Matilda Lloyd: chamber music programmes
Lloyd plays with intense expression and immense warmth. The flawless tone, purity of line and dynamic subtlety she coaxes from her instrument are shown off to particularly impressive effect.
BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE, MAY 2023 (5* PERFORMANCE, 5* RECORDING)
DUO: TRUMPET + PIANO
The Trumpet’s Voice
With Jonathan Ware or Martin Cousin, pianists
Matilda Lloyd presents a programme that explores the similarities between the trumpet and the human voice. Historically, the trumpet has been associated with loud military fanfares, however it is a hugely versatile instrument with much lyricism and diction, and it can sing! In this programme, Matilda demonstrates the full emotional range of the trumpet with works inspired by the human voice, highlights of which include Reinhold Glière’s Andante, originally for coloratura soprano, and Manuel de Falla’s vibrant Siete canciones populares Española.
Alfred Desenclos, Incantation
Pauline Viardot, Havanaise
George Enescu, Légende
Mikhail Glinka arr. Balakirev, The Lark (piano solo)
Sofia Gubaidulina, Lied ohne Worte
Aleksandra Pakhmutova, Konzert
INTERVAL
Alan Hovhaness, Prayer of St. Gregory
Reinhold Glière, Andante for Coloratura Soprano
Enrique Granados, The Maiden and the Nightingale (piano solo)
Manuel de Falla, Siete canciones populares Española
Encore: Amy Beach, For me the Jasmine Buds Unfold
The Trumpet at Tanglewood (America 2026)
With Martin Cousin or Libby Burgess, pianists
This programme explores the extraordinary life of Paul Hindemith: composer of the famous Sonata for Trumpet and Piano. The Sonata was composed in 1939, a pivotal year for Hindemith who was exiled from Germany and moved to the US, where he was invited to join the first faculty at the Tanglewood Music Festival in 1940. All of the music in this programme is connected via Tanglewood in some way, including music by one of Hindemith’s composition students and first black winner of the Prix de Rome Ulysses Kay and by his faculty colleagues Aaron Copland and Leonard Bernstein.
Ulysses Kay, Tromba: Prologue
Paul Hindemith, Sonata for trumpet and piano
Aaron Copland, TBC (piano solo)
Ulysses Kay, Tromba: Nocturne
George Gershwin arr. Timofei Dokshitzer, Three Preludes
Amy Beach, Dreaming (piano solo)
Ulysses Kay, Tromba: Mobile
Leroy Anderson, Trumpeter’s Lullaby
Leonard Bernstein, Rondo for Lifey
Encore: Amy Beach, For me the Jasmine Buds unfold
DUO: TRUMPET + ORGAN
Fantasia
With Richard Gowers, organ
For her debut album with organ on Chandos Records to be released on 19 September 2025, Matilda pairs Baroque music and four new commissions on the theme of ‘Fantasia’ with her duo parter of over 10 years, Richard Gowers (former organ scholar at King’s College Cambridge).
In this programme, works by J.S. Bach, Krebs and Martini showcase the improvisatory baroque ‘Fantasia’ and structured Toccatas and Fugues, while four new commissions interpret ‘Fantasia’ in a contemporary context, featuring revered British composers: Roxanna Panufnik (Coronation composer), Richard Barnard, Deborah Pritchard and Owain Park.
J.S.Bach arr. William Foster, Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565
Johann Ludwig Krebs, Fantasia in F minor
J.S. Bach, Fantasia in G, BWV 572 (organ solo)
Roxanna Panufnik, Echo*
Owain Park, Warm, hazy rain*
Henry Purcell, Sonata in D major Z.850
INTERVAL
Giambattista Martini,
Introduzione e Allegro from Sonata al Post-Communio
Largo
Toccata
J.S. Bach arr. Max Reger, Chromatic Fantasia BWV903
Richard Barnard, Fantasia at the Borders of Sleep*
Deborah Pritchard, Light Enkindled*
Encore: Te Deum Marc Charpentier
*Commissioned by Matilda Lloyd and Richard Gowers for this programme.
