Masterworks Chorale season opener Nov 5, 2009
The program also includes two shorter works by living British composers, John Tavener and Ivan Moody ... The Chorale performs John Tavener s Apolytikion for Saint Nicholas, composed in 1987. (Burlington Union, MA)
* Classical music Oct 4, 2009
Finally, DGM has issued a CD of various items by John Tavener, either written or adapted for violin. The soloist is the young Scottish violinist Nicola Benedetti. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
* Remixers get a handle on Handel Sep 17, 2009
But Daniels and Muhly X along with Michael Nyman, Craig Armstrong, John Tavener and Jocelyn Pook, the other composers involved X all put aside initial doubts. The opportunity to simply pay tribute to the composer Tavener calls the greatest melodist of all time was unmissable. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
Boys’ Choir May 4, 2009
This kind of harmony has its roots in the multitrack backing vocals that Brian Wilson produced on Beach Boys records like Smile and Pet Sounds, but it could just as easily be drawing on forms of American church music and on modern classical composers like John Tavener. Within the genre of indie rock, the move toward more singing done by more voices in a more articulated harmonic framework began somewhere in the early aughts, with artists like Sufjan Stevens, who became known for records like... (New Yorker)
