Events

John will be visiting Putney Music, on their 75th Anniversary; in conversation with Peter Avis.

Enjoy a day in Cambridge with an opportunity to study and perform John’s much-loved Requiem. The day starts with warm-ups and rehearsal session led by expert choir trainer and conductor Tim Brown (formerly Director of Music, Clare College). After lunch Sir John Rutter will then lead the afternoon rehearsal and run-through, which will end in time for those who wish to attend Evensong at King’s College to make their way to the Chapel in good time for the service.

The singing day will raise money for music-making in Israel, Gaza and the West Bank, a vital element in the search for peace in the Middle East.

John Rutter – Conductor
Tim Brown – Conductor
David Poulter – Accompanist

John will be visiting Worcester, to run a singing day for Worcester Competitive Arts Festival (WCAF). If you love singing and can read a bit of music, then this workshop is for you!

A weekend of music-making, under the direction of John Rutter. The first day (29 March) and the morning of the second (30 March) of the masterclass will be dedicated to an in-depth study of the Rutter Magnificat, conducted by John. On the afternoon of Sunday 30 March 2025, a public performance of the work is planned, in the Galli Theatre, with the participants’ choir, soloists and orchestra.

Join The Rodolfus Foundation for four uplifting days of choral singing under the expert guidance of artistic director Ralph Allwood MBE. The weekend also features a guest appearance by John, and optional one-to-one singing lessons with one of the Foundation’s singing teachers.

Whether you’re a seasoned singer or new to choral music, the Choral Weekend is designed for everyone aged 22 and up. You will be immersed in the joy of singing with others while performing in some stunning settings around London.

John will conduct Mozart’s monumental Great Mass in C minor, in Oxford’s Sheldonian Theatre, the culmination of a programme that includes the composer’s playful symphony composed during a brief stay in Linz and the Regina coeli, which comprises some of the most sublime music Mozart wrote for the church.

Lucy Cox soprano
Sophie Bevan soprano
Alessandro Fisher tenor
Gareth Brynmor John baritone

Sir John Rutter conductor
Oxford Philharmonic Choir

In the year they turn 80 and 70 respectively, the massed BBC choral and orchestral forces pay tribute to some of the most enduringly popular choral music of our time, music with an unerring ability to capture a mood or a moment and which speaks to us with a direct, poetic elegance and evergreen vitality.

This concert will be recorded live for Friday Night is Music Night.

BBC Concert Orchestra
BBC Symphony Chorus
Neil Ferris, Bob Chilcott & John Rutter – Conductors
Rebecca Lea – Soprano

John visits Hereford to lead a Come and Sing Workshop Day.  In this workshop, John will lead singers through some of his best-loved compositions and share some of the tales of his formidable career!

John returns to Snape with another goody bag of choral music new and old, including a sneak preview of an exciting new choral work he has just written. Expect some familiar favourites along with a few surprises, and enjoy an afternoon of full-throated choral singing.

Singers of all ages and abilities will be welcome for a large-scale singing afternoon, staged as part of Aurora Orchestra’s 20th-anniversary weekend at Snape Maltings. Participants will fill Snape Maltings Concert Hall auditorium while John will facilitate from the stage.

Sheet music for the session will be provided on the day free of charge.

Join us for a unique opportunity to sing with Sir John Rutter and singers from The Bach Choir. We’ll sing some of John’s folk-song cycle The Sprig of Thyme and a sneak preview of his new work Dancing Tree together with a mixture of familiar favourites to bring some midsummer sunshine.

Join the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at St Paul’s Cathedral for a concert celebrating the 80^th birthday of John, conducted by the man himself.

Be one of the first to hear the world premiere of a new piece specially composed by John for the occasion, before a performance of Vaughan Williams’ Symphony No.5. Only two years older than the evening’s conductor, it is a piece that manifests a vision of peace and tranquillity amid times of war; its heart-piercing Romanza will make you feel as though time itself has stopped.

The celebration’s centrepiece will be The Gift of Life, a work that the composer set out to write as a counterpoint to his earlier Requiem – a celebration of creation and life itself in all its majesty and manifold beauty. The six-movement piece, set to a blend of liturgical passages, poetry and original text, bursts with unabashed jubilation. Its central movement, the Hymn to the Creator of Light for double choir, is an intricate layering of voices and instruments that envelopes the listener in an array of radiant colours.

John Rutter – Conductor
The Bach Choir
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra