John Tavener describes his music as resembling ‘ikons in sound’ – a window on to the Divine world. The British conductor and composer James Whitbourn conducts the London-based ensemble The Choir in a programme of Tavener’s hauntingly beautiful unaccompanied choral music in performances described as “impressive and spiritual”.
‘The power of the performances is overwhelming and the credit goes to James Whitbourn and his vocal ensemble The Choir’
The Organ
1 CD SET
Track 1 The Lamb
Track 2 Magnificat
Track 3 Nunc dimittis
Track 4 A Hymn to the Mother of God
Track 5 Song for Athene
Track 6 Annunciation
Track 7 A parting gift for Tam Farrow
Track 8 As one who has slept
Track 9 The Tyger
Track 10 The Hymn of the Unwaning Light
Track 11 The Lord's Prayer
The Choir
Conductor: James Whitbourn