Sir John Tavener (1944-2013)

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Christo

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May 29, 2025, 01:12:17 AM
Quote from: Luke on March 31, 2011, 04:21:21 AMAgree, of course, that he's no Part, but he's not that bad - you just have to be choosy. Some of his works are perfect, in their own way - perfect here meaning 'every note is right and couldn't be altered, added to or extracted' and not meaning some synonym for 'wonderful gorgeous, great...'. That Lamb is one of these, it's a little classic, and some of his other choral works, the shorter ones, fall into this bracket too.
"The Lamb" is a little gem. Last year, it was part of our chamber choir's repertoire: wonderful to sing, perfect and movingly beautiful, indeed.  :)
... music is not only an 'entertainment', nor a mere luxury, but a necessity of the spiritual if not of the physical life, an opening of those magic casements through which we can catch a glimpse of that country where ultimate reality will be found.    RVW, 1948
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