• SATB
  • 4 min
  • William Blake
  • English

Programme Note

The Lamb was written twenty-two years ago for my then 3-year old nephew, Simon. It was composed from seven notes in an afternoon. Blake's child-like vision perhaps explains The Lamb's great popularity in a world that is starved of this precious and sacred dimension in almost every aspect of life.

John Tavener, 2004

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The Lamb

Discography

The Waiting Sky: Music for Advent and Christmas

The Waiting Sky: Music for Advent and Christmas
  • Label
    Resonus Classics
  • Catalogue Number
    RES10250
  • Conductor
    Tom Herring
  • Ensemble
    Sansara
  • Released
    27th September 2019

Meditatio: Music for Mixed Voices

Meditatio: Music for Mixed Voices
  • Label
    BIS
  • Catalogue Number
    BIS2200
  • Conductor
    Hörður Áskelsson
  • Ensemble
    Schola Cantorum Reykjavicensis
  • Released
    30th September 2016

Choral Ikons

Choral Ikons
  • Label
    Opus Arte
  • Catalogue Number
    OA0854D (DVD)
  • Conductor
    James Whitbourn
  • Ensemble
    The Choir
  • Released
    2nd January 2011

Journey into Light

Journey into Light
  • Label
    Signum Records
  • Catalogue Number
    LC15723
  • Conductor
    Mark Williams
  • Soloist
    Robert Dixon & Timothy Lambourn, Organ, Rebeccca Crawshaw, Trumpet
  • Released
    2011

Iepo Oneipo (Sacred Dream)

Iepo Oneipo (Sacred Dream)
  • Label
    Smekkleysa
  • Catalogue Number
    SMC 16
  • Conductor
    Hilmar Örn Agnarsson
  • Ensemble
    Chamber Choir of Southern Iceland
  • Soloist
    Gudrun Johanna Olafsdottir, soprano; Hrolfur Saemundsson, baritone
  • Released
    2010

Christmas with Winchester College Chapel Choir

Christmas with Winchester College Chapel Choir
  • Label
    Naxos
  • Catalogue Number
    8.557965
  • Conductor
    William Lacey
  • Ensemble
    Winchester College Chapel Choir
  • Released
    2005

The John Tavener Collection

The John Tavener Collection
  • Label
    Decca
  • Catalogue Number
    475 096-2
  • Conductor
    Stephen Layton
  • Ensemble
    English Chamber Orchestra / Choir of Temple Church / Holst Singers
  • Soloist
    Natalie Clein, cello (extracts only of The Protecting Veil and The Veil of the Temple)
  • Released
    1st January 2003

John Tavener | Henryk Górecki | Arvo Pärt

John Tavener | Henryk Górecki | Arvo Pärt
  • Label
    Proud
  • Catalogue Number
    PROUCD136
  • Conductor
    Michael Smedley
  • Ensemble
    Oxford Pro Musica Singers
  • Released
    1993
Title Unavailable
  • Label
    Conifer
  • Catalogue Number
    CDCF517
  • Conductor
    Richard Marlow
  • Ensemble
    Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge
Title Unavailable
  • Label
    Cala
  • Catalogue Number
    CACD88088
  • Conductor
    Simon Joly
  • Ensemble
    BBC Singers
Title Unavailable
  • Label
    Cala
  • Catalogue Number
    CACD88023
  • Conductor
    Simon Joly
  • Ensemble
    BBC Singers
Title Unavailable
  • Label
    Meridian
  • Catalogue Number
    KE77143
  • Conductor
    Tim Brown
  • Ensemble
    Choir of Clare College Cambridge

The Ultimate John Tavener

The Ultimate John Tavener
  • Label
    Sony
  • Catalogue Number
    513908 2
  • Conductor
    Various including David Zinman / Andrew Parrott / Martin Neary
  • Ensemble
    Various including Baltimore Symphony Orchestra / Westminster Abbey Choir / BBC Singers / English Chamber Orchestra / Taverner Choir / BBC Symphony Orchestra
  • Soloist
    Various including Yo-Yo Ma, cello / Claron McFadden, soprano / James Bowman, counter-tenor / Timothy Wilson, counter-tenor / Martin Baker, organ
Title Unavailable
  • Label
    Guild
  • Catalogue Number
    GMCD7140
  • Conductor
    Jane Sturmheit
  • Ensemble
    York Minster Chapel House Choir
Title Unavailable
  • Label
    EMI Eminence
  • Catalogue Number
    CD EMX2251
  • Conductor
    Jeremy Backhouse
  • Ensemble
    Vasari Singers
Title Unavailable
  • Label
    Collegium
  • Catalogue Number
    COLCD121
  • Conductor
    John Rutter
  • Ensemble
    Cambridge Singers
Title Unavailable
  • Label
    Proud
  • Catalogue Number
    PROUCD134
  • Conductor
    Michael Smedley
  • Ensemble
    Oxford Pro Musica Singers
Title Unavailable
  • Label
    Manor
  • Catalogue Number
    MLR0175
  • Conductor
    Mark Ford
  • Ensemble
    Purcell Singers
Title Unavailable
  • Label
    Sony
  • Catalogue Number
    SK66613
  • Conductor
    Martin Neary
  • Ensemble
    English Chamber Orchestra / Westminster Abbey Choir
Title Unavailable
  • Label
    Herald
  • Catalogue Number
    HAVPCD143
  • Conductor
    Paul Trepte
  • Ensemble
    Ely Cathedral Choir

