Archive for 2023
World premiere of Gregson’s Viola Concerto ‘Three Goddesses’
The first performance of Edward Gregson’s Viola Concerto ‘Three Goddesses’ will be given on Saturday 26 August at the Presteigne Festival. Rachel Roberts (viola) will be accompanied by the Presteigne Festival Orchestra, conducted. by George Vass.
The Presteigne Festival brings together a richly diverse programme, created and curated in partnership with an eclectic community of composers, musicians and artists, and located in the unspoilt beauty of the Welsh Marches.
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Read MoreGregson at the RCM
Edward Gregson has just returned from three days at the Royal College of Music in London, where he conducted a concert in the Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall of his music with the RCM Brass Ensemble. The two major works were his Symphony in two movements and Music of the Angels, both scored for a large brass and percussion ensemble. The concert was well received by a large and appreciative audience. Here is an extract from a review on the 4barsrest website:
Britten famously said that he never wrote a piece for trumpet player Philip Jones because ‘…he couldn’t hear the …
Read MoreA Summer cocktail of Gregson!
There’s plenty to enjoy this Summer with performances of Edward Gregson’s brass band and symphonic brass music.
The Horn Concerto will performed by Ben Goldscheider, winner of the BBC Young Musician of the Year Brass Category final in 2016, with Tredegar Town Band, at St Martin-in-the-Fields in London.
A performance of Equale Dances by the M15 Brass Quintet at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester will be followed by a concert at the Royal College of Music by the RCM Brass Ensemble which features repertoire recorded in 2020 by London Brass on the Chandos label. The composer will …
Read More‘The World Rejoicing’ is test piece for the British Open Grand Shield
Edward Gregson’s The World Rejoicing, Symphonic Variations on a Lutheran Chorale, which received its UK premiere at the British Open Brass Band Championships 2022, is the test piece for the British Open Grand Shield to be held at the Winter Gardens, Blackpool on Saturday 13 May, as part of the 2023 Championship.
The piece will be performed by 20 of the country’s finest brass bands and the winning band will receive The Grand Challenge Shield.…
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