The BBC Concert Orchestra under the baton of Bramwell Tovey is due to record Volume 3 of Edward Gregson’s concertos for the Chandos label at the beginning of March. Works to be recorded include his cello concerto, A Song for Chris, written in 2007 for the RNCM Manchester International Cello Festival, with Guy Johnston as soloist for the recording. The other concerto is the Trombone Concerto of 1979, with Peter Moore as soloist.

Both Guy Johnston and Peter Moore are previous winners of BBC Television’s Young Musician of the Year competition, in 2000 and 2008 respectively; furthermore, Gregson’s Trombone Concerto …