British composer John Tavener (born 28 January 1944 in Wembley, London, die… Read Full Bio ↴British composer John Tavener (born 28 January 1944 in Wembley, London, died 12 November 2013 in Dorset) was a direct descendant of the sixteenth century composer John Taverner. He attended Highgate School (where a fellow pupil was John Rutter) and later studied at the Royal Academy of Music, where his tutors included Sir Lennox Berkeley. He first came to prominence in 1968 with his dramatic cantata The Whale, based on the Old Testament story of Jonah. It was premièred at the London Sinfonietta's début concert and later recorded by Apple Records. The following year he began teaching at Trinity College of Music, London. Other works released by Apple included his Celtic Requiem. In 1977, he joined the Russian Orthodox Church. Orthodox theology and Orthodox liturgical traditions became a major influence on his work. He was particularly drawn to its mysticism, studying and setting to music the writings of Church Fathers such as St John Chrysostom.

One of Tavener's most popular and frequently performed works is his short unaccompanied four-part choral setting of William Blake's The Lamb, written for his nephew, Simon, on his third birthday one afternoon in 1982. This simple, homophonic piece is usually performed as a Christmas carol. More important, however, were his explorations of Russian and Greek culture, as shown in "Akhmatova Requiem" and "Sixteen Haiku of Seferis". Later prominent works include The Akathist of Thanksgiving (1987, written in celebration of the millennium of the Russian Orthodox Church); The Protecting Veil (first performed by cellist Steven Isserlis and the London Symphony Orchestra at the 1989 Proms); and Song for Athene (1993, memorably performed at the funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales in 1997). Following Diana's death he also composed and dedicated to her memory the piece Eternity's Sunrise, based on poetry by William Blake.

It has been reported, particularly in the British press, that Tavener left Orthodox Christianity to explore a number of other different religious traditions, including Hinduism and Islam, and became a follower of the mystic philosopher Frithjof Schuon. While he in recent years incorporated elements of non-Western music into his compositions, Tavener remained an Orthodox Christian though his brother, Roger, tended towards Sufi. In 2003 he composed the exceptionally large work The Veil of the Temple, based on texts from a number of religions. It is set for four choirs, several orchestras and soloists and lasts at least seven hours. The 2004 premier of his piece 'Prayer of the Heart' written for and performed by Björk, was featured on CD and incorporated as the soundtrack to Jake Lever's powerful installation 'Centre + Circumference' (2008, Wallspace, All Hallows on the Wall, City of London).

While Tavener's early music was influenced by Igor Stravinsky, often invoking the sound world of the Requiem Canticles and A Sermon, a Narrative and a Prayer, his recent music is more sparse, uses wide registral space and is usually diatonically tonal. Some commentators see a similarity with the works of Arvo Pärt, from their common religious tradition to the technical details of phrase lengths, diatonicism and colouristic percussion effects, though the similarities between their outputs are quite superficial. Olivier Messiaen has also been suggested as a strong influence on his earlier work.

Tavener suffered from the hereditary Marfan Syndrome for much of his adult life, and died peacefully at his home in Dorset on 12 November 2013.

The Lord's Prayer
John Tavener Lyrics

We have lyrics for 'The Lord's Prayer' by these artists:

Aaron Neville Our father Which art in heaven Hollowed would be thy name Th…
Albert H. Malotte Our Father, Who art in heaven, Hallow'd be Thy Name. Thy k…
Albert Hay Malotte Our Father which art in heaven Hallowed be Thy name Thy kin…
Andrea Bocelli Our Father Which art in heaven Hallowed be Thy name Our Fat…
Andrea Bocelli (Holiday) Our Father Which art in heaven Hallowed be Thy name Our…
Andrea Bocelli feat. The Mormon Tabernacle Choir Our Father Which art in heaven Hallowed be Thy name Our Fat…
Andy Williams Our Father Who art in heaven Hallowed be Thy name Thy kingdo…
Angie Winans Our Father which art in Heaven Hallowed be Thy name Thy King…
Anne Murray OUR FATHER, WHO ART IN HEAVEN, HALLOW'D BE THY…

