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John Tavener: Mand'lion: Organ
Instrumental Work | Sheet Music and Books
COMPOSER:
John Tavener
PUBLISHER:
Chester Music
INSTRUMENTATION:
Organ
PRODUCT FORMAT:
Instrumental Work
Mand lion was commissioned for the 1982 Dublin International Organ Festival by RHM Foods. It was first performed on the 27th June 1982 by Pete Sweeney, at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Dublin. The piecetakes its name from the Greek word for ‘handkerchief', a word that is also used in iconography to
Specifications
| Composer | John Tavener |
| Publisher | Chester Music |
| Instrumentation | Organ |
| Grade of Difficulty | Intermediate |
| Number of pages | 28 |
| Product Format | Instrumental Work |
| Description Product Type | Book [Softcover] |
| Genre | Sacred |
| Style Period | Post 1901 |
| EAN | 5020679141618 |
| No. | MUSCH82302 |
Description
Mand lion was commissioned for the 1982 Dublin International Organ Festival by RHM Foods. It was first performed on the 27th June 1982 by Pete Sweeney, at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Dublin.
The piecetakes its name from the Greek word for ‘handkerchief', a word that is also used in iconography to refer to an Ikon ‘not made by hands’, which is equivalent to the idea of the shroud. Mand lion is a meditation uponIkons, and upon the changing image of the face of Christ.
Tavener recommends that this piece should be played freely and with great ‘sweep’.