John Tavener - SWR2 New TalentSWR2 New Talent is a promotion and support programme of the broadcasting station SWR aiming to help exceptional young talents to launch their career. Tavener's cello concerto "The Protecting Veil" is a deeply spiritual instrumental piece that puts the life and work of the Virgin Mary to music. It was premiered at the BBC Proms in 1989 with cellist Steven Isserlis, for whom Tavener had written the concerto. At the time Tavener wrote the composition he

The title reflects the custom in the Arabic literature of the period to create ornamental titles: a dove is pretty

See You In Seattle

alliances shifted and relationships were put to the test

and recitals

Extensive liner notes discuss the history of life in the Catskills and provide information about each song along with it's lyrics

but by the time Thomas is nine he's lost both his mother and father

Julia Deakin

she dedicates herself to the recovery and enhancement of the eighteenth-century Neapolitan musical heritage

including Julie London

The action corresponds to the spirit of the times

1s "Georgia On My Mind"

this recording also features the rarely performed "Sestina Mentre ti fui sì grato"