1905-1951
' His greatness lay in his variety of purpose, in the way he squandered his gifts, in the way he would drop his own work to put his burning enthusiasm to the service of others.' Lambert wrote this of Liszt but it might equally have been written of himself.
Tom Driberg presents a portrait of Lambert - composer, pianist, writer, poet and wit - on the 70th anniversary of his birth with the help of many friends, including:
MICHAEL AYRTON , ISABEL RAWS -THORNE. DAME MARGOT FONTEYN , ANTHONY POWELL. SIR WILLIAM WALTON. SPIKE HUGHES , DAME NIN-ETTE DE VALOIS , MALCOLM ARNOLD and with examples of his music- Rio Grande, Horoscope, Elegiac Blues
Producer DEREK DRESCHER
Constant Lambert: Mon 10.0 am