Sir John Tavener: England's Holy Minimalist

[@HelloEveryonez678]

We learn more from 15 minutes of your channel than entire courses on Music History Appreciation thingy! Please continue to make these videos for decades to come!!

[@DavidA-ps1qr]

I have learnt more about John Tavener in 15 minutes than I've known about him in my entire life......... incredible research. These uploads are an absolute credit to You Tube.

[@acevaptsarov8410]

Agreed! Amazing channel... thank you for creating these, CN! :)

[@melasonos6132]

Fantastic job on this one MUCH appreciated. You make a good mix of thourough and concise content.

[@classicalmusic3334]

Over the last few months I've been listening to Tavener's music more actively, I think that especially his Lament for Jerusalem and A Hymn to the Mother of God are incredibly good!

[@HelloEveryonez678]

In case you're wondering about the background music for the first 3 minutes or so, it is John Tavener's "The Lamb".

[@Listenerandlearner870]

At a time when Tavener is under attack and supposedly out of fashion it is great to find such a fullsome presentation.

[@Listenerandlearner870]

He is about love and beauty and hope.

[@SaintBeatrix]

In what way is tavener under attack? I love his music and don’t understand why anyone would attack him

[@Listenerandlearner870]

@@SaintBeatrix i don't know either. He is out of fashion. Some commentors attack him.

[@SaintBeatrix]

Yes but according to who?

[@classicalmusic3334]

Very interesting video! Unfortunately the only available recording of The Veil of the Temple is an abridged version. It would be interesting to hear the full seven hours!

[@ClassicalNerd]

I would love to hear it too!

[@vrixphillips]

I've always wanted to hear the unabridged 7 hours too!

[@EddieMartson]

Love to know about good muisicians. Great Channel!

[@flynnmchardy7362]

Fitting with minimalism (kind of) should do a video about modern film composition eg, Jonny Greenwood, Mica Levi, Oneohtrix point never. Love your stuff !

[@ClassicalNerd]

Unfortunately, "modern film composition" is simply too broad of a topic for me to cover, and I'm not in the habit of covering any individual composer whose career is still ongoing.

[@anewman1976]

I remember adding (and still waiting for) Howard Hanson to your list years ago! :)

[@ClassicalNerd]

It's an unfortunate reality that those far down the list won't have videos made for them for a long while, but when you're dealing with 346 requests, it gets difficult.

[@neo-eclesiastul9386]

13:06 my boi Charlie is waaaaaay underrated! We should make a temple in his honour.

[@ClassicalNerd]

I volunteer to donate the small shrine that I've started on the top right section of my bookshelf.

[@bruceweaver1518]

Interesting. I never heard of him before. Can you do a program on Arthur Sullivan?

[@nondeblah]

*Especially* in the sublime language of music!

[@bernab]

The minimalism of John Tavener is actually very different from American Minimalism. Yes, he used repetition a lot. But he used also a lot serialism. Zodiacs, for example, is both minimalistic and serialistic. But because he used more consonant intervals, it seems almost tonal. He used also some modal.

[@zacharydetrick7428]

13:06 LOL i felt that. I will also donate to your Ives shrine haha

[@alicewyan]

Yay! Thank you :)

[@finnjustfinn6783]

I’d love to see a video on Elgar

[@ClassicalNerd]

Duly noted: lentovivace.com/classicalnerd.html

[@stelios6032]

Please do one for Mieczysław Weinberg!!!!!!!!!! I I absolutely love your channel !!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@ClassicalNerd]

Weinberg is currently 348/348 in the request pool at lentovivace.com/classicalnerd.html

[@zacharydetrick7428]

7:01 who would have guessed? the return of the pen-smoker

[@grayson9839]

Have you done a video on Fanny Mendelssohn?

[@ClassicalNerd]

I do. All my videos on composers may be found in my "Great Composers" playlist.

[@zacharydetrick7428]

2:17 that's a whale of a tale!

[@ikmarchini]

Go Ives. The Great.

[@vagnersobolev552]

You have so many books at the back! Why don't you review them in your next video?

[@ClassicalNerd]

Not all of the books on the current set are technically mine (some are my roommate's), and I've expanded my collection since this video, but I did do something like this a while back, two sets ago: kzbin.info/www/bejne/b3_PhIBvf7yXobs

[@pawncube2050]

Fiirst

[@composerdavidgiannivaldez367]

Goshdarnit Rodrigo

[@ClassicalNerd]

Dang, y'all are both fast!

[@ClassicalNerd]

@@paeffill9428 As always, lentovivace.com/classicalnerd.html is the place to check. ;)