Chester Music

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...

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...

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 full score. The word...

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...

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

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

Full score for this work which was commissioned by the BBC for performance during the 100th season of Henry Wood Promenade Concerts. The first performance of this version was given in September 1995 a...

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...

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

A short piece for bassoon, oboe, clarinet in Bb and horn in F. Score and parts. This is a special item which is made to order. Please e-mail our Mail Order Department for further information.

A musical expression of the lament of a Queen for her dead husband, Aed mac Ainmirech, King of Tara, died AD 598. For handbells and soprano solo.

A work for countertenor, guitar and handbells in a Byzantine style. Score.

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...

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.

A short piece for chamber organ, two alto flutes and hand bells written in memory of the great Soviet composer Igor Stravinsky.

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...

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...

Composed in 1999 for four female voices and string quartet. Vocal Score available: CH61780

Set of parts for this piece, written for two violins, viola and handbells. This is a special item which is made to order. Please e-mail our Mail Order Department for further information.

A work for mixed chorus and string trio (violin, viola and cello), to be performed with restraint and majesty. Ikon Of Light was written for the Tallis Scholars. The first performance took place in Ju...

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

Philip Glass, early protagonist of the Minimalist movement, studied with Milhaud and Nadia Boulanger. His first job, assisting Ravi Shankar on a film soundtrack, heralded the start of his own successf...

From Deux Pieces Op. 53.

From Deux Pieces Op. 53

Sheppard's Magnificat And Nunc Dimittis (the second Service) for SAATB choir, including a Piano reduction. Magnificat: My Soul Doth Magnify The Lord Nunc Dimittis: Lord Now Lettest Thou Thy Servant D...