John Tavener (1944 – 2013)
The Myrrh-Bearer
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Details
- Product Type
- Score
- Author / Composer
- John Tavener
- Product number
- 934903
- Release Year
- 1999
- Extent
- 56 Pages
- Publisher
- Chester Music
Description
This work for viola, chorus and percussion was commissioned by the London Symphony Chorus, and was first performed in October 1994 at the Barbican Hall, London by Yuri Bashmet and the London Symphony Chorus conducted byStephenWestrop.
The remarkable text of the Troparion, written by the great Byzantine poetess-nun Cassiana, was the inspiration of The Myrrh-Bearer. The text informed the architecture of the music. The viola solorepresents MaryMagdalen, as the cello solo represented the M...Content
- The Myrrh-Bearer
