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Richard Lambert is an experienced composer, conductor and performer of a range of musical styles. He enjoys writing pieces for concerts, weddings and other special occasions.
Richard’s catalogue of compositions is available to perform, and he is happy to invite commissions.
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Exciting new work: Olympic Fanfare 2012 for concert band
By Richard Lambert arr. Rodney Parker (Bandmaster and Director of Music, Grenadier Guards 1987–88)
The short Olympic Fanfare 2012 (op.4a) prepares us for the exciting build-up to the 2012 Olympic Games in London. Unexpected chord progressions symbolise the meeting of nations and repetitive, echoing figures represent striving before the triumphant conclusion, proudly portraying unity and victory.
Listen to Olympic Fanfare 2012 on scoreexchange.com.
Both composer and arranger, who have collaborated over the years, have Score Exchange stores which may be accessed through Score Exchange’s home page. The band parts are in A5 landscape format so may be used indoors as they stand or be cropped for march-card use outside.
Recent performances
15 November 2011
The first performance of Ostinato download (Op.37 No.6) was given in an LCM workshop by Brett Bachus (piano) at Bachus Conservatory, Austin, Texas. The composer played Criss Cross (Op.37 No.1) and Brett joined him in a performance of Abigail’s Jig for four hands (Op.10 No.2b).
7 November 2011
The first performance of Criss Cross (Op.37 No.1) was given in a Composer’s Masterclass at Markham College in Lima, Peru. Abigail’s Jig for four hands (Op.10 No.2b) was also performed, along with Cecilia Ramirez, Director of Music at Markham.
28 August 2011
A performance of Intrada: ‘The Victor’s Palm’ (Op.50) was given at the Wang Gungwu Theatre, University of Hong Kong for the HK Graduation Ceremony for London College of Music graduates (University of West London) by the South Hong Kong Island Youth Concert Band, conductor Ho Man-yiu, Victor.
17 July 2011
The premier of Intrada: ‘The Victor’s Palm’ (Op.50) was given by the South Hong Kong Island Youth Concert Band, conductor Ho Man-yiu, Victor, at the South Horizons Neighbourhood Community Centre, Ap Lei Chau, Hong Kong.
7 May 2011
Performances of Voluntary in B flat (Op.34 No.1) (Tom Ashby, trumpet), ...in the silence of the night (Op.27 No.4a) (Tom Ashby, trumpet), Abigail’s Jig (Op.10 No.2b) (Rachel and Richard Lambert, piano, four hands), and the premieres of ...and glorious grows the vine (Op.8b) (Edmund Dry, violin) and the second of Two Piano Pieces (Op.31) (Krystyna Palamarchuk, piano).
16 January 2011
Gloria, from Music for Holy Communion (Op.43) and March in F (Op.28 No.3) at the Formal Institution of Rev. Jane Baxter as rector of the Lyddington Benefice, at Harringworth Church, Northamptonshire.
19 December 2010
March in C for organ (Op.28 No.4), at Harringworth Church, Northamptonshire.
17 December 2010
Sing to me, sing (Op.35) performed by Uppingham Choral Society at the Church of St Peter and St Paul, Uppingham, with Peter Clements (conductor) and Nicolene Gibbons (piano).
27 November 2010
Cantilena for flute and piano was performed at the wedding of Abby and Joe at Bassingbourn parish church, near Royston, Hertfordshire. Rachel Haynes (flute) and Richard Prince (piano).
28 August 2010
Wedding March in D (Op.28 No.2) was performed at the wedding of Anna and James, at Lyddington Church, Rutland.
15 August 2010
In memoriam (Op.29 No.1) for organ was performed at a Memorial Evensong to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Vickers Valiant plane (XD864) that crashed at nearby Spanhoe airfield on 12 August 1960 with the loss of five crew members. Harringworth Church, Northamptonshire.
8 August 2010
March in F (Op.28 No.3) was performed at Uppingham Church, Rutland.
1 May 2010
Maytime Concert of Words and Music at St John's Church, Batheaston, near Bath
First performances of The Great Wheel of the Sun (Op.8c) and Voluntary in B flat for trumpet and organ (Op.34 No.1), as well as performances of Adagio and Scherzo (Op.7), Wedding March in F (Op.28 No.3), the first movement of Piano Sonata (Op.21) and In Memoriam (Op.29). With Lesley Shrigley Jones (cello) and Tom Ashby (trumpet).
19 March 2010
Humoresque (Op.33) was performed by Miriam Butler (bassoon) at Goethe Zentrum, Nicosia, Cyprus, at a poetry and music evening with poet Bjoern Kuhligk.
15 March 2010
Humoresque (Op.33) was performed by Miriam Butler (bassoon) at the Famagusta cultural centre, Cyprus, at a concert for International Women's Day.