13th November 1997

• Song for Athene

PERFORMERS

The Boyan Ensemble of Kiev

Location

Holy Trinity

1st March 1998

• Song for Athene

Location

Greek Cathedral of Sofia

27th March 1998

• Annunciation
• Lament of the Mother of God
• Two Hymns to the Mother of God
• Akhmatova Songs
• Svyati
• Song for Athene

EVENT

Ikons

SOLOISTS

Patricia Rozario, soprano / Steven Isserlis, cello

PERFORMERS

Elysian Singers

CONDUCTOR

Matthew Greenall

Location

St. James Piccadilly

1st July 1998

• Eternity's SunriseWorld Premiere
• Sappho: Lyrical FragmentsWorld Premiere
• Song for AtheneWorld Premiere

EVENT

City of London Festival

SOLOISTS

Patricia, soprano

PERFORMERS

Academy of Ancient Music

CONDUCTOR

Paul Goodwin

Location

St. Andrew's Church, Holborn

12th May 2001

• Song for Athene

PERFORMERS

Laudibus

CONDUCTOR

Michael Brewer

Location

Purcell Room

14th July 2001

• Song for Athene

PERFORMERS

Addison Singers

CONDUCTOR

David Wordsworth

Location

St. Paul's, Hammersmith

5th March 2002

• Love Bade Me Welcome
• Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis ('Collegium Regale')
• Song for Athene

PERFORMERS

St. Michael's Choir

Location

New York City

25th June 2002

• Funeral Ikos
• Two Hymns to the Mother of God
• Song for Athene

PERFORMERS

Vasari Singers

CONDUCTOR

Jeremy Backhouse

Location

St Martin-in-the-Fields, London

13th November 2002 - 15th November 2002

• Song of the Angel
• Song for Athene
• Ikon of ErosWorld Premiere

SOLOISTS

Jorja Fleezanis, violin / Patriia Rozario, soprano

PERFORMERS

Minnesota Chorale; Minnesota Orchestra

CONDUCTOR

Paul Goodwin

8th February 2003

• Song for Athene

EVENT

From Age to Age

PERFORMERS

St Albans Cathedral Choir

CONDUCTOR

David Hansell

Location

Cathedral and Abbey Church of St Alban, St Albans

22nd March 2003

• The Lamb
• Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis ('Collegium Regale')
• Song for Athene

EVENT

A Celebration of English Choral Music

PERFORMERS

Madrigalia

CONDUCTOR

Roger Wilhelm

Location

Saint John's Epicopal church, 183 North Main Street, Canandaigua, New York

23rd March 2003

• The Lamb
• Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis ('Collegium Regale')
• Song for Athene

EVENT

A Celebration of English Choral Music

PERFORMERS

Madrigalia

CONDUCTOR

Roger Wilhelm

Location

Saint Anne Church, 1600 Mount Hope Avenue, Rochester, New York

1st May 2003

• Song for Athene

EVENT

Norfolk and Norwich Festival

SOLOISTS

James Bowman, countertenor

PERFORMERS

Tenebrae

CONDUCTOR

Nigel Short

Location

Norwich Cathedral

2nd May 2003

• The Call
• Eonia
• Funeral Ikos
• The Lamb
• Two Hymns to the Mother of God
• The Tyger
• Song for Athene

EVENT

Moscow Easter Festival

PERFORMERS

The Sixteen

CONDUCTOR

Harry Christophers

Location

Pavel Slobodkin Theatre and Concert Centre, Moscow.

6th June 2003

• The Lamb
• Song for Athene
• Mother and ChildWorld Premiere

EVENT

Salisbury Festival

PERFORMERS

Tenebrae

CONDUCTOR

Nigel Short

Location

Salisbury Cathedral

13th July 2003

• The Lamb
• Song for Athene
• Mother and Child

• Magnificat I

• The Lord is My Shepherd

EVENT

Cheltenham Music Festival 2003

PERFORMERS

Tenebrae

CONDUCTOR

Nigel Short

Location

Tewkesbury Abbey, Glos

19th September 2003

• The Lamb
• Song for Athene
• Mother and Child

PERFORMERS

Tenebrae

CONDUCTOR

Nigel Short

Location

Hexham Abbey

14th January 2004

• Annunciation
• Love Bade Me Welcome
• Come and do Your will in me
• Fear and Rejoice, O People
• Song for Athene

PERFORMERS

Los Angeles Master Chorale

CONDUCTOR

Grant Gershon

Location

Walt Disney Concert Hall, USA

25th January 2004

• Love Bade Me Welcome
• Come and do Your will in me
• Fear and Rejoice, O People
• Song for Athene

