Works
Tomlinson is primarily known as a composer of light orchestral pieces and has produced a considerable body of works ranging from overtures, suites and rhapsodies and miniatures, of which Little Serenade and Cantilena are probably the most popular. Also notable are a number of English folk-dance arrangements.
In the 1960s he wrote a number of Test Card pieces such as Stately Occasion and the tongue-in-cheek Capability Brown.
Tomlinson has also worked on larger-scale forms, including several works in symphonic jazz style, the first Sinfonia '62, which won a million-lire Italian competition for "Rhythmic-Symphonic" works. Also notable are three concertos, a one-act opera Head of the Family, a ballet Aladdin, a Festival of Song for chorus and orchestra and numerous works for choirs, brass bands and concert bands.
In 1966 he conducted his Symphony '65, in the Tchaikovsky Hall, Moscow, played by the Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra and Big Band, which was the first time a symphonic jazz work had been heard in Russia.
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