Saturday, September 22, 2007

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Performance Today, August 31, 2005 · In 1993, British composer John Tavener wrote the devotional choral work "Song for Athene" to memorialize the premature death of a friend. That music was performed at the funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales. We hear Tavener's music sung by the men's ensemble Chanticleer at a concert in Portland, Ore.