At the time of this album's release in 2018, British trumpeter Matilda Lloyd was just 22 years old. She looked older, and her powers of programming and interpretation also suggested a more seasoned musician. Perhaps trends go in circles, with the reigning queen of British trumpet, Alison Balsom, being succeeded by an entirely different kind of musician: where Balsom has often played glittering, pristine renditions of the classic Baroque trumpet repertory, Lloyd has a highly expressive, slightly rough tone that is at home in ...
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At the time of this album's release in 2018, British trumpeter Matilda Lloyd was just 22 years old. She looked older, and her powers of programming and interpretation also suggested a more seasoned musician. Perhaps trends go in circles, with the reigning queen of British trumpet, Alison Balsom, being succeeded by an entirely different kind of musician: where Balsom has often played glittering, pristine renditions of the classic Baroque trumpet repertory, Lloyd has a highly expressive, slightly rough tone that is at home in contemporary music. On Direct Message, she applies it to a variety of music ranging from Enescu's Légende to the titular work by Lloyd's contemporary Alex Woolf. Much of the music is adventurous: the program opens with Peter Maxwell-Davies' Trumpet Sonata, Op. 1, pioneering in its day with its use of 12-tone techniques, and still bracing. Things go in various directions from here: Deborah Pritchard's Seven Halts on the Somme (2016) is one of several intensely pictorial works by that...
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