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| John Tavener: Coplas:
SATB: Vocal Score
Choral SATB
SATB A Cappella [Vocal Score]
Chester
John Tavener's Coplas composed in 1970 for unaccompanied SATB Choir.'Coplas is...(+)
John Tavener's Coplas composed in 1970 for unaccompanied SATB Choir.'Coplas is a short anthem for voices and tape. It belongs to a much larger work called 'Last Rites' which I have beenthinking about for about a year. It is based on the mystical idea of St. John of the Cross which obsesses me - 'the more I live the more I must die.' Hence the deliberately static nature of Coplas.In once sense Coplas is aprolonged decoration of the 'et sepultus est' cadence from the Crucifixus in Bach's Mass in B minor. In another sense I think of it not so much as my music but a way of listening to Bach's music.' - JohnTavener
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| John Tavener: The Lamb:
SATB: Vocal Score
Choral SATB
SATB, Piano [Vocal Score] - Intermediate
Chester
The Lamb is John Tavener's setting of William Blake's poem for unaccompanied SAT...(+)
The Lamb is John Tavener's setting of William Blake's poem for unaccompanied SATB (Soprano/Alto/Tenor/Bass) choir. John Tavener's mesmerising choral work The Lamb hasbeen a firm favourite since its composition in 1982. Audiences love the beautiful simplicity of the words and the lush harmonies that the different Vocal parts create. The piece was composed by Tavener in just oneafternoon and was dedicated to his nephew's third birthday. Although the piece is unaccompanied a Piano accompaniment is included for rehearsal purposes. This particular piece is challenging yet rewarding with divergent almost discordant parts in the first verse as the poem asks ambiguous questions. During the second verse however the song breaks into an uplifting harmony as the poem resolves to an epiphany. When performed well TheLamb is quietly atmospheric and a joy to hear. So for something special for your four-part choir to perform John Tavener's The Lamb is a hauntingly pretty piece that is sure to leave youraudiences speechless.
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| John Tavener: The
Martydom Of St. Stephen:
SATB: Score
Choral SATB
Chester
John Tavener's The Martydom Of Saint Stephen for Solo Horn Double SATB Choir an...(+)
John Tavener's The Martydom Of Saint Stephen for Solo Horn Double SATB Choir and Organ. Commissioned by the Metropolitan and Cathedral Chapter of St. Stephen’s Cathedral Vienna. First performed on 16thMarch 2015 at St Stephen’s Cathedral Vienna by the Cathedral Choir conducted by Markus Landerer. Vienna's iconic gothic cathedral is dedicated to the first Christian martyr and the Metropolitan and Chapter chosewith discrimination and imagination when they asked John Tavener to write this work setting the account of the stoning of St Stephen from the Acts of the Apostles. The choral writing is far from difficult and rich double-choireffects from staggered entries singing the same music creates an impressive sense of the numinous. Tavener fans will not be surprised that the composer suggests that extra male voices might be required. The virtuoso horn part marked 'ferocious - wild and violent' is directed to be played from a gallery and suggests the hail of stones and hatred directed at the saint. The organ mostly offers brief interjections and chordal support until the last 18bars a lullaby(?) for the saint who 'fell asleep in the Lord' as he was being stoned. John himself went to his final sleep not long after composing this majestic work: Eternal memory! - Organists' Review
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| John Tavener: Missa
Wellensis: SATB: Vocal
Score
Choral SATB [Vocal Score] - Intermediate
Chester
Latin Text-Missa Wellensis composed by John Tavener for unaccompanied double ch...(+)
Latin Text-Missa Wellensis composed by John Tavener for unaccompanied double choir (SSAATTBB/SSAATTBB) was first performed on Sunday 18th May 2014 during the festival new music wells 74-14 by Wells CathedralChoir conducted by Matthew Owens. It was commissioned by Cathedral Commissions of Wells Cathedral.This setting of the missa brevis was written as a tribute to the Spanish Renaissance composer Victoria who inspiredTavener throughout his life. The final movement (Agnus Dei ) includes a quotation from Victoriaâs O Vos Omnes from the Tenebrae Responsories.Duration: c. 13 minutes.
