I met his daughter briefly at UCL a few years after his passing, and hadn't realised he had passed. I had remembered some of his music: Mother of God Here I Stand, The Lamb. When I realised who she was I was like 'ur dad's music is incredible, so pleased to meet you!!!' and she was obviously in a low mood. She transferred to an Oxford/Cambridge college very shortly after; but her presence in the queue for some Classical Greek lesson sparked beautiful sentiment. If she reads this; Sofia, I'm so sorry for your loss. John was not just a musician, he was an auditory Eikon.
@FolkBoyify6 жыл бұрын
As an Eastern Orthodox Christian, thank you for your music ☦️
@akroatis11 жыл бұрын
"Essentially Orthodox, but with an interest in other religions". It's comforting to hear it from the man himself, that he never left his spiritual home, as he also declares later in this splendid documentary. Orthodoxy is the faith of love, and a loving attitude and interest in other faiths is, in my personal opinion as an Orthodox Christian, a genuine expression of Orthodoxy. Truly this is wonderful and God-inspired music, thanks for uploading!
@mumorini7 жыл бұрын
Religio Perennis.
@theodorbernhard6 күн бұрын
I can give a thumb up. Just one time. Wish I could give 100000 to the story and the composer in it :)
@vickyrourke28353 жыл бұрын
I hope there is a special place there in Heaven for Sir John Tavener 👼🌅😇✝️🛐
@andreferreira64253 жыл бұрын
O mundo nunca mais verá alguém no nível de John Tavener, nossas gerações não são mais capazes de atingir o nível de sensibilidade e conhecimento para produzir obras de arte como as dele.
@jeffersonbarnes36634 жыл бұрын
Jesus is the world's only Saviour and He is alive!
@charlesrae37938 жыл бұрын
Thanks for posting this. John Tavener will be sorely missed, and it is good to be reminded of his unique stance of respect for the world of Orthodoxy ,yet an open-ness to the insights of other religions.I suspect that his views really changed very little, since he was influenced by Philip Sherrard's position vis-a-vis the perennial philosophy from the start.Mother Thekla, who later repudiated him because of his perceived desertion of Orthodoxy, failed to recognise that his adherence to the divine feminine, was not confined to a purely Christian viewpoint.Certainly no-one has done more to bring Orthodoxy to the greater listening public than the late lamented Sir John.RIP.
@ReisendeMac14 жыл бұрын
Solarstone and Scott Bond’s «3rd Earth» sample of «The Lamb» brought me here, it’s always been a favorite and always brought me to tears - I always wondered about the beautiful sample and the history (and composer) behind it.
@vollendung88XXI13 жыл бұрын
Very good thank you
@dimbarsak13 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@debraleighscott6 жыл бұрын
Can you provide more information about this choir and the director?
@DavePeters13 жыл бұрын
The choir is The Sixteen, conducted by Harry Christophers CBE
@timber75012 жыл бұрын
Thanks.
@RYROSmetaldefender5 жыл бұрын
2:19 How come David Hasslhoff is conducting this wonderful piece ? My, this guys is behind everything that's cool
@emilywaltonx2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing! Where does this video come from? Is it part of a larger documentary? I’m writing a paper and want to properly cite this.
@agent00662 жыл бұрын
A late answer, but this is taken from Simon Russel-Beale's 'Sacred Music' on BBC4. Well worth looking for a full set of the series. Sadly the sort of thing the BBC is unlikely to ever make again.
@marcusbradley62074 жыл бұрын
Poor guy. He was 69 when he died. But he looks like he could be in his 90’s in this video. Very sad.
@edhorski26244 жыл бұрын
Are you 69? What do you look like? Maybe he ran a faster race.
@adhameletr1294 жыл бұрын
He had Marfan Syndrome. It destroys a lot of things in the body. That's why.
@ameliawright69473 жыл бұрын
He was gravely ill when this interview took place.
@LukePluto11 ай бұрын
from his wiki > He had considerable health problems throughout his life. He had a stroke in his thirties, heart surgery and the removal of a tumour in his forties, and had two successive heart attacks which left him frail. He was diagnosed with Marfan syndrome in 1990.