Gathered in this volume are some of the finest motets and related pieces for the season of Christmas. Christmas Motets provides a superb choice of pieces for all choirs looking for something new. John Rutter has prepared completely new editions of all the pre-twentieth-century works, going back to the earliest and most reliable manuscript or printed sources. There are new English singing translations, and playable keyboard reductions in every case.
Some items from this volume are available separately as leaflets in the Oxford Choral Classics Octavo series.
This renowned chorus, with its trio of angels, brings part 1 of The Creation to a rousing and inspiring conclusion. A cornerstone of the oratorio repertoire.
Orchestral material is available to hire at the OUP link below
O magnum mysterium, from Victoria’s first motet collection of 1572, has remained one of his best-known pieces, a succinct expression of the mystery and the joy of Christmas.
These four masterfully crafted songs by Brahms (edited by Rutter) feature the original German words as well as
an optional English translation, provided by Rutter himself. Although the piano accompaniment is optional, it offers additional musical layers to this engrossing musical story.
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