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The Veil of the Temple is a piece of choral music by British composer Sir John Tavener. Identified by Tavener as "the supreme achievement of my life", it is set for four choirs, several orchestras and soloists and lasts at least seven hours.
The awesome sound of the tam tam, temple bowls, Tibetan horn , bells, simatron and organ announce the end of the beginning. “The sun hid it’s rays and the veil of the temple was rent from the top unto the bottom”. This breaks the husk represented by the mosaic law.
Nov 13, 2013 · Nowhere is Tavener’s search for “the essence of God” more evident than in The Veil of the Temple, the seven-hour choral work he composed in 2003. It is vast and complex, and is comprised of eight cycles, each of which ascends in pitch and reworks themes and motifs from what has gone before.
Sir John Kenneth Tavener (28 January 1944 – 12 November 2013) was an English composer, known for his extensive output of choral religious works. Among his best known works are The Lamb (1982), The Protecting Veil (1988), and Song for Athene (1993).
Sir John Tavener. Signum Records are proud to re-release the landmark recording of Sir John Tavener’s The Veil of the Temple at the start of what would have been Tavener’s 70th year. This 2CD set captures the concert-version of this epic 8-hour work, composed to last through the night until dawn in the manner of the grand vigils of the ...
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Sir John Tavener’s seven-hour vigil was first performed in July 2003 at the Temple Church in London. This Prom performance was the first one of the so-called ‘concert version’. It lasted about two-and-an-half hours.
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The Veil of the Temple is divided into eight cycles, “like a gigantic prayer wheel,” says Tavener, the shortest half-an-hour long, the longest ninety minutes. The opening cycle is simple and stark and hushed.
