John Tavener
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About John Tavener
British composer John Tavener (born 28 January 1944 in Wembley, London, died 12 November 2013 in Dorset) was a direct descendant of the sixteenth century composer John Taverner. He attended Highgate School (where a fellow pupil was John Rutter) and later studied at the Royal Academy of Music, where his tutors included Sir Lennox Berkeley. He first came to prominence in 1968 with his dramatic cantata The Whale, based on the Old Testament story of Jonah.
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The Lamb
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Song for Athene
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Mother And Child
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Funeral Canticle
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Funeral Ikos
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The Protecting Veil
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Mother Of God, Here I Stand
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The Lamb (for string orchestra)
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Ex Maria Virgine: Rocking
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O, Do Not Move
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The Lord's Prayer
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Song of the angel
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Hymn to the Mother of God
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Eternity's Sunrise
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As one who has slept
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The Protecting Veil: The Dormition of the Mother of God
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Fragments of a Prayer
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Ikon of St Cuthbert of Lindisfarne
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Tavener: Funeral Canticle
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Tavener: The Lamb
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Zodiacs
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Annunciation
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Prayer Of The Heart
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To a Child Dancing in the Wind
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today the virgin
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Mother of God
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Missa Wellensis: IV. Agnus Dei
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The Tyger
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Love bade me welcome
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The Protecting Veil: The Protecting Veil
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A Hymn to the Mother of God
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Eternity’s Sunrise
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Threnos
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Birthday Sleep
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The Bridegroom
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Tavener: The Lamb: "Little lamb, who made thee"
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The Tiger
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God is with Us: Christmas Proclamation
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Exhortation and Kohima: Exhortation
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Petra: a ritual dream
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The Incarnation
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Away in a manger
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The Protecting Veil - Arranged for Saxophone (1st Movement)
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Sappho: Lyrical Fragments
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John Tavener: The Lamb
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Iepo Oneipo
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Hymn for the Dormition of the Mother of God
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Magnificat
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They are All Gone into the World of Light
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A Christmas Round
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