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| John Tavener: Ex Maria
Virgine - CD Edition:
SATB: Vocal Score
Choral SATB
SATB A Cappella [Vocal Score]
Chester
John Tavener's Ex Maria Virgine is a sequence of Christmas carols their emphasi...(+)
John Tavener's Ex Maria Virgine is a sequence of Christmas carols their emphasis on the Nativity and the Virgin Mary. Scored for SATB unaccompanied or with Organ the collection isrepresentative of the broad range of Tavener's choral writing. These carols may be performed as the full sequence or as individual pieces: carols such as Ding! Dong! Merrily on High and Unto Us is Born aSon to familiar texts made novel and exciting or Rocking a simple four-part setting sure to become a favourite with choirs of any accomplishment. Includes a performance CD recorded by the choir of ClareCollege Cambridge.
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| John Tavener: Ex Maria
Virgine: SATB: Vocal
Score
Choral SATB
SATB A Cappella [Vocal Score]
Chester
John Tavener's Ex Maria Virgine is a sequence of Christmas carols their emphasi...(+)
John Tavener's Ex Maria Virgine is a sequence of Christmas carols their emphasis on the Nativity and the Virgin Mary. Scored for SATB unaccompanied or with Organ the collection isrepresentative of the broad range of Tavener's choral writing. These carols may be performed as the full sequence or as individual pieces: carols such as Ding! Dong! Merrily on High and Unto Us is Born aSon to familiar texts made novel and exciting or Rocking a simple four-part setting sure to become a favourite with choirs of any accomplishment.
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| John Tavener: John
Tavener: Ecce Puer: SATB:
Vocal Score
Choral SATB [Vocal Score]
Chester
Ecce Puer is a composition by John Tavener for Unaccompanied SATBB Choir. A sett...(+)
Ecce Puer is a composition by John Tavener for Unaccompanied SATBB Choir. A setting of one of James Joyce's poems a full performance lasts around 2 and a half minutes. 'John Tavener'ssetting of the James Joyce poem Ecce Puer was composed in 2010 and has just been released for the first time. It is another of his brief homophonic compositions based on the juxtaposition of a small number of unrelated chords some dissonant and some diatonic though pride of place is given to a (non-functional) dominant 9th chord.' - Geoffrey Webber Choir & Organ Magazine
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| John Tavener: Three Hymns
Of George Herbert: SATB:
Vocal Score
Choral SATB
SATB, Piano [Vocal Score]
Chester
Vocal Score for John Tavener's Three Hymns Of George Herbert for SATB chorus pe...(+)
Vocal Score for John Tavener's Three Hymns Of George Herbert for SATB chorus percussion and strings. Commissioned by the Legatum Institute [www.LI.com] as part of its ?British and American Notions of Liberty?programme in the year of the Diamond Jubilee of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. First performance on 21st April 2013 in Washington National Cathedral by the City Choir of Washington conducted by Robert Shafer.'The ThreeHymns of George Herbert were written after a long illness and represent for me a Hymn of thanksgiving to God for a relative return to health. They are intended to be sung in a large resonant acoustic with the main choir andstring orchestra at one end of the building and an echo choir and string quartet at the other. The percussion (tubular bells gongs and tam-tams) should sound from a gallery or other raised position.The Hymns wereinspired by the transparent poetry of George Herbert and are dedicated in gratitude and love to the memory of Mother Thekla former Abbess of the Orthodox Monastery of the Assumption Normanby near Whitby who died in 2011.' -John Tavener
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| John Tavener: Three Hymns
Of George Herbert: SATB:
Score
Choral SATB
SATB, Orchestra
Chester
Full Score for John Tavener's Three Hymns Of George Herbert for SATB chorus per...(+)
Full Score for John Tavener's Three Hymns Of George Herbert for SATB chorus percussion and strings. Commissioned by the Legatum Institute [www.LI.com] as part of its ?British and American Notions of Liberty?programme in the year of the Diamond Jubilee of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. First performance on 21st April 2013 in Washington National Cathedral by the City Choir of Washington conducted by Robert Shafer.'The ThreeHymns of George Herbert were written after a long illness and represent for me a Hymn of thanksgiving to God for a relative return to health. They are intended to be sung in a large resonant acoustic with the main choir andstring orchestra at one end of the building and an echo choir and string quartet at the other. The percussion (tubular bells gongs and tam-tams) should sound from a gallery or other raised position.The Hymns wereinspired by the transparent poetry of George Herbert and are dedicated in gratitude and love to the memory of Mother Thekla former Abbess of the Orthodox Monastery of the Assumption Normanby near Whitby who died in 2011.' -John Tavener
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| John Tavener: Lament For
Jerusalem: SATB: Vocal
Score
Choral SATB [Vocal Score]
Chester
The Vocal score for John Tavener's beautiful work Lament For Jerusalem arranged...(+)
The Vocal score for John Tavener's beautiful work Lament For Jerusalem arranged for Soprano Countertenor and SATB Chorus with a Piano Accompaniment. This score can be used for both the 'Original'and 'Jerusalem' versions of the work. The composition was commissioned by Father Arthur E. Bridge OAM for Ars Musica Australis and was first written in 2002. The 'Jerusalem' version was arranged for theChoir of London in 2004. Tavener himself calls the work 'a mystical love-song' that reflects the 'mystical sacred and sublime nature of the texts'. Lament For Jerusalem isdivided into seven stanzas each of which contain Christic Judaic and Islamic inspirations making this work truly innovative and interesting. The piece is around 45 minutes long and it is recommended to be performed in a spacein which there are generous acoustics that will allow each individual voice as well as the collective whole to 'breathe' and dissolve into the air. The work is a wonderful one receiving greatcritical acclaim upon its premiere and impressing audiences the world over for its soaring Soprano melodies and its left-field Middle-Eastern harmonies. The composition is one in a long line of Tavener pieces thatimmediately silences audiences and captivates their attention throughout. Any performance of Lament For Jerusalem is guaranteed to be a special event and one that audiences willremember for a long time.
