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© Sim Canetty Clarke
Fact file
| Year of birth | 1944 |
| Year of death | 2013 |
| Nationality | United Kingdom |
| Period | Modern |
our playlist...
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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LaulasmaaPas de Deux
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Narbutaite, Tavener, Tulve, Varres
Kärt Tõnisson; Iris Oja; Leho Karin
BathThe Spirit of Shakespeare with ORA Singers
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Morley, Dove, Tavener, Bennett, Chilcott, Gibbons, Cavendish
Suzi Digby, Conductor
LondonSpem in Alium - the 40 voice spectacular
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des Prez, Jackson, Tavener, Stanford, Bednall, Whitacre, Gabrieli, Taverner, Tallis
Thomas Allery; Temple Singers
GatesheadChoirs on the Concourse
Wood, von Bingen, Forshaw, Rajasekar, Farrington, Shaw, Williams, Roth, Tavener, Parry, Schnittke
Sofi Jeannin; Jess Gillam; BBC Singers; Chorus of Royal Northern Sinfonia; Timothy Burke
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
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Johnston’s Tavener the highlight for the Brighton Philharmonic
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Warm Vaughan Williams and energetic Richter and Vivaldi from MacGregor and the BPO strings, with an astonishing performance of Tavener’s The Protecting Veil from Guy Johnston the highlight.
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.