John Tavener

Work for Soprano and String Quartet commissioned by the Nash Ensemble.

A short piece for bassoon, oboe, clarinet in Bb and horn in F. Score and parts. This is a special item which is made to order. Please e-mail our Mail Order Department for further information.

A musical expression of the lament of a Queen for her dead husband, Aed mac Ainmirech, King of Tara, died AD 598. For handbells and soprano solo.

A work for countertenor, guitar and handbells in a Byzantine style. Score.

This work was commissioned by the London Sinfonietta and was first performed at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, in June 1972. James Bowman and Kevin Smith were the soloists with members of the Londo...

Tavener's 1982 setting of a ritual procession. This is a special item which is made to order. Please e-mail our Mail Order Department for further information.

A short piece for chamber organ, two alto flutes and hand bells written in memory of the great Soviet composer Igor Stravinsky.

John Tavener's 1997 work for tenor solo, 3 flutes (doubling alto flutes) and percussion. Large (A3) score. This is a special item which is made to order. Please e-mail our Mail Order Department for fu...

The piece was commissioned by the Wets Cork Chamber Music Festival, and was first performed in July 1999 in Cork, Ireland, by the Vanbrugh String Orchestra and Patricia Rozario (soprano). Quoting Tave...

Composed in 1999 for four female voices and string quartet. Vocal Score available: CH61780

Set of parts for this piece, written for two violins, viola and handbells. This is a special item which is made to order. Please e-mail our Mail Order Department for further information.

A work for mixed chorus and string trio (violin, viola and cello), to be performed with restraint and majesty. Ikon Of Light was written for the Tallis Scholars. The first performance took place in Ju...

The parts for John Tavener's Maya Atma for Soprano, Violin, and Percussion.

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...

The Lamb

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 is representative of...

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 is representative of...

This work was commissioned by the Revd. Dr. Simon Jones for the Choir of Merton College, Oxford. It was performed on 27th November 2010 at Merton College, Oxford, by the Choir of Merton College conduc...

O that we were there! is a text taken from the Christmas hymn In Dulci Jubilo. It expresses a longing to be present at the Incarnation of Christ, but it also conveys alonging to be out of the world of...

A Christmas proclamation for tenor (or baritone) solo, SATB choir and organ. This work was commissioned by Winchester Cathedral in tribute to Martin Neary for his work at Winchester Cathedral during t...

A collection of choral works by the celebrated British composer John Tavener.

Composer's notes:The Fool is a time-honoured Orthodox religious figure: a Saint, the highest of all, who discards everything for Christ's sake. He discards all convention, all decency, all wealth, act...

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,...

Ex Maria Virgine was commissioned by Timothy Brown and the Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, with the generous support of Paul Lee. The first performance was given on 12th December 2008 in the Chape...