Aretha Franklin Our father Which art in heaven Hallowed be Thy, Thy name Th…
Barbra Streisand Our father Which art in heaven Hallowed be thy name Thy king…
Barbra Streisand (Holiday) Our father Which art in heaven Hallowed be thy name Thy k…
Benny Hinn Our Father, Which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name. Thy K…
Bill & Gloria Gaither [ Jan ] Our father which art in heaven hallowed be…
Bill Anderson & Jan Howard Our father which art in heaven hallowed be Thy name Thy…
Bing Crosby Paul Weston And His Orchestra Our Father Who art in Heaven Hallowed be Thy name Thy kingdo…
Bishop T.D. Jakes & The Potter's House Mass Choir When you're on your own And you need a shoulder I need…
Boys & Girls Choir of Harlem Our Father, which art in heaven Hallowed be thy name Thy kin…
Carroll Roberson Our Father, who art in heaven hallowed be thy Name thy kingd…
Charles Craig/Michael Collins & His Orchestra Our Father Who art in Heaven Hallowed be Thy name Thy kingdo…
Charlotte Church Our father Which art in heaven Hallowed be thy name Thy king…
Christian Gospel Choir Our Father, which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name. Thy K…
Citizen Way Our Father in heaven Hallowed be Your name Your kingdom come…
Connie Francis Our Father which art in Heaven Hallowed be Thy name Thy Ki…
Constantine Callinicos; Mario Lanza Our Father, who art in heaven Hallowed be Thy Name Thy kin…
Cristy Lane Our Father who art in Heaven hallowed be thy name…
Dana Dirksen Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done, on earth as…
Dario Marianelli Our Father which art in Heaven Hallowed be Thy name Thy King…
Debbie Boone Our Father who art in heaven Hallowed be thy name…
Delirious? Spoken Father in heaven Hallowed be Your name Your…
Dinah Washington Our Father Who art in heaven Hallowed be Thy name Thy kingdo…
Dinah Washington (Holiday) Our Father Who art in heaven Hallowed be Thy name Thy kin…
Don Francisco Our Father Who is in Heaven Hallowed and worshipped Be Your …
Dr. F. James Clark Dear Father God, in the name of Jesus, I thank…
Duke Ellington Our Father Who art in Heaven Hallowed be Thy name Thy kingdo…
Duke Ellington and His Orchestra; Esther Marrow Vocal Our Father Who art in Heaven Hallowed be Thy name Thy kin…
E.T. Mensah On earth as it is in heaven Seek first the reward…
ella fitzgerald Our Father Who art in Heaven Hallowed be Thy name Thy kingdo…
Elvis Presley Our Father, Who Art in Heaven Hallowed be, Thy Name Thy King…
Eugene Ormandy; The Mormon Tabernacle Choir; The Philadelphia Orchestra Our Father Which art in heaven Hallowed be Thy name Our…
Evancho Jackie Our father which art in heaven Hallowed be Thy name Thy ki…
Francis Connie Our Father, Who art in heaven, Hallow'd be Thy Name. Thy kin…
Frank Sinatra Our Father, who art in heaven, hollowed be thy name Thy…
Frank Sinatra & Bing Crosby Our Father, who art in heaven, hollowed be thy name, Thy…
Frank Sinatra/Jeff Alexander Orchestra and Chorus Our Father, who art in heaven, hollowed be thy name, Thy…
Gentri Our Father which art in heaven Hallowed be Thy name Thy kin…
Gert Potgieter Our Father Which art in heaven Hallowed be thy name Thy kin…
Gladys Knight & Johnny Mathis Our Father Who art in heaven Hallowed be Thy name Thy kingdo…
Hillsong Worship & Benjamin Hastings Let's sing together, Father in Heaven Father in Heaven Holy…
Il Divo Sébastien: Our Father, which Art in Heaven Hallowed be, Thy …
Il Divo (Holiday) Our Father, which Art in Heaven Hallowed be, Thy name Th…
Jackie Evancho Our father which art in heaven Hallowed be Thy name Thy king…
Jackie Gleason and His Orchestra Our Father Who art in Heaven Hallowed be Thy name Thy kingdo…
Jamoa Jam Lo matou Tama e, oi le lagi Ia paia o lou…
