Marienhymne is a piece on a smaller scale than Tavener闂備胶鍋ㄩ崕鏌ユ偘 dramatic cantatas, and is written for unaccompanied choir and semiChorus. Tavener was drawn to writer and philosopher Frithjof Schuon闂備胶鍋ㄩ崕鏌ユ偘 vision of the Virgin Mary as universal and primordial Woman and has used an extract from his work Maria as the libretto, in German, for this piece. The composer calls for 闂備胶鍋ㄩ崕鑼剁亷adiance and ecstasy闂 and also a 闂備胶鍋ㄩ崕鐬╡at distance闂 between the main choir and the echo choir.John Tavener was that rare creature, a composer of serious music and serious religious music, who also achieved commercial success. He burst into the popular consciousness with the performance of his Song for Athene at the funeral of Princess Diana, but had been a highly respected and frequently-performed composer since the premiere of his dramatic cantata The Whale in 1968.
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