Tom Service pays tribute to Sir John Tavener with a recently-recorded interview held at the late composer's home in Dorset. Show more
Poet and librettist Michael Symmons Roberts and broadcaster Reverend Richard Coles look at the literature that inspired John Tavener - from George Herbert and John Donne to Blake. Show more
Desert Island Discs
John Tavener
40 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
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Sue Lawley's castaway is composer John Tavener. Show more
A musical meditation by the English composer who died in 2013 Show more
The prescient Requiem Fragments was composed shortly before Tavener’s death Show more
Live from the Royal Albert Hall, Katie Derham introduces the final concert of the 2014 Proms season. Conductor Sakari Oramo takes charge of his first Last Night. Show more