A complete musical setting of the Russian poetess Anna Akhmatova's Requiem using the original Russian text to which some prayers from the Russian Orthodox funeral service have been added by the composer.Duration c.50mins. Instrumentation:; SOLO SOPRANO; SOLO BASS; 3 HORNS IN F; 3 TRUMPETS IN C; 3 BASS TROMBONES; TIMPANI (2 SETS); PERCUSSION (5 PLAYERS); CELESTE; STRINGS

A work for SATB chorus and orchestra commissioned by Bedford School. The first performance was given by the school's First Orchestra and Choral Society conducted by Andrew Morris in October 1981.This is a special item whichis made to order. Please e-mail our Mail Order Department for further information.

A work for solo clarinet in B flat timpani percussion and strings commissioned by the London Symphony Orchestra. It was first performed in September 1991 at the Barbican Centre London by Andrew Marriner (clarinet) and theLondon Symphony Orchestra directed by Michael Tilson Thomas.This is a special item which is made to order. Please e-mail our Mail Order Department for further information.

Set of parts for this string quartet piece.This is a special item which is made to order. Please e-mail our Mail Order Department for further information.

Full score for this string quartet.This is a special item which is made to order. Please e-mail our Mail Order Department for further information.

This work for string ensemble was commissioned by the BT Scottish Ensemble and was first performed in June 1996 at the Hellenic Centre London by the BT Scottish Ensemble with Clio Gould (violin).Quoting Tavener: Tears ofthe Angels should be played at the extreme breaking point of 'tenderness'. In other words totally beyond our compassion and beyond our comprehension. Wrapped in a depth of inner silence of which we have no idea a stateof being not an emotion a tender light piercing the agonising darkness of the world. Also a humility of which we have no idea because it is not rooted in a hypocritcal or contrived deprecation of self but in the blindingvision of God Himself.Since we are 'human' and not angels the music can only be 'imagined' by us. All th strings are muted throughout except for the part marked solo violin. The solo violin is 'the chief among theAngels' and the whole piece must sound 'serene' and 'seemless'.Duration c. 17mins.

The Greek word Apokatastasis means a 'spiritual state of ecstasy'. The music should be performed with overwhelming ectasy and inner joy. Composed in 1999 for Fretwork and Michael Chance. Scored for solo counter-tenor 3Tibetan Temple Bowls and Viols. Duration: c. 3 minutes. Score and parts available on sale.

For solo Cello Timpani and Strings.Popule Meus was commissioned through the Magnum Opus project: Kathryn Gould founding patron and commissioner and Meet the Composer project manager.It was first performed on 6thFebruary 2010 by Yuri Hooker (cello) and the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra conducted by Alexander Micklethwate. Composer's Notes 'Popule Meus is a meditation on the Judaic and Christian text ?O my People whathave I done to you?? but itis also a Universalist contemplation of the wholesale rejection of God by modern man. However much manrejects God he cannot escape Him and indeed he is condemned to the supernatural by his deiformnature. InHindu terms he is the Absolute Ayam Atma Brahma (The Self is the Absolute).In this work the solo cello is the All-Compassionate One while the timpani represent man in his vain andpointless rejection. Although the solocello and strings and the timpani share the same material (four ideas aregradually revealed and they revolve four times during the piece) the timpani music is violent and becomesincreasingly frenzied and contracted while thecello and strings remain still and serene.So even in winning the Darkness loses and even in losing the Light wins. Passion Resurrection andRedemption; or in Hindu terms Atma (The Absolute) alone is real Maya (The Relative) ismerely illusion.'

Written for viol consort.This work was commissioned by Concordia. First performance by Concordia on 17 July 2004 at the Cheltenham International Festival of Music.

Written for viol consort.This work was commissioned by Concordia. First performance by Concordia on 17 July 2004 at the Cheltenham International Festival of Music.