Song for Athene - ALTO | John Tavener

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I do not own the copyright to the music or the arrangement featured in this video. The sole purpose of this video is educational — to assist choir members in learning their respective voice parts.

If your choir is planning to perform this piece, I strongly encourage you to support the composer and/or arranger by purchasing the appropriate number of copies of the music sheet for your group through their official or authorized commercial distributor. "Song for Athene" (also known as "Alleluia. May Flights of Angels Sing Thee to Thy Rest") is a musical composition by British composer John Tavener with lyrics by Mother Thekla, an Orthodox nun. It is Tavener's best known work, having been performed by the Westminster Abbey Choir conducted by Martin Neary at the funeral service of Diana, Princess of Wales, on 6 September 1997.

Commissioned by the BBC, the piece was written in April 1993 by Tavener as a tribute to Athene Hariades, a young half-Greek actress who was a family friend killed in a cycling accident. Tavener said of Hariades: "Her beauty, both outward and inner, was reflected in her love of acting, poetry, music and of the Orthodox Church. He had heard her reading Shakespeare in Westminster Abbey, and after her funeral, developed the idea of composing a song which combined words from the Orthodox funeral service and Shakespeare's Hamlet. (Wikipedia)

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