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  1. The Veil of the Temple is a piece of choral music by British composer Sir John Tavener. Identified by Tavener as "the supreme achievement of my life", it is set for four choirs, several orchestras and soloists and lasts at least seven hours.

  2. The Veil of the Temple. I regard The Veil of the Temple as the supreme achievement of my life and the most important work that I have ever composed. It lasts well over seven hours throughout the night until dawn.

  3. melting elements in John Tavener’s The Veil of the Temple. In the music of The Veil and its setting, East meets West and they become one.Tavener combines western music with the insights and intensity of the Orthodox East; and the Temple Church, almost alone of all the churches in the English-speaking world, brings together

  4. View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 2004 SACD release of "The Veil Of The Temple" on Discogs.

  5. Signum Records are proud to re-release the landmark recording of Sir John Tavener’s The Veil of the Temple at the start of what would have been Tavener’s 70th year. This 2CD set captures the concert-version of this epic 8-hour work, composed to last through the night until dawn in the manner of the grand vigils of the Orthodox Church.

  6. Listen to Tavener: The Veil of the Temple on Spotify. John Tavener · Album · 2013 · 44 songs.

  7. The Veil of the Temple is divided into eight cycles, “like a gigantic prayer wheel,” says Tavener, the shortest half-an-hour long, the longest ninety minutes. The opening cycle is simple and stark and hushed.