John Tavener

This work for unaccompanied double choir (SATBSATB) was commissioned by the Summer Music Society of Dorset. It was first performed in May 1989 at Sherborne Abbey, Dorset, by the Tallis Scholars conduc...

This work for unaccompanied SATB choir was commissioned for the opening of the 1990 City of London Festival. The performance was given on the 8th of July by the Choir of St. Paul's Cathedral conducted...

A short work for unaccompanied SSAATBB choir using a poem based on Serefis' Eonia (The Jasmin). The text uses both English and Greek. This work was commissioned for the 27th Seminar on Contemporary Ch...

This work for unaccompanied SATB soli and choir was commissioned in the name of Sir Thomas Armstrong by the Musicians Benevolent Fund, for performance at the St. Cecilia's Day service in Westminster A...

This prayer is the foundation of Orthodox faith in the Holy Trinity. Says Tavener: 'In setting it to music, I have tried to capture something of the deep conjunction and repentance which lie at the he...

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...

A moving work written by Tavener in loving memory of his father. For solo tenor (or baritone) and unaccompanied choir SATB, with optional strings.

For solo tenor (or bass) with small group of basses and unaccompanied SATB choir, composed by Tavener in 1997. 'The Ancient Saints of France (pre-schism) are acknowledged deeply revered by the Orthodo...

In this piece for unaccompanied SATB choir, fervent, dance-like music appears side by side with fear and awe, producing a dramatic contrast. The work was commissioned jointly by the Dean and Chapter o...

This is a wonderful work for unaccompanied SATB choir, to be sung with enormous intensity and sonority. First performed in June 1998 by the Chester Cathedral Choir conducted by David Poulter. This is...

Miniature vocal score for two works for unaccompanied SATB choir, Ikon Of The Nativity and O, Do Not Move. Ikon Of The Nativity was first performed in December 1991 by Cappella Nova conducted by Alan...

This work for unaccompanied SATB/TTB choir was commissioned by Hurstpierpoint College on the occasion of its 150th anniversary. The first performance was given in May 1999 at Hurstpierpoint College by...

In Memory was written in memory of Glen Schaefer, and all the departed souls of America. The words come from the Orthodox Funeral Service and from a text by Mother Thekla. For SATB Choir A Cappella. J...

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...

For SATB Choir. Text: W. B Yeats

For solo Tenor, and unaccompanied mixed voice choir SATB. Text English and Greek. Duration 5 minutes.

Commissioned by George Watson's College, to mark the Millennium. The work was first performed in December 2000 at St. Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh, as part of the College's Festival Of Nine Lessons And...

English Words.

Work for unaccompanied SATB from Tavener's The Veil Of The Temple. The Veil of the Temple was commissioned by the Temple Music Trust. The world premiere took place on 27th June 2003 at the Temple Chu...

Commissioned for the Nine Lessons and Carols service at King's College, Cambridge, December 2005.

Written for unaccompanied SATB choir. The composer writes The Open Secret is a hadith, or traditional saying of the Prophet Mohammad, attributed to Ali Ibn Abi Talib. The profundity of this hadith mov...

Commissioned by the BBC for the 2006 BBC Radio 3 Choir of the Year, Chantage, and first performed by them at the British Composer Awards in the Glaziers Hall, London, on 5th December 2007. Arranged f...

This work was commissioned by Riga Youth Choir, who gavethe first performance in Riga on 3rd July 2008. Based on a poem by Frithjof Schuon. The composer writes Frithjof Schuon?s poem The Eternal Sun s...