Monday, July 31, 2023

TDCM: July 31st - John Tavener

 

Listening Through The Dictionary of Composers and Their Music 


John Tavener (1944-2013)


Bio

Sir John Kenneth Tavener was born in Wembley. Coincidentally, he studied alongside John Rutter at Highgate School before enrolling in the Royal Academy of Music where he studied under Lennox Berkeley. Tavener wrote many choral works influenced by his personal life and conversion to the Orthodox Church. 

Music

The Protecting Veil


Funeral Canticle


Darkness into Light


Fall and Resurrection


Innocence


Sacred Choral Music




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