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Interview with Edward Gregson

4BR Editor Iwan Fox talks to composer Edward Gregson at the RNCM Brass Band Festival.

Edward Gregson
  Edward Gregson was at the RNCM to conduct Black Dyke Band and to see the launch of his latest CD.

4BR Editor Iwan Fox meets composer Edward Gregson at the RNCM Brass Band Festival, where he directed Black Dyke Band in the world premiere performance of his 'Four Etudes'.

The work is also featured on his latest CD, 'Dances & Arias' the sixth in a series that covers his brass band output over the last five decades.

Here he talks about the release and the works that are featured on it.

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