Format : Sheet music
Three sections from the four quartets by T.S. Eliot set to music by John Tavener For tenor and piano.
SKU: HL.14042212
For Flute (doubling Piccolo), Clarinet in B flat*, Very large Tam-Tam (sounding from a high gallery), and Choir (SSATTBB).* Notated in C in the score.'According to Hindu Cosmology, welive at the end of a cycle, the Kali Yuga - the Dark Age. There are two important sayings of Christ that should accompany his disciples always during these challenging times.The first is The Gates of Hell shall not prevail against my Church (Matthew 16, v. 18); and the second I am with you always unto the end of the world (Matthew 28, v. 20).These sayings form the basis of this work, which falls into two main sections, each with the same structure and with linked material. Each section begins with Kali Yuga, which I havetried to represent in a chaotic, unstructured way, in contrast to the cosmic Cries of Humanity to Christ (Kyrie eleison - Lord, have mercy), and Christ's responses from Saint Matthew's Gospel.The work ends with a serene'Coda' of the sacred monosyllable OM, representing the peace and beatitude of God's presence. The intermingling of Christianity and Hinduism is an important simile for our times; in the same way, early Christianity did nothesitate to incorporate Jewish and Greek thought.'- John Tavener
SKU: HL.14043071
6.75x9.75x0.05 inches.
The world premiere 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 one of his very last commissions before his sudden and untimely death in November 2013. COMPOSER'S NOTE I have set these words from St John's Gospel many times, because I feel them to be among the most profound and therefore key texts in the Christian faith. This setting falls into three sections with an ABA structure. A New Commandment is dedicated to my mother-in-law Mary, but it is also an unspoken tribute to the Spanish master Victoria who has inspired methroughout my life..
SKU: HL.14043187
6.75x10.0x0.099 inches.
Monument for Beethoven, by John Tavener was commissioned by the Southbank Centre, and was premiered on 18 March 2014 at the Royal Festival Hall, London. The composer writes: Based on the words of Beethoven's Last Prayer and on Beethoven's music, Monument for Beethoven is a humble tribute to a Master. The final section quotes from the closing bars of the Missa Solemnis..
