Svyati - 'O Holy One' for choir and solo cello. Text in church Slavonic. Quoting Tavener: 'I began to write Svyati in early 1995: while sketching it, Iearned that John Williams, father of Jane, my dea...
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...
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,...
For SATB Choir. Text: W. B Yeats
A short piece for unaccompanied cello, all of which is notated in treble clef and which will no doubt prove to be an excellent exercise in upper range intonation as well as a satisfying piece of music...
Commissioned by the Guildford Philharmonic for the Tallis Scholars. First performance by the Tallis Scholars on 10th March 2000, at Holy Trinity Church, Guildford. Arranged for unaccompanied choir SAT...
A calm and quietly ecstatic work for solo soprano, solo violin and string group (composed of violin I, violin II, viola, cello and double bass).
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...
Vocal score for this work for 16 voices (4 x SATB). Large (A3) score. This is a special item which is made to order. Please e-mail our Mail Order Department for further information.
The mood of As One Who Has Slept, taken from the great liturgy of St. Basil on Easter Saturday morning, is full of awe, silence and expectation. The atmosphere is deeply solemn as we stand before the...
