Sir John Tavener

As an Englsih composer of spiritual music his compositions are very soothing and push the human voice to its highest limits. At times it pushes the higher pitched voices to become even higher and vice versa for the low pitch voices as to resemble the highest of the heavens and the lowest of hells. When asked if he made his music for God Tavener said that when composing that he started out making music for God and the church as his main influence but it would be foolish for him to believe that after hearing it performed over the years. Out of all of the artist that we have listened to this semester Tavener is high on the list for me. He gives sense of peace and calm which I like.