Christopher Tambling

Christopher Tambling

Christopher Tambling (13 May 1964 – 3 October 2015)^[1] was a British composer, organist and choirmaster. From 1997 to 2015 he was Director of Music at Downside School and organist and Choirmaster of the Schola Cantorum at Downside Abbey, leading the choir to international success.

Life

He received his musical education from Malcolm McKelvey at Christ's Hospital in Horsham, Sussex and at St Peter's College, Oxford. He later became the city organist and conductor of the Symphony Orchestra and Music Director of Glenalmond College in Perth.

Tambling died in Somerset in 2015 and was survived by his wife and two sons, both of whom are professional musicians.

Works

Tambling has established himself as a composer and arranger of choral and organ works especially well beyond the borders of his country. His compositions are often characterized by a romantic, expressive and an easy to get style. His main publishers were in England Kevin Mayhew, and in German-speaking countries the music publisher Dr. J. Butz.

• Missa Festiva for choir and organ (2013)
• Missa Brevis in B (2014)
• Festmesse in F
• Mass in G
• Processing of Missa in B for choir and organ by Charles Villiers Stanford
• Processing of Missa brevis. Mass of St Gregory for SATB, Organ and Winds ad. lib. by Richard Runciman Terry
• British Album, Ten Pieces for Organ (2009)
• Very British, Eight Pieces for Organ (2013)

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