Aztec Dances to be broadcast on BBC Radio 3
Edward Gregson’s recent concerto for flute and ensemble, Aztec Dances, is to be broadcast next Tuesday 28 October at around 4.05 pm, on the BBC Radio 3 programme ‘Afternoon on 3’. The performers are Wissam Boustany (flute), with the BBC Philharmonic conducted by Bramwell Tovey. The same performers have recorded the work on Gregson’s latest CD on the Chandos label.
Aztec Dances was originally commissioned by Christopher Orton, with the assistance of the BBC Performing Arts Fund. The premiere was given by Christopher Orton (recorder) and Magdalena Nasidlak (piano) at a concert in the Manchester Midday Concerts series at …
Read MoreTokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra perform Gregson
The famous Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra (TKWO), under the baton of Maestro Douglas Bostock, will be performing Edward Gregson’s evergreen symphonic suite ‘The Sword and the Crown’ this coming Sunday at Tokyo’s Metropolitan Hall. The TKWO have performed a number of Gregson’s wind repertoire in the past, as has Douglas Bostock, who in 2001 recorded his Concerto for Orchestra with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. The concert will be recorded for release on the Dennon-Columbia label for future release.…
Read MoreNew Gregson orchestral work premiered in London
A new work, commissioned by the English Schools’ Orchestra and funded by PRS for Music, was premiered at a concert in London in November.
Remember, for baritone solo, children’s choir and orchestra, will be performed by the English Schools’ Orchestra, with Timothy Nelson (baritone) and the Southend Children’s Choir (Director Roger Humphrey, conducted by Robert Pepper.
This new work was commissioned to commemorate the centenary of the First World War, as well as the centenary of the Performing Rights Society, and the twentieth anniversary of the ESO. The premiere will take place in a concert at Cadogan Hall, London, …
Read MoreNew Release of Gregson’s orchestral music on the Chandos label
A new CD has just been released on the Chandos label featuring four of Edward Gregson’s orchestral works and concertos written between 1971 and 2013. This is the fourth volume to be released in a recording cycle which commenced in 2002 and which has received wide critically acclaim. This latest volume once again features the BBC Philharmonic under the baton of Bramwell Tovey. The soloists in the two concertos are Richard Watkins (horn) and Wissam Boustany (flute).…
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