Recording with Black Dyke Band and Jonathan Scott (piano)

An early work by Edward Gregson, his ‘Concertante for piano and brass band’, written when he was only 20, has been recorded recently at a session at Leeds Conservatoire by Jonathan Scott (piano) and Black Dyke Band, conducted by Nicholas Childs.  The composer, remembering the days when he played the piece himself, was present at the recording session.…

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New CD of Edward Gregson’s chamber music

Recording sessions for a new CD to be released on the Naxos label were held in London in November of Edward Gregson’s chamber music.  The disk will feature performances by the Navarra String Quartet (newly re-formed) of the two string quartets, and other works by soloists Alison Teale (cor anglais), Rob Buckland (saxophone) and Ben Gilmore (first violinist in the Navarra Quartet) who performs Gregson’s solo violin work ‘Triptych’.  The production team of Paul Hindmarsh (producer) and Steve Portnoi (sound engineer) have started the editing process and the CD is due to be released in May 2022.

Edward Gregson is
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