What a gorgeous feast day everyone, thank you all. Heres a little background on that excellent Communion anthem with lyrics by Mother Thekla, an Orthodox nun (telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/religion-obituaries/8698853/Mother-Thekla.html). It is Taveners best known work having been performed by the Westminster Abbey Choir at the funeral service of Diana, Princess of Wales, on 6 September 1997 as her cortège departed from Westminster Abbey. Written in April 1993 as a tribute to Athene Hariades, a young family friend killed in a cycling accident, Tavener said of Hariades: Her beauty, both outward and inner, was reflected in her love of acting, poetry, music and of the Orthodox Church. He had heard her reading Shakespeare in Westminster Abbey, and after her funeral, developed the idea of composing a song which combined words from the Orthodox funeral service and Shakespeares Hamlet.
Posted on: Mon, 03 Nov 2014 15:36:03 +0000
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