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Setting a text by Marc Bratcher, I too shall walk to Bethlehem depicts a journey to the Bethlehem stable ‘where once a child was born’, recounting the strength, courage, and heart acquired from the encounters along the way. Unison passages in upper and lower voices move seamlessly into warm homophonic harmonies, with brief moments of divisi. A… Read more »
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Bach: Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden (ed. John Rutter)
Bach’s motets are essential pillars of the choral repertory, and the irresistibly joyful Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden (Praise ye the Lord, all ye Gentiles) is a wonderful introduction to them for choirs unfamiliar with the works of Bach. It features concise contrapuntal writing and a sophisticated harmonic language, yet the vocal lines are not… Read more »
In conversation with John Rutter
Join composer and conductor John Rutter as he discusses his life and career with Professor Simon Halsey in the first online conversation as part of the University of Birmingham Music Society’s Summer Festival of Music. Online tickets will include a link and pass code for admittance to the session, hosted on Zoom and released on… Read more »
Using music legally
For requests relating to permission to use John’s sheet music, please visit Publishers’ Licensing Services Ltd. (www.plsclear.com). Good information about various uses of copyright material is also available from John’s publisher: Oxford University Press – Music Rights, or for questions not answered by either of the above sites you can email music.permissions.uk@oup.com. For permission… Read more »
Guidance for UK singing day organisers
NOTES FOR THE GUIDANCE OF UK SINGING DAY ORGANISERS by John Rutter – as at 8th July 2019 General I have been leading Come-and-Sing days for well over twenty years, at the request of many different organisations – the RSCM, ABCD, Making Music, choral societies, churches, charities – and many of the same questions… Read more »
Questions to John Rutter: Advice for young composers
Today’s young composers could probably give me advice…
A Banquet of Voices
A sumptuous programme of music for multiple choirs with the dazzling Tallis 40-part motet Spem in alium nunquam habui as the centrepiece.
This is a re-release of the classic Cambridge Singers recording, using modern digital sound restoration, allowing the music to be heard in its full sonic splendour.
Christmas Night
The night of Christ’s birth, depicted in 22 carols spanning six centuries. Includes Rutter originals Nativity Carol and There is a Flower alongside choral classics such as Darke’s In the Bleak Mid-Winter, Howells’ A Spotless Rose and Cornelius’ The Three Kings.
What’s in a name?
Thoughts on the anniversary of the death of Italian composer Francesco Durante (1684-1755).
Stanford and Howells Remembered
This two-CD set is a choral tribute to the sacred music of two visionary composers: Stanford and Howells, who, among their other achievements, made distinctive, lasting and much-cherished contributions to the musical repertory of the English Church.