John Tavener

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...

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...

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.

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...

Written for unaccompanied SATB choir. This work was first performed in Salisbury Cathedral on 24th May 2007, as part of a Requiem Mass for the Rev. Gerald Squarey.

The Veil of the Temple is a journey from darkness into light. Care and attention has been given to the key chosen for each anthem and to the voicings, so that these versions are attractive to the br...

Commissioned by Eamonn Quinn for Louth Contemporary Music Society with funding from the Arts Council of Ireland/ An Chomhairle Ealaíon. World Premiere on 25th October 2008 at St. Patrick's Church, Dun...

Sunrise In Your Heart text by Kathleen Raine with an interpolation from Sioux Indian sources.

For unaccompanied choir SAATTBB. This work was commissioned by Jonathan Manners and DeChorum, who gave the first performance at the Cancer Research UK Carol Service at All Saints Church, Weston-super...

Composer's Note 'The words of this piece are taken from the poem They are all gone into the world of light by Henry Vaughan. The music came to me after attending the beautiful and moving funeral of Ma...

Tavener's Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis was commissioned by the National Youth Choirs of Great Britain. First performance on 9th April 2012 at the Royal Albert Hall, London, conducted by Mike Brewer....

For unaccompanied SATB choir, from Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis. This work was commissioned by the National Youth Choirs of Great Britain. First performed on 9th April 2012, at the Royal Albert Hall,...

Commissioned for Cappella Nova's 30th Anniversary by Jyotipakshini. First performed on 30th May 2012, at St. Andrew's-in-the-square, Glasgow, by Cappella Nova directed by Alan Tavener. Cease to do ev...

The world première of A New Commandment, a piece by the late Sir John Tavener specially commissioned for Summer Fields, was in February 2014 at the Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford. This work was possibly o...