PERFORMERS

Los Angeles Master Chorale

CONDUCTOR

Grant Gershon

Location

Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles

5th February 2004

• The Protecting Veil
• Funeral Ikos
• The Lamb
• Two Hymns to the Mother of God
• Thrinos
• As One Who Has Slept
• Today the Virgin
• Song for Athene
• Elizabeth Full Of Grace
• The Veil of the Temple (All night vigil)
• ShûnyaWorld Premiere

EVENT

John Tavener 60th birthday concert

SOLOISTS

Natalie Clein, cello

PERFORMERS

London Sinfonietta

CONDUCTOR

Stephen Layton

Location

Temple Church, London

12th February 2004 - 13th February 2004

• Eternity's Sunrise
• Song of the Angel
• Petra
• The Lamb
• Song for Athene

EVENT

Academy of Ancient Music's London Season

SOLOISTS

Patricia Rozario

PERFORMERS

Choir of New College, Oxford

CONDUCTOR

Paul Goodwin

1st May 2004

• Eternity's Sunrise
• Song of the Angel
• Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis ('Collegium Regale')
• Song for Athene

EVENT

Crickhowell Music Festival

SOLOISTS

Cecelia Osmond, soprano

PERFORMERS

Crickhowell Choral Society

CONDUCTOR

Stephen Marshall

Location

St Edmund's Church, Crickhowell, Powys, Wales

4th September 2004

• Two Hymns to the Mother of God
• Fall and ResurrectionCountry Premiere
• Song for Athene

PERFORMERS

Latvian National Symphony Orchestra; The State Choir Latvija

CONDUCTOR

Maris Sirmais

Location

Riga St Peter Church, Latvia

18th September 2004

• Song for Athene

EVENT

Beverley Chamber Music Festival

PERFORMERS

Beverly Chamber choir

CONDUCTOR

Alan Binnington

Location

St Mary's Church, Beverley, UK

20th November 2004

• Song for Athene

• The Kestrel Road

EVENT

The Kestrel Road

PERFORMERS

Thames Voyces

Location

St John the Baptist Church, Crawthorne

13th October 2005

• Song for Athene

EVENT

Canterbury Festival

PERFORMERS

Tenebrae

CONDUCTOR

Nigel Short

Location

Cathedral Nave, Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury

28th January 2006

• Song for Athene

PERFORMERS

Kokoro

Location

The Lighthouse, Poole

19th March 2006

• The Lamb
• The Tyger
• Two Hymns to the Mother of God
• Hymn to the Holy Spirit
• Song for Athene
• Today the Virgin

PERFORMERS

St Edward's School Choir

Location

Queen's College, Oxford

16th May 2006

• Two Hymns to the Mother of God
• Song for Athene

PERFORMERS

The Sixteen

CONDUCTOR

Harry Christophers

Location

St James's Church, Chipping Campden

28th September 2006 - 30th September 2006

• Requiem

• A Good-NightCountry Premiere

• Song for Athene

• Nunc Dimittis

PERFORMERS

Melbourne Chorale Ensemble

CONDUCTOR

Jonathan Grieves-Smith

14th May 2007

• Exhortation and Kohima
• Song for Athene

PERFORMERS

The Sixteen

CONDUCTOR

Harry Christophers

Location

Queen Elizabeth Hall, London

8th September 2007

• Song for Athene

EVENT

Vale of Glamorgan Festival of Music

PERFORMERS

Raschèr Saxophone Quartet

CONDUCTOR

Nigel Short

Location

St. Augustine's Church, Penarth

10th February 2008

• I sleep, but my heart wakethCountry Premiere

• Song for Athene

• Magnificat I

EVENT

Gütersloh European Choir Festival

PERFORMERS

Joyful Company of Singers

CONDUCTOR

Peter Broadbent

Location

Martin-Luther-Kirche, Gütersloh, Germany

25th October 2008

• O My PeopleWorld Premiere
• The Lamb
• Song for Athene
• Two Hymns to the Mother of God
• Svyati
• Chant
• Funeral Ikos
• Awed by the Beauty (anthem from The Veil of the Temple)
• Mother of God, here I stand (anthem from The Veil of the Temple)

EVENT

TEMENOS: A celebration of the music of John Tavener

SOLOISTS

Marta Sudraba cello

PERFORMERS

Polyphony

CONDUCTOR

Stephen Layton

Location

St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dundalk, Louth, Ireland

21st February 2009

• A Good-Night

• I know that my Redeemer liveth

• Scattered Rhymes

• Sneaker Wave

• Song for Athene

• My Guardian Angel

EVENT

Britain after Britten

PERFORMERS

Bournemouth Symphony Chorus; Bournemouth Symphony Youth Chorus; Canticum; Dorset Youth Orchesta; Kokoro

