Svyati - 'O Holy One' for choir and solo cello. Text in church Slavonic. Quoting Tavener: 'I began to write Svyati in early 1995: while sketching it, Iearned that John Williams, father of Jane, my dea...
The anthem Mother of God, here I stand was sponsored by the Toulmin Family, and it is dedicated to the Choir of the Temple Church, its Director of Music, Stephen Layton, and the Master of the Temple,...
The Lamb
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...
This work for solo violin and tape is a series of sixteen gazes, moments and ecstatic breaths, written in Trinitarian guise - solo violin, with taped violin and string bass drone pre-recorded in a res...
A short piece for bass voice solo and piano, using words from Shakespeare's 'Hamlet'. This is a special item which is made to order. Please e-mail our Mail Order Department for further information.
Adopting the text from The Bridegroom Services of Orthodox Holy Week, this work for Four Female Voices and String Quartet was premiered by the Chilingirian Quartet and the Anonymous Four. String Part...
A calm and quietly ecstatic work for solo soprano, solo violin and string group (composed of violin I, violin II, viola, cello and double bass).
Premiered by Yo Yo Ma. Quoting Tavener: It was while pondering these traditional dicta that I began to write the opening solo melody for the cello. It is in fact a palindrome because waking and dying...
Mandēlion was commissioned for the 1982 Dublin International Organ Festival by RHM Foods. It was first performed on the 27th June 1982 by Pete Sweeney, at St. Patrick's Cathedral in Dublin. The piece...
A guide for those interested in jazz bass playing. Covers chord analysis, harmonic accompaniment and typical rhythmic figures, as well as basic playing techniques.
This work for 9 high voices was commissioned by Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, and was first performed in January 1983 by the Lady Margaret Hall Choir. Duration c. 8mins. This is a special item which is...
This work for female voices (unaccompanied SA) is a tribute to St. Hilda, seventh century abbess and scholar, and leader of a double monastery of both monks and nuns. This work was commissioned by Joa...
Any number of voices may perform the round, plus instruments (Including unpitched percussion) if desired. A drone (on F) could also be used.
For unaccompanied high voice choir. This is a special item which is made to order. Please e-mail our Mail Order Department for further information.
The Lamb is John Tavener 's setting of a poem by William Blake, arranged here for unaccompanied Upper Voices by Barry Rose. The work lasts around 3 minutes. The Lamb has long been a favourite of...
A short work for unaccompanied SSSAA choir with music by John Tavener and words by W. B. Yeats. Includes piano accompaniment for rehearsal purpose only.
Tavener's 1996 work for unaccompanied SSA choir, commissioned by Les Petit Chanteurs de Saint-Andre de Colmar.
Commissioned by the Westminster Cathedral. This piece for Treble Voices with Organ was first performed in June 2005 at Westminster Cathedral, London, by Westminster Cathedral Choir. Missa Brevis Is de...
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...
Original pieces as well as new arrangements for upper voices of some of the most popular titles from John Tavener's outstandingly varied and extensive list of works for choir. Over the years, we can t...
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...
John Tavener's popular setting of 'The Lord's Prayer' is arranged here for Upper Voices and Piano or Organ by Barry Rose. 'The Lord's Prayer' was originally commissioned by the Guildford Philharmonic...
Song For Athene' is a work by British composer John Tavener, arranged by Barry Rose for Upper Voices and Organ, with optional Cello. The text is taken from Shakespeare's 'Hamlet', as well as from the...
John Tavener's 'Awed By The Beauty', from 'The Veil Of The Temple'. This arrangement is for Upper Voices with Organ Accompaniment, by Barry Rose. The all-night vigil 'The Veil Of The Temple' was comm...
This work for soprano solo and SATB choir, written in 1976, was commissioned by Cantores in Ecclesia. The first performance was given in April 1977 by the Rye Spring Music. This is a special item whic...
Little Requiem For Father Malachy, a work for SATB choir and orchestra, was commissioned by the Southern Cathedrals Festival with funds provided by the Arts Council of Great Britain. It was first perf...
A work for SATB chorus and orchestra, commissioned by Bedford School. The first performance was given by the school's First Orchestra and Choral Society conducted by Andrew Morris in October 1981. Thi...
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...
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...
Two hymns written for unaccompanied choir by Tavener. The first is for SAATBBSAATBB double choir, and is a setting of a text from the Liturgy of St. Basil. The second is for SSATBBB choir and comes fr...
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 short song for SATBB voices. This is a special item which is made to order. Please e-mail our Mail Order Department for further information.
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 soprano solo and SATB chorus was commissioned by the Norwich Festival of Contemporary Church Music. Tavener:'In the Orthodox Church, the Lament of the Mother of God is normally sung on H...
This work for unaccompanied SATB choir was written for the Choir of Winchester Central. It was commissioned by the Dean and Chapter of Winchester Cathedral for the enthronement as Bishop of Winchester...
He Hath Entered The Heven is a work by John Tavener, originally composed for Upper Voices, while this is the Vocal Score for Mixed Voices, arranged by Gregory Rose. Lasting around 8 minutes, it was co...
Vocal score for this work for 16 voices (4 x SATB). Large (A3) score. This is a special item which is made to order. Please e-mail our Mail Order Department for further information.
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 divine allegory, pondering on the mystery of the incarnation as described by St. Ephrem the Syrian. For mixed chorus, semichorus (TB), handbell and organ.
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...
Vocal score for this ikon in music and dance. The solo parts are for soprano, contralto, bass-baritone and boys' chorus (minimum of 9). Duration c. 90mins. This is a special item which is made to orde...
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...