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Svyati

COMPOSER: John Tavener
PUBLISHER: Chester Music
PRODUCT TYPE: Book [Softcover]
INSTRUMENT GROUP: Mixed Choir
Quoting Tavener: I began to write Svyati in early 1995: while sketching it, I learned that John Williams, father of Jane, my dear friend and publisher, was dying. I could not refrain from dedicating it to Jane and to the memory ofher father. The text is in Church Slavonic, and it is used at almost
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Composer John Tavener
Publisher Chester Music
Instrumentation SATB, Cello
Product Type Book [Softcover]
Instrument Group Mixed Choir
Style Period Post 1901
Year of Publication 1989
ISBN 9781846096587
EAN 5020679510476
Style Period Post 1901
Voicing SATB
No. Pages 16
No. MUSCH61334
Description
Quoting Tavener: I began to write Svyati in early 1995: while sketching it, I learned that John Williams, father of Jane, my dear friend and publisher, was dying. I could not refrain from dedicating it to Jane and to the memory ofher father. The text is in Church Slavonic, and it is used at almost every Russian Orthodox service, perhaps most poignantly after the congregation have kissed the body in an open coffin at an Orthodox funeral. The choir sings asthe coffin is closed and borne out of the church, followed by the mourners with lighted candles. The cello represents the priest or icon of Christ, and should play at a distance from the choir, perhaps at the opposite end of thebuilding. As is Greek drama, choir and priest are in dialogue with each other. Since the cello represents the icon of Christ, it must be played without any sentiment of a Western character, but should derive from the chanting ofthe Eastern Orthodox Church.
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