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John Tavener's career has always been in the public eye. In the
1960s his music appeared on The Beatles' Apple label, and he was
one of the youngest composers to be commissioned by the Royal Opera
House. The Protecting Veil - the sensation of the 1989 Proms and
one of the best-selling classical recordings of all time - made
Tavener a household name and his Song for Athene was heard by
millions around the world when it was played at Princess Diana's
funeral. Yet behind this glittering facade is a spiritual
dimension, which became explicit after Tavener was received into
the Russian Orthodox Church in 1977. With his wide intellectual
curiosity and searching musical imagination it can come as no
surprise that he possesses a profound and far-reaching musical
'philosophy'. The Music of Silence gives voice to this philosophy.
Based on extensive conversations in his Greek island retreat
between the composer and his close friend Brian Keeble, it covers
the influences of his formative years, the technical aspects of his
composition, his attitude and often controversial reactions to the
music of his contemporaries, his love of the landscape and ethos of
Greece, and the sacred and religious underpinning of his faith.
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