A wrong note
Sir: I was extremely angry to read in your music column (20 February) Robin Hol- loway's cutting and uncalled-for remarks about the music of George Lloyd.
In recent years both critics and the gener- al public have recognised this composer's unique abilities. Is Mr Holloway fighting a 'Boulez-style' rearguard action or is this just a case of sour grapes? This composer's music has great power and depth and reveals new insights with each repeated hearing.
To say that George Lloyd is a lost cause and unregenerate is not only rude and inac- curate, but misses the point. How many times has it been said of a bygone composer that he never had any disciples and was very much a lone figure? Does this devalue the work of such people?
I congratulate the BBC Philharmonic for all that they are doing to promote good music and particularly that of George Lloyd. I wish Mr Holloway and his col- leagues good luck with their forthcoming 'serious modern music' concert, whatever that may mean, and do not wish to deny followers of such music their enjoyment in the way that Mr Holloway seems to wish to deny other people their musical pleasures.
Bruce Reader
Lansdale, Moor Lane, Horsington, Lincolnshire
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