Tavener PRAYER FOR JERUSALEM

John Tavener

PRAYER FOR JERUSALEM for children's voices and strings

CHESTER MUSIC 6.13

Prayer for Jerusalem was written for the Israel Camerata. First performance on 22nd October 2006, at the Henry Crown Hall, Jerusalem, by the Israel Camerata and Chorus Musicus Köln, conducted by Christoph Spering.

Duration: c. 810minutes minutes Duration c.

Conductor’s score, vocal score and string parts on hire Vocal score also on sale: Order No. CH71698-01

COMPOSER’S NOTE We live in the time of the last days of the Kali-Yuga, the Dark Age of Hinduism. The great religious traditions of the world are in a state of old age, and therefore of senility and human corruption. My Prayer for Jerusalem is an Invocation to the One God of Islam, Judaism and Christianity – Allah, Adonai, Kyrie. The Hadith of the Prophet Mohammed proclaims that God is a Beautiful Being, and he loves Beauty. Very little of that beauty can be seen in the behaviour of some among mankind, who are made in his image and yet at this moment in time seem to have become a distortion and a gross perversion of that Eternal Beauty.

In Prayer for Jerusalem, I have tried to rediscover something of that Eternal Beauty through the language of music. Children’s voices invoke the name of God as a mantra throughout, while the strings play a six-part canon based on the very name of Jerusalem, which is the spiritual home of Jews, Muslims and Christians, but also, and more importantly, a symbol of the Celestial City. The Prayer is a Triptych, rising to an impassioned cry in the central section, and then, in the final section, coming to a mood of serenity and Beatitude. Indeed, the very substance of the Divine Being.

J.T.

for the suffering Muslims, Jews and Christians of Jerusalem

PRAYER FOR JERUSALEM John Tavener c.66 With profound compunction q = c.50

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Children’s Voices

like a mantra mp

       Al - lah.

  

    

  

Ky - ri - e.

A - do - nai. Al - lah.

Ky - ri - e.

sim. sempre

    A - do - nai. Al - lah.

Ky - ri - e.

Violin I

  







Violin II

 





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Viola

 

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Cello

 

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  

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Double Bass

4

Voices

A

cresc. poco a poco

     A - do - nai. Al - lah. con molto intensità

Vln. I

 

7

Voices

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Voices

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    A - do - nai. Al - lah.







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pp

molto

    A - do - nai. Al - lah.





  Ky - ri - e.

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molto





  Ky - ri - e.

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molto

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  Ky - ri - e.

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

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p

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(cresc.)

    

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p

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Vln. II

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Ky - ri - e.

pp

Ky - ri - e.

A - do - nai. Al - lah.

Vln. I

A - do - nai. Al - lah.

 

(cresc.)

pp

10

    



molto

A - do - nai. Al - lah.

Vln. II

  Ky - ri - e.

    

 Vln. I 

 

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A - do - nai. Al - lah.

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  Ky - ri - e.

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

A - do - nai. Al - lah.



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 molto



  Ky - ri - e.

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

molto

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

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2 13

(cresc.)

    

Voices

A - do - nai. Al - lah.

Vln. I

 















Vla.  





19





 

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

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mp

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

mp

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 molto



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mp





    A - do - nai. Al - lah.





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













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mp

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mp

molto



molto

molto



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mp



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

 molto



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mp

molto

B





  Ky - ri - e.





    A - do - nai. Al - lah.







  Ky - ri - e.

















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



poco f

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

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poco f

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

Ky - ri - e.



poco f

poco f



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Vlc.







(cresc.)

molto





molto

molto

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mp

molto

molto

  



molto

poco f

Vla.



Ky - ri - e.

mp

molto





A - do - nai. Al - lah.



poco f

Vln. II





   

Ky - ri - e.

A - do - nai. Al - lah.

Vln. I

mp

molto







(cresc.)

    

Voices





  Ky - ri - e.

A - do - nai. Al - lah.





mp



mp

Vla.  



   

mp

mp

Vln. II







A - do - nai. Al - lah.

 Vln. I 





molto

molto

    

Voices



mp

p

16



  Ky - ri - e.

A - do - nai. Al - lah.



molto



   

Ky - ri - e.

p

Vln. II

 



poco f









poco f









3 22

(cresc.)

    

Voices

A - do - nai. Al - lah.

 Vln. I 





  Ky - ri - e.





























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

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

  

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



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

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























f cresc.













poco f



(cresc.)



Vln. II





A - do - nai. Al - lah.

Vln. I



f cresc.





    

Voices



poco f





poco f

poco f

Vlc.



  Ky - ri - e.

A - do - nai. Al - lah.

poco f

poco f

 



   

f cresc.

poco f

Vla.



poco f



 

  Ky - ri - e.

