Following a very busy year of concerts and events to mark the composer’s 80th birthday year, Edward Gregson’s new album ‘A Vision in a Dream’ has made it into the classical music chart, coming in at number 9 (21-27 November 2025).

Compiled by the Official Charts Company, the UK’s biggest specialist classical albums of the week, based on sales of digital bundles, CDs, vinyl and other formats, across a seven day period.

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 ‘A Vision in a Dream’ is the fifth in the series of CD recordings of Edward Gregson’s concertos and orchestral music in on the Chandos label and has been selected as one of the ‘Recordings of the Month’ in the November issue of Gramophone magazine

The album features three of his concertos: those for Tuba (1976), Oboe 2020), and Viola (2023), along with two shorter works for piano and orchestra, for which the composer took the role as soloist: A Song for Sue (originally written in 1966 as an engagement present for his wife to be), and A Song for …

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Edward Gregson’s Symphony in two movements was the set work for the National Brass Band Final last Saturday at London’s iconic Royal Albert Hall, where 19 bands performed the work in front of an enthusiastic audience. The winning band was Desford Colliery Band from the Midlands, with Black Dyke Band from Yorkshire close behind in 2nd place. The Symphony was received with critical acclaim, separately called ‘a masterpiece’ and ‘ground-breaking’. The work has been recorded by the Black Dyke Band and is available on the Doyen label.

 

Photo: Black Dyke Band, conductor Nicholas Childs, before their performance of Symphony …

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Edward Gregson was recently presented with a ‘Lifetime Achievement Award’ by Brass Bands England for his contribution as a composer to the brass band repertoire over the past 60 years.   The award ceremony took place at the famous Miner’s Hall in Durham.  Katrina Marzella-Wheeler, a former principal player with the Black Dyke Band, now embarked on a successful conducting career, was presented with the conducting award.

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