Sir John Tavener: England's Holy Minimalist
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Classical Nerd is a video series covering music history, theoretical concepts, and techniques, hosted by composer, pianist, and music history aficionado Thomas Little.
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Music:
- John Tavener: The Lamb (1982), performed by the Erebus Ensemble directed by Tom Williams [original upload: BCnYdL_co6Y]
- Thomas Little: Dance! #2 in E minor, Op. 1 No. 2, performed by Rachel Fellows, Michael King, and Bruce Tippette
- John Tavener: Hymn to the Mother of God (1985), performed by the Tenebrae Choir directed by Nigel Short [original upload: 7E_rKYkjSC4]
- John Tavener: Mother of God, Here I Stand (2003), performed by the Exultate Singers directed by David Ogden [original upload: EqsMBX9Kxm4]
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@HelloEveryonez678 6 ай бұрын
We learn more from 15 minutes of your channel than entire courses on Music History Appreciation thingy! Please continue to make these videos for decades to come!!
@DavidA-ps1qr 4 жыл бұрын
I have learnt more about John Tavener in 15 minutes than I've known about him in my entire life......... incredible research. These uploads are an absolute credit to You Tube.
@acevaptsarov8410 3 жыл бұрын
Agreed! Amazing channel... thank you for creating these, CN! :)
@HelloEveryonez678 6 ай бұрын
In case you're wondering about the background music for the first 3 minutes or so, it is John Tavener's "The Lamb".
@classicalmusic3334 4 жыл бұрын
Over the last few months I've been listening to Tavener's music more actively, I think that especially his Lament for Jerusalem and A Hymn to the Mother of God are incredibly good!
@melasonos6132 2 жыл бұрын
Fantastic job on this one MUCH appreciated. You make a good mix of thourough and concise content.
@Listenerandlearner870 2 жыл бұрын
At a time when Tavener is under attack and supposedly out of fashion it is great to find such a fullsome presentation.
@Listenerandlearner870 2 жыл бұрын
He is about love and beauty and hope.
@SaintBeatrix 2 жыл бұрын
In what way is tavener under attack? I love his music and don’t understand why anyone would attack him
@Listenerandlearner870 2 жыл бұрын
@@SaintBeatrix i don't know either. He is out of fashion. Some commentors attack him.
@SaintBeatrix 2 жыл бұрын
Yes but according to who?
@alicewyan 4 жыл бұрын
Yay! Thank you :)
@EddieMartson 4 жыл бұрын
Love to know about good muisicians. Great Channel!
@neo-eclesiastul9386 4 жыл бұрын
13:06 my boi Charlie is waaaaaay underrated! We should make a temple in his honour.
@ClassicalNerd 4 жыл бұрын
I volunteer to donate the small shrine that I've started on the top right section of my bookshelf.
@flynnmchardy7362 4 жыл бұрын
Fitting with minimalism (kind of) should do a video about modern film composition eg, Jonny Greenwood, Mica Levi, Oneohtrix point never. Love your stuff !
@ClassicalNerd 4 жыл бұрын
Unfortunately, "modern film composition" is simply too broad of a topic for me to cover, and I'm not in the habit of covering any individual composer whose career is still ongoing.
@anewman1976 4 жыл бұрын
I remember adding (and still waiting for) Howard Hanson to your list years ago! :)
@ClassicalNerd 4 жыл бұрын
It's an unfortunate reality that those far down the list won't have videos made for them for a long while, but when you're dealing with 346 requests, it gets difficult.
@classicalmusic3334 4 жыл бұрын
Very interesting video! Unfortunately the only available recording of The Veil of the Temple is an abridged version. It would be interesting to hear the full seven hours!
@ClassicalNerd 4 жыл бұрын
I would love to hear it too!
@vrixphillips 4 жыл бұрын
I've always wanted to hear the unabridged 7 hours too!
@nondeblah 2 жыл бұрын
*Especially* in the sublime language of music!
@zacharydetrick7428 4 жыл бұрын
13:06 LOL i felt that. I will also donate to your Ives shrine haha
@bruceweaver1518 11 ай бұрын
Interesting. I never heard of him before. Can you do a program on Arthur Sullivan?
@bernab 2 ай бұрын
The minimalism of John Tavener is actually very different from American Minimalism. Yes, he used repetition a lot. But he used also a lot serialism. Zodiacs, for example, is both minimalistic and serialistic. But because he used more consonant intervals, it seems almost tonal. He used also some modal.
@finnjustfinn6783 4 жыл бұрын
I’d love to see a video on Elgar
@ClassicalNerd 4 жыл бұрын
Duly noted: lentovivace.com/classicalnerd.html
@stelios6032 4 жыл бұрын
Please do one for Mieczysław Weinberg!!!!!!!!!! I I absolutely love your channel !!!!!!!!!!!!!
@ClassicalNerd 4 жыл бұрын
Weinberg is currently 348/348 in the request pool at lentovivace.com/classicalnerd.html
@ikmarchini 3 жыл бұрын
Go Ives. The Great.
@grayson9839 4 жыл бұрын
Have you done a video on Fanny Mendelssohn?
@ClassicalNerd 4 жыл бұрын
I do. All my videos on composers may be found in my "Great Composers" playlist.
@zacharydetrick7428 4 жыл бұрын
2:17 that's a whale of a tale!
@zacharydetrick7428 4 жыл бұрын
7:01 who would have guessed? the return of the pen-smoker
@vagnersobolev552 4 жыл бұрын
You have so many books at the back! Why don't you review them in your next video?
@ClassicalNerd 4 жыл бұрын
Not all of the books on the current set are technically mine (some are my roommate's), and I've expanded my collection since this video, but I did do something like this a while back, two sets ago: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/b7SchrBqr73Im40.html
@pawncube2050 4 жыл бұрын
Fiirst
@composerdavidgiannivaldez367 4 жыл бұрын
Goshdarnit Rodrigo
@ClassicalNerd 4 жыл бұрын
Dang, y'all are both fast!
@ClassicalNerd 4 жыл бұрын
@@paeffill9428 As always, lentovivace.com/classicalnerd.html is the place to check. ;)
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