SRMP 0031 – The Dying Tree (1992), for large orchestra, 10 minutes

A single movement orchestral sketch. First performed at London's Barbican Centre in 1994 by the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra with the composer conducting.

The Dying Tree is one of George Lloyd's few works not yet recorded.

SRMP 0033 – Floating Cloud (1993), for large orchestra, 16 minutes

A single movement orchestral sketch. First performed in 1993 by the Hong Kong Philharmonic with the composer conducting.

Floating Cloud is one George Lloyd's few works not yet recorded.

SRMP 0035 In Memoriam (1984)
for large orchestra, 6 minutes
In Memoriam pays heartfelt tribute to seven young bandsmen murdered by IRA terrorists on 20 July 1982 while they played in their band in Regent’s Park. The composer heard the explosion at 12.55pm that day and immediately went to investigate. The scene of devastation and the smell of explosives triggered flashbacks for the composer of his traumatic wartime experiences, and it was several months before he had recovered sufficiently from this experience to begin writing music again. The first piece to emerge was In Memoriam, the second movement of Royal Parks, a suite for brass band. The orchestral version was begun at the same time but not completed until 1996: one of the composer’s last works. Slow, dignified and extremely poignant, this is one of the composer’s most personal, direct and fervent utterances.

SRMP 0037 – Le Pont du Gard, for large orchestra, 10 minutes
A single movement orchestral sketch, inspired by the ancient Roman aqueduct that crosses the Gardon River in Vers-Pont-duGard near Remoulins, in Southern France were Lloyd spent a summer holiday. At the front of the score the composer described it thus – Scene: A wild country; shepherds play their pipes; the Romans come and go; the shepherds play again. The work was not performed until 2013 when it was recorded by the Bath Philharmonic. ‘It has a distinct French impressionist imprint, and towards the end, a jaunty very Vaughan Williams-like March’  ‘… a piece that deals in gentle pastels rather than glare and saturation.’ MusicWeb International