Gregson featured composer at Great Northern Brass Arts Festival
The Great Northern Brass Arts Festival, to be held at the Bridgewater Hall Manchester on Saturday 11th September, will feature the brass band music of Edward Gregson to celebrate the composer’s 65th birthday. The works to be performed will be Prelude for an Occasion, Dances and Arias, Concerto Grosso, Concerto for Tuba, March Prelude and Variations on Laudate Dominum, representing some of the composer’s brass band compositional output from 1968-1984.
The bands are some of the finest in the world, including Black Dyke, Fodens, Fairey and Brighouse & Rastrick, as well as the National Youth Band of Great Britain, whose …
Read MoreTHE GREGSON COLLECTION
On 4 Sept a new double CD on the Doyen label will be released by World of Brass. This exciting new CD includes the very best of Edward Gregson’s many works for brass band, and spans his entire compositional life so far. Entitled The Gregson Collection, this double CD is a compilation of Gregson’s brass band music from 1964 to 2008, with actual works and performances chosen by the composer.
For further information, please visit the CD page.…
Read MoreDream Song Premiere a Triumph
Edward Gregson’s new work for the Bridgewater Hall’s ’Mahler in Manchester’ Festival was recently premiered with great success. The BBC commissioned the work to preface a performance of Mahler’s Sixth Symphony. Entitled Dream Song, it was given its premiere on March 27 by the BBC Philharmonic, conducted by Gianandrea Noseda. The work was broadcast at the beginning of May on BBC Radio 3 on its evening concert series slot,
Performance on 3. The composer received a tremendous ovation at the conclusion of the performance.
Dream Song is a 20 minute work for large orchestra, dramatic in structure and content. …
Read MoreChandos Releases Download of Trombone Concerto
Chandos Records have released a Download version of the Trombone Concerto
from the recent recording sessions with Peter Moore (BBC Young Musician of
the Year 2008) and the BBC Concert Orchestra, conducted by Bramwell Tovey.
The full CD will be released in February 2011 and will also include
Gregsons Cello Concerto – A Song for Chris – as well as his early ‘Music
for Chamber Orchestra’ and ‘Two Pictures’ for string orchestra.
The Trombone Concerto Download page is here.
Left to Right: Edward Gregson with Bramwell Tovey (conductor) and Guy Johnston (cello), with the BBC Concert Orchestra, during recording …