A - do - nai. Al - lah.



poco f

Vln. II

   



Ky - ri - e.







 







 







 















    A - do - nai. Al - lah.









 



Ky - ri - e.







 







  

 









    A - do - nai. Al - lah.



 





 

 

Ky - ri - e.













 















f cresc.

Vlc.



 



















f cresc.

28

con molto intensità

(cresc.)

    

Voices

A - do - nai. Al - lah.

Vln. I

  

Vln. II





Ky - ri - e.

    A - do - nai. Al - lah.

  Ky - ri - e.



































































































Ky - ri - e.







A - do - nai. Al - lah.

 







   





ff



 





ff



Vla.











ff

 







ff

Vlc.

D.B.



  





 







ff





ff

4 31

ff

    

Voices

 

A - do - nai. Al - lah.

 Vln. I  Vln. II



Vla.



Vlc.

D.B.





 







































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























    

Voices

A - do - nai. Al - lah.

 Vln. I 

    

  Ky - ri - e.





























 





















con molto intensità

     Ky - ri - e.











A - do - nai. Al - lah.















C 34





 

 







Ky - ri - e.

A - do - nai. Al - lah.





 

   

Ky - ri - e.

A - do - nai. Al - lah.







 



Ky - ri - e.





 





 

   

         

    

A - do - nai. Al - lah.

Ky - ri - e.

    A - do - nai. Al -





























































pp



Vln. II



  pp

 

Vla.



 



pp

 

  Vlc.

D.B.

  











 



 



 



pp

 





pp



 pp

With yearning, very intense ff con molto intensità sempre

     

38

Voices

- lah.

Vln. I

  div.   

   

         

   

         

  

Ky - ri -

A -

Ky - ri -

A -

Ky - ri -

e.



sffp

     div.

Vln. II

Vla.

 

sffp Vlc.

div.     

 

sffp

D.B.

    

sffp

nai. Al - lah.

  

e.



sffp

sffp

   

do -

  

 



sffp

  



  

 

sffp



sffp

 



sffp

sffp unis.

 

do - nai. Al - lah.

sffp

sffp div.

  

  

 



sffp



 

sffp



5 41

Voices



 - e.

    Vln. I 

         

   

         

   

         

   



A - do - nai. Al - lah.

Ky - ri - e.

A - do - nai. Al - lah.

Ky - ri - e.

A - do - nai. Al - lah.

Ky - ri - e.

A - do -



sffp unis.

Vln. II

  



  



 

sffp



     

    Vln. I 



    Vln. I       

   

sffp

 

sffp unis.

  



 



sffp

A - do - nai. Al - lah.



   

 



 

 

 

 

sffp



e.

  



sffp div.

  



sffp

sffp div.

   sffp div. in 3

   

 



  

  

sffp unis.



 

sffp

  

  sffp div. in 2

 

   

sffp unis.

sffp div.

sffp



sffp

 



sffp

   

D          

   

         

   

         

  

Ky - ri - e.

A - do - nai. Al - lah.

Ky - ri - e.

A - do - nai. Al - lah.

Ky - ri - e.

A - do - nai. Al - lah.

Ky - ri -

 

  



sffp div.



  



  sffp div.



 





sffp

 

 

  

 

 



sffp

 

sffp div.



sffp div.

  

 sffp div.

sffp unis.

 

  



sffp

sffp

sffp unis.

 

 

sffp unis.

sffp

sffp div.

D.B.



 

Ky - ri - e.

sffp unis.

  

div.

A - do - nai. Al - lah.

unis.

Vlc.

 

unis.

Ky - ri -

sffp

Vla.

sffp

A - do - nai. Al - lah.

sffp Vln. II

sffp



Ky - ri - e.

sffp

Voices

 

        

sffp





sffp

sffp div.

   

 

   



  

49





sffp

sffp div.

 

  

         

sffp unis.

D.B.

 

sffp

  



   



  

 

         

sffp

Vlc.

 



   

sffp unis.

Vla.



sffp

- nai. Al - lah.

Vln. II

 

   sffp div.

sffp

sffp

  D.B.  

Voices



div.

sffp

45

  

sffp

  

 

sffp unis.

sffp

sffp

Vlc.



sffp div.

sffp unis.

Vla.

  

 

 

    

sffp unis.



 

sffp



6 53

Voices



 - e.

    Vln. I 

         

   

         

   

         

   



A - do - nai. Al - lah.

Ky - ri - e.

A - do - nai. Al - lah.

Ky - ri - e.

A - do - nai. Al - lah.

Ky - ri - e.

A - do -

  



sffp div.

Vln. II

   

 



sffp

   

div. in 3

Vlc.

sffp div.

  D.B.   

sffp

57

Voices



- nai. Al - lah.

 Vln. I 

 

Vln. I



   

Vln. II

Ky - ri -

A - do - nai. Al - lah.

