Recorded in 1966, John Tavener’s epic cantata The Whale was an epic telling of the biblical tale of Jonah and the Whale, split into eight sections: I. Documentary, II. Melodrama
‘The Whale’: an opera The Beatles brought to the masses
For most of The Beatles‘ careers, John Lennon and Paul McCartney dominated the songwriting field. Since Ringo Starr had little interest in writing material and George Harrison was still coming


