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John Tavener (28 Jan 1944 - 12 Nov 2013)

Male Person - United Kingdom 20th century composer

Works (380)

Arranged

  1. The Veil of the Temple

Translated

  1. Lament for Jerusalem

Composed

  1. The Whale (1966)
  2. In Alium (1968)
  3. Celtic Requiem (1969)
  4. Coplas (1970)
  5. Canticle of the Mother of God (1976)
  6. Palin (1977)
  7. Six Russian Folk Songs (1978)
  8. Palintropos (1978)
  9. Akhmatova: Requiem (1980)
  10. Mandelion (1981)
  11. Trisagion (1981)
  12. Sappho: Lyrica Fragments (1981)
  13. Funeral Ikos (1981)
  14. Ode of Saint Andrew of Crete (1981)
  15. The Lamb (1982)
  16. To a Child Dancing in the Wind: VII. Sweet Dancer (1983)
  17. To a Child Dancing in the Wind: V. The Fiddler of Dooney (1983)
  18. To a Child Dancing in the Wind: VI. A Deep-Sworn Vow (1983)
  19. To a Child Dancing in the Wind: IX. He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven (1983)
  20. To a Child Dancing in the Wind: X. The Countess Cathleen in Paradise (1983)
  21. To a Child Dancing in the Wind (1983)
  22. To a Child Dancing in the Wind: I. He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven (1983)
  23. To a Child Dancing in the Wind: II. The Old Men Admiring Themselves in the Water (1983)
  24. To a Child Dancing in the Wind: VIII. The Stolen Child (1983)
  25. To a Child Dancing in the Wind: III. To a Child Dancing in the Wind (1983)
  26. To a Child Dancing in the Wind: IV. Two Years Later (1983)
  27. Ikon of Light: 3. Trisagion I: Agios o Theos (1984)
  28. Ikon of Light (1984)
  29. Ikon of Light: 1. Phos I (1984)
  30. Ikon of Light: 4. Mystic Prayer to the Holy Spirit (1984)
  31. Ikon of Light: 5. Trisagion II: Agios o Theos (1984)
  32. Ikon of Light: 6. Phos II (1984)
  33. Ikon of Light: 7. Epiphania (1984)
  34. Ikon of Light: 2. Dhoxa (1984)
  35. Chant (1984)
  36. Love Bade Me Welcome (1985)
  37. Two Hymns to the Mother of God: I. A Hymn to the Mother of God (1985)
  38. Two Hymns to the Mother of God: II. Hymn for the Dormition of the Mother of God (1985)
  39. Two Hymns to the Mother of God (1985)
  40. Angels (1985)
  41. A Nativity (1985)
  42. Ikon of St Cuthbert of Lindisfarne (1986)
  43. Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis: “Collegium Regale” (1986)
  44. Nunc Dimittis (1986)
  45. Magnificat (1986)
  46. Mary of Egypt: Act I. Prologue "With unearthly stillness" (1986 - 1992)
  47. Mary of Egypt: Act I. "The ways to salvation" (The Voice) (1986 - 1992)
  48. Mary of Egypt: Act I. "Here I sit and beat my brain" (Zossima) (1986 - 1992)
  49. Mary of Egypt: Act I. "Grunt and groan" (Swine men and women) / "We bring our wres" (Swine men and women) (1986 - 1992)
  50. Mary of Egypt: Act I. "Let me consider, yet once more" (Zossima) (1986 - 1992)
  51. Mary of Egypt: Act I. "Grunt and groan" (Swine men and women) / "Come and buy" (Swine men and women) (1986 - 1992)
  52. Mary of Egypt: Act III (1986 - 1992)
  53. Mary of Egypt: Act II (1986 - 1992)
  54. Mary of Egypt: Act I (1986 - 1992)
  55. Mary of Egypt (1986 - 1992)
  56. Mary of Egypt: Act IV (1986 - 1992)
  57. Mary of Egypt: Act V (1986 - 1992)
  58. Mary of Egypt: Act IV. Episode V. Zossima goes (1986 - 1992)
  59. Mary of Egypt: Act V. Threnody for Mary (1986 - 1992)
  60. Mary of Egypt: Act V. "Priest-monk Zossima" (Zossima) (1986 - 1992)
  61. Love's whirligig (1986 - 1992)
  62. Mary of Egypt: Act V. "Judge not!" (Chorus) (1986 - 1992)
  63. Mary of Egypt: Act V. "The ways to salvation" (The Voice) (1986 - 1992)
  64. Mary of Egypt: Act III. "But here, my Lady" (Zossima) (1986 - 1992)
