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© Sim Canetty Clarke
Fact file
| Year of birth | 1944 |
| Year of death | 2013 |
| Nationality | United Kingdom |
| Period | Modern |
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In memoriam: Sir John Tavener
Westminster Abbey was packed today for Sir John Tavener's memorial service. In honour of the occasion, here's a playlist.
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LondonA Farewell to Arms: music for choir and cello
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Walker, Dering, Joubert, Strozzi, de las Infantas, Mauersberger, Tavener, Jackson, Skempton, Tallis, Schütz, Bennett
Andrew Griffiths; Londinium; Clare O'Connell
BristolNational Youth Choir (15-18 Years) | War and Peace
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Rachmaninov, L'Estrange, Arakelyan, Shaw, Arnesen, Bennett, Hogan, Tippett, Tormis, Tavener
Mariana Rosas; National Youth Choir of Great Britain; Joely Koos
StockholmLate Night Concert with the Swedish Radio Choir & Ami-Louise Johnsson
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Bach, McDowall, Tavener, Ligeti, Allegri, Gjeilo
Marc Korovitch; Swedish Radio Choir; Ami-Louise Johnsson
BrightonThe Protecting Veil
Vaughan Williams, Vivaldi, Richter, Tavener
Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra; Joanna McGregor; Ruth Rogers; Guy Johnston
West HorsleyKrishnaWorld premiere
Tavener: Krishna
Mark Shanahan; Sir David Pountney; Grange Park Opera; Rachana Jadhav; Tim Mitchell; TBC
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Tenebrae sing Pärt, Tallis and Tavener at the Elbphilharmonie
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Tenebrae transforms the Elbphilharmonie into a living instrument, exploring centuries of choral music through spatialised sound, Pärt’s tintinnabuli, Renaissance masterpieces and contemporary innovations in a vivid acoustic experiment.
Triumphant Tavener opens the Edinburgh International Festival
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John Tavener's epic, eight-hour all-night vigil opens the festival in monumental style, directed by Thomas Guthrie.
Snow on Snow: SCO Chorus brightens the solstice darkness
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A delightful seasonal showcase from the SCO Chorus, directed and conducted by Gregory Batsleer, in a programme of ancient and modern music and texts in the historic setting of Greyfriars Kirk.
Prohaska ignites Ludwigsburg with Eberle, Weilerstein and Bar-Shaï
This enticing ensemble of soprano and piano trio evoked, delighted and expressed with heightened intensity in less well-known repertoire, including from some big names.
Precipice at The Grange Festival: a mirror of our times
Michael Chance takes the audience around The Grange in a thoughtful show combining opera excerpts, dance, acrobats, vocal and instrumental music.