CONDUCTOR

Greg Beardsell; Mark Forkgen

Location

The Lighthouse, Poole

11th October 2009

• Five Anthems from The Veil of the TempleCountry Premiere
• Song for Athene

SOLOISTS

Christopher Wrench, organ

PERFORMERS

Brisbane Chorale

CONDUCTOR

Emily Cox

Location

St John's Cathedral, Ann Street, Brisbane, Australia

19th December 2009

• Song for Athene
• Song of the Angel

PERFORMERS

Bath Philharmonia

CONDUCTOR

Jason Thornton

Location

Prior Park College Chapel, Bath, UK

28th August 2010

• Song for Athene
• Song of the Angel

• Symphony No. 3 'Symphony Of Sorrowful Songs'

PERFORMERS

Bath Philharmonic Orchestra

Location

Cheltenham Racecourse, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, UK

16th November 2010

• As One Who Has Slept
• Three Holy Sonnets
• Iero Oniro (A Sacred Dream)
• The Lamb
• The Lord's Prayer
• Schuon Hymnen
• Song for Athene
• Birthday Sleep

PERFORMERS

Chamber Choir of Southern Iceland

CONDUCTOR

Hilmar Örn Agnarsson

Location

Iceland

24th November 2010

• The Lamb
• Funeral Ikos
• Song for Athene
• Mother of God, here I stand (anthem from The Veil of the Temple)
• O, Do Not Move
• Towards Silence

EVENT

Towards Silence

PERFORMERS

Cavaleri String Quartet; Discantus; Fifth Quadrant; Finzi String Quartet; Medici Quartet

Location

St martin in the Fields, London

12th March 2011

• Five Anthems from The Veil of the Temple
• Song for Athene

PERFORMERS

Harlow Chorus

CONDUCTOR

Alexander Chaplin

Location

St John's Epping

17th September 2011

• Song for Athene

EVENT

Lammermuir Festival

PERFORMERS

NYCoS National Girls Choir

CONDUCTOR

Christopher Bell

Location

St Michael's Kirk, Inveresk, Musselburgh, Scotland

23rd March 2013

• The Lamb
• The Tyger
• Song for Athene

PERFORMERS

Lewisham Choral Society

Location

Goldsmiths Great Hall, New Cross, London

25th July 2013

• Mother of God, here I stand (anthem from The Veil of the Temple)
• Today the Virgin
• The Lamb
• Funeral Ikos
• Song for Athene

EVENT

Festival Europäischer Kirchenmusik

PERFORMERS

The Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge

CONDUCTOR

Stephen Layton

Location

Augustinuskirche, Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany

5th October 2013 - 12th October 2013

• Song for Athene

PERFORMERS

Kamerkoor Kwintessens

CONDUCTOR

Raoul Boesten

7th December 2013

• Song for Athene

PERFORMERS

Ensemble Mini

CONDUCTOR

Joolz Gale

Location

Stattbad Berlin, Germany

26th January 2014

• Eternity's Sunrise
• The Lamb
• Miroir des PoèmesCountry Premiere
• Little Requiem for Father Malachy Lynch
• Coplas
• Adieu Roger 'Take Him, Earth, For Cherishing'
• They are all gone into the world of light
• Mahavakyas
• Song for Athene

EVENT

John Tavener Celebration Weekend

SOLOISTS

Patricia Rozario, Ann de Renais, Josephine Knight

PERFORMERS

English Chamber Singers; Orchestra of St John's

CONDUCTOR

Martin Neary

Location

7:30pm - St John's Smith Square, London

19th March 2014

• The Lamb
• Song for Athene

PERFORMERS

The Tallis Scholars

CONDUCTOR

Peter Phillips

Location

Paris, France

10th April 2014

• Birthday Sleep
• The Lamb
• The Tyger
• As One Who Has Slept
• What God is, we do not know (anthem from The Veil of the Temple)
• Mother of God, here I stand (anthem from The Veil of the Temple)
• Funeral Ikos
• Song for Athene
• Today the Virgin

PERFORMERS

Holst Singers

CONDUCTOR

Stephen Layton

Location

Christ Church, Spitalfields, Commercial Street

10th April 2014

• Song for Athene
• As One Who Has Slept
• The Lamb
• Funeral Ikos

PERFORMERS

Reverie

CONDUCTOR

Robbie Jacobs

Location

Romanian Orthodox Church, Fleet Street, London