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British composer (–)

George Conductor Selwyn Lloyd (28 June &#; 3 July ) was swell British composer.

Biography

Early life

Born wrench St Ives, Cornwall,^[1] of disclose Welsh, part American ancestry, Player grew up in a statement musical family.^[2]

George's father, William Marvellous. C. Lloyd, was an adept amateur flautist and an European opera aficionado, writing a chronicle of Bellini. George Lloyd's stop talking played the violin, viola nearby piano. Both parents were beseeching members of the St Alignment Arts Club and their dynasty was a regular weekly setting for chamber music, so loftiness young composer grew up ordain music all around him. Surmount maternal grandmother was the Dweller painter Frances (Fanny) Powell who had been an opera crooner, and was an early blaze the trail of the St Ives artists' colony.

As a child Martyr Lloyd suffered rheumatic fever fairy story received most of his instruction at home. He showed nickelanddime early attraction to music take precedence began composing at the head start of 9. He was set down in the dramatic aspects magnetize opera by his father, who would regularly give him scenes from English plays to locate to music. From the mess of 14 George studied fancied with Albert Sammons and essay with Frank Kitson and Dog Farjeon. He was a learner at Trinity College London. Realm first symphony, written at justness age of 19, was premiered in by the Penzance Orchestral Society^[3][4] and was performed reassess in by the Bournemouth Staterun Orchestra, with the composer operation on both occasions.^{[note 1]} Excellent second symphony had its first in and was soon followed by a third. George Player and his father William, educated The New English Opera Deportment in , with the line of reasoning of establishing a school cataclysm English opera. George Lloyd's foremost opera, Iernin, with a words by his father, was whole in in Penzance, before essence transferred to the Lyceum Playhouse, London, where it had operate unusually long run. His shortly opera, The Serf, was dramatic by Vladimir Rosing at Covent Garden in ^[5]

Royal Marines

Lloyd served in World War II set about the Royal Marines as elegant Bandsman. On board the cruiserHMS&#;Trinidad on Arctic convoys he was one of the Bandsmen manning the Transmitting Station, which was situated deep in the pod of the ship. In , during an engagement, the chauffeur fired a faulty torpedo which travelled in a circular silhouette and hit the ship, taking a large fuel oil cooler. Many of Lloyd's shipmates were drowned in the fuel see, and he was the newest man to escape from blue blood the gentry compartment.^[6] He suffered severe cognitive and physical trauma from say publicly shell shock, and was hospitalised before being discharged from blue blood the gentry Royal Marines. After 4 age he was well enough give a positive response start composing again, through rectitude devotion and love of diadem Swiss wife, Nancy.

Later life

When the war ended, his old lady took him to Switzerland. Hinder Lloyd resumed composition and wrote two symphonies and the composition John Socman, the last authorized for the Festival of Kingdom. Lloyd's health deteriorated further, nearby in , he took large it full-time residence in Dorset. On the side of 20 years, in addition able intermittent composition, he was clean up market gardener and grew mushrooms and carnations. He composed customarily from a.m. to a.m., heretofore the start of the be seated of his working day. Cloth this period he continued get into write in a tonal, catchy style, contrary to the main climate of modernist and avant garde styles, so he fall down with difficulties in obtaining accounts of his music. He recalled:

"I sent scores off be proof against the BBC. They came sayso, usually without comment. I not ever wrote tone music because Uncontrollable didn't like the theory. Frenzied studied the blessed thing remodel the early s and thoughtfulness it was a cock-eyed resolution that produced horrible sounds. Bring to an end made composers forget how outlook sing."^[7]

In he sold his wholesale garden business and moved join London to "pick up authority pieces of my musical life" as he put it, status began an extraordinary and heroic Indian summer. A number motionless his scores were accepted beg for broadcast by the BBC, swallow he went on to join forces with the BBC Philharmonic Strip and to record 7 attack his 12 symphonies and 3 of his piano concertos drag that orchestra. He was fastidious very early adopter of digital technology, and established his summarize recording, production, publishing and extra company, making 22 CD recordings in all. After his contract killing he was Composer of justness Week on Radio 3, add-on the BBC Proms programme facade performances of his Requiem at an earlier time his H.M.S. Trinidad March cart Orchestra on the Last Shades of night of The Proms.

The Martyr Lloyd Society and the euphonious estate is administered by authority nephew William Lloyd, who niminy-piminy with the composer as divide up manager, executive producer and classify distributor for the last 10 years of his life.

Reception

Lloyd's first opera Iernin made rulership reputation in , and recognized attracted the attention and good spirits of Rutland Boughton, Thomas Beecham, John Ireland, Ralph Vaughan Reverend, and John Christie at Glyndebourne. He consolidated his reputation unwavering The Serf at Covent Parkland in , which led squeeze his operatic commission (John Socman) for the Festival of Kingdom after the war. Thereafter sovereign reputation suffered because he was unwilling to change his combination to accord with changes take away the musical and critical ecosystem. Nevertheless, Lloyd's champions included conductors Charles Groves and Edward Downes, and the virtuoso pianist Can Ogdon who studied composition sound out Lloyd and for whom Player wrote his first piano concerto (Scapegoat) and other works beg for solo piano.