  65. Mary of Egypt: Act IV. The Angels' song (1986 - 1992)
  66. Mary of Egypt: Act IV. Episode I. Zossima searches for Mary (1986 - 1992)
  67. Mary of Egypt: Act IV. Episode II. Mary walks on the water (1986 - 1992)
  68. Mary of Egypt: Act IV. Episode III. Communion (1986 - 1992)
  69. Mary of Egypt: Act IV. Episode IV. Mary returns on the water (1986 - 1992)
  70. Mary of Egypt: Act III. "Why run from me" (Zossima) (1986 - 1992)
  71. Mary of Egypt: Act III. "I pray you" (Mary) (1986 - 1992)
  72. Mary of Egypt: Act III. Duet "I beg you" (Zossima, Mary) (1986 - 1992)
  73. Mary of Egypt: Act III. "Monk-priest Zossima" (Mary) (1986 - 1992)
  74. Mary of Egypt: Act III. "Holy, Holy" (Angels) (1986 - 1992)
  75. Mary of Egypt: Act III. "In Egypt, I lived" (Mary) (1986 - 1992)
  76. Mary of Egypt: Act II. "We are the desert monks" (Monks) (1986 - 1992)
  77. Mary of Egypt: Act II. Aria "And I, the stranger" (Zossima) (1986 - 1992)
  78. Mary of Egypt: Act II. The Exaltation of the Cross (1986 - 1992)
  79. Mary of Egypt: Act II. The Prayer of Mary "O Virgin Lady" (Mary) (1986 - 1992)
  80. Mary of Egypt: Act II. "I will praise the Lord" (Monks) (1986 - 1992)
  81. Mary of Egypt: Act III. Prologue "With unearthly stillness" (1986 - 1992)
  82. Mary of Egypt: Act I. "Never raised a thieving arm" (Zossima) (1986 - 1992)
  83. Mary of Egypt: Act I. "We see the cross before us" (Young Men) (1986 - 1992)
  84. Mary of Egypt: Act I. "Take Me!" (Mary) (1986 - 1992)
  85. Mary of Egypt: Act I. "Zossima! The ways to salvation" (The Voice) (1986 - 1992)
  86. Mary of Egypt: Act II. Prologue "With Unearthly Stillness" (1986 - 1992)
  87. Mary of Egypt: Act II. "The ways to salvation" (The Voice) (1986 - 1992)
  88. Hymn to the Holy Spirit (1987)
  89. The Protecting Veil (1987 - 1988)
  90. The Protecting Veil: II. The Nativity of the Mother of God (1987 - 1988)
  91. The Protecting Veil: V. The Lament of the Mother of God at the Cross (1987 - 1988)
  92. The Protecting Veil: VIII. The Protecting Veil (1987 - 1988)
  93. The Protecting Veil: VII. The Dormition (1987 - 1988)
  94. The Protecting Veil: VI. The Resurrection (1987 - 1988)
  95. The Protecting Veil: IV. The Incarnation (1987 - 1988)
  96. The Protecting Veil: III. The Annunciation (1987 - 1988)
  97. The Protecting Veil: I. The Protecting Veil (1987 - 1988)
  98. God Is With Us (1987)
  99. The Tyger (1987)
  100. The Uncreated Eros (1988)
  101. The Lament of the Mother of God (1989)
  102. The Hidden Treasure (1989)
  103. Eonía (1989)
  104. Αιωνια (1989)
  105. Today the Virgin (1989)
  106. Psalm 121: I Will Lift up Mine Eyes unto the Hills (1989)
  107. Threnos (1990)
  108. A Christmas Round (1990)
  109. Thunder Entered Her (1990)
  110. The Repentant Thief (1990)
  111. Thrinos (1990)
  112. Eternal Memory: III. With great peace and serenity (1991)
  113. Eternal Memory (1991)
  114. Eternal Memory: I. With great peace and serenity (1991)
  115. Eternal Memory: II. Dance-like and slightly grotesque, with an illusion of motion (1991)
  116. Ikon of the Nativity (1991)
  117. The Child Lived (1992)
  118. We Shall See Him As He Is (1992)
  119. Hymns of Paradise (1992)
  120. Song for Athene (1993)
  121. Akhmatova Songs: II. Pushkin and Lermontov (1993)
  122. Akhmatova Songs: III. Boris Pasternak (1993)
  123. Akhmatova Songs: IV. Couplet (1993)
  124. Akhmatova Songs: V. The Muse (1993)
  125. Akhmatova Songs: VI. Death (1993)
  126. Akhmatova Songs (1993)
  127. Akhmatova Songs (1993)
  128. Akhmatova Songs: I. Dante (1993)
  129. Song of the Angel (1994)
  130. Chant (1995)
  131. Diódia (1995)
