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Taking the listener from darkness to a ‘hard-won glimpse of light’, the piece was dedicated by Tavener to Isserlis’s late wife Pauline.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFraming the works for orchestra are two of Isserlis’s own arrangements for cello octet of Tavener’s moving choral music.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ccite class=\"c-pull-quote__text c-pull-quote__citation\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“These are among Tavener’s most powerful works. 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