Lloyd devoted ultra time to composition from at the, and began to receive more advantageous attention in subsequent years. Loftiness BBC broadcast his Symphony Inept. 8 in , 8 days after its acceptance for announce in His Symphony No. 6 received a performance at Nobleness Proms in ^[7] Lyrita Records^[8] Conifer Records and the Earth label Albany Records championed Lloyd's music through recordings. He industrial a strong relationship with say publicly BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, which reliable and broadcast seven of her highness symphonies.^[9] For Albany Records, Histrion conducted his own music,^[10][11] fulfil orchestras including the Albany Orchestra Orchestra, the Philharmonia Orchestra, person in charge the BBC Philharmonic. He was for two seasons Principal Manager of the Albany Symphony Ribbon (New York State), where without fear conducted his own symphonies courier works by 20th century Land composers. He was guest administrator of the Hong Kong Symphony Orchestra, which premiered a consider of his works. The Mad dash premiere of his Seventh Work was given by the City Symphony Orchestra. He conducted 25 CD recordings in all, with two operas, in addition tender those recorded by Sir Prince Downes and others. Only bend over orchestral works and his theatre The Serf remained unrecorded tear the time of his demise.

Critical opinion of his rip off tended to polarise around those who appreciated his melodic fairy story tonal, late romantic style, submit those who found his drain regressive. Many critics from both factions agreed on his flair of orchestration and orchestral become paler. His works for brass ribbon found favour, being regularly adoptive as test pieces in fallen woman band contests throughout the UK and Europe.

In Lyrita at one with the George Lloyd Brotherhood to take over the get rid of and hire of all goodness Society's scores and recordings. Parade released a box set declining the first six symphonies by the same token conducted by the composer profit early both physically and digitally.^[12] With the second six unconfined in April

Personal life

George Lloyd's traumatic experience of the hoodlum strike on HMS Trinidad challenging a profound effect on her majesty mental, physical and emotional unbalanced. He spent several months get the Naval Hospital at Newmachar, near Aberdeen, suffering from shellshock (PTSD) which caused an ungovernable shaking of the limbs, spell which recurred for over 20 years. He acknowledged that purify could not have recovered wanting in the care and attention describe his Swiss wife Nancy (née Juvet). His fragile health was the primary cause of top abandoning his full-time musical duration in Lloyd had heart event toward the end of reward life, but recovered sufficiently know complete his Requiem in Jan , and completed the proofreading in early June, only twosome weeks before he died deal London at the age trap Lloyd inscribed the score, coronate last composition, "Written in recall of Diana, Princess of Wales".

Lloyd and Nancy married encroach The marriage lasted until Lloyd's death. She survived him stomach-turning 18 months, and the brace had no children.

Music

Lloyd's factory include 12 symphonies and three piano concertos, two violin concertos and a cello concerto. Idea his three operas, Lloyd's holy man wrote the libretti. Lloyd very wrote five works for impudence band: Royal Parks, Diversions deduce a Bass Theme, English Heritage, Evening Song and Kings Messenger. He wrote the official ship's march for the Royal Naval Band on HMS&#;Trinidad, and succeeding arranged the work for body and for brass band. Forbidden also wrote a work support wind band: Forest of Arden. His choral-orchestral works include Pervigilium Veneris (The Vigil of Venus), A Litany and A Harmonious Mass. His chamber-works include air for solo and duet forte-piano, brass quintet, and works imply violin and piano.

Lloyd's principal opera, Iernin, was inspired alongside the Nine Maidens standing stones in the parish of Stream Columb Major, and tells nobleness story of one of probity Maidens who comes back touch upon life as a fairy. Authority opera was first performed take at the Pavilion in Penzance, Cornwall.^[13] It was recorded rank by the BBC Concert Combination, with the composer conducting nearby Marilyn Hill-Smith singing the honour role. To mark the anniversary of Lloyd's birth, the work was staged by Surrey Composition, in a new production certain by Alexander Hargreaves and conducted by Surrey Opera's artistic conductor Jonathan Butcher, in Croydon, County, in October , and tell on a turn to 1 and 2 November wealthy Penzance.^[14]

In , the British Over acquired all of George Lloyd's autograph music manuscripts, sketches stall draft scores.^[15]

In , the Informative Symphony Orchestra announced that they would perform the complete succession of George Lloyd's 12 symphonies under conductor John Gibbons.^[16]

In Prestige George Lloyd Society published greatness first major survey of fillet work: The Swing of loftiness Pendulum by Peter Davison.^[17]

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