Sir John Tavener on ‘Music for the Afterlife’
Sarum College, where Bishop Declan is a Trustee, welcomes Sir John
Tavener on Saturday 4 November, when he will be speaking about ‘Music
for the Afterlife’.
Sir John Tavener, possibly the leading British composer of religious music, is an Honorary Fellow of Sarum College in Salisbury.
Sir John’s presentation will form part of a whole weekend exploring the Orthodox Church’s attitudes to life after death.
The weekend will be led by Bishop Kallistos Ware and Jill Storer, and will offer a presentation and consideration of traditional Christian teaching on the afterlife, including illustrated talks on relevant music and iconography. It is being run by Sarum College in association with the local branch of the Fellowship of St Alban and St Sergius.
On the Saturday morning (4 November) there is the opportunity to join the local Orthodox community at its monthly Liturgy in the Sarum College Chapel with Bishop Kallistos as Chief Celebrant and Preacher.
For singers with music-reading experience there will be opportunities to form a choir to sing the Orthodox Liturgy and Vespers after a short practice.
Sir John Tavener’s talk will be at 4.00 pm on Saturday 4 November. Tickets for this session are strictly limited, and cost £20.00 each. The whole weekend course (Friday to Sunday) costs £190.00 (residential), and £125.00 (non-residential). To book, please contact Sarum College on 01722 424800.
Sarum College is an independent ecumenical Christian centre for learning, hospitality and spiritual growth based at 19 The Close, Salisbury, SP1 2EE. Sarum College receives no regular funding from churches or other public bodies, and is a registered charity (no. 309501).
Sir John Tavener was born in London in 1944 and is widely considered Great Britain's most popular living classical composer. Tavener was knighted in 2000. Since his early efforts in the 1960s his work has shown a consistent but evolving tonal or modal style and often a marked simplicity and spirituality. Tavener, who joined the Russian Orthodox Church in 1977, is known principally for his requiems, canticles, hymns, and liturgical cantatas, which he has called “icons with notes rather than colors.” Largely slow-moving, intense, and accessible to a wide audience, his music has been influenced by various traditional styles including Indian ragas, Byzantine chants, Middle Eastern works, and Native American music. Tavener's compositions are part of a mystical strain that also marks the work of such composers as Arvo Pärt, Henryk Górecki, and Giya Kancheli. Tavener first came to wide public attention with his composition The Whale (1968), which employs a collage of prerecorded tape, amplified percussion, and chorus. After a comparatively dry period in the 1970s, Tavener's work flourished during the 1980s and 90s, when he produced a broad range of compositions. Among his best-known works are Orthodox Vigil Service (1984), for chorus and handbells; The Protecting Veil, for cello, and Akathist of Thanksgiving, for soloists, chorus, strings, and timpini, (both: 1987); the operatic Mary of Egypt (1991); and the choral Song for Athene (1993), played at the funeral of Princess Diana.
Useful URL : http://www.sarum.ac.uk
Sir John Tavener, possibly the leading British composer of religious music, is an Honorary Fellow of Sarum College in Salisbury.
Sir John’s presentation will form part of a whole weekend exploring the Orthodox Church’s attitudes to life after death.
The weekend will be led by Bishop Kallistos Ware and Jill Storer, and will offer a presentation and consideration of traditional Christian teaching on the afterlife, including illustrated talks on relevant music and iconography. It is being run by Sarum College in association with the local branch of the Fellowship of St Alban and St Sergius.
On the Saturday morning (4 November) there is the opportunity to join the local Orthodox community at its monthly Liturgy in the Sarum College Chapel with Bishop Kallistos as Chief Celebrant and Preacher.
For singers with music-reading experience there will be opportunities to form a choir to sing the Orthodox Liturgy and Vespers after a short practice.
Sir John Tavener’s talk will be at 4.00 pm on Saturday 4 November. Tickets for this session are strictly limited, and cost £20.00 each. The whole weekend course (Friday to Sunday) costs £190.00 (residential), and £125.00 (non-residential). To book, please contact Sarum College on 01722 424800.
Sarum College is an independent ecumenical Christian centre for learning, hospitality and spiritual growth based at 19 The Close, Salisbury, SP1 2EE. Sarum College receives no regular funding from churches or other public bodies, and is a registered charity (no. 309501).
Sir John Tavener was born in London in 1944 and is widely considered Great Britain's most popular living classical composer. Tavener was knighted in 2000. Since his early efforts in the 1960s his work has shown a consistent but evolving tonal or modal style and often a marked simplicity and spirituality. Tavener, who joined the Russian Orthodox Church in 1977, is known principally for his requiems, canticles, hymns, and liturgical cantatas, which he has called “icons with notes rather than colors.” Largely slow-moving, intense, and accessible to a wide audience, his music has been influenced by various traditional styles including Indian ragas, Byzantine chants, Middle Eastern works, and Native American music. Tavener's compositions are part of a mystical strain that also marks the work of such composers as Arvo Pärt, Henryk Górecki, and Giya Kancheli. Tavener first came to wide public attention with his composition The Whale (1968), which employs a collage of prerecorded tape, amplified percussion, and chorus. After a comparatively dry period in the 1970s, Tavener's work flourished during the 1980s and 90s, when he produced a broad range of compositions. Among his best-known works are Orthodox Vigil Service (1984), for chorus and handbells; The Protecting Veil, for cello, and Akathist of Thanksgiving, for soloists, chorus, strings, and timpini, (both: 1987); the operatic Mary of Egypt (1991); and the choral Song for Athene (1993), played at the funeral of Princess Diana.
Useful URL : http://www.sarum.ac.uk
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