John Tavener
The excruciating tedium of John Tavener
The Edinburgh International Festival opened with John Tavener’s The Veil of the Temple, and I wish it hadn’t. Not that…
Sound and fury
No one is consulted. No one is held to account. No one has the authority to turn it off. How…
Chorus of approval
One of the growth areas of contemporary music is in setting sacred texts. It might be thought that I had…
Pitch perfect
To go from the second day of the England v. India Test match at Lord’s to the Albert Hall for…
Remembering John Tavener
When I first met John Tavener in 1977, he was still largely known for his dramatic cantata The Whale, which…
