Ikon Of Light

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JOHN TAVENER
Ikon Of Light
The Sixteen / Members of the Duke Quartet / Harry Christopers

[ Coro / CD ]

Release Date: Wednesday 5 February 2014

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"As time goes by, I find Harry Christophers' music-making more and more captivating ..."
BBC RADIO 3, CD REVIEW

Despite the mystic beauty of his music, John Tavener's place in Western music is a controversial one. His desire to create musical ikons for a time in which he believes 'man has lost his belief not only in God, but also in himself' is provocative. Yet part of the attraction of his music must surely arise from its symbolic nature, a reflection of his deeply-held Orthodox faith.

This collection cvers a wide range of Tavener's celebrated choral output and includes his immediately popular setting of William Blake's The Lamb, and the luminously spiritual, Ikon of Light.

"As time goes by, I find Harry Christophers' music-making more and more captivating ..."
BBC RADIO 3, CD REVIEW

Tracks:

1. A Hymn to the Mother of God 3'26
2. Hymn for the Dormition of the Mother of God 5'01
3. The Lamb 3'41
4. The Tyger 6'07
5-15 Ikon of Light
5. Movement 1 FOS I, DOXA 5'03
6. Movement 2 piu intensita 3'19
7. Movement 3 TRISAGION I 2'39
8. Movement 4a MYSTIC PRAYER TO THE HOLY SPIRIT 5'59
9. Movement 4b 3'14
10. Movement 4c 4'43
11. Movement 4d 3'17
12. Movement 4e 2'45
13. Movement 5 TRISAGION II 2'47
14. Movement 6 FOS II 3'51
15. Movement 7 EPIPHANIA 4'01
16. Today the Virgin 2'49
17. Eonia 4'42