Lin; Dann, Steven; Entremont, Philippe; Gatwood, Jody; Hogner, Gunter; Jansen, Rudolf [Piano]; Koya...
Conductors: Ormandy, Eugene; ; Szell, George; Thomas, Michael Tilson; Davis, Andrew; Bernstein, Leonard
Ensemble: ; Ensemble Wien-Berlin

Beethoven - Greatest Hits

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1994-08-09

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 5 in C minor, Op. 67; Minuets (6) for piano (or orchestra), WoO 10; Bagatelle for piano in A minor ("Für Elise"), WoO 59; Sonata for Piano no 14 in C sharp mino...
Performers: Entremont, Philippe; Fleisher, Leon; Howell, Gwynne; Murphy, Suzanne; O'Neill, Dennis [Tenor Vocal]; Watkinson, Carolyn
Conductors: Bernstein, Leonard; Ormandy, Eugene; Smith, William; Davis, Colin; Thomas, Michael Tilson; Szell, George

Brahms - Greatest Hits

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1994-08-09

Works: Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dances (21) for orchestra, WoO 1; Songs (5) for voice & piano, Op. 49; Academic Festival Overture in C minor, Op. 80; Variations on a Theme of Haydn for orchestra, Op. 56a ...
Performers: Ax, Emanuel; Labeque, Katia; Labeque, Marielle [Piano]; Laredo, Jaime; Ma, Yo-Yo; Stern, Isaac
Conductors: Eschenbach, Christoph; Kostelanetz, André; Thomas, Michael Tilson; Mehta, Zubin; Szell, George

Greatest Hits - Bernstein

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1994-08-09

Works: Leonard Bernstein: Candide; West Side Story; Symphonic Dances from West Side Story; Mass; Dance Episodes (3) from "On the Town", for orchestra; Chichester Psalms; Fancy Free, ballet
Performers: Chakiris, George; Hofmann, Peter [Tenor Vocal]; Labeque, Katia; Labeque, Marielle [Piano]; McGovern, Maureen; Sasson, Deborah
Conductors: Kapp, Richard; Thomas, Michael Tilson; Green, Johnny; Bernstein, Leonard; Lane, Louis; Williams, John
Ensemble: ; Philharmonia Virtuosi of New York

Gershwin - Greatest Hits

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1994-08-09

Works: George Gershwin: Strike up the Band; Rhapsody in Blue; Preludes (3) for piano; Concerto for Piano in F major; An American in Paris; Porgy and Bess; Lady, be Good; Lullaby, for string quartet; Walking...
Performers: Bernstein, Leonard; Kahane, Jeffrey; Kostelanetz, Andre; Labeque, Katia; Labeque, Marielle [Piano]; Ma, Yo-Yo; Previn, Andre [Conductor/Piano]; Vaughan, Sarah
Conductors: Williams, John; Bernstein, Leonard; Thomas, Michael Tilson; Lane, Louis

The Four Sections/Music for Mallet Instruments, Voices and Organ

1 CD / Warner Classics / 1991-01-22

Works: Steve Reich: The Four Sections; Music for Mallet Instruments, Voices and Organ, for 3 female voices, 3 marimbas, 3 glockenspiels, vi
Performers: Ambush, Pamela Wood; Armstrong, Rebecca; Becker, Bob [Percussion]; Clayton, Jay; Ferchen, Timothy; Hartenberger, Russ; Kvistad, Garry; London Symphony Orchestra; Niemann, Edmund; Preiss, James; Reich...
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson
Ensemble: ; Steve Reich & Musicians

Personnel: Steve Reich (marimba); Nurit Tillis (piano, organ); Edmund Niemann (piano); James Preiss (vibraphone, percussion); Bob Becker , Russ Hartenberger (marimba, percussion); Timothy Ferchen (mar...continue...

Ives: Holiday Symphony, etc / Tilson Thomas, Chicago SO

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1988-06-07

Works: Charles Ives: New England Holidays Symphony; Contemplations (2); Central Park in the Dark, for orchestra, S. 34 (K. 1C27)
Performers: Herseth, Adolph; Spector, Fred
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson