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The veil of the temple

Title
The veil of the temple / John Tavener.
Author
Tavener, John.
Publication
  • Perivale, Middx : Signum Classics, ℗2014.
  • ℗2014

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  • Rozario, Patricia
  • Layton, Stephen
  • Temple Church (London, England). Choir, performer. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf
  • Holst Singers, performer. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf
  • English Chamber Orchestra, performer. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf
Description
2 audio discs (147:46) : digital; 4 3/4 in.
Subject
  • Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices) with instrumental ensemble
  • Vigils (Liturgy)
Note
  • A condensed version of Tavener's seven-hour vigil for solo soprano, chorus, and orchestra ; commissioned by the Temple Church, London.
  • Title from disc label.
  • Compact discs.
  • Program and biographical notes in English and song texts (74 pages, with photographs) inserted in container.
Language (note)
  • Sung primarily in English and Greek ; portions sung in Church Slavonic, Sanskrit, and Aramaic.
Contents
  • CD1. from Cycle I. Mystical Love Song of the Sufis (5:06) ; Primordial Call (2:42) -- Cycle II. Primordial Call (0:31) ; 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) -- from Cycle III. Primordial Call (1:18) ; Psalm of Creation (1:49) ; O Blessed Paradise, Pray for Me (3:13) -- from Cycle IV. Primordial Call (1:55) ; Mystery of the Nothingness of God (2:15) ; from Cycle V. Primordial Call (1:51) ; You Mantle Yourself in Light (3:42) ; Jesus Prayer (1:14) ; The Lord's Prayer (6:58) -- from 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) --
  • CD2. from 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) -- from 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).
LCCN
635212036723
OCLC
  • ocn869395121
  • 869395121
  • SCSB-13626589
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries