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Sir John Tavener
Works List
1961
- Duo Concertante, for trombone and piano
- Portrait d'une Jeune Fille et l'Harpe, for harp, organ, violin
- Credo, for tenor solo, chorus, narrator, oboes, brass, organ
1962
- Elegy In Memoriam Frank Salisbury, for violin solo and string quartet
- Genesis, for tenor solo, chorus, narrator, brass, percussion, organ, piano, string quartet
- Piano Concerto (1962-1963), for piano solo, horns, timpani, strings
- Three Holy Sonnets of John Donne, for baritone solo, brass, percussion, strings
1963
- Three Sections from T.S. Eliot's Four Quartets, for high voice and piano
1964
- The Cappemakers (revised 1965)
1965
- Cain and Abel, for 4 solo voices and orchestra
- The Whale (1965-1966), for mezzo and baritone soloists, chorus, narrator, orchestra, tape, men with loud hailers
- Chamber Concerto, for orchestra
1967
- Grandma's Footsteps, for musical boxes and instrumentalists
- Three Surrealist Songs, for mezzo-soprano, tape, piano, bongos
1968
- Introit for March 27, the Feast of St John Damascene, for soprano and alto soloists, chorus, brass, piano, vibraphone, organ, strings
- In Alium, for high soprano solo, Hammond organ, grand organ, piano, strings, tape
1969
- Celtic Requiem, for high soprano solo, children's chorus, adult chorus, orchestra
1970
- Nomine Jesu, for mezzo solo, chorus, 2 alto flutes, chamber organ, 5 male speaking voices
- Coplas, for SATB soloists, chorus, tape
1971
- Responsorium in Memory of Annon Lee Silver, for 2 mezzo soloists, chorus, flutes
- In Memoriam Igor Stravinsky, for 2 alto flutes, chamber organ, handbells
1972
- Variations on Three Blind Mice, for orchestra
- Ma fin est ma commencement, for chorus, trombones, percussion, cellos
- Little Requiem for Father Malachy Lynch, for chorus, flutes trumpet, organ, strings
- Canciones Españolas, for 2 high voices, flutes, organ, harpsichord, percussion
- Ultimos Ritos, for mezzo solo, 12 basses, SATB soloists, 5 male speaking voices, chorus, orchestra, tape
- Antiphon for Christmas Morning, for soprano voices
1973
- Requiem for Father Malachy (revised 1979), for soloists, chorus, orchestra
- Therese (1973-1976), for soprano, bass and 2 tenor soloists, chorus, children's chorus, orchestra
1976
- Canticle of the Mother of God, for soprano solo and chorus
- The Liturgy of St John Chrysostom, for priest and chorus
- Six Russian Folksongs, for soprano solo, domra, chamber ensemble
- Palin, for piano solo
1977
- A Gentle Spirit, for soprano and tenor soloists, orchestra, tape
- Kyklike Kinesis, for soprano and cello soloists, chorus, orchestra
- Lamentation, Last Prayer and Exaltation, for soprano solo and handbells
1978
- Palintropos, for piano solo and orchestra
- The Immurement of Antigone, for soprano solo and orchestra
1979
- Greek Interlude, for flute and piano
- Six Abbasid Songs, for tenor solo, flutes, percussion
- Akhmatova Requiem (1979-1980), for soprano and bass soloists, orchestra
1980
- Sappho: Lyrical Fragments, for 2 soprano soloists and string orchestra
- My Grandfather's Waltz, for piano duet
1981
- The Great Canon of St Andrew of Crete, for chorus
- Trisagion, for brass quintet
- Prayer for the World, for chorus
- Mandelion, for organ solo
- Risen!, for chorus and orchestra
- Funeral Ikos, for chorus
1982
- Towards the Son, for 4 bowed psalteries, 3 trebles, orchestra
- Doxa, for chorus
- The Lord's Prayer, for chorus
- Mandoodles, for a young pianist
- He Hath Entered the Heven, for trebles with handbells
- The Lamb, for chorus
- 1983
- To A Child Dancing in the Wind, for soprano, flute, harp, viola
- Sixteen Haiku of Seferis, for soprano and tenor soloists, percussion, strings
- Ikon of Light, for chorus and string trio
1984
- Little Missenden Calm, for oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn
- Chant, for guitar solo
- Mini Song Cycle for Gina, for soprano solo and piano
- Orthodox Vigil Service, for priests, chorus, handbells
1985
- Eis Thanaton, for soprano and bass soloists, bass trombones, harp, percussion, strings
- Two Hymns to the Mother of God, for chorus
- Love Bade Me Welcome, for chorus
- Angels, for chorus and organ
1986
- Panikhida, for chorus
- Akathist of Thanksgiving, for soloists, chorus, percussion, organ, strings
- Ikon of St Cuthbert of Lindisfarne, for chorus
- In Memory of Cats, for piano solo
- Meditation on the Light, for counter-tenor solo, guitar, handbells
- Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis, for chorus
1987
- The Protecting Veil, for cello solo and string orchestra
- The Tyger, for chorus
- Prayer (for Szymanowski), for bass solo and piano
- Wedding Prayer, for chorus
- Many Years, for chorus
- The Acclamation, for chorus
- God is With Us, for chorus and organ