Jan Howard Our father which art in heaven hallowed be Thy name Thy…
Jaze Our father Which art in heaven Hallowed be thy name Thy k…
Jeff Alexander Choir Our Father, who art in heaven Hallowed be Thy Name Thy kin…
Jeff Alexander Orchestra and Chorus Frank Sinatra Our Father, who art in heaven, hollowed be thy name, Thy…
Johnny Mathis Our Father, which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.…
Johnny Mathis & Gladys Knight Our Father Who art in heaven Hallowed be Thy name Thy kingdo…
Jon Guerra Our Father in heaven Hallowed be thy name Thy kingdom come, …
Jonathan and Emily Martin Our Father in heaven How great it is to be Your…
Joyce Blessing feat. A.B. Crentsil Our father who art in heaven Hallowed by thy name Thy kingdo…
Jubilee Worship Come on somebody worship the Lord in this place Open your…
Judith Christie-McAllister Our Father which art in heaven Hallowed be Thy name Thy king…
King of Kings Our Father Which art in heaven Hallowed be thy name Thy k…
Lanza Mario Our Father, who art in heaven Hallowed be Thy Name Thy kin…
LeAnn Rimes Our Father, Who Art in Heaven Hallowed be, Thy Name Thy King…
Lee Greenwood Our Father, which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name. Thy k…
Leon C. Roberts Our Father Who art in Heaven Hallowed be thy name Thy Kingdo…
Liberty & Justice Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kin…
Louis Armstrong & The Commanders Our Father Who art in heaven Hallowed be Thy name Thy kingdo…
Mahalia Our Father which art in Heaven Hallowed be thy name Thy kin…
Major James M. Bankhead;The Singing Sergeants;The Mormon Tabernacle Choir Our Father Which art in heaven Hallowed be Thy name Our…
Malotte Our Father, Who art in heaven, Hallow'd be Thy Name. Thy k…
Mantovani and His Orchestra Our Father Who art in Heaven Hallowed be Thy name Thy kingdo…
Marie Osmond Our Father in heaven Hallowed be your name Your kingdom come…
Mario Lanza Our Father, who art in heaven Hallowed be Thy Name Thy kingd…
Mario Lanza & Constantine Callinicos Our Father, who art in heaven Hallowed be Thy Name Thy kin…
Mario Lanza;Ray Sinatra;The Jeff Alexander Choir;RCA Victor Orchestra Our Father, who art in heaven Hallowed be Thy Name Thy kingd…
Marshall & Alexander Our Father, who art in heaven, hollowed be thy name, Thy…
Marvin Gaye Our Father which art in Heaven hallowed would be thy name Th…
Mbongeni Ngema Hallowed Be Thy Name Our Father Which art in Which art in Wh…
Mormon Tabernacle Choir THE LORD'S PRAYER Our Father, Who art in heaven, Hallow'd be…
Music-Themes Ama namin sumasalangit ka Sambahin ang ngalan mo Mapasaamin …
Nina Hagen In the name of the Father, the Son, and the…
Ntokozo Mbambo For Thine is the Kingdom The power and the glory Forever and…
Page CXVI Father, in Heaven Hallowed be Thy name Your kingdom come You…
Perry Como Our Father, which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.…
Perry Como & The Ray Charles Singers Our Father, which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.…
Phil Thompson Our God who art in heaven Hallowed be your holy name Give…
Praise and Harmony Teach me how to pray Our Father, which art in heaven, Hallow…
Ray Price Our Father Who art in heaven Hallowed be Thy name Thy kingdo…
Rev. C.L. Franklin no lyrics - instrumental only…
Rev. W.M. Mosley Teach us to pray, as John did before you Please Teach…
Rhema Marvanne Our Father, Which Art in Heaven Hallowed be, Thy Name Thy Ki…
Rick Wakeman Our Father, Who art in Heaven Hallowed be Thy name Thy Kin…
Roy Harper A) Poem B) Modal Song parts I to IV C) Front Song D)…
Rudy Micelli Our Father, which art in heaven, Hallowed be Thy name. Thy k…
Saint Thomas Choir of Men and Boys Our Father, which art in heaven Hallowed be thy name Thy kin…