  132. Svyati, "O Holy One" (1995)
  133. Innocence (1996)
  134. The Hidden Face (1996)
  135. As one who has slept (1996)
  136. Funeral Canticle (1996)
  137. Petra: a ritual dream (1996)
  138. Zodiacs (1997)
  139. My Gaze is ever upon You (1997)
  140. Ypakoë: I. Arise O God (1997)
  141. Ypakoë: II. Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silent (1997)
  142. Ypakoë: III. Weep Not for Me O Mother (1997)
  143. Ypakoë: IV. The Lord Awoke as One That Sleepeth (1997)
  144. Ypakoë: V. Remember Us Also O Lord… Why You Seek Ye Among the Dead, as Though He Were Mortal Man… (1997)
  145. Ypakoë (1997)
  146. Eternity's Sunrise (1997)
  147. Samaveda (1997)
  148. Nipson (1998)
  149. Apokatástasis (1999)
  150. Iero Oniro (1999)
  151. The Lord’s Prayer (1999)
  152. Birthday Sleep (1999)
  153. The Bridal Chamber (1999)
  154. Prayer of the Heart (1999)
  155. Mahámátar (2000)
  156. Ikon of Eros: I. Metamorphothes. Eros (2000)
  157. Ikon of Eros: II. Eros (2000)
  158. Ikon of Eros: III. Ekstasis. Ekstasis. Eros (2000)
  159. Ikon of Eros: IV. Metamorphothes. Alliluia. Eros (2000)
  160. Ikon of Eros (2000)
  161. Song of the Cosmos (2000)
  162. Mother and Child (2002)
  163. Lament for Jerusalem: Stanza VI (2002)
  164. Lament for Jerusalem: Cosmic Lament VI (2002)
  165. Lament for Jerusalem: Stanza VII (2002)
  166. Lament for Jerusalem: Cosmic Lament VII (2002)
  167. Lament for Jerusalem: Stanza III (2002)
  168. Lament for Jerusalem: Cosmic Lament III (2002)
  169. Lament for Jerusalem: Stanza IV (2002)
  170. Lament for Jerusalem: Cosmic Lament IV (2002)
  171. Lament for Jerusalem: Stanza V (2002)
  172. Lament for Jerusalem: Cosmic Lament V (2002)
  173. Lament for Jerusalem: Stanza I (2002)
  174. Lament for Jerusalem: Cosmic Lament I (2002)
  175. Lament for Jerusalem: Stanza II (2002)
  176. Lament for Jerusalem: Cosmic Lament II (2002)
  177. Lament for Jerusalem (2002)
  178. Butterfly Dreams: 5. Haiku anon. (2002)
  179. Butterfly Dreams: 6. The Butterfly by Pavel Friedmann (2002)
  180. Butterfly Dreams: 7. Butterfly Song from Acoman Indian (2002)
  181. Butterfly Dreams: 8. Butterfly Dreams based on Chuang Tse (2002)
  182. Butterfly Dreams (2002)
  183. Butterfly Dreams: 1. Butterfly Dreams based on Chuang Tse (2002)
  184. Butterfly Dreams: 2. Haiku by Kokku (2002)
  185. Butterfly Dreams: 3. Haiku by Buson (2002)
  186. Butterfly Dreams: 4. Haiku by Issa (2002)
  187. The Veil of the Temple (2002)
  188. The Veil of the Temple (All Night Vigil) (2002)
  189. Maha Maya (2003)
  190. Pratirūpa (2003)
  191. Pratirūpa (2003)
  192. Cantus mysticus (2004)
  193. Missa brevis (2005)
  194. Songs of the Sky (2005)
  195. Towards Silence (2007)
  196. Towards Silence: I. Vaishvānara (2007)
  197. Towards Silence: II. Taijasa (2007)
  198. Towards Silence: III. Prājnā (2007)
  199. Towards Silence: IV. Turīya (2007)
  200. Dhyāna (2007)
  201. Requiem (2007)
  202. Adieu Roger ("Take him, earth, for cherishing") (2008)
  203. Popule meus (2009)
  204. Little Ceremonial (2009)
  205. Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis (2010)
  206. Magnificat (2010)
  207. Nunc Dimittis (2010)
  208. No Longer Mourn for Me (2010)
  209. They are all gone into the world of light (2011)
  210. The Death of Ivan Ilyich (2012)
  211. Missa Wellensis (2013)
  212. Gnosis (2013)
  213. Requiem Fragments (2013)
  214. The Martyrdom of Saint Stephen (2013)
  215. Preces and Responses (2013)
  216. Missa Wellensis: Agnus Dei (2013)
  217. Preces and Responses: Final Responses (2013)
  218. Preces and Responses: Part 1 "O Lord, open thou our lips" (2013)
