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No 5 in our series 'Don't do this!', showing how Lloyd trained his troubled mind to allow his musical ideas to emerge and develop.

“History is not a burden on the memory but an illumination of the soul.” — Lord Acton, Speech at Bridgenorth, 1862

At the Crystal Palace they had a festival orchestra of 700. Henry Wood did everything with a megaphone. My father was a flautist, and he was in it one time. There were 7 first violins and 10 seconds, with about 25 flute players. Henry Wood did everything with a megaphone."

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Can anyone tell me the correct name for this tune please?.

In London for the Investiture of Eleanor Lloyd, the composer’s great niece, as OBE, for services to the theatre. (The Irish Guards (?) Playing Luverly Bunch of Coconuts (??) )

No 4 in our series '𝐃𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐝𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬!' showing how Lloyd trained his troubled mind to allow his musical ideas to emerge and develop. Here he is rebuilding his confidence and belief in the value of his music after the trauma of 𝑯𝑴𝑺 𝑻𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒅𝒂𝒅.

Next in our series of 'Curating the Past': “A tradition without intelligence is not worth having, yet an originality without roots is simply inconceivable.” — T.S. Eliot, Tradition and the Individual Talent, 1919.#georgelloydsociety #curatingthepast #georgelloydsociety

It is very hard work writing an opera, takes quite a long time. I want to be certain it’s going to be played, or else I would spend three years on something to be put in the cupboard. Interview with Bruce Duffie, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, November 1988)

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We are delighted to hear the Finale from Symphony No. 9 will be included in the programme for Ealing Together - Harmony in diversity and performed by Ealing Symphony Orchestra and young musicians from the borough of Ealing at Royal Albert Hall 24th June.

Next in our series of 'Curating the Past': “Tradition is not the worship of ashes, but the preservation of the fire.” — Gustav Mahler, Quoted in Norman Lebrecht's Why Mahler?, 2010

"I am fascinated by the Chinese geomancers, who are consulted much like our planning committees."

Next in our series of 'Curating the Past': “Before we can break the rules, we must first master them.” — Pablo Picasso, as quoted in Picasso Speaks by Marius de Zayas, 1923

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