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- John Tavener
Song for Athene (1993)
- Chester Music Ltd (World)
Commissioned by the BBC
Programme Note
This work was written in memory of Athene Harriadis, who died tragically in March 1993. Her inner and outer beauty was reflected in her love of acting, poetry, music, and of the Orthodox Church. The text is taken from Shakespeare's Hamlet and the Orthodox Funeral Service.
John Tavener
John Tavener
Media
Song for Athene - Voice
Reviews
Things such as deep, long-held pedal-notes, simple scale-like melodic movement, uncomplicated harmonies occasionally leavened with a single bitter-sweet dissonance, a switching back and forth between major and minor, slow tempos, and lots of repetition: these are some of the chief compositional tools over which Tavener has attained his deceptive mastery.
29th October 2008
Discography
Hypnos
- LabelAlpha
- Catalogue NumberALPHA786
- ConductorSimon-Pierre Bestion
- EnsembleLa Tempête
- Released2022
For All the Saints
- LabelGothic
- Catalogue NumberG-49325
- ConductorCraig Phillips
- EnsembleChoir of All Saints Beverly Hills
- SoloistJason Klein-Mendoza, organ
- Released1st July 2020
Choral Ikons
- LabelOpus Arte
- Catalogue NumberOA0854D (DVD)
- ConductorJames Whitbourn
- EnsembleThe Choir
- Released2nd January 2011
Iepo Oneipo (Sacred Dream)
- LabelSmekkleysa
- Catalogue NumberSMC 16
- ConductorHilmar Örn Agnarsson
- EnsembleChamber Choir of Southern Iceland
- SoloistGudrun Johanna Olafsdottir, soprano; Hrolfur Saemundsson, baritone
- Released2010
Ikon
- LabelUniversal Classics
- Catalogue NumberUCJ 476 3160
- ConductorHarry Christophers
- EnsembleThe Sixteen
- Released10th April 2006
The John Tavener Collection
- LabelDecca
- Catalogue Number475 096-2
- ConductorStephen Layton
- EnsembleEnglish Chamber Orchestra / Choir of Temple Church / Holst Singers
- SoloistNatalie Clein, cello (extracts only of The Protecting Veil and The Veil of the Temple)
- Released1st January 2003
The Ultimate John Tavener
- LabelSony
- Catalogue Number513908 2
- ConductorVarious including David Zinman / Andrew Parrott / Martin Neary
- EnsembleVarious including Baltimore Symphony Orchestra / Westminster Abbey Choir / BBC Singers / English Chamber Orchestra / Taverner Choir / BBC Symphony Orchestra
- SoloistVarious including Yo-Yo Ma, cello / Claron McFadden, soprano / James Bowman, counter-tenor / Timothy Wilson, counter-tenor / Martin Baker, organ
- LabelTelarc
- Catalogue NumberSACD-60654
- ConductorNorman Mackenzie
- EnsembleAtlanta Symphony Orchestra Chamber Chorus
- LabelSony
- Catalogue NumberSK66613
- ConductorMartin Neary
- EnsembleEnglish Chamber Orchestra / Westminster Abbey Choir
- LabelDecca
- Catalogue Number460 021-2DH
- ConductorStephen Cleobury
- EnsembleKing's College Choir, Cambridge
John Tavener: A Portrait
- LabelNaxos
- Catalogue Number8.558152-53
- Soloistvarious
- LabelNaxos
- Catalogue Number8.555256
- ConductorChristopher Robinson
- EnsembleChoir of St John's College, Cambridge
- SoloistTimothy Hugh, cello
English Choral Music
- LabelNaxos
- Catalogue Number8.557557-58
- ConductorChristopher Robinson
- EnsembleChoir of St John's College, Cambridge
This is the Day – Music on Royal Occasions
- Catalogue NumberCOLCD136
- ConductorJohn Rutter
- EnsembleCambridge Singers / Aurora Orchestra / Aurora Orchestra
- SoloistElin Manahan Thomas, soprano
More Info
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