The veil of the Temple / John Tavener.

Format:

Sound recording

Author/Creator:

Tavener, John, composer.

Contributor:

Rozario, Patricia, singer.

Layton, Stephen, conductor.

Temple Church (London, England). Choir, performer.

Holst Singers, performer.

English Chamber Orchestra, performer.

Standardized Title:

Veil of the Temple. Selections

Language:

Aramaic

Church Slavic

English

Greek, Modern (1453-)

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices) with instrumental ensemble.

Vigils (Liturgy).

Veil of the Temple (Jerusalem)--Songs and music.

Veil of the Temple (Jerusalem).

Genre:

Live sound recordings.

Music.

Songs and music.

Sound recordings.

Songs.

Physical Description:

2 audio discs (147:46) : digital, CD audio, stereo ; 4 3/4 in.

4 3/4 in.

Place of Publication:

Perivale, Middx, United Kingdom : Signum Classics, [2014]

Language Note:

Sung primarily in English and Greek; portions sung in Sanskrit, Church Slavonic, and Aramaic.

System Details:

digital optical

audio file CD audio

Contents:

Cycle I. Mystical love song of the Sufis (5:06) ; Primordial call (2:42)

Cycle II. Primordial call (:31) ; God's Creation (5:40) ; Outside the gates of paradise (2:51) ; Our Father (2:58) ; Holy Mary (3:00) ; Alleluia, Theos Erastos (1:44) ; Gospel of St. John (4:23) ; Thrice-holy hymn : Resurrection (2:59) ; Beatitudes of St. Isaac the Syrian (4:37)

Cycle III. Primordial call (1:18) ; Psalm of Creation (1:49) ; O blessed paradise, pray for me (3:13)

Cycle IV. Primordial call (1:55) ; Mystery of the nothingness of God (2:15)

Cycle V. Primordial call (1:51) ; You mantle yourself in light (3:42) ; Jesus prayer (1:14) ; The Lord's prayer (6:58)

Cycle VI. Primordial call (2:08) ; What God is, we do not know (2:34) ; God of strength (2:45) ; Kyrie eleison : chant (2:18) ; Te re rem : ecstatic chant (3:31) ; Jesus having risen from the tomb (2:22)

Cycle VII. Apocalyptic primordial call (1:26) ; Absolved in the mirror (2:05) ; Jesus prayer (1:37) ; Hesychast meditation (4:17) ; Mary Theotokos (2:57) ; Hail, veil of the temple (1:21) ; Mother of God (5:06) ; Alleluia (4:58) ; The gospel of St. John (13:47)

Cycle VIII. Maranatha (2:51) ; Awake thou that sleepest (2:12) ; Into beauty (1:11) ; Rending of the veil of the temple : Maya atma (5:40) ; Knights Templar in the Temple Church (4:18) ; Light of Christ (4:31) ; Cosmic rising (4:13) ; New Jerusalem : Upanishad hymn (5:55) ; Shántih (3:24).

Participant:

Patricia Rozario, soprano ; other vocal soloists ; the Choir of the Temple Church ; the Holst Singers ; members of the English Chamber Orchestra (brass) ; other instrumentalists, playing organ, Indian harmonium, duduk, Tibetan horn, Tibetan temple bowls, tubular bells, tam tam ; Stephen Layton, conductor.

Notes:

Title from disc label.

A condensed version by the composer of his seven-hour vigil for solo soprano, chorus, and orchestra; commissioned by the Temple Church, London.

Edition recorded: Chester Music.

Recorded live 2003 June 27-28 2003 July 1 2003 July 4-5 The Temple Church, London.

Program notes by Elizabeth Seymour, the composer, Brian Keeble, and others, biographical notes, and texts (with English translations of the Sanskrit and some of the Greek words) (75 pages : color illustrations) inserted in container.

OCLC:

869395121

Publisher Number:

635212036723

SIGCD367 Signum Classics