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Sir John Kenneth Tavener
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Sir John Kenneth Tavener
by Michael R. Taylor
oil on canvas, 2001
44 in. x 32 in. (1120 mm x 815 mm)
Purchased, 2002
Primary Collection
NPG 6607
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The composer is depicted in his study revising his 7-hour long piece,The Veil of the Temple. Commissioned by The Temple Church, London, it will premiere there next summer in a dusk until dawn performance. Michael Taylor exhibited twice in the John Player Portrait Award and was the winner in 1983.
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On display in Room 36 at the National Portrait Gallery
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