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I had the great fortune to know George Lloyd reasonably […]
George Lloyd’s Fourth Symphony was written, bit by bit, as the composer was recovering from injuries suffered in naval combat during World War II. Having
George Lloyd is an “old fashioned” composer only in the sense that his music is unashamedly based on melody, and is not predominantly miserable. The
Unlike other British composers born about the same time (1913) George Lloyd did not manage to keep out of military service when World War II
The five “middle period” symphonies of George Lloyd, Nos. 4-8, constitute the most impressive body of work in the medium by any 20th-century English composer.
George Lloyd’s Second Symphony is a remarkable achievement for a 19-year-old. In terms of structure, it’s loosely based on Tchaikovsky’s Sixth, with its peppy third-movement
The Eighth Symphony was the work that brought George Lloyd back into the public eye, thanks to the advocacy of Edward Downes, who later recorded
George Lloyd composed one of the most impressive and appealing symphonic cycles of the 20th century, and it was his great good fortune to partner
George Lloyd wrote his first three symphonies at age 19, an astonishing achievement considering their quality. Like Shostakovich’s First, written at roughly the same age,
George Lloyd’s Third Piano Concerto is his largest effort in the medium, an expansive work in three big parts lasting about three quarters of an
