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- John Tavener
Thrinos (1990)
- Chester Music Ltd (World)
- Cello
- 7 min
- 3rd July 2025, Gjethuset, Frederiksværk, Denmark
- 11th September 2025, St Martin-in-the-Fields, London, United Kingdom
Programme Note
Thrinos (Lament) for solo cello was composed late in 1990, for Stephen Isserlis. The title, Tavener writes, 'has both liturgical and folk significance in Greece - the Thrinos of the Mother of God sung at the Epitaphios on Good Friday and the Thrinos of mourning which is chanted over the dead body on the house of a close friend.' Tavener wrote his Thrinos to commemorate the death of a close friend.
Michael Stewart
Michael Stewart
Media
'Thrinos' for solo cello
Discography
The Protecting Veil
- LabelTring
- Catalogue NumberTRPO48
- ConductorJustin Brown
- EnsembleRoyal Philharmonic Orchestra
- SoloistRaphael Wallfisch, cello
- Released2009
The Protecting Veil
- LabelErato
- Catalogue Number3632932
- ConductorGennady Rozhdestvensky
- EnsembleLondon Symphony Orchestra
- SoloistSteven Isserlis, cello
- Released2006
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
- LabelSony
- Catalogue NumberSK61753
- ConductorAndrew Parrott
- EnsembleTaverner Choir
- SoloistJane Atkins, viola Claron McFadden, soprano Moray Welsh, cello