John Kenneth Tavener, the renowned British composer whose spiritual, religious-inspired music drew a diverse fan base that included the Beatles and Prince Charles, has died at age 69. Tavener died ...

John Tavener, a British composer who recorded for the Beatles' Apple Records, has died. The popular classical musician was 69. According to The Guardian, which calls Tavener "the single most popular ...

Eastern Orthodox liturgical music meets New Age spirituality in British composer John Tavener’s deeply fervent 70-minute “liturgical drama” that contemplates the mystery of Christ’s Passion. It is ...

Composer John Tavener, whose works ranged from angry, dissonant cantatas to achingly beautiful choral works sung around the world during holidays, died Tuesday at his home in Child Okeford in southern ...

Having started his musical career as a teenage organist at a Presbyterian church in London, he converted to the Russian Orthodox Church in 1977 and once said that “my way towards God has been to write ...

Tavener completed his final opera, Krishna, in 2005 but it has remained unknown since then. In 2013, Prince Charles discovered Krishna, and approached Sir David Pountney, who was then the artistic ...

British composer Sir John Tavener, whose Song For Athene was played at Princess Diana's funeral, has died aged 69. He was one of the country's most celebrated contemporary composers and in the late ...

LONDON (Reuters) - John Tavener, one of Britain's most celebrated composers whose music was played at the funeral of Princess Diana, died at his home in southwest England on Tuesday at the age of 69, ...

LONDON (Reuters) - John Tavener, one of Britain's most celebrated composers whose music was played at the funeral of Princess Diana, died at his home in southwest England on Tuesday at age 69, his ...

LONDON (AP) -- British composer John Tavener, whose austere choral and orchestral works reflected his religious journey from West to East, has died at the age of 69. Tavener's publisher, Chester Music ...

, whose haunting music moved listeners with its spiritual depth and suspended beauty, died Nov. 12 at the age of 69. James Rushton, Managing Director of Chester Music, comments: John Tavener was one ...