John Tavener (1944 – 2013)

Out Of The Night

viola

12.00 €

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Details
For
viola
Product Type
Music score
Author / Composer
John Tavener
Product number
858195
Difficulty Level
3
Extent
4 Pages
Description

The composer’s note on this copy of the autograph score has the following directions: ‘Out of the Night was written to be played in order to ‘greet the dawn’ outside St Catherine’s Monastery Sinai’ and it is recommended that the work be played outside or in a church or building with some resonance. The sound is Middle Eastern, modal, invoking the Orthodox Church with the Greek pronunciation of the single word ‘Alleluia’.Tavener was widely known as a composer of religious music and while this wo...