In 1993, British composer John Tavener wrote the devotional choral work "Song for Athene" to memorialize the premature death of a friend. That music was performed at the funeral of Diana, Princess of ...

A beautiful, Russian-born Cambridge graduate who co-founded the monastery near Whitby and latterly lived there in seclusion as the abbess, she furnished the words for some of Tavener’s most important ...

LONDON — British composer John Tavener, whose career was boosted with the help of The Beatles and who often is remembered for the elegiac song performed as Princess Diana's coffin was carried out of ...

, whose haunting music moved listeners with its spiritual depth and suspended beauty, died Nov. 12 at the age of 69. James Rushton, Managing Director of Chester Music, comments: John Tavener was one ...

LONDON (AP) — British composer John Tavener, whose austere choral and orchestral works reflected his religious journey from West to East, died Tuesday. He was 69. Tavener's publisher, Chester Music, ...

British composer John Tavener, whose austere choral and orchestral works reflected his religious journey from West to East, died Tuesday. He was 69. Tavener’s publisher, Chester Music, said he died at ...

Sorely missed, never bettered and still relevant - John Tavener was one of classical music's true originals. His compositions resonate stronger now than ever and his legacy is one full of cars, ...

John Tavener opens his front door and his miniature dachshunds come flying out, yapping and wagging their tales as they scurry round my legs. "They were a great comfort to me when I was ill," he says.

LONDON (AP) -- British composer John Tavener, whose austere choral and orchestral works reflected his religious journey from West to East, has died at the age of 69. Tavener's publisher, Chester Music ...

Sir John Tavener, the longtime British composer known for his religious works, died at the age of 69 at his home in southern England Tuesday. Tavener suffered from ill health, including a major heart ...