If ye love me - Tavener - world premiere

[ardcarp]

On Hear and Now this piece for an amateur multi-faith choir of womwn's voices (plus strings from BBC PO) appears at about 1hr16mins in:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03nc3qr

It was first played at the 2013 Manchester International Festival.

(Throughout the whole programme, Judith Weir was discussing JT's work with Tom Service.)

[DracoM]

Erm...........or rather Tom Service was both asking and answering the questions, repeating himself, always wanting the last word. He is a truly lousy interviewer.

[Stanley Stewart]

I've just been catching -up with my hard disk recordings and thought it worth mentioning the TV tribute, "Sir John Tavener Remembered", BBC 4, 19.00-20.00 hrs, New Year's Eve. On this occasion, Tom Service was tracing the composer's "spiritual odyssey" over more than 40 years and this includes some memorable archive footage. Should be available on iPlayer for a few more days.

Off-thread. The programme was followed by a screening of the delicious "Kind Hearts & Coronets (1949) in a pristine monochrome print of a quality seldom seen in cinemas. Both features now on DVD, of course. A treat!

[Magnificat]

I've just been catching -up with my hard disk recordings and thought it worth mentioning the TV tribute, "Sir John Tavener Remembered", BBC 4, 19.00-20.00 hrs, New Year's Eve. On this occasion, Tom Service was tracing the composer's "spiritual odyssey" over more than 40 years and this includes some memorable archive footage. Should be available on iPlayer for a few more days.

Off-thread. The programme was followed by a screening of the delicious "Kind Hearts & Coronets (1949) in a pristine monochrome print of a quality seldom seen in cinemas. Both features now on DVD, of course. A treat!

SS

Watched both of them.

VCC.