- Hymn to the Holy Spirit, for 3 solo trebles plus chorus
1988
- Let Not the Prince be Silent, for double chorus
- Ikon of St Seraphim, for baritone and counter-tenor soloists, chorus, orchestra
- The Uncreated Eros, for chorus
- Apolytikion for St Nicholas, for chorus
- The Call, for chorus
- Song for Ileana, for flute solo
- A Nativity Carol, for girls' chorus
- Resurrection, for soloists, chorus, recorders, brass, percussion, organ, string quartet
- Ikon of the Crucifixion, for soloists, chorus, brass, percussion, organ, strings
1989
- The Hidden Treasure - String Quartet No. 1
- Lament of the Mother of God, for soprano solo and chorus
- Wedding Greeting, for tenor solo and chorus
- Eonia, for chorus
- Mary of Egypt, for soprano, bass and alto soloists, chorus, children's chorus, orchestra, tape loop
- Psalm 121, for chorus
- Today the Virgin, for chorus
1990
- The Repentant Thief, for clarinet solo, percussion, strings
- Thunder Entered Her, for chorus, organ, male voices, handbells
- Ikon of the Trinity, for solo soprano and bass plus chorus
- We Shall See Him As He Is, for tenor and soprano soloists, chorus, trumpets, percussion, organ, strings
- O, Do Not Move, for chorus
- A Christmas Round, for chorus
- Thrinos, for cello solo
1991
- The Apocalypse (1991-1992), for tenor, bass, soprano, mezzo and saxophone
- Soloists, 7 male-voice choirs, 7 counter-tenors, children's choir, recorders, brass, percussion, handbells, organ, strings, string quartet
- The Last Sleep of the Virgin – String Quartet No.2, for string quartet and handbells
- Ikon of the Nativity, for chorus
- Let's Begin Again (1991-1994), for bass solo, chorus, orchestra, children miming
- Eternal Memory, for cello solo and string orchestra
- Village Wedding, for chorus
1992
- Annunciation, for SATB soloists and chorus
- The Child Lived, for soprano and cello
- Akhmatova Songs, for soprano and cello
- Theophany (1992-1993), for orchestra, bandir drum, tape
- Hymns of Paradise, for bass solo, boys' voices, 6 violins
1993
- The Myrrh Bearer, for viola solo, chorus, percussion
- The Lord's Prayer, for chorus
- Song For Athene, for chorus
- The World is Burning, for bass solo, chorus, tam-tam
1994
- Melina, for soprano solo
- Song of the Angel, for soprano and violin soloists, strings
- Agraphon, for soprano solo and strings, 2 timpani
- Amen, for SATB
- Wedding Prayer, for SATB
- Innocence, for soprano, tenor, cello and organ soloists, SATB, handbells
1995
- Tears of the Angels, for violin solo, strings
- Prayer to the Holy Trinity, for SATB
- Three Antiphons, for SATB
- Svyati, for cello solo, SATB
- Feast of Feasts, for SSTTB soloists, SATB, 3-4 percussion (2 sets of handbells, tubular bell, large gong, large tam-tam), organ (optional)
- Akhmatova Songs, for soprano and string quartet
- Chant, for cello solo
- Diodia - String Quartet No. 3
- Lament for Phaedra, for cello and soprano
1996
- Petra: A Ritual Dream, for singing string ensemble (7 players)
- The Hidden Face, for counter-tenor and oboe soloists, 8 violins, 8 violas
- Wake Up… and Die, for cello solo, orchestral cello section
- As One Who Has Slept, for SATB
- Hymn of the Unwaning Light, for SATB
- Funeral Canticle, for SATB
- Notre Pere, for children's choir
- Out of the Night, for viola solo
- Vlepondas, for soprano, baritone and cello
1997
- … depart in peace, for solo soprano, tampura (optional), strings
- Eternity's Sunrise, for soprano solo, flute, oboe, lute, handbells, strings
- Apolytikion of St Martin, for SSAATTTBB
- Come and Do Your Will in Me, for SATB
- Fear and Rejoice, O People, for SATB
- The Last Discourse, for soprano, bass and double-bass (amplified), soloists, SATB
- Lament for Constantinople, for baritone and alto flute
- My Gaze Is Ever Upon You, for violin, tape
- Samaveda, for soprano, flute and tampura
- The World, for string quartet and soprano
- Fall and Resurrection, for orchestra and soloists
- Ypakoe, for piano solo
- Voices, for solo soprano, chorus, Tibetan bowls and bells
- Zodiacs, for solo piano
1998
- Apolytikion of the Incarnation, for SATB
- In the Month of Athyr, for narrator plus SATB
- Many Years for the 50th Birthday of HRH the Prince of Wales, for SATB
- Prayer for the Healing of the Sick, for SATB
- Ravonee, for chorus
- Ikon of St Hilda, for chorus
- All Ye That in Christ Have Been Baptised, for chorus
- Bethel, for chorus
- Nipson, for solo counter-tenor plus viol consort
1999-present
- Mahamatra
- Song of the Cosmos
- The Fool
- The Bridegroom – String Quartet No. 4
- Acclamation for the Millennium
- Total Eclipse
- Apokatastasis
- The Toll Houses
- Zoe
- Mystagogia
- Tribute to Cavafy
- The Mother of God
- In Memory…
- The Lord's Prayer
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