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| John Tavener: Christmas
Choral Collection: SATB:
Vocal Score
Choral SATB
SATB, Piano [Vocal Score]
Chester
A collection of choral works by the celebrated British composer John Tavener.
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| John Tavener: Favourite
Anthems: SATB: Vocal
Score
Choral SATB
SATB [Vocal Score]
Chester
This album features 16 of John Tavener's anthems for SATB choir. Contents inclu...(+)
This album features 16 of John Tavener's anthems for SATB choir. Contents include: 'A Christmas Round' 'Advent Antiphon' 'Agnus Dei' 'As one who has slept' 'Exhortation and Kohima' 'TheFounder’s Prayer' 'God is with us (A Christmas Proclamation)' 'A Hymn to the Mother of God' 'The Lamb' 'Mother of God here I stand' 'Nunc dimittis' 'O that we were there' 'Rocking' 'Song for Athene' 'Today theVirgin' and 'What God is we do not know'.
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| John Tavener:
Marienhymne: SATB: Vocal
Score
Choral SATB [Vocal Score]
Chester
Marienhymne is a piece on a smaller scale than Tavenerâs dramatic cantatas ...(+)
Marienhymne is a piece on a smaller scale than Tavenerâs dramatic cantatas and is written for unaccompanied choir and semiChorus. Tavener was drawn to writer and philosopher Frithjof Schuonâs vision of the Virgin Mary asuniversal and primordial Woman and has used an extract from his work Maria as the libretto in German for this piece. The composer calls for âradiance and ecstasyâ and also a âgreat distanceâ between the main choir and the echochoir.John Tavener was that rare creature a composer of serious music and serious religious music who also achieved commercial success. He burst into the popular consciousness with the performance of his Song for Athene at thefuneral of Princess Diana but had been a highly respected and frequently-performed composer since the premiere of his dramatic cantata The Whale in 1968.
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| John Tavener: Magnificat
and Nunc Dimittis: SATB:
Vocal Score
Choral SATB [Sheet music]
Chester
Tavener's Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis was commissioned by the National Youth Ch...(+)
Tavener's Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis was commissioned by the National Youth Choirs of Great Britain. First performance on 9th April 2012 at the Royal Albert Hall London conducted by Mike Brewer.Fordouble choir (SSAATTBB/SSAATTBB) and Children's voices (SSSSAA).Composer's NoteThe Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis are both set in Latin. The Magnificat has a festive character and is written for doublechoir with childrenâs voices. Nunc Dimittis is a very personal and simple response to the beautiful text for SATB. - John Tavener
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| John Tavener: Sollemnitas
In Conceptione:
Orchestra: Study Score
Choral SATB
SATB, Orchestra [Sheet music] - Intermediate/advanced
Chester
John Tavener's Sollemnitas In Conceptione for Soloists Double SATB Chorus and O...(+)
John Tavener's Sollemnitas In Conceptione for Soloists Double SATB Chorus and Orchestra.This work was commissioned by festival religio musica nova the Zürcher Kammerorchester and Saint Thomas? Church FifthAvenue New York. First performance on 8th December 2007 at Großmünster Zürich by the Rundfunkchor Berlin and Zürcher Kammerorchester conducted by Simon Halsey. USA premiere on 7th March 2008 at Saint Thomas? Church by TheSaint Thomas Choir of Men and Boys and The Orchestra of St. Luke?s conducted by John Scott.Duration: 100 minutes
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| John Tavener: Fear No
More: SATB: Vocal Score
Choral SATB
SATB A Cappella [Vocal Score]
Chester
John Tavener's Fear No More for unaccompanied SATB choir.This work was first per...(+)
John Tavener's Fear No More for unaccompanied SATB choir.This work was first performed in Salisbury Cathedral on 24th May 2007 as part of a Requiem Mass for the Rev. Gerald Squarey.
