One of Tavener's most famous works The Protecting Veil for solo cello and string orchestra was commissioned by the BBC for the 1989 series of Henry Wood Promenade Concerts. The first performance was given in September 1989at the …
Song For Athene for unaccompanied SATB choir was commissioned by the BBC and written in memory of Athene Hariades who died in March 1993. The text is taken from Shakespeare's Hamlet and the Orthodox FuneralService. The work was…
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 rehearsalpurposes.
Mand lion 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 piecetakes its name from the Greek …
This work was commissioned by the BBC and first performed on 4th October 1999 at Norwich Cathedral by Fretwork and Michael Chance (countertenor). Nipson is scored for a consort of viols (2 treble 2 tenor 1 bass) andcounterte…
Composer's notes:The Fool is a time-honoured Orthodox religious figure: a Saint the highest of all who discards everything for Christ's sake. He discards all convention all decency all wealth actual and spiritual and turns hi…
A complete musical setting of the Russian poetess Anna Akhmatova's Requiem using the original Russian text to which some prayers from the Russian Orthodox funeral service have been added by the composer.Duration c.50mins. Instrum…
Set of parts for this string quartet piece.This is a special item which is made to order. Please e-mail our Mail Order Department for further information.
Vocal score for this work for SSSSAATBBBB choir.This is a special item which is made to order. Please e-mail our Mail Order Department for further information.
A New Beginning was commissioned by the New Millennium Experience Company and will be performed in the Millennium Dome London in the closing minutes of 1999 to herald the New Millennium.For solo treble children's chorus SATB …
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 fullscore. The words for Pluies come from a poem …
Greek Interlude for flute and piano was composed in July this year. The music which was written with young players in mind is based on ancient Byzantine modes and Greek folk music originating from different Greek islands. The pi…
O that we were there! is a text taken from the Christian hymn In Dulci Jubilo. It expresses a longing to be present at the Incarnation of Christ but it also conveys a longing to be out of the world oftime and space and in an ete…
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 further information.
For Four String Quartets And Large Tibetan Temple Bowl-Towards Silence is a meditation on the four states of Atma. This fantastic score and sheet music was expertly composed by British composer best known for religious and minima…
Six of Ahmatova's poems set to music (for soprano and cello) by John Tavener.In these settings Tavener has tried to reflect the deceptive simplicity of the verse which stems from classical tradition. In the final song Deaththe m…
A revised SATB/orchestra version of Tavener's Requiem For Father Malachy. Full score. This is a special item which is made to order. Please e-mail our Mail Order Department for further information.
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 Tavener.O Do Not Move was fir…
John Tavener's Kaleidoscopes is a tribute to Mozart for Solo Oboe Percussion and Strings lasting approximately 30 minutes. The work was commissioned by the Britten Sinfonia and first performed by themwith soloist Nicholas Danie…
This singing tableau for voices instruments and children is based on the story of the Dormition of the mother of God as recounted in the Apocryphal Gospel of St. John. The work uses an adult choir and instrumental group andchil…
Tavener's 1982 setting of a ritual procession. This is a special item which is made to order. Please e-mail our Mail Order Department for further information.
Tu Ne Sais Pas is a work by John Tavener for Medium Voice Timpani and Strings. The work sets words by the French poet and philosopher Jean Biès and from Islamic and Hindu sources. This is theFull Score and lasts around 19 minut…
John Taverner: The tiny Parting Gift for Tam Farrow is an essence a fragrance that came to me from her. The performance of the essence is my gift back to her. For SATB Choir. Premiered by The Tallis Scholars.
