George Lloyd (1913-1998) wrote music with directness and emotional honesty, often spontaneously and without commissions.
Critical Reception
Lloyd's Seventh Symphony garnered high praise, with one journal stating it should force anyone who cares about the European symphonic tradition to take Lloyd seriously.
Recording & Production
This album features recordings from the Richard Itter Broadcast Collection, which comprises over 1500 works recorded from BBC transmissions between 1952 and 1996.
Composition History
Lloyd's first opera, Iernin, based on a Cornish legend with a libretto by his father William Lloyd, premiered in Penzance in 1934.
Historical Context
During World War II, George Lloyd served as a radio signaller on Arctic convoys; his ship, HMS Trinidad, was struck by its own torpedo, causing severe trauma.
Composer Biography
After his wartime trauma and a disastrous opera production, George Lloyd and his wife Nancy left London to become market gardeners, growing carnations and mushrooms.
Composer Biography
George Lloyd's early life was marked by persistent rheumatic fever, preventing him from attending school until age twelve, after which he received an exclusively musical education.
