Tavener

British  

/ ˈtævənə /

noun

1. Sir John ( Kenneth ). born 1944, English composer, whose works include the cantata The Whale (1966), the opera Thérèse (1979), and the choral work The Last Discourse (1998); many of his later works are inspired by the liturgy of the Russian Orthodox Church

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Example Sentences

The court heard from the prosecution that Tavener did not call for help from emergency services when he crashed.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

Other contemporary composers, such Arvo Pärt and the late John Tavener, have tapped into a musical representation of orthodox Christianity offering spiritual salve to a wider mainstream audience.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 20, 2023

Nicholas Maw wrote a sonata for her, and John Tavener made her the “Divine Eros” in his vast, mystical “Ikon of Eros,” written for the Minnesota Orchestra’s centennial in 2002.

From New York Times • Sep. 16, 2022

The magazine was doing a special Faces of British Music feature with 35 top British composers, and I was to be photographed alongside Sir John Tavener.

From The Guardian • Nov. 27, 2017

But William Tavener never heeded ominous forecasts in the domestic horizon, and he never looked for a storm until it broke.

From A Collection of Stories, Reviews and Essays by Cather, Willa Sibert