Sara Vaughan with Ted Dale and his Orchestra Our Father Who art in Heaven Hallowed be Thy name Thy kingdo…
Sarafina Hallowed be thy name Our father which art in, which art…
Sarah Vaughan Our Father Who art in Heaven Hallowed be Thy name Thy kingdo…
Selah Our Father, in heaven, hallowed be thy name, Thy kingdom com…
Shane & Shane Our Father who art in heaven Hallowed by Thy Name Thy king…
Siouxsie and the Banshees Ready? (I'm ready!) O! I'm gonna get you in the end!…
Sister Janet Mead Our Father Who art in Heaven Hallowed be Thy name Thy Kingd…
Steph Macleod Father in heaven Hallowed is Your name Let Your kingdom come…
Steve Green Our Father, which art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.…
Super Sweet Talks THE LORD'S PRAYER Super Sweet Talks Our Father who art in H…
Susan Boyle Our Father which art in heaven Hallowed be Thy name Thy king…
Tamela Mann Oh oh ya my my now You may be wondering, hm What's…
Ted Pearce Our Father who art in heaven Hallowed be Thy name Thy kingdo…
Terry MacAlmon Hallowed be Thy name I love Your name Your Holy name For the…
The B.C. & M. Mass Choir On earth as it is in heaven Seek first the reward…
The Beach Boys Our Father, Which art in heaven, Hallowed be Thy name. Thy …
The Derric Johnson Vocal Orchestra Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kin…
The Gospel Coalition Our Father in heaven Hallowed be your name Your kingdom come…
The Irish Tenors Our Father Which art in Heaven, Hallowed be... Thy Name, Thy…
The Lennon Sisters Our Father, which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name. Thy k…
The Martins Our Father in heaven How great it is to be Your…
The Mormon Tabernacle Choir;The Philadelphia Orchestra;Eugene Ormandy Our Father Which art in heaven Hallowed be Thy name Our…
The Priests Our Father who art in Heaven Hallowed Be Thy Name Thy Kingdo…
The Sisters Our Father Who art in Heaven Hallowed be Thy name Thy Kingd…
The Sisters And Brothers Our Father, which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name. Thy…
The Statler Brothers Holy Bible-New Testament Our Father, which art in Heaven H…
The Temptations Our father Which art in heaven Hallowed be thy holy name Thy…
The W.E.S. Group Teach us to pray, as John did before you Please Teach…
Various Artists Our father, which are in heaven Hallowed be thy name Thy kin…
Voice Male Our Father, which art in Heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy…
Wayburn Dean THE LORD'S PRAYER (JESUS CHRIST) Our Father, which art i…
William S. Burroughs Our Father Who art in Heaven Hallowed be Thy name Thy kingdo…
Wintley Phipps Our Father, which art in heaven Hallowed be Thy name Thy kin…

We have lyrics for these tracks by John Tavener:

A Hymn to the Mother of God Mother of God, here I stand, now praying before this…
Depart in Peace Ayo lihat semua Kapten kita datang Seluruh penjuru kotaaa Pu…
Funeral Canticle Why these bitter words of the dying, o brethren, Which they…
Funeral Ikos Why these bitter words of the dying, o brethren, which they…
Hymn to the Mother of God Mother of God, here I stand, now praying before this…
Mother of God Mother of God, here I stand, now praying before this…
Mother Of God Here I Stand Mother of God, here I stand now praying, Before this icon…
Song for Athene Alleluia Alleluia May flights of angels sing thee to thy res…
The Lamb Little Lamb who made thee Dost thou know who made thee Gave…
The Lament of the Mother of God Mother of God, here I stand, now praying before this…
The Nativity of the Mother of God Mother of God, here I stand, now praying before this…

The Tyger Tiger! Tiger! Burning bright In the forests of the night, Wh…

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