Spartiti John Tavener per coro misto

Svyati - "O Santo" per coro e violoncello solo. Testo in slavo ecclesiastico. Citando Tavener: "Ho iniziato a scrivere Svyati all'inizio del 1995: mentre la abbozzavo, ho saputo che John Williams, pad...

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 Orthodo...

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 rehearsal purp...

Commissioned for Tenebrae and their director, Nigel Short. John Tavener writes: Mother and Child celebrates the miracle of childbirth. It also celebrates Mary in her universal aspect as mother of all...

Composed by John Tavener through commission by the Royal British Legion for the Festival of Remembrance. First performed on the 8th November 2003 at the Albert Hall, London. The piece is written for d...

A work for SATB chorus and organ, using words by Keith Walker. The improvisatory style of the organ part should convey something of the Byzantine doctrine of Angels: 'Dazzling youths, arrayed in white...

John Tavener's 1986 setting of the Lord's Prayer for SATB choir unaccompanied. The piece is presented twice, with texts in English and Church Slavonic, and the structure is one of a bar-less rhythmic...

A work for unaccompanied SATTBB choir, constructed in the form of a Byzantine Canon. The work was commissioned by James Lancelot and the Choir of Durham Cathedral who gave the first performance on the...

Tavener's 1987 work for unaccompanied SATB choir. Includes piano accompaniment for rehearsal purposes. This is a special item which is made to order. Please e-mail our Mail Order Department for furthe...

These two pieces for unaccompanied SATB choir were commissioned by Stephen Cleobury and the Choir of King's College, Cambridge. They were first performed in King's College Chapel on the 4th April 1987...

A work for 13-part unaccompanied SATB choir, with words by William Blake and music by John Tavener. The Tyger was written for Philip Sherrard for his 65th birthday. It was composed in Katounia, Greec...

A piece for unaccompanied SATB choir, the text of which is based on a line from St. Matthew 9:9. The music was written to represent the work of St. Matthew. In three mounting steps, the music represen...

This work for unaccompanied double choir (SATBSATB) was commissioned by the Summer Music Society of Dorset. It was first performed in May 1989 at Sherborne Abbey, Dorset, by the Tallis Scholars conduc...

This work for unaccompanied SATB choir was commissioned for the opening of the 1990 City of London Festival. The performance was given on the 8th of July by the Choir of St. Paul's Cathedral conducted...

A carol for unaccompanied SATB choir by John Tavener, with words by Mother Thelka. This work was first performed in December 1989 at Westminster Abbey, London, by the Choir of Westminster Abbey conduc...

A short work for unaccompanied SSAATBB choir using a poem based on Serefis' Eonia (The Jasmin). The text uses both English and Greek. This work was commissioned for the 27th Seminar on Contemporary Ch...

This work for unaccompanied SATB soli and choir was commissioned in the name of Sir Thomas Armstrong by the Musicians Benevolent Fund, for performance at the St. Cecilia's Day service in Westminster A...

This prayer is the foundation of Orthodox faith in the Holy Trinity. Says Tavener: 'In setting it to music, I have tried to capture something of the deep conjunction and repentance which lie at the he...

The mood of As One Who Has Slept, taken from the great liturgy of St. Basil on Easter Saturday morning, is full of awe, silence and expectation. The atmosphere is deeply solemn as we stand before the...

A moving work written by Tavener in loving memory of his father. For solo tenor (or baritone) and unaccompanied choir SATB, with optional strings.

For solo tenor (or bass) with small group of basses and unaccompanied SATB choir, composed by Tavener in 1997. 'The Ancient Saints of France (pre-schism) are acknowledged deeply revered by the Orthodo...

In this piece for unaccompanied SATB choir, fervent, dance-like music appears side by side with fear and awe, producing a dramatic contrast. The work was commissioned jointly by the Dean and Chapter o...

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...

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...

This work for unaccompanied SATB/TTB choir was commissioned by Hurstpierpoint College on the occasion of its 150th anniversary. The first performance was given in May 1999 at Hurstpierpoint College by...