Dee ihe ga-aga n'ihu na paragraf a - Tavener buru ụzọ bụrụ onye a ma ama na cantata ya "The Whale", nke e mere na 1968. Mgbe ahụ ọ dị afọ 24, "The Guardian" kọwara ya dị ka "ihe omimi egwu nke afọ", ebe "The Times" kwuru na ọ bụ "n'etiti ndị kacha nwee ọgụgụ isi n'ọgbọ ya". N'oge ọrụ ya, ọ ghọrọ otu n'ime ndị kacha mara amara na ndị a ma ama na ọgbọ ya, ọkachasị maka "The Protecting Veil", nke dịka onye na-egwu ụbọ akwara Steven Isserlis dere ghọrọ album kacha ere ahịa, na "Song for Athene" nke a bụrụ na olili ozu nke Princess Diana
Ọ dị mma. "The Lamb" pụtara na ụda egwu maka ihe nkiri Paolo Sorrentino "The Great Beauty". E mere Tavener ka ọ bụrụ onye na-agba ọsọ na 2000 maka ọrụ ya na egwu ma merie Ivor Novello Award. E nyere ya onyinye Honorary Fellowship site na Sarum College na 2001.