John Tavener: Partituras medio

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...

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...

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...

Any number of voices may perform the round, plus instruments (Including unpitched percussion) if desired. A drone (on F) could also be used.

Written for string orchestra or string quartet. This work was commissioned by the Cheltenham International Music Festival to celebrate Michael Berkeley?s ten years as Festival Director. It was first...

John Tavener's Mother Of God Here I Stand, taken from Veil of the Temple and arranged for String Orchestra. ommissioned by the Temple Music Trustfor Premiere in The Temple Church, London. This versi...

The composer's note on this copy of the autograph score has the following directions: 'Out of the Night was written to be played in order to 'greet the dawn' outside St Catherine's Monastery Sinai' an...

This work was commissioned by the Icelandic choir Kammerkor Suourlands (Collegium Canticorum). It was first performed in July 2004 at Skalholt music festival.

Written for SATB chorus, soloists, TB semichorus and organ.

This commission was supported by the Ministry of Education and Culture in Iceland and is dedicated to Hilmar Örn Agnarsson and The South Iceland Chamber Choir. The Three Shakespeare Sonnets was one of...

Missa Wellensis, composed by John Tavener for unaccompanied double choir (SSAATTBB/SSAATTBB), was first performed on Sunday 18th May 2014 during the festival new music wells 74-14, by Wells Cathedral...

Two hymns written for unaccompanied choir by Tavener. The first is for SAATBBSAATBB double choir, and is a setting of a text from the Liturgy of St. Basil. The second is for SSATBBB choir and comes fr...

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.

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.

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.

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...

A Christmas proclamation for tenor (or baritone) solo, SATB choir and organ. This work was commissioned by Winchester Cathedral in tribute to Martin Neary for his work at Winchester Cathedral during t...

El Cordero

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,...

Marienhymne is a piece on a smaller scale than Tavener's dramatic cantatas, and is written for unaccompanied choir and semiChorus. Tavener was drawn to writer and philosopher Frithjof Schuon's vision...

Written for solo cello and strings. This work was commissioned by the Australian Chamber Orchestra with funds provided by the Arts Council of Great Britain. It was first performed on 24th November 199...