A Vision in a Dream - Concertos by Edward Gregson

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Label
Chandos
Release Date
November 14, 2025
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Edward Gregson
    • PERFORMER
      Soloists, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      November 14, 2025
    • UPC
      0095115235621
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      CHAN 20356
    • LABEL
      Chandos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Allegro deciso

      Composer: Edward Gregson

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Ross Knight

      Conductor: Ben Gernon

    2. II. Lento e mesto

      Composer: Edward Gregson

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Ross Knight

      Conductor: Ben Gernon

    3. III. Allegro giocoso

      Composer: Edward Gregson

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Ross Knight

      Conductor: Ben Gernon

    4. A Song for Bram (version for piano and orchestra)

      Composer: Edward Gregson

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Edward Gregson

      Conductor: Ben Gernon

    5. I. Morrigan: Slow, thoughtful - Not too fast, menacingly

      Composer: Edward Gregson

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Rachel Roberts

      Conductor: Ben Gernon

    6. II. Aphrodite: Quite slowly and mysteriously - Flowing

      Composer: Edward Gregson

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Rachel Roberts

      Conductor: Ben Gernon

    7. III. Diana: Fast, with energy

      Composer: Edward Gregson

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Rachel Roberts

      Conductor: Ben Gernon

    8. A Song for Sue (version for piano and strings, revised 2024)

      Composer: Edward Gregson

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Edward Gregson

      Conductor: Ben Gernon

    9. Prologue: — -

      Composer: Edward Gregson

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Jennifer Galloway

      Conductor: Ben Gernon

    10. Duologue: Faster, with a sense of foreboding -

      Composer: Edward Gregson

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Jennifer Galloway

      Conductor: Ben Gernon

    11. Pastorale: Quite slowly, amoroso -

      Composer: Edward Gregson

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Jennifer Galloway

      Conductor: Ben Gernon

    12. Round Dance 1: Quite fast, menacingly -

      Composer: Edward Gregson

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Jennifer Galloway

      Conductor: Ben Gernon

    13. Round Dance 2: Faster, with exuberance -

      Composer: Edward Gregson

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Jennifer Galloway

      Conductor: Ben Gernon

    14. Round Dance 3: Più mosso. Quite fast, and precisely -

      Composer: Edward Gregson

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Jennifer Galloway

      Conductor: Ben Gernon

    15. Epilogue: Senza Tempo

      Composer: Edward Gregson

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Jennifer Galloway

      Conductor: Ben Gernon


An award-winning English composer of international standing, and one of the leading composers of his generation, whose music has been performed, recorded, and broadcast in many countries, Edward Gregson celebrates his eightieth birthday in 2025. He continues to compose and perform as actively as ever. This album presents three major concertos, interspersed with two shorter works for piano and orchestra. A Song for Bram was written in memory of his great friend and advocate, the conductor Bramwell Tovey. A Song for Sue, re-working the central Nocturne from his Concertante for Piano and Brass Band (1966), is a 2024 tribute to his wife. One of the most performed of all his works, the Tuba Concerto was written for John Fletcher, who gave the first performance in 1977. Gregson's Concerto for Viola and String Orchestra 'Three Goddesses' was given it's first performance in 2023 by Rachel Roberts. The goddesses depicted in the three movements are Morrigan (Celtic warrior queen and earth mother), Aphrodite (Greek goddess of love and beauty), and Diana (Roman goddess of the hunt). First performed by these forces in 2020, the Oboe Concerto 'A Vision in a Dream' is inspired by Samuel Taylor Coleridge's poem Kubla Khan. In following the narrative, Gregson comes closest in his series of concertos to producing a descriptive symphonic poem.