Edward Gregson, the composer, will celebrate his eightieth birthday in 2025 and has completed his sixteenth concerto in 2024.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Edward Gregson's professional life involved parallel paths in music education and composition, evolving over six decades to balance technical rigour, emotional expression, and drama.
Composition History
Edward Gregson's 'A Song for Bram' is one of a collection of short works composed in memory of conductor, composer, and pianist Bramwell Tovey, who was a friend of Gregson for over four decades.
Composition History
Edward Gregson's Tuba Concerto was commissioned by Besses o' th' Barn Band and was only the second example of a bass tuba concerto in the repertoire at the time of its creation.
Compositional Technique
The Tuba Concerto presents the tuba as a serious protagonist, using a six-note thematic cell built from open fourths and fifths with a third, which morphs to reveal a tender side.
Composition History
Edward Gregson's 'A Vision in a Dream' is a re-imagining of an earlier tone poem, 'Shadow of Paradise' (2005), both inspired by Samuel Taylor Coleridge's poem 'Kubla Khan'.
Compositional Technique
The Viola Concerto 'Three Goddesses' is built from a single thematic cell, Edward Gregson's signature minor third and minor sixth, extending to a major seventh.
