John Tavener

Svyati - 'O Holy One' für Chor und Solocello. Text in Kirchenslawisch. Zitat Tavener: "Ich begann Svyati Anfang 1995 zu schreiben: Während ich es skizzierte, erfuhr ich, dass John Williams, der Vater...

Song For Athene, for unaccompanied SATB choir, was commissioned by the BBC and written in memory of Athene Hariades, who died in March 1993. The text is taken from Shakespeare's Hamlet and the Orthodo...

Composed by John Tavener through commission by the Royal British Legion for the Festival of Remembrance. First performed on the 8th November 2003 at the Albert Hall, London. The piece is written for d...

A carol for unaccompanied SATB choir by John Tavener, with words by Mother Thelka. This work was first performed in December 1989 at Westminster Abbey, London, by the Choir of Westminster Abbey conduc...

The anthem Mother of God, here I stand was sponsored by the Toulmin Family, and it is dedicated to the Choir of the Temple Church, its Director of Music, Stephen Layton, and the Master of the Temple,...

John Tavener's mesmerising choral work The Lamb is based on a text by the poet, William Blake. The text has an underlying religious theme and marks God's love for his creatures, however weak. The beau...

Erleben Sie ein tief berührendes Chorwerk voller Andacht und spiritueller Ausdruckskraft: „Mother Of God, Here I Stand“ entfaltet in der klangvollen Besetzung für gemischten Chor (SATB) und Klavier ei...

Tauchen Sie ein in die faszinierende Welt des Jazz mit „Jazz Bass Facing“, erschienen beim renommierten Verlag Edition Wilhelm Hansen. Dieses fundierte Lehr- und Notenbuch für Kontrabass ist der ideal...

The Lamb is John Tavener's setting of a poem by William Blake, arranged here for unaccompanied Upper Voices by Barry Rose. The work lasts around 3 minutes. The Lamb  has long been a favourite of...

A sacred work for unaccompanied SSATBB choir, using text from The Order For The Burial Of Dead Priests, translated from Greek by Isabel Hapgood. Vocal score with piano accompaniment for rehearsal purp...

A Christmas proclamation for tenor (or baritone) solo, SATB choir and organ. This work was commissioned by Winchester Cathedral in tribute to Martin Neary for his work at Winchester Cathedral during t...

Bringen Sie den Zauber der Weihnachtszeit mit der „Christmas Choral Collection“ von Chester Music in Ihr Konzertprogramm. Diese erlesene Notenausgabe vereint meisterhafte Chorwerke des gefeierten brit...

A short piece for bass voice solo and piano, using words from Shakespeare's 'Hamlet'. This is a special item which is made to order. Please e-mail our Mail Order Department for further information.

Commissioned for Tenebrae and their director, Nigel Short. John Tavener writes: Mother and Child celebrates the miracle of childbirth. It also celebrates Mary in her universal aspect as mother of all...

Adopting the text from The Bridegroom Services of Orthodox Holy Week, this work for Four Female Voices and String Quartet was premiered by the Chilingirian Quartet and the Anonymous Four. String Part...

Work for Solo Piano commissioned for the City of London Festival in 1999. Quoting John Tavener: Ypaköe, in Greek refers to the Yapöe of Easter 'Why seek ye among the dead, as though He were mortal man...

Original pieces as well as new arrangements for upper voices of some of the most popular titles from John Tavener's outstandingly varied and extensive list of works for choir. Over the years, we can t...

Tauchen Sie ein in die klanggewaltige und tief berührende Welt von Sir John Tavener. Mit der „Choral Collection“, erschienen bei Chester Music, erhalten Chöre eine exquisite Zusammenstellung der belie...

Work for Solo Soprano and Tenor, Timpani, Gongs, Handbells and Strings. Commissioned by the St. David's Cathedral Bach Festival. These settings of sixteen Haiku by the Greek poet, George Seferis (1900...

The Last Sleep of the Virgin was written for string quartet and handbells in 1991. It enacts the story of the falling asleep and burial, by the Apostles, of the Mother of Jesus. This work was commissi...

Hymns Of Paradise, for bass solo, SA chorus and six violins. This work was commissioned by Ross Pople for performance by the London Festival Orchestsra. It was first performed on 27th May 1993 at St P...

Score (Cello, Tenor, Soprano, Chamber Group, Hammond Accompaniment) Written in memory of innocent victims, this dramatic piece is ideally performed within a church. It uses texts form the Gospels, St...

Premiered by Yo Yo Ma. Quoting Tavener: It was while pondering these traditional dicta that I began to write the opening solo melody for the cello. It is in fact a palindrome because waking and dying...

The Greek word Apokatastasis means a 'spiritual state of ecstasy'. The music should be performed with overwhelming ectasy and inner joy. Composed in 1999 for Fretwork and Michael Chance. Scored for so...

For Flute (doubling Piccolo), Clarinet in B flat*, Very large Tam-Tam (sounding from a high gallery), and Choir (SSATTBB). * Notated in C in the score. 'According to Hindu Cosmology, we live at the e...