Prières sans Paroles
With Richard Gowers, organ
This programme juxtaposes works from the Baroque era with French works from the 20th Century. Naji Hakim’s Trumpet Sonata alternates humour and expression, with a fanfare-based first movement, a bluesy atmospheric second movement and a cheerful finale. In contrast, Jean-Michel Damase’s Prières sans Paroles display the lyrical side of the trumpet, while Vierne’s Clair de Lune provides a meditative interlude. Alongside these contemporary French works are pieces heralding from the Baroque era, with Purcell’s sparkling Sonata in D and Giazotto’s Adagio in G minor displaying the triumphant piccolo trumpet sound. A particular highlight of the programme includes our brand-new arrangement of J.S. Bach’s monumental Toccata and Fugue in D minor.
J.S.Bach arr. William Foster, Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565
Henry Purcell, Sonata in D
Louis Vierne, Clair de Lune (organ solo)
Naji Hakim, Trumpet Sonata
INTERVAL
Remo Giazotto arr. Giovanni Orsomando, Adagio in G Minor
Jeanne Demessieux, Te Deum (organ solo)
Jean-Michel Damase, Trios prieres sans paroles
Mark Hayes, Chanson Festif
ENSEMBLE: TRUMPET + CELLO + PIANO
(+ optional guest speaker)
FRAMED
With Jonathan Ware, piano and Benjamin Kruithof, cello
In this interdisciplinary programme, Matilda and her collaborators present works that have been inspired by other art forms, including paintings, poetry and ballet. Images of the paintings and ballet costumes/sets will be projected during the concert, and the programme will be interspersed with poetry readings by a guest speaker. Cecilia McDowall’s work ‘Framed’ will act as a musical frame for the programme, highlights of which include Stravinsky’s characterful Pulcinella Suite and Eric Ewazen’s Trio for Trumpet, Violoncello & Piano.
Cecilia McDowall, Framed: Marilyn diptych
Larry Bitensky, From those beginning notes of yearning
Johannes Brahms, Feldeinsamkeit
Johannes Brahms, Wie Melodien Zieht es mir
Cecilia McDowall, Framed: A choir of angels
Igor Stravinsky, Pulcinella: Suite Italienne
INTERVAL
Vincent Persichetti, The Hollow Men
Franz Schubert, Ständchen
Cecilia McDowall, Framed: Nocturne in Blue and Gold
Eric Ewazen, Trio for Trumpet, Violoncello & Piano
ENSEMBLE: TRUMPET + VOCAL SEXTET
Radiant Dawn
With The Gesualdo Six
Matilda Lloyd joins forces with vocal consort The Gesualdo Six to present a stunning programme that explores different shades of light through music. Works from the Golden Age of polyphony by Tallis and White are juxtaposed with modern compositions by Roxanna Panufnik, Alec Roth and Deborah Pritchard. Highlights include Sir James MacMillan’s In splendoribus sanctorum, a meditative and atmospheric setting from the composer’s ‘Strathclyde Motets’, alongside Richard Barnard’s Aura, co-commissioned by the artists.
Matilda Lloyd and Gesualdo Six recorded the ‘Radiant Dawn’ programme and it will be released on 1st August 2025.
“I can vouch for the timbral magic: Lloyd’s trumpet moves from being a luminous beacon to melding with the voices like syrup.” (Gramophone)
Thomas Tallis, O nata lux
Robert White, Christe qui lux es et dies (II)
Alec Roth, Night Prayer
Eleanor Daley, grandmother moon
Deborah Pritchard, The Light Thereof
James MacMillan, O radiant dawn
Thomas Tallis, Dum transisset Sabbatum
Hildegard von Bingen, O gloriosissimi
Roxanna Panufnik, O Hearken
Richard Barnard, Aura
Judith Bingham, Enter Ghost
Owain Park, Sommernacht
Josef Rheinberger, Abendlied
James MacMillan, In splendoribus sanctorum
Geoffrey Burgon, Nunc dimittis
