Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I rongonui tuatahi a Tavener me tana cantata "The Whale", i whakaatuhia i te tau 1968. I te 24 o ona tau, i whakaahuatia ia e "The Guardian" hei "te kitenga puoro o te tau", i te mea ko "The Times" ko ia "i roto i nga taranata auaha tino pai o tona whakatupuranga". I a ia e mahi ana, ko ia tetahi o nga kaituhi rongonui o tana whakatupuranga, ko te nuinga o te nuinga mo "The Protecting Veil", i tuhia e te kaiwaiata a Steven Isserlis hei pukapuka tino pai, me te "Song for Athene" i waiatahia i te
o te tangihanga o Princess Diana. Ko te "Te Reme" i whakaatuhia i roto i te puoro oro mo te kiriata a Paolo Sorrentino "Te Ataahua Nui". I whakaingoatia a Tavener i te tau 2000 mo ana mahi ki te puoro, a, i riro i a ia te Tohu Ivor Novello. I whakawhiwhia ki a ia he Honore Honore e Sarum College i te tau 2001.