John Rutter

This consists of two pieces, played in an order the performer chooses. The number five, closely related to the nature of the zortziko, a Basque dance in 5/8, has been applied to several musical parame...

This short expressive piece sets a fifteenth-century penitential poem of great fervour. Jackson alternates a refrain in a simple plainsong style with more passionate, homophonic verses, to powerful ef...

This compelling anthem presents an assortment of historic sacred texts, artfully compiled by the composer to form a complete setting, with alternative text for Lenten use. Firmly rooted in the English...

This spiritual work draws its evocative texts from diverse sources ranging from a hymn by St Ambrose to contemporary poems by Doris Kareva and Kenneth White. Profound words by Wallace Stevens draw thi...

This anthem was commissioned for the Enthronement of the 105th Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Reverend and Right Honourable Justin Welby, in March 2013. The vocal lines are simple, flowing, and em...

With a simple, appealing melody and a flowing accompaniment, The Colours of Christmas evokes a touching sense of longing for the joys of the festive season.

This choral work is among some of the finest of the late Tudor and Elizabethan periods and is here available in scholarly edition with a practical piano reduction.

Set of parts for the brass accompaniment to John Rutter's I will worship the Lord.

This uplifting Christmas carol demonstrates Rutter's gift for writing engaging and memorable tunes. This set contains the following string parts: 4 x vln I, 4 x vln II, 3 x vla, 2 x vc, 1 x db. Both t...

This heart-felt setting was originally included in the popular 'A Garland for Linda', a celebration of the life of the late Linda McCartney. Combining a poignant text adapted from Milton, Shakespeare,...

There are three songs making up this cycle entitled Western Songs - 'Buffalo Gals', 'Green Grow the Lilacs', and 'The Ol' Chisholm Trail'. The arrangements by turn spin contrapuntal and antiphonal tex...

First published in Encores for Choirs 2, this jaunty piece for SATB is an imaginative arrangement of William Walton's 'Popular Song'.

This is a moving arrangement of the familiar passage from the Book of John. Larsen takes an original melody and arranges beautiful harmonies underneath with delicate suspensions. This is a rewarding a...

This gentle anthem, written for the Choir of St Chad's College, Durham, sets a text that is adapted from several prayers of St Chad. Bednall has added movement to this calm and reflective piece throug...

In this spacious motet Jackson creates an original sound-world in praise of the Virgin Mary. Traditional Latin texts are combined with a Christina Rossetti poem celebrating the Annunciation.

Here, Vaughan Williams's arrangement of this well-known carol has been reworked into a setting for SATB chorus with an optional soloist. Offprinted from Vaughan Williams for Choirs 1.

Jane Savage's setting of the famous Christmas hymn 'While shepherds watched their flocks by night' was written for the girls' choir of The Asylum for Female Orphans and published in 1785.

This joyful carol triumphantly proclaims the Christmas message and features changing metres and contrasting textures throughout. This is an offprint from Carols for Choirs 6.

Chilcott sets this text by Tennyson, which describes the feeling of anticipation before the birth of Christ, using a pure and effective melody in the verses, complimented by jubilant refrains of 'Glor...

A setting of the Trinity Sunday text with achingly pure and fluid melodic lines featured throughout, imbuing the piece with characteristic clarity and luminosity. The change to A major for 'Trinitati...

This piece was composed in 1977 and combines Langston Hughes's evocative 'Words like Freedom' with excerpts from three of his other poems. The piece includes significant solos for soprano and baritone...

This show-stopping fughetta is part of John Rutter's 'musical fable' The Reluctant Dragon. Also available in Encores for Choirs. Instrumental material is available on hire.