John Tavener

The Saman Chant is one of the oldest musics of which there is any record. This piece Samaveda for flute, voice and tampura is a tribute to this ancient form of Indian sacred music. It is freely based...

This work is scored for Alto Flute and Bass Voice. Quoting Tavener: Lament for Constantinople is offered in unspeakable gratitude to the Holy Orthodox Church. For its apophatic theology, a stumbling b...

An intense work for string quartet and solo soprano with words by Kathleen Raine, to whom the work is dedicated. The piece was commissioned by the Wets Cork Chamber Music Festival, and was first perfo...

A piece written by Tavener for the 50th birthday of Prince Charles. This version for soprano and string quartet.

Mahavakyas for soprano and cello soloists is John Tavener's adaptation and mediation on the four great statements of the Upanishads, and also on the Sarabande from Cello Suite No. 1 by Bach. It is ded...

Performance score for Tavener's 1992 work for soprano solo and cello, with text by Mother Thekla.

Work for Soprano and String Quartet commissioned by the Nash Ensemble.

This work was commissioned by the London Sinfonietta and was first performed at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, in June 1972. James Bowman and Kevin Smith were the soloists with members of the Londo...

Prayer of the Heart was inspired by The Chain of Hope. This charitable organisation raises money for the treatment of heart disorders in children, including Marfan's Syndrome, of which John Tavener is...

The Sanskrit words Maya and Atma represent the opposites of illusion and reality. This piece, taken from Tavener's large scale choral work Rending Of The Veil Of The Temple starts out in contemplative...

The piece was commissioned by the Wets Cork Chamber Music Festival, and was first performed in July 1999 in Cork, Ireland, by the Vanbrugh String Orchestra and Patricia Rozario (soprano). Quoting Tave...

The parts for John Tavener's Maya Atma for Soprano, Violin, and Percussion.

John Tavener's 1997 work for tenor solo, 3 flutes (doubling alto flutes) and percussion. Large (A3) score. This is a special item which is made to order. Please e-mail our Mail Order Department for fu...

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).

John Tavener 's Pluies is a work for Solo Mezzo-Soprano, SATB Chorus and String Quartet. The piece was first performed on 31st January 2015 and lasts around 5 minutes. This is the set of String Quarte...

Set to the text of John Donne, this work is scored for Solo Baritone, 2 Horns, 2 Trombones, Timpani and Strings.

Tavener's 1960 work for tenor solo, SATB chorus, brass ensemble and organ. Large (A3) score. This is a special item which is made to order. Please e-mail our Mail Order Department for further informat...

This work for viola, chorus and percussion was commissioned by the London Symphony Chorus, and was first performed in October 1994 at the Barbican Hall, London by Yuri Bashmet and the London Symphony...

This work is scored for Solo Viola, SATB Choir and Percussion. Tropoction of Cassiane

For SATB chorus with optional congregation, Brass, Timpani and Organ.

The Lamb, a setting for unaccompanied choir of words by William Blake, was first performed by the choir of King's College, Cambridge on 24th December 1982, as part of A Festival of Nine Lessons and Ca...

The Hidden Face is a prayer, for solo counter-tenor, oboe, and a distant group of muted violins and violas. It tries to hold within it a whole tradition with nothing personal or idiosyncratic, as in i...

Written for male voice choir, handbells, Tibetian temple bowl and string quintet.

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.