A Portrait

Tracklist

• CD 1
• 1
  In alium: Section A
  4:14
• 2
  To a Child Dancing in the Wind: I. He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven
  5:23
• 3
  The Lamb
  3:53
• 4
  The Tyger
  5:26
• 5
  Ikon of Light: I. FOS I, DOXA
  5:00
• 6
  Ikon of Light: II. PIU INTENSITA
  3:25
• 7
  Mandelion (extract)
  3:30
• 8
  Chant (extract)
  3:47
• 9
  Ikon of St Cuthbert of Lindisfarne (extract)
  2:43
• 10
  The Protecting Veil: Section I
  15:08
• 11
  Mary of Egypt: Act III. Bless Duet
  7:27
• 12
  Akhmatova Songs: No. 5. The Muse
  2:59
• 13
  Diódia: Solemn
  5:53
• 14
  Diódia: [rehearsal letter I]
  5:02
• 15
  Song for Athene
  5:39
• CD 2
• 1
  Zodiacs
  2:29
• 2
  Prayer of the Heart
  15:17
• 3
  Ikon of Eros: II. Eros
  7:56
• 4
  Mother and Child (extract)
  4:38
• 5
  John Tavener Reflects... (a recorded interview): "My earliest musical memories..."
  8:21
• 6
  John Tavener Reflects... (a recorded interview): "I saw in the Russian Orthodox Church..."
  8:13
• 7
  John Tavener Reflects... (a recorded interview): "I think The Protecting Veil..."
  8:04
• 8
  John Tavener Reflects... (a recorded interview): "The Icelandic pop singer Björk..."
  6:19
• 9
  John Tavener Reflects... (a recorded interview): "The fact that I've been given..."
  4:11
• 10
  John Tavener Reflects... (a recorded interview): "When my publishers ring..."
  5:39
• 11
  John Tavener Reflects... (a recorded interview): "The only goal..."
  5:05

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Release credits

• Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble
  instrument [11]
• Björk
  vocal [2]
• Brodsky Quartet
  string quartet [2]
• Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge
  choir vocals [3-4, 15]
• Christopher Robinson
  conductor [3-4, 15]
• Durham Cathedral Choir
  choir vocals [9]
• Eileen Hulse
  soprano vocals [1]
• Harry Christophers
  conductor [5-6]
• Heidi Grant Murphy
  soprano vocals [2]
• Ian Shaw
  organ [9]
• James Lancelot
  conductor [9]
• John Tavener
  spoken vocals [5-11]
• Jonathan Richards
  guitar [8]
• Jorja Fleezanis
  violin [3]
• Kevin Bowyer
  organ [7]
• Laura Gilbert
  flute [2]
• Maria Kliegel
  cello [10]
• Mary Hammann
  viola [2]
• Minnesota Chorale
  choir vocals [3]
• Minnesota Orchestra
  performing orchestra [3]
• Nigel Short
  conductor [4]
• Patricia Rozario
  soprano vocals [11-12]
• Paul Goodwin
  conductor [3]
• RTÉ Vanbrugh Quartet
  string quartet [12-14]
• Stacey Shames
  harp [2]
• Stephen Varcoe
  bass-baritone vocals [11]
• Tenebrae
  choir vocals [4]
• Thalia Myers
  piano [1]
• The Duke Quartet
  string trio [5-6]
• The Sixteen
  choir vocals [5-6]
• Ulster Orchestra
  performing orchestra [1, 10]
• 湯浅卓雄
  conductor [1, 10]
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Issues

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  A Portrait

  2x CD
  February 2004