Explore the life and music of George Lloyd in a fascinating range of video and audio clips,
including complete works, playlists, podcasts and broadcasts.
Video:
Biographical documentary, soundtracks, interviews, podcasts, and YouTube channel,
including the curated playlist 'Serene and Mindful' - slow movements from symphonies and choral works.
A selection of slow movements with a theme of healing, well-being and mindfulness, with a series of landscape images of the English Lake District.
George Lloyd's remarkable recovery from PTSD, and several accounts of the therapeutic effects of his music, are discussed in our first Podcast - see below. This music is offered here as an aid to mindfulness, well-being and serenity.
Audio:
Free playlists, downloads, and streaming, with links to BBC broadcasts including Composer of the Week, Desert Island Discs etc.
Free streaming Playlist No 1
Free streaming Playlist No 2
Podcast: The Melodic Line
A series of interviews and discussions centred on Lloyd's music.
Episode 1 : Out of the depths (21/08/2021)
A discussion about the origins of Lloyd's Fourth Symphony and his traumatic experience as a Royal Marine, serving in the brand-new battle cruiser HMS Trinidad, guarding the Arctic convoys in 1942.
Presenter and musicologist Peter Davison in conversation with William Lloyd, the composer's nephew, who was his business manager and is now curator of the George Lloyd archive.
CD sales:
Indomitable Spirit: The Music of George Lloyd
Sampler CD (76 minutes) includes extracts from symphonies, concertos, choral, opera, brass, chamber and solo piano.
Available for £1.50 to cover cost of post and packing.
The George Lloyd Society Shop
carries the complete catalogue of recordings on the Albany Records and other labels.