John Tavener: A Portrait

John Tavener: A Portrait
  • Label
    Naxos
  • Catalogue Number
    8.558152-53
  • Soloist
    various

Wolcum Yule

Wolcum Yule
  • Label
    Harmonia Mundi
  • Catalogue Number
    HMU90 7325
  • Ensemble
    Anonymous 4
  • Soloist
    Andrew Lawrence-King, harps
Title Unavailable
  • Label
    Regency
  • Catalogue Number
    REGCD111
  • Ensemble
    Blue Coat C E School Choir
Title Unavailable
  • Label
    ASV
  • Catalogue Number
    CDDCA912
  • Ensemble
    Ex Cathedra Chamber Choir
  • Soloist
    Jeffrey Skidmore
Title Unavailable
  • Label
    RCA
  • Catalogue Number
    09026 68255-2
  • Ensemble
    King's Singers

King's Singers' Christmas

King's Singers' Christmas
  • Label
    Signum Two
  • Catalogue Number
    SIGCD502
  • Ensemble
    King's Singers
Title Unavailable
  • Label
    Regency
  • Catalogue Number
    REGCD110
  • Ensemble
    Lincoln Regency Choir
Title Unavailable
  • Label
    Foxglove
  • Catalogue Number
    FOX032CD
  • Ensemble
    Tewkesbury Abbey School Choir / Manchester Cathedral Choir
Title Unavailable
  • Label
    Gimell
  • Catalogue Number
    454 905-2PH
  • Ensemble
    Chilingirian Quartet / The Tallis Scholars
  • Soloist
    Peter Phillips / John Tavener, conductors
Title Unavailable
  • Label
    Hyperion
  • Catalogue Number
    CDA66464
  • Conductor
    Christopher Robinson
  • Ensemble
    St George's Chapel Choir
Title Unavailable
  • Label
    Naxos
  • Catalogue Number
    8.555256
  • Conductor
    Christopher Robinson
  • Ensemble
    Choir of St John's College, Cambridge
  • Soloist
    Timothy Hugh, cello

English Choral Music

English Choral Music
  • Label
    Naxos
  • Catalogue Number
    8.557557-58
  • Conductor
    Christopher Robinson
  • Ensemble
    Choir of St John's College, Cambridge
Title Unavailable
  • Label
    Priory
  • Catalogue Number
    PRCD768
  • Conductor
    David Hill
  • Ensemble
    Choristers of Winchester Cathedral / Bach Choir
  • Soloist
    Jane Watts, organ

In Excelsis

In Excelsis
  • Label
    Erato
  • Catalogue Number
    0630 14634 2
  • Conductor
    Edward Higginbottom
  • Ensemble
    Choir of New College, Oxford
Title Unavailable
  • Label
    Collins
  • Catalogue Number
    1270-2
  • Conductor
    Harry Christophers
  • Ensemble
    The Sixteen
Title Unavailable
  • Label
    Collins
  • Catalogue Number
    1605-2
  • Conductor
    Harry Christophers
  • Ensemble
    The Sixteen
Title Unavailable
  • Label
    Collins
  • Catalogue Number
    1405-2
  • Conductor
    Harry Christophers
  • Ensemble
    Duke Quartet / The Sixteen
Title Unavailable
  • Label
    Alba
  • Catalogue Number
    NCD19
  • Conductor
    Heikki Liimola
  • Ensemble
    Harjun Chamber Choir
  • Soloist
    Kalevi Kiviniemi, organ
Title Unavailable
  • Label
    Hyperion
  • Catalogue Number
    CDA66668
  • Conductor
    James O'Donnell
  • Ensemble
    Choir of Westminster Cathedral

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