tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post8386884614109055288..comments2024-03-26T15:57:13.443+00:00Comments on On An Overgrown Path: From Russia with loveUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-16542336323899625512009-03-04T07:03:00.000+00:002009-03-04T07:03:00.000+00:00David, I should also have added that Roger Tavener...David, I should also have added that Roger Tavener sponsored the premiere recording of his brother's <I>The Protecting Veil</I> by Stephen Isserlis to the tune of £10,000 (a very considerable sum in 1989), as did the Arts Council.<BR/><BR/>Virgin considered that <I>The Protecting Veil</I> was not commercial, and would not record it without sponsorship. The disc went on to become one of their best-sellers ever, and generated a lot of money for them. It is not known if Virgin paid the sponsors back.Pliablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-15081175967877373232009-03-03T21:49:00.000+00:002009-03-03T21:49:00.000+00:00Don't you find Tavener a bit,uhm,pretentious?All t...Don't you find Tavener a bit,uhm,pretentious?All those pronouncements on Western music[I reckon,he exempts his own from the chaff,as it were]and his music is so damned pedestrian ,for all the sturm and drang.Arvo Part without the fat and calories and flavor...pathoganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02737213152306746811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-29463755894800773612009-03-03T17:29:00.000+00:002009-03-03T17:29:00.000+00:00David, a very prescient comment.The figure to John...David, a very prescient comment.<BR/><BR/>The figure to John Tavener's right is his brother, Roger, who was a member of the Beatle's circle, and friendly with Ringo Starr in particular. <BR/><BR/>It was Roger who arranged for John Tavener's <I>The Whale</I> to be recorded on the Beatle's Apple label in 1970. Surprisingly, the recording, with David Atherton and the London Sinfonietta, is no longer available. But if you have a copy the distorted voice shouting <I>'and cause suffocation'</I> is Ringo Starr's.Pliablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-25061466104083942592009-03-03T17:27:00.000+00:002009-03-03T17:27:00.000+00:00Email received:Good Lord! John Tavener almost look...<I>Email received:</I><BR/><BR/>Good Lord! John Tavener almost looks like a Fifth Beatle here! <BR/><BR/>Cheers <BR/>David CavlovicPliablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.com