John Tavener

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

Atma Mass was commissioned by Liverpool Cathedral for the Centenary of the Laying of the Foundation Stone. First performance on 18th July 2004 at the Centenary Eucharist, by the choir of Liverpool Cat...

What God Is, We Do Not Know

A work written for double choir set to words from the Latin prayer Salve Regina and a German poem Stella Matutina.

Work for SATB chorus with Organ, from Tavener's 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 Ch...

Written for SSATBB choir.

Commissioned by King's College Cambridge with generous funding from Donald Stewart in memory of his wife, Beryl. First performed at the Advent Procession Service on Sunday 26th November 2006, given by...

Commissioned by the Cathedral Choral Society of Washington, DC, USA, in memory of Richard Wayne Dirksen (1921-2003), fourth organist and choirmaster of Washington National Cathedral. The commission wa...

Commissioned by Marty F. Myers for John Scott and the choir of St Thomas' Church, New York. First performance on 23rd December 2006 at the 4pm Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols, given by the choir o...

Ex Maria Virgine was commissioned by Timothy Brown and the Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, with the generous support of Paul Lee. The first performance was given on 12th December 2008 in the Chape...

Commissioned by the Northern Illinois University Choral Department, Eric A. Johnson, Director of Choral Activities, and the Lynne M. Waldeland Endowed Fund for Choral Music. First performance on 2nd D...

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

Ex Maria Virgine was commissioned by Timothy Brown and the Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, with the generous support of Paul Lee. The first performance was given on 12th December 2008 in the Chape...

Ex Maria Virgine was commissioned by Timothy Brown and the Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, with the generous support of Paul Lee. The first performance was given on 12th December 2008 in the Chape...

For SATB chorus with Organ accompaniment (with optional congregation, Brass and Timpani available separately)

This work was commissioned by DOM in association with Canty, who gave the first performance in York Minster on 23rd October 2008. This brief motet for four voices and renaissance bray harp was written...

For unaccompanied SSATTBB and echo choir SSAA. This work was written in memory of my brother, Roger. The five short phrases for choir and echo-choir, at once noble and solemn, tender and mystical, sho...

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...

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 o...

A setting of Tolstoy's Creed by John Tavener for SSAATTBB chorus and organ. First performance on 21st April 2013 in Washington National Cathedral, by the City Choir of Washington conducted by Robert...

If Ye Love Me, by John Tavener, was commissioned by Manchester International Festival (MIF Creative) with thanks to the support of the MIF Commissioning Circle. In If Ye Love Me, there are subtle echo...

Monument for Beethoven, by John Tavener was commissioned by the Southbank Centre. Monument for Beethoven was premiered on 18th March 2014 at the Royal Festival Hall, London.

John Tavener's O Where, Tell Me Where? was commissioned by The Bach Choir. It was first performed on 10th April 2014 at the Oriental Arts Centre, Shanghai, China by The Bach Choir conducted by David H...

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...