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The answers to the second and final instalment of this year's quiz.

This year marks 50 years since the publication of Jesus Child.

Welcome to Part 2 of this year’s Christmas Quiz.

How did you get on with the first part of this year’s first Christmas Quiz?

Welcome to this year's Christmas Quiz!

A message on behalf of all composers - particularly the young, struggling ones.

Four Advent playlists on the themes of Hope, Peace, Joy and Love.

It was a pleasure to serve as recording producer for this new album.

A new a cappella arrangement, sung by The King's Singers.

A brand-new recording of Visions is out now, recorded by King’s College Choir.

In a series of blog posts, John answers the questions he is most frequently asked.

A very happy new year to you from John and all the team!

This year's Christmas Quiz is now open for entries!

A taster of what's to come in this year's Christmas Quiz.

John chats to Tom Service on Music Matters about Christmas and much more.

John recalls singing in the original recording of Britten's War Requiem.

A new EP of Rutter Orchestral Carols will be released on Friday 24th November 2023.

Coming soon: John Rutter's first orchestral album for several years.

How did you get on with this year’s Christmas Quiz? We hope it brought some festive cheer in the run-up to Christmas.

Welcome to this year’s Christmas Quiz: Identify the carol from short audio clips.

The manuscript of John's A Ukrainian Prayer is being auctioned off at Sotheby's.

John's upcoming Christmas concerts 2022.

Twelve new carols have been added to ChoirGuides, our choral learning aid.

John's upcoming appearances for the Autumn 2022 season.

John has spent the week producing a new album of American music, sung by Clare College Choir.

Recently published sheet music includes choral works, liturgical settings and Christmas pieces.

The score for A Ukrainian Prayer has now been sent to over 8,000 choirs and singers.

Six new anthems and choral songs have been added to ChoirGuides, our choral learning aid.

A new Christmas motet is being published in May 2022.

John's events calendar for the 2022 summer period.

Missa Brevis is a new Latin mass setting for choir and organ composed by John Rutter, out now.

How can a composer respond to a global tragedy? By writing music is the most obvious thing.

John is looking forward to travelling around the UK and further afield in Spring 2022.

Celebration, a new work for solo organ, is out now, published by Oxford University Press.

A volume of nine choral works arranged for TTBB choirs is being published this month.

Out now: the new album by The Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, produced by John Rutter.

A new arrangement of 'Blow, blow, thou winter wind' for lower voices (TTBB) is out today across all major streaming platforms.

How did you get on with this year's Christmas Quiz? Some questions trickier than others...

Introducing this year’s Christmas Quiz, Identify the Carol, which runs from 8th-17th December.

Five new Christmas carols are out today! Find 'I Sing of a Maiden' across all major digital streaming platforms.

Three Shakespeare Songs receive their world première on Saturday 13th November at St George’s Cathedral, Southwark.

An introduction to each new carol included on the 'I Sing of a Maiden' new digital EP, written by John.

New digital release coming out in November with five new Christmas carols, recorded by The Cambridge Singers.

Amateur composers of any age are invited to submit an original carol for adult SATB choir with or without accompaniment.

John was recently a guest on the Choralosophy Podcast: Finding Your Niche, hosted by Chris Munce.

John would be delighted to see you at one of his upcoming appearances over the next few months.

John has been interviewed for a new book by David Wordsworth, 'Giving Voice to my Music: Choral Composers in Conversation'.

John has written a new unaccompanied choral piece with a text by John Henry Newman.

The Three Choirs Festival returns to Worcester this Summer, from 24th July - 1st August.

We’re delighted to announce that our new choral learning aid, ChoirGuides, is out now!

The sheet music for Joseph's Carol, composed as a musical tribute to the Oxford Vaccine Team, is now available.

John appeared on the Change Makers podcast, which presents inspirational life stories from people with a passion.

Follow our latest playlist ready for Holy Week and Easter 2021, made up of choral pieces recorded by the Cambridge Singers.

Stroll into spring with this new, uplifting playlist from the Cambridge Singers.

The team has made playlists for six carol anthologies, edited and arranged by John Rutter and David Willcocks.

John has written a new carol for 2020: a musical tribute to the Oxford scientists on their Covid-19 vaccine.

Only two weeks until the Christmas Celebration concert - live streamed on 10th December at 7.30pm GMT.

John Rutter – The Piano Collection is out now, comprising 17 of John’s best-loved choral works arranged for solo piano.

It wouldn't be Christmas without a celebration concert with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra!

John Rutter – The Piano Collection is being released by Decca Records on 20th November 2020.

Christmas Night, a favourite early album by The Cambridge Singers, has been remastered and is out today.

Eight of John Rutter’s best-loved seasonal choral pieces as piano transcriptions.

Good news: there is a Christmas Piano Album on the way!

Christmas Night has been remastered and is being re-released on Friday 6th November 2020.

John Rutter: Anthems, Hymns and Gloria for Brass Band is now at number 1 in the Official Specialist Classical Chart.

The latest album from John Rutter and the Cambridge Singers, celebrating music for multiple choirs, is out today.

A newly-remastered album celebrating music written for multiple choirs, due to be released on Friday 11th September 2020.

John’s first solo piano album, 'The Piano Collection: A Flower Remembered', is out today on Decca Records.

Every piece sung by the Cambridge Singers, conducted by John Rutter.

The latest album from the Cambridge Singers is out today.

The John Rutter Piano Album sheet music collection is out today.

Two piano arrangements of John's best-loved choral classics are available now.

Announcing a newly-remastered and extended 2-CD set.

Announcing John’s first ever solo piano album.

Digital playlists to sit alongside four choral anthologies published by Oxford University Press.

Four curated playlists from John Rutter, the Cambridge Singers and the team on different themes.

The Sacred Flame and Treasures of Church Music are now available to stream on YouTube.

The Cambridge Singers' debut recording, Christmas Star, is now available on YouTube.

The latest playlist on Spotify: 100 Carols for Choirs.

New: a playlist of all of John Rutter's Christmas compositions and arrangements recorded on Collegium Records.

Listen now to a playlist for Advent by John Rutter and the Cambridge Singers on Spotify, Apple Music or Deezer.

A new orchestral version of Howells's perhaps most renowned Magnificat.

If you stream your music, you can listen to curated playlists from John Rutter and the Cambridge Singers.

John is delighted to have been awarded the European Church Music Prize 2019 from the German city of Schwäbisch Gmünd.

Autumn has arrived in the UK, bringing with it the imminent arrival of John’s latest project: Sacred Choruses, a 384-page anthology of choral favourites.

Now that ducklings and cygnets are appearing on the river John is preparing for some lovely events this summer.

John’s feet hardly touched the ground in April...

Team JR is very excited to announce our new, comprehensive and responsive website for John Rutter, the Cambridge Singers and Collegium Records.