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| John Tavener: The Whale:
SATB: Score
Choral SATB
SATB, Orchestra [Sheet music]
Chester
The Whale written by John Tavener in 1968 as a documentary in music and spoken ...(+)
The Whale written by John Tavener in 1968 as a documentary in music and spoken word was given its first performance by the London Sinfonietta and the London Sinfonietta Chorus conducted by David Atherton wit AnnaReynolds (mezzo-soprano) and Raimond Herinex (baritone) in the Queen Elizabeth Hall London on the 24th January 1968. For solo baritone solo mezzo-soprano speaker SATB chorus and orchestra.Large (A3) score. This is aspecial item which is made to order. Please e-mail our Mail Order Department for further information.
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| John Tavener: The Lord's
Prayer (1982): SATB:
Vocal Score
Choral SATB
SATB [Vocal Score]
Chester
John Tavener's 1986 setting of the Lord's Prayer for SATB choir unaccompanied. T...(+)
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 plainchant.
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| John Tavener: In Memory:
SATB: Vocal Score
Choral SATB
SATB [Vocal Score]
Chester
In Memory was written in memory of Glen Schaefer and all the departed souls of ...(+)
In Memory was written in memory of Glen Schaefer and all the departed souls of America. The words come from the Orthodox Funeral Service and from a text by Mother Thekla. For SATB Choir A Cappella. John Tavener: The musicshould be sung with a shining solemnity and should ideally be performed in a church or other building with reverberant acoustics. The solo bass sections refer to St Hermann of Alaska (the pre-eminent Orthodox saint of theAmericas) and should be performed in the manner of a Byzantine pasltis.
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| John Tavener: Today The
Virgin: SATB: Vocal Score
Choral SATB
SATB A Cappella [Vocal Score]
Chester
A carol for unaccompanied SATB choir by John Tavener with words by Mother Thelk...(+)
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 conducted by Martin Neary.
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| John Tavener: The
Apocalypse: SATB: Vocal
Score
Choral SATB
SATB, Piano [Vocal Score]
Chester
John Tavener's The Apocalypse for SATB choir with Piano accompaniment.
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| John Tavener: A New
Commandment: SATB: Vocal
Score
Choral SATB
SSAATTBB A Cappella [Vocal Score] - Intermediate
Chester
The world première of A New Commandment a piece by the late Sir John Tavener...(+)
The world première of A New Commandment a piece by the late Sir John Tavener specially commissioned for Summer Fields was in February 2014 at the Sheldonian Theatre Oxford.This work waspossibly one of his very last commissions before his sudden and untimely death in November 2013. COMPOSERâS NOTE'I have set these words from St Johnâs Gospel many times because I feel them to beamong the most profound and therefore key texts in the Christian faith.This setting falls into three sections with an ABA structure.A New Commandment is dedicated to my mother-in-law Mary but it is also an unspokentribute to the Spanish master Victoria who has inspired me throughout my life.'
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| John Tavener: The Tyger
(13-Part Choir): SATB:
Vocal Score
Choral SATB
SATB [Vocal Score]
Chester
A work for 13-part unaccompanied SATB choir with words by William Blake and mus...(+)
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 Greece and at onedramatic point refers back to 'The Lamb' both in text and in music.
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| John Tavener: A Cradle
Song: SATB: Vocal Score
Choral SATB
SATB [Vocal Score]
Chester
For unaccompanied choir SAATTBB.This work was commissioned by Jonathan Manners a...(+)
For unaccompanied choir SAATTBB.This work was commissioned by Jonathan Manners and DeChorum who gave the first performance at the Cancer Research UK Carol Service at All Saints Church Weston-super-Mare on 20th December2010.Words by William Blake. John Tavener - A Cradle Song by musicroom
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| John Tavener: Monument
For Beethoven: SATB:
Score
Choral SATB
SATB, Organ - Intermediate
Chester
Monument for Beethoven by John Tavener was commissioned by the Southbank Centre...(+)
Monument for Beethoven by John Tavener was commissioned by the Southbank Centre.Monument for Beethoven was premiered on 18th March 2014 at the Royal Festival Hall London.
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