Alan Tavener

Choral conductor Alan Tavener has recorded much Scottish music with his durable group Cappella Nova. He has also toured widely and recorded with the Strathclyde University Chamber Choir, which he formed. Tavener and the Strathclyde University Chamber Choir have given the premieres of numerous contemporary works, including 11 of composer James MacMillan's Strathclyde Motets. The group also released an album of Scottish Romantic choral songs. Tavener is perhaps best known as the director of the vocal ensemble Cappella Nova, which he founded in 1982 with Rebecca Tavener. In 1993, Cappella Nova released the album Sacred Music for Mary, Queen of Scots. In 2021, Tavener and Cappella Nova released the album Sir James MacMillan: Consecration.