Constant Lambert (1905 - 1951)

The English composer and conductor Constant Lambert was a pupil of Vaughan Williams and a friend of the Sitwells. As a composer he came to be influenced by jazz and in general avoided the insular in a style more akin to that of Paris than London.

Ballets
Lambert won a reputation as a ballet conductor. His ballet scores included Romeo and Juliet for Diaghilev, Pomona for Nijinska, and a number of arrangements.

Choral and Orchestral Music
The Rio Grande for piano, chorus and orchestra, with a libretto by Sacheverell Sitwell, remains Lambert’s best-known concert work, overshadowing his Piano Concerto.