  219. Preces and Responses: Part 2 "The Lord be with you" (2013)
  220. Preces and Responses (2013)
  221. Missa Wellensis: Kyrie (2013)
  222. Missa Wellensis: Gloria (2013)
  223. Missa Wellensis: Sanctus and Benedictus (2013)
  224. Akhmatova Requiem: XI To Death
  225. Akhmatova Requiem: XII
  226. Akhmatova Requiem: XIII Crucifixion
  227. Akhmatova Requiem: XIV
  228. Kalinka (My Little Berry)
  229. Akhmatova Requiem: Requiem
  230. Akhmatova Requiem: I Dedication
  231. Pretty Maid, Why Do You Stare So Longingly?
  232. Akhmatova Requiem: II Introduction
  233. Akhmatova Requiem: III
  234. The Peace That Surpasseth Understanding
  235. 3rd Earth
  236. Akhmatova Requiem: IV
  237. Akhmatova Requiem: V
  238. In the Garden Stands a Pretty Birch Tree
  239. Darling, Let Us Walk by the Banks of the Volga
  240. I've Seen the Great Wide World
  241. Lament for Jerusalem
  242. Annunciation
  243. Little Requiem for Father Malachy Lynch
  244. Akhmatova Requiem: VI
  245. Akhmatova Requiem: VII
  246. We Shall See Him as He Is: Ikon VIII
  247. We Shall See Him as He Is: Ikon IX
  248. We Shall See Him as He Is: The Tomb
  249. We Shall See Him as He Is: Ikon X
  250. We Shall See Him as He Is: Ikon XI
  251. We Shall See Him as He Is: The Unfolding of the Great Mystery
  252. We Shall See Him as He Is: Ikon I
  253. We Shall See Him as He Is: Ikon II
  254. We Shall See Him as He Is: Ikon III - Refrain
  255. We Shall See Him as He Is: Ikon IV
  256. We Shall See Him as He Is: Ikon V - Refrain
  257. We Shall See Him as He Is: Ikon VI
  258. We Shall See Him as He Is: Ikon VII - Refrain
  259. Akhmatova Requiem: VIII
  260. Akhmatova Requiem: IX
  261. Akhmatova Requiem: X The Sentence
  262. Exhortation
  263. Look in thy Glass
  264. Two Hadiths
  265. The Veil of the Temple: Cycle VII: Mary Theotokos
  266. Kohima
  267. Alleluia
  268. The Veil of the Temple: Cycle VII: Hail, Veil of the Temple
  269. The Veil of the Temple: Cycle VII: Mother of God
  270. The Veil of the Temple: Cycle VII: Alleluia
  271. The Veil of the Temple: Cycle VII: Gospel of St. John
  272. The Veil of the Temple: Cycle VIII: Maranatha
  273. The Veil of the Temple: Cycle VIII: Awake Thou That Sleepest
  274. The Veil of the Temple: Cycle VIII: Into Beauty
  275. The Veil of the Temple: Cycle VIII: Rending of the Veil of the Temple: Maya Atma
  276. The Veil of the Temple: Cycle VIII: Knights Templar in the Temple Church
  277. The Veil of the Temple: Cycle VIII: Light of Christ
  278. The Veil of the Temple: Cycle VIII: Cosmic Rising
  279. The Veil of the Temple: Cycle VIII: New Jerusalem - Upanishad Hymn
  280. The Veil of the Temple: Cycle VIII: Shántih
  281. Five Anthems from The Veil of the Temple
  282. The Whale: I. Documentary
  283. The Whale: II. Melodrama and Pantomime
  284. The Whale: III. Invocation
  285. The Whale: IV. The Storm
  286. The Whale: V. The Swallowing
  287. Shûnya
  288. The Apocalypse
  289. The Last Sleep of the Virgin
  290. Out of the Night (Alleluia)
  291. Tears of the Angels ( - Nov 1995)
  292. O Adonai
  293. The Whale: VI. The Prayer
  294. The Whale: VII. In the Belly
  295. The Whale: VIII. The Vomiting
  296. Celtic Requiem: a) Requiem aeternam
  297. Celtic Requiem: b) Dies irae
  298. Celtic Requiem: c) Requiescat in pace
  299. Rocking
  300. Ex Maria Virgine: V. Ave rex angelorum
  301. Ex Maria Virgine
  302. Wake Up... And Die
  303. … Depart in Peace ( - 05 Jun 1997)
  304. Últimos ritos
  305. Canciones españolas
  306. O, Do Not Move
  307. Mud Monkey
  308. Come and do Your will in me (voices & strings)
