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- John Tavener
Mahámátar (2000)
- Chester Music Ltd (World)
Commissioned by the BBC for Sound on Film
- tbells/str
- boys’ voices
- low female voice; solo cello (optional)
- 14 min
Programme Note
Mahamatar is one of a few one-off pieces that I've written throughout my life for such artists as Bjork and the Persian singer Parvin Cox. They are deliberately simple, and stand apart from the path of my general development as a composer.
Media
Tavener: Mahámátar
Scores
Discography
No longer mourn for me & other works for cello
- LabelHyperion
- Catalogue NumberCDA68246
- ConductorOmer Meir Wellber
- EnsemblePhilharmonia Orchestra
- SoloistSteven Isserlis
- Released30th October 2020