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 theVocal Score and lasts around 19 minutes. Commissioned by Maestro Ignat Solzhenitsyn for The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia it was first performed on 20th March 2009 at the Perelman Theater The KimmelCenter for the Performing Arts Philadelphia by Katherine Pracht (mezzo-soprano) and The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia conducted by Ignat Solzhenitsyn. Two poems by the contemporary French poet Jean Biès form thebasis of the work. Two traditional Islamic and Hindu texts have been inserted into the second poem creating a powerful composition that is subtitled 'A Metaphysical Paradox'.
