John Tavener: Intermediate Sheet Music

The Sanskrit words Maya and Atma represent the opposites of illusion and reality. This piece, taken from Tavener's large scale choral work Rending Of The Veil Of The Temple starts out in contemplative...

Orchestra, SATB, Violin, Baritone Voice, Soprano Ikon of Eros was commissioned by the Minnesota Orchestra on the occasion of the Orchestra's Centennial. First performance on 13th November 2002 at the...

Tavener's 1996 work for unaccompanied SSA choir, commissioned by Les Petit Chanteurs de Saint-Andre de Colmar.

The Lamb is John Tavener 's setting of a poem by William Blake, arranged here for unaccompanied Upper Voices by Barry Rose. The work lasts around 3 minutes. The Lamb  has long been a favourite of...

This is a wonderful work for unaccompanied SATB choir, to be sung with enormous intensity and sonority. First performed in June 1998 by the Chester Cathedral Choir conducted by David Poulter. This is...

Written 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.

The Veil of the Temple is a journey from darkness into light. Care and attention has been given to the key chosen for each anthem and to the voicings, so that these versions are attractive to the br...

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 was possibly o...

Any number of voices may perform the round, plus instruments (Including unpitched percussion) if desired. A drone (on F) could also be used.

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 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...

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,...

The composer's note on this copy of the autograph score has the following directions: 'Out of the Night was written to be played in order to 'greet the dawn' outside St Catherine's Monastery Sinai' an...

John Tavener's Fragment For The Virgin, for Violin with piano accompaniment. It was first performed on 6th February 2005, as part of the Music Sales Stradivarius Concert at the Wigmore Hall, London, b...

This work was commissioned by the Icelandic choir Kammerkor Suourlands (Collegium Canticorum). It was first performed in July 2004 at Skalholt music festival.

Written for SATB chorus, soloists, TB semichorus and organ.

This commission was supported by the Ministry of Education and Culture in Iceland and is dedicated to Hilmar Örn Agnarsson and The South Iceland Chamber Choir. The Three Shakespeare Sonnets was one of...

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.

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 Cathedral...

Six short pieces about the life of a cat for the young pianist. This is a special item which is made to order. Please e-mail our Mail Order Department for further information.

Two hymns written for unaccompanied choir by Tavener. The first is for SAATBBSAATBB double choir, and is a setting of a text from the Liturgy of St. Basil. The second is for SSATBBB choir and comes fr...

Written for viol consort. This work was commissioned by Concordia. First performance by Concordia on 17 July 2004 at the Cheltenham International Festival of Music.