SATB, Percussion and
String Orchestra
SKU:
HL.14042686
Composed
by John Tavener. Music
Sales America. Classical.
Softcover. Chester Music
#CH80047. Published by
Chester Music
(HL.14042686).
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 Three
Hymns 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 And String
Orchestra At One EndOf
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 Were Inspired 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.
Hymn Of Thanksgiving
