On 27 May 1999, Come down, O Love Divine was published by Oxford University Press.
Come down, O Love Divine (1998), for double choir was commissioned by the Musicians Benevolent Fund (now Help Musicians) for their annual St. Cecilia’s Day service, a splendid event held (in rotation) in Westminster Abbey, St. Paul’s Cathedral, or Westminster Cathedral, with their three choirs joining forces and musicians past and present gathered in a spirit of thanksgiving and celebration. This piece speaks with a different voice from any of John Rutter’s other works.