Choral

Remembering John Tavener

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English composer John Tavener passed away yesterday. Born in 1944, Tavener was known for meditative choral music, influenced by minimalism and Gregorian chant. Here is the Winchester Cathedral Choir singing, As One Who Has Slept: Here is Lament of the Mother of God: https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/john-tavener/id201609509″]Find on iTunes http://www.amazon.com/John-Tavener-Innocence-J/dp/B000002AUN”]Find on Amazon

A Ceremony of Carols

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In celebration of the holiday season, here is music by the twentieth century English composer Benjamin Britten.  A Ceremony of Carols is scored for three part treble chorus, solo voices and harp.  The text, from Gerald Bullett’s The English Galaxy of Shorter Poems is Middle English. Listen to the uniquely pure timbre produced by the boys’ choirs in these recordings.  This is a sound that has been heard for centuries in cathedrals across England. …

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