John Rutter

The finale from The Wind in the Willows is now available in this arrangement for separate performance for SATB choir and piano or orchestra. Orchestral material is available on hire.

The text Justus cor suum tradet is taken from Ecclesiasticus and is a Vespers antiphon for the Common of One Confessor. Compositional techniques such as word-painting and the exploration of a broad te...

A gentle, tuneful Advent carol with words by the composer.

This is a slow, meditative piece based on Song 13 by Orlando Gibbons, setting a text from an early seventeenth-century poem by George Herbert. Simple, homophonic vocal lines are intertwined with a del...

This is a slow, meditative piece based on Song 13 by Orlando Gibbons, setting a text from an early seventeenth-century poem by George Herbert. Simple, homophonic vocal lines are intertwined with a del...

John Rutter's Kristus Stod Af Graven Op (Christ The Lord Is Risen Again) for SATB and Organ. This piece incorporates words by Michael Weisse with a Danish translation by Johannes Johansen.

SATB, optional baritone solo, cello, & organ/string orchestra This is a tuneful epiphany carol, setting a text by the composer. Underpinned by a beautiful cello solo, the vocal lines are rich and flow...

Composed during the early 1700s, this was to become one of the most frequently performed choral works of the eighteenth century. Robert King has consulted eighteenth-century sources to prepare this ed...

A rousing setting of the classic American song. Two pianos, piano and organ, piano and synthesiser or two synthesisers may be used for the two keyboard accompaniment. The orchestral/concert band accom...

Bird Songs is a playful and uplifting four-movement work for SATB choir and small orchestra centred around bird-themed texts. Scores and instrumental parts are available on rental.

Merulo's setting of Dum illucescente, a text for the Feast of St Mark the Evangelist, is scored with high clefs. The motet is framed by two polyphonic sections that incorporate some melismatic vocal l...

Orchestral and vocal material is available on hire. Organ plays from the vocal score.

The affecting simplicity of this prayer gains an extra purity in this arrangement. A version for SATB is also available.

Available here in German translation, Christmas Lullaby was commissioned in 1989 by the Bach Choir in celebration of the seventieth birthday of its conductor, Sir David Willcocks. The haunting melody...

From the carol cycle Dancing Day, and also in Carols for Choirs 4.

Let's begin again is the finale from John Rutter's 'musical fable' The Reluctant Dragon, and makes a perfect gentle encore or leave-taking piece. Also available in Encores for Choirs 1.

This arrangement of Gruber's timeless carol is warm and gentle. It was recorded by the Cambridge Singers on the The John Rutter Christmas Album (Collegium Records CSCD510). Conductor's scores and inst...

This short, eloquent Benediction sets words from St Patrick's Breastplate (5th century). Also available in John Rutter Anthems.

Part of the John Rutter Anniversary Edition, this is a profoundly beautiful setting of one of the earliest English prayers, from the Sarum Primer of 1514.

Settings of children's poems and nursery rhymes for unaccompanied SATB (with some divisi)

An unusual and dramatic anthem for SATB choir (with divisions) unaccompanied. The English verses, starting 'O sing unto the Lord a new song', are framed by the Latin first line 'Cantate Domino canticu...

Also in Carols for Choirs 3 and 100 Carols for Choirs.

SATBarB unaccompanied. This setting can be found both in Five Traditional Songs and Folk Songs for Choirs 1. The text is simple, while the arrangement is varied and charming.

An unusual and dramatic anthem for SATB choir (with divisions) unaccompanied The English verses, starting 'O sing unto the Lord a new song', are framed by the Latin first line 'Cantate Domino canticum...

There are two versions of the vocal parts - for two-part upper voices with piano or for SATB with organ. An orchestral accompaniment is also available for both versions. Words are from Corinthians 1:1...