Heart's Ease

June Boyce-Tillman: Introduction - June Boyce-Tillman: 'To Be a Pilgrim' - the Spiritual Journey of John Tavener through his Music - Stephen B. Roberts: John Tavener's Musical Theology of Religions - Andrzej Kesiak: In Search of Truth: John Tavener's Transition from Western Culture to Eastern Tradition - June Boyce-Tillman: The Mystery of Faith - an Interview with John Tavener - Anne-Marie Forbes: Tavener and Taverner: Choral Perspectives on the Holy Trinity - Brian Inglis: 'Dumped Modernism'? The Interplay of Musical Construction and Spiritual Affect in John Tavener and his To a Child Dancing in the Wind - Neil Valentine: An Instrumentalist Embraces the Choral Tradition - Bart Seaton-Said: Critical Encounters with John Tavener's Requiem: 'Our glory lies where we cease to exist' - Matthew Barley: John Tavener's The Protecting Veil - a Performer's Reflections - Anne-Marie Forbes: Spiritual Echoes of Love: John Tavener's Three Hymns of George Herbert - Sir John Tavener: Mozart - a Celebration of an Unconscious Mystic - Alexander Lingas: John Tavener and the Search for an English Orthodox Musical Language - June Boyce-Tillman: Encomium for Sir John Tavener - Eduard Heyning: John Tavener and Sacred Silence - Jill Bunce: John Tavener and the Holy Spirit - Anna E. Röcker: Spirituality in Music as a Source of Wellbeing: Group Experiences and Client Statements on the Basis of the Music Therapy Method 'Guided Imagery and Music' with Music by John Tavener - James Atwell: Brief Reflections on Winchester Cathedral and the Music of Sir John Tavener.

The Rev. Professor June Boyce-Tillman MBE, PhD, MA, LRAM, FRSA read music at Oxford University and is Professor Emerita of Applied Music at the University of Winchester and Extra-ordinary Professor at North West University, South Africa. She has published widely on music education and spirituality and is editing the series on Music and Spirituality for Peter Lang.