David Lloyd-Jones (conductor)

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David Matthias Lloyd-Jones (born November 19, 1934 in London ) is a British conductor who specializes in classical British and Russian music. He is also a publisher and translator of Russian operas.

biography

youth

Lloyd-Jones was born in London and evacuated with his family to West Wales before World War II , where he lived on a farm during his childhood. His first contact with classical music was when he heard about Mozart in school. At the age of 10, his father took him to a concert by the London Philharmonic Orchestra at the Royal Albert Hall , which sparked his interest in British music, particularly the works of Ralph Vaughan Williams and Russian composers. His further path led him to Magdalen College in Oxford , where he took a degree in musicology.

Early career and Sadler's Wells

Lloyd-Jones began his career in 1959 as a répétiteur at the Royal Opera House , Covent Garden . His debut as a professional conductor took him to the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra , where he headed the newly formed Liverpool Opera Orchestra from 1961 to 1964. He then continued to build his reputation as a competent orchestra leader as a freelance conductor with various orchestras and choirs. He has conducted for the British Broadcasting Corporation and opera performances produced by television studios.

In 1972 he was appointed assistant to the music director at Sadlers Wells Opera , the English National Opera , renamed in 1974 , where he was responsible for a large repertoire system, including Sergei Prokofiev's War and Peace .

Opera North

Lloyd-Jones took over the position of music director at Opera North in Leeds , which was newly founded in 1977 as a subsidiary of the English National Opera , where he conducted more than fifty operas and concerts in the twelve years of his career. Highlights from this period were the first performance of Ernst Krenek's Jonny Plays and the first British stage premiere of Richard Strauss ' Daphne . Other notable productions under his baton were Delius ' A Village Romeo and Juliet , the setting of Gottfried Keller's novella Romeo and Juliet in the village , Borodin's Prince Igor , Wagner's Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg , Berlioz ’s Les Troyens , Richard Jones ' production of Die Love for the three oranges by Prokofiev , a double arrangement as the first performance of Tchaikovsky's Jolanthe and Nutcracker , a choreography by Matthew Bournes with the contemporary ballet company New Adventures and the world premiere of Wilfred Josephs ' Rebecca . Lloyd-Jones has also made guest appearances with his orchestra at festivals in France and Germany. In 1990 he took his leave as music director in Leeds.

Further engagements and activities

Lloyd-Jones then switched to guest conducting with various orchestras, such as the Royal Opera House, Welsh National Opera , Scottish Opera and was active at the Wexford, Cheltenham, Edinburgh and Leeds Festivals. Furthermore, he was music director of the Bradford Festival Choral Society , but also gave his calling card as a conductor in other cities in Europe, in Russia, Israel, Australia and North America.

In the recording studios he specialized in British and Russian music, mostly for the record labels Hyperion Records and Naxos . The first commercial recordings of Constant Lambert's Summer's Last Will and Testament (1992) and Tiresias (1999) were made by Lloyd-Jones. In his capacity as editor he published, among others, Gilbert and Sullivan's The Gondoliers . A sound recording of Arthur Sullivan's opera Ivanhoe for Chandos , which he conducted in June 2009, was nominated for a Grammy in 2010 .

Honors

In 1986 Lloyd-Jones was awarded an honorary doctorate in music from the University of Leeds and in 2007 he became an honorary member of the Royal Philharmonic Society .

swell

  • Nicky Adam (Ed.): Who's Who in British Opera. Scolar Press, 1993, ISBN 0-85967-894-6 .
  • John, and Ewan West Warrack: The Oxford Dictionary of Opera . Oxford University Press, Oxford 1992, ISBN 0-19-869164-5 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Anderson, Colin. "Insights and Ideas from Conductor David Lloyd-Jones," Fanfare Magazine , January / February 2006
  2. ^ A b David Lloyd-Jones profile at bach-cantatas.com
  3. ↑ Andrew Lamb : HMS Pinafore, or, The Lass That Loved a Sailor. In: Music Library Association - Notes , Vol. 61, No. 2, December 2004, p. 533
  4. ^ Raymond J Walker: From MusicWeb International on arkivmusic.com
personal data
SURNAME Lloyd-Jones, David
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lloyd-Jones, David Matthias
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British conductor
DATE OF BIRTH November 19, 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH London