(Section C)
Led by LAURANCE TURNER
Conducted by CONSTANT LAMBERT
Suite, Romeo and Juliet
Constant Lambert
Symphony No. 6 in F
Boyce, edited Constant Lambert i. Largo e sostenuto, Allegro; 2. Larghetto
Overture in F minor i. Fugue; 2. Sarabande; 3.
Gavotte Roseingrave , orch. Constant Lambert
Fugal Overture
Hugh Bradford , orch. Constant Lambert
Suite, Russian and Ludmilla Glinka , arr. Constant
Lambert I. Cortege ; 2. The Enchanted Palace; 3. The Triumph of Russian over Chemomor
Overture, Portsmouth Point
William Walton , arr. Constant Lambert
Bom in London in 1905, the son of the late G. W. Lambert , A.R.A., Constant Lambert studied at the Royal College of Music with Vaughan Williams and R. 0. Morris for composition, and with Dr. Adrian Boult and Dr. Malcolm Sargent for conducting.
The first important event in Lambert's career was a commission to write a ballet, Romeo and Juliet, for Diaghilev. This was the first time Diaghilev had ever asked a British composer to co-operate with him. A second ballet, Pomona, followed and Nijinska produced it in Buenos Ayres. It was, however, ' The Rio Grande ' that brought Lambert's name before the greater musical public.
Apart from his achievements as a composer, Lambert has shown himself to be a conductor with a forceful personality and exceptional gifts for interpretation.