Ky - ri - e.

A - do - nai. Al - lah.

  

         

sffp



 



sffp

     



sffp

sffp

 

 



sffp





sffp

         

   

E              

Ky - ri - e.

A - do - nai. Al - lah.

Ky - ri - e.

A - do -

  

 

 

   





sffp

 





sffp div.

sffp unis.

 

   sffp div.

 



sffp unis.

nai. Al - lah.

p sub.

       

Ky - ri - e.

A - do - nai. Al - lah.































 



















sffp



   sffp unis.



 

sffp div.



sffp

D.B.



sffp

 



    



sffp div.



e.

sffp unis.

 



sffp

Vlc.



  

sffp Vla.

sffp

A - do - nai. Al - lah.

sffp

   



Ky - ri - e.

sffp



sffp

sffp

  D.B.   



 

        



  

sffp

 



 

   

sffp div.

Voices

sffp

sffp div.

  



 

         

 

  

61

div.

   

sffp unis.

Vlc.

 

         

sffp Vla.

 



   

sffp unis.

Vln. II

sffp

sffp

     

 

unis.

 





sffp

sffp unis.



sffp

 

 



  

sffp div. in 2

 



sffp unis.

 

   sffp div.

 



sffp

   



sffp



sffp

Vla.



sffp unis.



  

 

sffp



 

sffp

7 65

Serene, contemplative

  

Voices

          

    Ky - ri -

e.

A - do

-

  Vln. I  



con sord.

 

Vln. II

pp espress.

con sord.

  

Vla.

 









con sord.

  

 

 



pp espress.









Ky - ri -

A - do - nai. Al - lah.



 

pp espress.

e.

   

         





pp espress.

Ky - ri -

nai. Al - lah.

con sord.

   

















e.

A - do -











   



 











Vlc. con sord.







 



pp espress.

  

con sord.

D.B.





pp espress.

























68

    

Voices

- nai. Al - lah.

 Vln. I

 

Vln. II



Vla.



Vlc.

D.B.





















  

Ky - ri - e.





 

 

 

 



  



     A - do - nai. Al - lah.



  



    

 



 



 

 





 



A - do - nai. Al - lah.



 



    

 



 







    

 

 

 







Ky - ri - e.





 



 

 









 



Ky - ri - e.

A - do -

 







 

 

















    

 



Ky - ri - e.

A - do -



71

Voices

- nai. Al - lah.

Vln. I

 

Vla.



















 





  Vlc.

A - do - nai. Al - lah.





Vln. II



Ky - ri - e.









































Ky - ri - e.













A - do - nai. Al - lah.

























































  







 

8 74

    

Voices

- nai. Al - lah.

 Vln. I  

Vln. II



Vla.

 

Ky - ri - e.





 



 





     





 







 



  Ky - ri - e.

A - do - nai. Al - lah.

 

 

 

 



 

 









 



Ky - ri - e.

A - do -













     A - do - nai. Al - lah.





 

































Vlc.



 

















77

    

Voices

- nai. Al - lah.

Vln. I

 

Vln. II



Vla.

 













  Ky - ri - e.

















     A - do - nai. Al - lah.







Ky - ri - e.

































 









     A - do - nai. Al - lah.





 







 





Ky - ri - e.

A - do -

 







 

 



 



 

Vlc.











80

    

Voices

- nai. Al - lah.

 Vln. I  

Vln. II



 

Vla.

 

Ky - ri - e.





 

 



 

 





     A - do - nai. Al - lah.



 









 

    

Ky - ri - e.

A - do - nai. Al - lah.







































 



Ky - ri - e.

A - do -





























Vlc.







9 83

    

Voices

 

- nai. Al - lah.

 Vln. I

 













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- nai. Al - lah.

Vln. I

 

Vla.



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 



Ky - ri - e.

A - do - nai. Al - lah.

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

A - do - nai. Al - lah.

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 







    

 

 

    

Ky - ri - e.





Vln. II

Ky - ri - e.

A - do - nai. Al - lah.



       

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  



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86

Voices



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

Vln. II

Ky - ri - e.

 

    





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Ky - ri - e.

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

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

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

89

Voices

- nai. Al - lah.

 Vln. I 

Vln. II









Ky - ri - e.

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



92

Voices

    

 

- nai. Al - lah.

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 



Ky - ri - e.

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Ky - ri - e.

A - do -

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disappearing into the infinite . . .

pp

95

Voices

 

    

perdendosi                             - nai. Al - lah.

 Vln. I  



Ky - ri - e.

 



A - do - nai. Al - lah.



 pp poss.

Ky - ri - e.

 

A - do - nai. Al - lah.

 

Ky - ri - e.



A - do -

nai. Al - lah.



  Pigadaki, Evia, Greece, September 05

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