Partitions pour orchestre d'instruments à cordes

One of Tavener's most famous works, The Protecting Veil for solo cello and string orchestra was commissioned by the BBC for the 1989 series of Henry Wood Promenade Concerts. The first performance was...

A work for solo clarinet in B flat, timpani, percussion and strings, commissioned by the London Symphony Orchestra. It was first performed in September 1991 at the Barbican Centre, London, by Andrew M...

A Vision was written for the tenor Anthony Rolfe Johnson and commissioned by the London Mozart Players. The first performance was at the Gregynog Festival in June 1991. Geoffrey Burgon has set 7 poems...

Clarinet, String Orchestra, Cor Anglais, Bass Clarinet, Piccolo, Alto Flute, Contrabassoon The solo group consists of a sextet of the woodwind instruments which are normally doubled with more regular...

This work for string ensemble was commissioned by the BT Scottish Ensemble, and was first performed in June 1996 at the Hellenic Centre, London, by the BT Scottish Ensemble with Clio Gould (violin). Q...

The idea behind this work was to form a large collection of short individual pieces suitable for orchestras of various standards. The composer's intention with the project was to provide new music for...

Written for string orchestra and string quartet. Composer's Notes: This piece was written in memory of my daughter, and this fact largely determines not only its general character but also its formal...

Written for string orchestra.

The composer writes: Commissioned by HRH the Prince of Wales in memory of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and in Aid of The Saints Martha and Mary Convent of Mercy, Moscow. Esoterically s...

Work for Two Violins, Viola, Cello and Double Bass with Five Strings.

Written for piano and string orchestra.

Written for string orchestra or string quartet. This work was commissioned by the Cheltenham International Music Festival to celebrate Michael Berkeley?s ten years as Festival Director. It was first...

John Tavener 's Kaleidoscopes is a tribute to Mozart for Solo Oboe, Percussion and Strings, lasting approximately 30 minutes. The work was commissioned by the Britten Sinfonia, and first performed by...

John Tavener's The Lamb, is a setting for unaccompanied choir of words by William Blake, and was first performed by the choir of King's College, Cambridge on 24th December 1982, as part of A Festival...

John Tavener's Mother Of God Here I Stand, taken from Veil of the Temple and arranged for String Orchestra. ommissioned by the Temple Music Trustfor Premiere in The Temple Church, London. This versi...

Prayer for Jerusalem was written for the Israel Camerata. First performance on 22nd October 2006, at the Henry Crown Hall, Jerusalem, by the Israel Camerata and Chorus Musicus Köln, conducted by Chris...

The string orchestra and organ version of this piece was composed for the East London Chorus and their conductor, Murray Stewart and first performed by them with the London Pro Arte Orchestra on 7th J...

For solo Cello, Timpani, and Strings. Popule Meus was commissioned through the Magnum Opus project: Kathryn Gould, founding patron and commissioner, and Meet the Composer, project manager. It was fir...

Nyman's 2011 The Prologue to 'Dido and Aeneas' is a prologue to Henry Purcell's opera on a libretto by Nahum Tate. The libretto is based on Book IV of Virgil's Aeneid. It recounts the love of Dido, Qu...

First performance on 11th August 2012 at the Cadogan Hall, London, by Susan Bickley (mezzo-soprano), Nicholas Daniel (cor anglais) and the Britten Sinfonia conducted by Clark Rundell, as part of the B...

Britten's Two Portraits for strings - the composer himself called them 'Sketches' - were composed in August and September 1930, during the summer holidays preceding the sixteen-year-old composer's fir...

Full Score for John Tavener's Three Hymns Of George Herbert for SATB chorus, percussion and strings. Commissioned by the Legatum Institute as part of its 'British and American Notions of Liberty' prog...

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