<prompt> Tavener akatanga kuzivikanwa nekantata yake inonzi The Whale, yakatanga kuratidzwa muna 1968. Ipapo ava namakore 24, akarondedzerwa neThe Guardian sokuwanwa kwemimhanzi kwegore, nepo The Times yakati akanga ari pakati pamatarenda akanakisisa okusika echizvarwa chake. Munguva yebasa rake akazova mumwe wevanyori vanozivikanwa zvikuru uye vanozivikanwa vezera rake, kunyanya nokuda kwe The Protecting Veil, iyo yakanyorwa na cellist Steven Isserlis yakava album yakatengesa zvikuru, uye Rwiyo rweAtene iyo yakaimbwa pamariro e Princess Diana  <response>: . Gwayana rakaratidzirwa mufirimu raPaolo Sorrentino Runako Rukuru. Tavener akagadzwa muna 2000 nokuda kwemabasa ake kumimhanzi uye akakunda Ivor Novello Award. Akapiwa Honorary Fellowship neSarum College muna 2001. 