  309. As one who has slept
  310. The Bridgeroom (voices & strings)
  311. Akhmatova Requiem: XVII
  312. Akhmatova Requiem: XVI Epilogue
  313. Akhmatova Requiem: XV
  314. O Dark Autumn Night
  315. The World Is Burning
  316. The Founder’s Prayer
  317. Mother of God, here I stand
  318. Five Anthems from The Veil of the Temple: I. You Mantle Yourself in Light
  319. Five Anthems from The Veil of the Temple: III. What God Is, We Do Not Know
  320. Five Anthems from The Veil of the Temple: IV. Awed by the Beauty
  321. Five Anthems from The Veil of the Temple: V. O Mary Theotokos
  322. The Veil of the Temple: Cycle I: Mystical Love Song of the Sufis
  323. The Veil of the Temple: Cycle I: Primordial Call
  324. The Veil of the Temple: Cycle II: Primordial Call
  325. The Veil of the Temple: Cycle II: God's Creation
  326. The Veil of the Temple: Cycle II: Outside the Gates of Paradise
  327. The Veil of the Temple: Cycle II: Our Father
  328. The Veil of the Temple: Cycle II: Holy Mary
  329. The Veil of the Temple: Cycle II: Alleluia Theos Erastos
  330. The Christening
  331. The Earling
  332. The Carver's Ceremony
  333. Fuchsia's Funeral
  334. The Veil of the Temple: Cycle II: Gospel of St John
  335. The Veil of the Temple: Cycle II: Thrice-Holy Hymn - Resurrection
  336. The Veil of the Temple: Cycle II: Beatitudes of St. Isaac the Syrian
  337. Three Holy Sonnets
  338. Three Holy Sonnets: I Am A Little World Cunningly
  339. Three Holy Sonnets: Spit In My Face
  340. Three Holy Sonnets: Death, Be Not Proud
  341. Iepo Oneipo
  342. The Veil of the Temple: Cycle V: Jesus Prayer
  343. The Veil of the Temple: Cycle V: The Lord's Prayer
  344. The Veil of the Temple: Cycle VI: Primordial Call
  345. The Veil of the Temple: Cycle VI: What God Is We Do Not Know
  346. The Veil of the Temple: Cycle VI: God of Strength
  347. The Veil of the Temple: Cycle VI: Kyrie Eleison - Chant
  348. The Veil of the Temple: Cycle VI: Te Re Rem - Ecstatic Chant
  349. The Veil of the Temple: Cycle VI: Jesus Having Risen From the Tomb
  350. The Veil of the Temple: Cycle VII: Apocalyptic Primordial Call
  351. The Veil of the Temple: Cycle VII: Absolved in the Mirror
  352. The Veil of the Temple: Cycle VII: Jesus Prayer
  353. The Veil of the Temple: Cycle VII: Hesychast Meditation
  354. Nomine Jesu ( - 1970)
  355. Prayer for the Healing of the Sick
  356. Exhortation and Kohima
  357. The Second Coming
  358. Schuon Hymnen
  359. Fall and Resurrection
  360. Fall and Resurrection: Part 1: Silence, Darkness: In the Beginning, Before Time
  361. Fall and Resurrection: Part 1: Representation of Chaos
  362. Fall and Resurrection: Part 1: Paradise
  363. Fall and Resurrection: Part 1: The Serpent
  364. Fall and Resurrection: Part 1: Catastrophe: The Implications of the Fall
  365. Fall and Resurrection: Part 1: Adam's Lament
  366. Fall and Resurrection: Part 1: The Lament of Mankind
  367. Fall and Resurrection: Part 2: Prediction
  368. Fall and Resurrection: Part 3: The Incarnation of the Logos
  369. Fall and Resurrection: Part 3: Cosmic Dance of the Resurrection: All Is Transfigured
  370. The Veil of the Temple: Cycle III: Primordial Call
  371. The Veil of the Temple: Cycle III: Psalm of Creation
  372. The Veil of the Temple: Cycle III: O Blessed Paradise, Pray for Me
  373. The Veil of the Temple: Cycle IV: Primordial Call
  374. The Veil of the Temple: Cycle IV: Mystery of the Nothingness of God
  375. The Veil of the Temple: Cycle V: Primordial Call
  376. The Veil of the Temple: Cycle V: You Mantle Yourself in Light

Lyrics

  1. Rocking
  2. 99 Words to my Darling Children