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John Tavener

Publisher: Chester Music

Birthday Sleep (1999)

commissioned by George Watson's College

Text Writer

Vernon Watkins

Publisher

Chester Music Ltd

Category

Chorus a cappella / Chorus plus 1 instrument

Year Composed

1999

Duration

11 Minutes

Chorus

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Discography - Birthday Sleep

Ensemble
Polyphony
Conductor
Stephen Layton
Hyperion:
CDA67475
Ensemble
Choir of Clare College, Cambridge
Soloist(s)
James McVinnie, organ; Stefan Berkieta, baritone; Simon Thomas Jacobs, organ
Conductor
Timothy Brown
Naxos:
8.572168
Ensemble
Chamber Choir of Southern Iceland
Soloist(s)
Gudrun Johanna Olafsdottir (soprano), Hrolfur Saemundsson (baritone)
Conductor
Hilmar Örn Agnarsson
Smekkleysa:
SMC 16

Performances

Date

Title

10 APR 2014

Birthday Sleep
The Lamb
The Tyger
As One Who Has Slept
What God is, we do not know (anthem from The Veil of the Temple)
Mother of God, here I stand (anthem from The Veil of the Temple)
Funeral Ikos
Song for Athene
Today the Virgin

Christ Church, Spitalfields, Commercial Street
Holst Singers
Stephen Layton, conductor
16 NOV 2010

As One Who Has Slept
Three Holy Sonnets
Iero Oniro (A Sacred Dream)
The Lamb
The Lord's Prayer
Schuon Hymnen
Song for Athene
Birthday Sleep

Iceland
Chamber Choir of Southern Iceland
Hilmar Örn Agnarsson, conductor
19 NOV 2004

The Lamb
Birthday Sleep
Butterfly Dreams London Premiere
Supernatural Songs London Premiere
Schuon Hymnen UK Premiere
Pratirūpa World Premiere

Barbican Centre, London
English Chamber Orchestra / Polyphony
Sarah Connolly, mezzo-soprano / Ralf Gothóni, piano; Stephen Layton, conductor
13 DEC 2002

In Wintertime
Birthday Sleep London Premiere

St James's Catholic Church, Spanish Place, London
VOX
Jonathan Fry, conductor
19 DEC 2000

Birthday Sleep World Premiere

St Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh, Scotland
George Watson's College Chamber Choir

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