George Lloyd: Symphony No. 7 (1959)
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- Опубликовано: 5 окт 2024
- George Walter Selwyn Lloyd
(28 June 1913 - 3 July 1998) was a British composer. Born in St Ives, Cornwall, of part Welsh, part American ancestry, Lloyd grew up in a very musical family.
Lloyd's works include 12 symphonies and four piano concertos, two violin concertos and a cello concerto. For his three operas, Lloyd's father wrote the libretti. Lloyd also wrote four works for brass band: Royal Parks, Diversions on a Bass Theme, English Heritage and Kings Messenger. He wrote the official ship's march for the Royal Marine Band on HMS Trinidad, and later arranged the work for orchestra and for brass band. He also wrote a work for wind band: Forest of Arden. His choral-orchestral works include Pervigilium Veneris (The Vigil of Venus), A Litany and A Symphonic Mass. His chamber-works include music for solo and duet piano, brass quintet, and works for violin and piano.
Lloyd’s first opera, Iernin, was inspired by The Nine Maidens standing stones near St Columb Major, and tells the story of one of the Maidens who comes back to life as a fairy. The opera was first performed in 1934 at the Pavilion in Penzance, Cornwall. It was recorded in 1985 by the BBC Concert Orchestra, with the composer conducting and Marilyn Hill-Smith singing the title role. To mark the centenary of Lloyd's birth, the opera is to be staged by Surrey Opera, in a new production directed by Alexander Hargreaves and conducted by Surrey Opera’s Artistic Director Jonathan Butcher, in Croydon, Surrey in October 2013, with further provisional performances on 1 and 2 November in Penzance.
In 2013, the British Library acquired all of George Lloyd's autograph music manuscripts, sketches and draft scores. (Ref: Wikipedia)
The three-movement Symphony No. 7 (written in 1957-9 and orchestrated in Summer 1974) is influenced by the story of the Greek mythological figure of Proserpine. However, it is fair to assume that something more personal than the Proserpine legend lies behind this deeply moving and tragic work and perhaps it is in this symphony rather than the Fourth that Lloyd fully grapples with his horrific experiences of 1942 and gives artistic expression to his inner torment: after completing this monumental work, the composer wanted to die and was taken off to hospital. (Ref: THE SYMPHONIES OF GEORGE LLOYD by Paul Conway)
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What a fine symphonist Lloyd was: one of the greats of the 20th-century (expressiveness, lyricism, accessibility, energy) !
Considering British composers born in the 1890s through the 1920s, Lloyd was part of a formidable list: E.J. Moeran; Bliss; Howells; Goossens; Warlock; J. Veale; M. Arnold; Jacob; Finzi; Walton; Tippett; Alwyn; Britten ...
True...a Panthèon of Giants......BRAVI from Mexico City!
Great Symphony! One of Lloyd´s best
George considered it his best. Over dinner one evening we talked about our music and how other people hear different things in our music. I told him that I loved his Symphony No. 5 and thought it was his best and he replied, "no, No. 7 is my best." Truth is, I love all 15 of his symphonies and his piano concerts - amazing composer and man!
Why isn't this guy more popular. Fantastic. Thanks for putting it up Rob.
Very very good. If he wasn't British we'd be hearing this man's music a lot.
um, why is that?
Stop with this inferiority complex.
Many composers worldwide are still and perpetually overshadowed by the seeming fetishaztion of the great Germanic Ones. I call them the "Workaholics" because their works make up maybe 80% of all classical music performed and recorded. They are deservedly Great, but...they are the tip of an iceberg of such creative output in this oddly vaguely definable genre. How many words can one use to define the genre? Not many.
This certainly is one of my favorites of George Lloyd. Also love the eighth And eleventh especially, but love all his work. I have a few Lyrita recordings on vinyl and cherish them. Thanks for the uploads.
Charles?
@@shaunroche3280 Sorry, I meant George. However, Charles Lloyd was awesome too, if into cool Jazz.
Love every one of his twelve symphonies and consider this 7th to be the most obscure, still delightful in its obscurity.
He told me once it was his favorite. He asked me which of his was mine and I said No. 5...... but he preferred the 7th. Wonderful man and he wife Nancy was a charm.... I do miss them both!
I was introduced to Lloyd by the leader of a music appreciation group established in 1963 with in Los Angeles Science Fiction fandom. I joined in 1986. Some great hardcore classical folks there. They also led me to the entire playlist of Vaughan Williams and Holst. A world of magic from all of these amazing creators.
Correction. "Iernin" was inspired by the Nine Maidens stone circle, Madron, on the moors about 3 miles away from Trewey Mill, Zennor, where the opera was written (George's father William wrote its libretto).
Inspired piece! Love it. At 10:09 the start of my favourite few minutes.
Yes....a great part....reminds me a bit of Bartók and Respighi......
0'00" I. Vivo, ma leggiero
15'11" II. Lento
29'07" III. Agitato
yes, very nice...:) Thank you!
The man who dared to write an actual melody in the 20th Century.
Malcom as well. Both given the oh so cold British shoulder.
What recording is this?
BBC Philharmonic conducted by Lloyd