Come & Sing with John Rutter – Hove
Saturday, 7 June 2025, 11:00 - 16:45

This is a unique opportunity to take part in a day of uplifting choral singing. John will lead singers through some of his best-loved compositions, a brand new work and pieces by other composers that he has chosen for the occasion. Singers of all ages and experience are welcome (age guidance 16 upwards), although the day will be geared to those who have at least some choral experience and music-reading ability. We’ll sing the music just for fun, no advance preparation is expected and no performance is given at the end of the day. The pace will be relaxed and informal, John will share some stories from his extraordinary career and you’ll pick up some vocal tips along the way.
Venue
All Saints
The Drive
Hove
BN3 3QE
Contact
For full information and tickets please visit the New Sussex Singers website.
Notes
Tickets £25, under 21s £18 (all music included)
Registration from 10am
John Rutter concert – Cripplegate
Wednesday, 18 June 2025, 19:30 - 21:30

Venue
St Giles Cripplegate,
Fore St,
City of London,
London
EC2Y 8DA
Notes
THIS CONCERT IS NOW SOLD OUT.
Please use the contact form on the Summer Music website if you would like to go on a waiting list for tickets.
Come and Sing with John Rutter – Pimlico
Saturday, 21 June 2025, 11.00 - 16.45

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.
Venue
St Gabriel’s,
Warwick Square,
Pimlico,
London,
SW1V 2AD
Contact
For full information and booking please visit the Bach Choir website.
Notes
Doors open from 10am
Ticket Price – £28
Provision of the score is included in the ticket price, and you will also have a chance to buy scores on the day. If you are a student, please use the promo ‘STUDENT11’ at the checkout to get your ticket for £11.
All singers who read music are welcome. If you’re interested in coming but aren’t feeling confident about your singing then do let us know – we can pair you up with a member of The Bach Choir on the day, who will be more than happy to help.
THIS EVENT IS NOW SOLD OUT
John Rutter Concert – Uppsala, Sweden
Friday, 11 July 2025, 19:30 - 21:30

HANDEL “Eternal source of light divine” from Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne, HWV 74
FAURÉ Requiem in D minor, Op. 48
BARBER Adagio for Strings, Op. 11
JOHN RUTTER Requiem
Kathrin Lorenzen, Soprano
Karl Söderström, Baritone Sir John Rutter CBE, Conductor
Venue
Uppsala Cathedral
Domkyrkoplan 753
10 Fjärdingen
Sweden
Contact
Full details can be found on the Mid America Productions website.
Come & Sing with John Rutter – London
Sunday, 13 July 2025, 14.00 - 17.30

Do you love singing? If you do, and can read a bit of music, this inspiring workshop is for you. Led by John, Come and Sing is an afternoon of choral singing to lift the spirits.
He will be unveiling a new choral composition he has just completed called I’ll make me a world. It will be receiving its official concert premiere in St Paul’s Cathedral in November this year, but John has agreed to allow a pre-release workshop performance which we will be rehearsing during the afternoon, with the aim of a complete sing-through of this 20-minute work at the end of the afternoon, with two wonderful professional soloists, Melanie Marshall and Jonathan Brown. John Reid will be our accompanist.
Venue
Kings Place
90 York Way
London
N1 9AG
Notes
Suitable for ages 14 and over, and open to anyone with a bit of choral singing experience.
The workshop will run for 3 hours and 30 minutes, from 2pm – 5.30pm, and includes a 20 minute break. Doors open from 1.30pm
Nearer the time, all bookers will be contacted by the Kings Place team with a questionnaire about your preferred singing part. Music scores will be provided on the day, and there will be tea/coffee and biscuits served in the break.
John Rutter Singing Day and Concert – Salisbury
Wednesday, 16 July 2025, 13:00

John will open the Southern Cathedrals 2025 Festival with a Workshop and Concert in Salisbury Cathedral, led by Salisbury’s Cathedral Choir, Chamber Choir, Junior Choir and Youth Choir. Book a ticket to the workshop and you can learn from Sir John Rutter, then sing in the concert alongside our choirs.
Venue
Salisbury Cathedral
Salisbury
Wiltshire, SP1 2EF
Contact
For more information, contact the Box Office or phone 01722 656 555
Notes
Those who only wish to watch the concert and not take part in the workshop can book an audience member ticket.
The concert starts at 19:00
John Rutter Singing Weekend and Concert – Cadouin Abbey, France
Saturday, 20 September 2025, 10:00

