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Aubade Héroïque

for piano

Constant Lambert

arr. John Mitchell

A career in conducting the Royal Ballet had some impact on the time that Constant Lambert was able to devote to composition, and his fame as a composer has been somewhat eclipsed accordingly. His most often heard work is the jazz-influenced The Rio Grande. His Aubade Héroïque was originally composed for small orchestra in 1942, partly as a 70th birthday tribute to Ralph Vaughan Williams, but also to capture in music an experience Lambert had had two years earlier, when an idyllic morning spent in the garden of a Dutch château was set against the backdrop of the German invasion of Holland in 1940 (the blissful nature of the occasion being clouded by distance gunfire).

Lambert only published three works for solo piano during his lifetime – a substantial Piano Sonata and two shorter pieces – and the present arrangement will add a further option to those pianists wishing to play his music.

—John Mitchell, February 2022

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	Composer	Title	Grade	Forces	Duration
	Constant Lambert arr. John Mitchell	Aubade Héroïque for piano	6 to 7	Piano	7 mins

Recorded performance

Performed by the arranger: John Mitchell, Piano

Catalogue code: FM242 • Published: 28th February 2022
Entry last updated: 28th February 2022