Richard Lambert, born in Bath in the English West Country in 1951, grew up with the sounds of organ and brass among his earliest musical experiences: he played cornet and trumpet as a boy and was soon taking organ lessons in Bath Abbey. His own compositions for brass and organ – many of them written to mark special occasions in the lives of friends and acquaintances – range in mood from the tender and intimate to the bold and heraldic, in a language downstream from Walton and Poulenc.
Works:
•Lambert, R: Partita for brass quintet
•Lambert, R: Music for Organ, Volume 2
•Lambert, R: the festal trumpet sounds, for trumpet and organ
•Lambert, R: Little Suite No. 2, for two trumpets
•Lambert, R: Gloria, laus et honor: Toccata for organ
•Lambert, R: Little Suite No. 3, for three trumpets
•Lambert, R: Music for Organ, Volume 1
•Lambert, R: … mov'd with concord of sweet sounds, for brass septet