Canta Vivace are delighted to offer you a unique and exciting opportunity to attend a ‘Come and Sing’ weekend with John Rutter.
This event will take place in the former abbey church of Cadouin, in the Dordogne region, located between Bergerac and Sarlat. The weekend is open to choristers from the region and beyond!
Venue
Cadouin Abbey,
Abbey Square,
24480 Le Buisson-de-Cadouin,
France
Contact
Please visit the Canta Vivace website for full details and booking or email info@cantavivace.com
Notes
Please note that there are two events – people can either register for the whole weekend, or just attend the concert on Sunday afternoon.
As the number of participants is limited to 100 choristers, registration will be on a first-come, first-served basis.
Choral Music Weekend – Ochsenhausen
Thursday, 2 October 2025, 18:00

In this course, John will work on his Requiem, a work for soprano solo, mixed choir, and orchestra, as well as another oratorio. These works will be performed in a festive concert to mark the 900th anniversary of Rot an der Rot Abbey. In addition, a selection of his best-known works, and new choral pieces will be rehearsed in reading sessions throughout the weekend.
The grand finale is the “Come and Sing with John Rutter” on Sunday afternoon. Here, the course participants will merge with the audience to form a large choir and sing a selection of his works in the library hall.
Please note: There are very few tickets left for the course, so only tenor and bass places are available. Spaces are available for all singing parts, for the afternoon Come and Sing.
Venue
Bibliotheksaal,
Landesakademie für die musizierende Jugend
Schloßbezirk 7,
88416 Ochsenhausen
Baden-Württemberg,
Germany
Contact
Please visit the Landesakademie Ochsenhausen website for registration.
Notes
This is a weekend course running from Thursday 2nd October to Sunday 5th October.
Full details can be found on the website, please note that there are two events – people can either register for the whole weekend, or just for the afternoon.
John Rutter Concert – Chichester
Saturday, 11 October 2025, 19:00

Venue
Chichester Cathedral,
Chichester,
West Sussex,
PO19 1PX
Contact
Notes
ALL TICKETS NOW SOLD OUT.
John Rutter’s 80th Birthday Celebration
Wednesday, 5 November 2025, 19.30

Join the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at St Paul’s Cathedral for a concert celebrating the 80th 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
Venue
St Paul’s Cathedral
St Paul’s Churchyard
London
EC4M 8AD
Contact
For further information and booking please visit the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra website.
Notes
John Rutter’s Christmas Celebration – Matinee
Thursday, 4 December 2025, 15:00

Back by popular demand, John Rutter’s Christmas Celebration returns to the Royal Albert Hall with even more festive fun and cheer.
Join the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and John, for his much-loved Christmas spectacular that will no doubt get you well and truly into the Yuletide spirit.
A programme of choral and symphonic seasonal classics awaits you, as well as all your favourite sing-along carols. Don’t miss out: bring your family and friends and join us in this magical Christmas celebration!
John Rutter Conductor
The King’s Singers
The Bach Choir
Venue
Royal Albert Hall,
Kensington Gore,
London,
SW7 2AP
Contact
For more details, visit RPO.co.uk
Notes
John Rutter’s Christmas Celebration – Evening
Thursday, 4 December 2025, 19:30

Back by popular demand, John Rutter’s Christmas Celebration returns to the Royal Albert Hall with even more festive fun and cheer.
Join the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and John, for his much-loved Christmas spectacular that will no doubt get you well and truly into the Yuletide spirit.
A programme of choral and symphonic seasonal classics awaits you, as well as all your favourite sing-along carols. Don’t miss out: bring your family and friends and join us in this magical Christmas celebration!
John Rutter Conductor
The King’s Singers
The Bach Choir
Venue
Royal Albert Hall,
Kensington Gore,
London,
SW7 2AP
Contact
For more information, visit RPO.co.uk