Edward Gregson

Aztec Dances was commissioned by Christopher Orton, with the assistance of the BBC Performing Arts Fund. The first performance was given by Christopher Orton (recorder) and Magdalena Nasidlak (piano)...

This expansive miniature was written in 1981 in response from the composer to the emotional impact of listening to the Adagietto from Mahler's 5th Symphony. Indeed, the main melody of my piece follows...

... Three Playmates - A Moody Trio - Little Minuet - Prelude and March - Lullaby - Gavotte - Introduction and Dance - Folk Song - Habenera and Ragtime

This work is dedicated to John Fletcher, who gave the first performance on 24 April 1976. The concerto is in three movements, the first in sonata-form shell with two contrasting themes. There is a ref...

Shadow of Paradise was written specially for Melinda Maxwell. The work was completed in 2005, the same year that she recorded the work together with Richard Benjafield (percussion) for the Dutton labe...

This work was commissioned by St Dunstan's College, South-East London, for the celebration of its centenary in 1988. It is an anthem, and uses a setting of Psalm 100. The work has three main sections...

Peace, Perfect Peace by Edward Gregson for SATB choir a cappella.

The original version of this setting of the well-known traditional English folk song was completed in 1974, and was commissioned by Rachel McMillan College of Education (where Gregson was a lecturer a...

The five song set the texts As I pass at dusk (Robert Kent), The day is gone (John Keats), Carol (C Day Lewis), Come live with me (C Day Lewis), and To my brother (Siegfried Sassoon). Also available f...

The five song set the texts As I pass at dusk (Robert Kent), The day is gone (John Keats), Carol (C Day Lewis), Come live with me (C Day Lewis), and To my brother (Siegfried Sassoon). Also available f...

Written in 1965 to celebrate the birth of the composer's first niece, Jane Ann. Lullaby (or Cradle Song) is cast in ternary form, and whilst the simple melodic outline and gentle 6/8 rocking rhythm of...

Gregson says, "In 1966, when I was a 3rd year student at London’s Royal Academy of Music, I composed and premiered my Concertante for Piano and Brass Band, a work dedicated to Sue, my wife-to-be. Some...

The five song set the texts As I pass at dusk (Robert Kent), The day is gone (John Keats), Carol (C Day Lewis), Come live with me (C Day Lewis), and To my brother (Siegfried Sassoon). Also available f...

The Euphonium Concerto was commissioned by the Euphonium Foundation UK and was written for, and dedicated to, David Childs. This three-movement work, lasting some 22 minutes, is a truly symphonic work...

The original version of this setting of the well-known traditional English folk song was completed in 1974, and was commissioned by Rachel McMillan College of Education (where Gregson was a lecturer a...

Edward Gregson's Le Jardin À Giverny was composed in 2016 and is scored for Cor Anglais and String Quartet. It has a duration of approximately 6 minutes.

Arranged for Trombone and Piano by the composer. This concerto was commissioned by the Bedfordshire Education Service for Michael Hext who won Young Musician of the Year in 1978. First performed in 1...

Arranged for trumpet and piano by the composer.

Edward Gregson 's Cornet Concerto. Reduction for Cornet and Piano. The Cornet Concerto was commissioned by the Black Dyke Band, especially for their principal cornet Richard Marshall, with funding gen...

The first of these Études was written in memory of Mark Ray, former Head of Keyboard Studies at the Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM), who died in tragic circumstances in 2006. It makes use of sy...

Skilfully arranged by acclaimed wind band expert Jack Stamp, this version of Edward Gregson's Euphonium Concerto for wind band was recorded by David Childs and the North Texas Wind Symphony and releas...