New Gregson news by email and a new search facility
From time to time we try to add new features to edwardgregson.com. A new facility we have added is the ability to search Edward Gregson works by keyword. If you visit the works list page you will see what we mean. At the top of the right side column there is now a search box. Type a keyword in there such as concerto, trumpet or kings and then click search to find works with that keyword in. We hope to add a similar service for the discography section soon.
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Read MoreNew Wind Band Version of Gregson Horn Concerto to be Premiered
A new version of Edward Gregson’s Horn Concerto for large wind ensemble is to be premiered at the International Horn Symposium to be held at the University of Denver, Lamont School of Music, on 26 July 2008. The soloist will be Frank Lloyd with the Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts Wind Ensemble. The publisher is Chester Music.…
Read MoreManchester Premiere for Gregson ‘Choral Symphony’
Manchesters Bridgewater Hall is the venue for the Manchester premiere on Thursday July 3rd of Edward Gregson’s ‘symphony’ for chorus and orchestra The Dance, forever the Dance.
The Royal Northern College of Music Symphony Orchestra and Chorus will be conducted by Martyn Brabbins, with
Anna Burford as the mezzo soprano soloist. Messiaen’s massive Turangalila Symphony will follow the
Gregson in the second half.
The Dance, forever the Dance was commissioned by the Hertfordshire Chorus and was premiered in 1999. The London premiere was given by the Bach Choir at the Royal Festival Hall in 2004. Gregson’s life-affirming work
is …
New Gregson work for UK Open Brass Band Championship in September
Martin Mortimer is delighted to announce that the test piece for the British Open Championship of September 2008 will be a new work from Edward Gregson. Entitled Rococo Variations this work, which is a joint commission by The Open and the Norwegian Brass Band Federation, with help from The Co-operative, will be Gregson’s first commissioned test piece for seventeen years. Since 1991 he has devoted his creative output mainly to orchestral music and has completed five orchestral concertos as well as other large scale works. His return to the brass band world is therefore doubly welcome.
Edward Gregson says: “I …
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