John Tavener

Written for viol consort. This work was commissioned by Concordia. First performance by Concordia on 17 July 2004 at the Cheltenham International Festival of Music.

Mandēlion was commissioned for the 1982 Dublin International Organ Festival by RHM Foods. It was first performed on the 27th June 1982 by Pete Sweeney, at St. Patrick's Cathedral in Dublin. The piece...

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...

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...

John Tavener 's Kaleidoscopes is a tribute to Mozart for Solo Oboe, Percussion and four String Quartets, lasting approximately 30 minutes. The work was commissioned by the Britten Sinfonia, and first...

For solo Cello, Timpani, and Strings. Popule Meus was commissioned through the Magnum Opus project: Kathryn Gould, founding patron and commissioner, and Meet the Composer, project manager. It was fir...

Work for Solo Voices SATB Chorus, Timpani, Tubular Bells and Strings. Text: Arch-Priest Gregory Petrov.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Androcosme is the tenth movement of the wider work Miroir Des Poèmes, a work which sets 22 poems by the French poet and philosopher Jean Biès. This piece is arranged for unaccompanied doubleSATBChoir,...

For unaccompanied SATB choir. This work was written for the Choir of Eton College. Text by King Henry VI, who founded Eton College in 1440.

Ecce Puer is a composition by John Tavener for Unaccompanied SATBB Choir. A setting of one of James Joyce's poems, a full performance lasts around 2 and a half minutes.

John Tavener's Coplas, composed in 1970, for unaccompanied SATB Choir. ' Coplas is a short anthem for voices and tape. It belongs to a much larger work called 'Last Rites' which I have been thinking a...

Immerse yourself in a world of tenderness and captivating sonorities with "The Lamb." This expressive choral work for mixed choir (SATB) captures timeless innocence and spiritual poetry through rich h...

With "Funeral Ikos," choirs immerse themselves in a profoundly moving and deeply meditative masterpiece. This work captivates with its touching simplicity, harmonic depth, and an intense spiritual aur...

John Tavener 's Schuon Lieder is a work of 6 songs arranged for Voice and Piano by the composer, with words by Frithjof Schuon. This version was first performed at the Wigmore Hall in London on 28th S...