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George Walter Selwyn Lloyd Selwyn Ives Arden Hargreaves Butcher Bbc Concert Orchestra Surrey Opera 1913 1934 1942 1957 1959 1974 1985 1998 2013
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)
Surrey Opera Benjamin Britten 2016
Benjamin Britten - A Midsummer Night's Dream. Surrey Opera in rehearsal for 2016 shows at Dorking (10-11 June), Croydon (23 June) and the Minack Theatre on the cliffs at Porthcurno, Cornwall (18-22 July). Booking details
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