O come, all ye faithful (Adeste fideles)

This joyful setting of the much-loved Christmas hymn is extracted from the Christmas collection Joy to the World. Leaving the first five verses in their familiar form, Rutter adds a spectacular descant to the sixth verse, before an original and grandiose setting of the final verse.

Orchestration: 2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bsn, 2 hn, 3 tpt, 3 tbn, tba, timp, perc, org, str