Richard Lambert: Choral Music, Sacred and Secular Accordare Choir & Karolina Csáthy

• Richard Lambert (b. 1951): The Jackdaw of Rheims:
• 1Lambert: The Jackdaw of Rheims12:45
• Prayer and Supplication:
• 2Lambert: Prayer and Supplication09:20
• Lord, make us Instruments of thy Peace:
• 3Lambert: Lord, make us Instruments of thy Peace03:14
• All was for an Apple:
• 4Lambert: All was for an Apple02:14
• Herrick’s Carol:
• 5Lambert: Herrick’s Carol04:18
• Hodie Christus natus est:
• 6Lambert: Hodie Christus natus est02:43
• O Magnum Mysterium:
• 7Lambert: O Magnum Mysterium02:53
• Away in a Manger:
• 8Lambert: Away in a Manger02:25
• The Holly and the Ivy:
• 9Lambert: The Holly and the Ivy03:30
• There was Sweet Music:
• 10Lambert: There was Sweet Music05:33
• The Wind among the Reeds:
• 11Lambert: The Wind among the Reeds10:02
• A Plague o' your Houses:
• 12Lambert: A Plague o' your Houses15:12
• Total Runtime01:14:09

Info for Richard Lambert: Choral Music, Sacred and Secular

The choral music of Richard Lambert, born in Bath in the English West Country in 1951, covers a wide range of expression, ranging on this album from straightforward SATB settings for church performance to a sardonic parody of the excesses of established religion. It also encompasses the timeless and the timely, with a number of contributions to the age-old tradition of Christmas music to a cantata inspired by the Covid pandemic.

This is the first recording of the Accordare Choir, founded and conducted by Karolina Csáthy, initially using former choral scholars of The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge; since then it has expanded in size, scope and accomplishment.

George Szirtes, narrator
Dominika Mak, piano
Adrian Bending, timpani
Donna Maria Landowski, percussion
Accordare Choir
Karolina Csáthy, director

Karolina Csáthy
born in Budapest in 1997 to parents of Hungarian and Russian origin, has lived in England since the age of three. Her love of the British choral tradition began on a choral residential course with the Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge, after which she returned for her final year of school, creating a small ensemble called Quintus. The following year she returned to Cambridge, having been offered a place to read Music at Trinity College as well as a choral scholarship under Stephen Layton. A concert of Russian choral music in Trinity College Chapel marked her conducting debut. She regularly consults Jonathan Brett for conducting tuition and is grateful for his guidance in preparing the present album, her first choral recording as director. Beyond conducting, she is a freelance choral singer, violinist and composer. Formerly a choral scholar at St Martin-in-the-Fields, she has since performed with conductors including Robert Hollingworth and Owain Park. As a violinist, she has appeared across the UK and Europe, recently making her solo debut in Hungary, playing Vaughan Williams’ The Lark Ascending with the Gödöllő Symphony Orchestra. She gives frequent solo recitals in London and Cambridge. Recent compositions include The Star Song, premiered online on Christmas Eve 2020, as well as a commission for St Margaret’s School, Singapore, directed by Ellissa Easita Sayampanathan.

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