Christopher Field has a lifetime’s experience of singing and teaching stretching back to 1953 when he was a chorister at the coronation of HM Queen Elizabeth II. Later he won a choral exhibition to Trinity College, Cambridge, a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music and an Arts Council of Great Britain award for postgraduate study with Frederick Husler in Switzerland.
His subsequent career as a schoolmaster at Dulwich College was combined with work as a concert baritone, choral conducting, and teaching singing and double bass. For many years a number of his teaching works have been included in the graded examination syllabuses of the leading examination boards.
The Lamb was composed in 2014 to words by William Blake (1757-1827). The vocal line is simple and effective, written with the young singer in… mind, and with a gently moving and supportive piano accompaniment. The harmonic language is tonal and traditional creating a beautifully atmospheric song which offers much to singers and audiences alike.