Ferchi

Expert appreciation of Taveners compositional style, and its influence. "This kind of music-making creates thoughtful musicians. It is difficult to imagine that the choristers of Durham Cathedral who had to figure out what to do with Taveners 11-minute Ikon of St Cuthbert of Lindisfarne didnt then return to their diet of Byrd and Tallis with a heightened sense of how to achieve maximum impact through understatement."