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This resplendent double choir anthem is a cornerstone of the Anglican cathedral repertoire. Wood makes full use of the array of harmonic and textural possibilities afforded by the use of two choirs, creating a powerfully expressive and varied piece.
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Allegri: Miserere (ed. John Rutter)
A practical edition of the extremely famous work by Allegri, for unaccompanied SSATB voices with SSAB soloists.
Verdi: Anvil Chorus from Il trovatore (ed. John Rutter)
This chorus is for SATB choir, and features an alternative English singing translation. It also appears in the Opera Choruses anthology.
Orchestral material is available to hire at the OUP link below.
Orchestration: picc.1.2.2.2-4.2.3.1-timp.perc-str
Verdi: Triumphal Scene (Grand March) from Aida (ed. John Rutter)
This famous chorus features an alternative English singing translation. It also appears in the Opera Choruses anthology.
Orchestral material is available to hire at the OUP link below.
Handel: Your voices tune (ed. John Rutter)
Your voices tune is the jubilant final chorus from Handel’s concerto grosso Alexander’s Feast.
Praise to the Lord, the Almighty (ed. John Rutter)
A festival hymn arrangement of the Lobe den Herren tune.
Orchestration: 4 tpt in C, hn in F, 2 tbn, bass tbn, tba, timp, perc (snare, sus. cymbal, crash cymbal) & organ
Fauré: Libera me from Requiem (ed. John Rutter)
One of the most famous movements from the Fauré Requiem. Dating from 1877, the Libera me was originally an independent composition for baritone and organ.
Fauré: Sanctus from Requiem (ed. John Rutter)
Taken from Rutter’s edition of Fauré’s Requiem, this angelic and widely beloved Sanctus features both the original French words and an optional English text, translated and adapted for singing by John Rutter himself. Although ideal for funerals and All Souls Day services due to it being composed as part of the Requiem, the more general message of praise in the Sanctus makes it equally suitable for a range of other worship services. Its second keyboard part may be performed on an additional organ, piano, or harp.
John Rutter’s complete edition of Fauré’s Requiem (1893 version) is available from Oxford University Press at the link below.
Myn lyking (Terry, ed. John Rutter)
Setting a 15th century text, this popular carol on the birth of Jesus is flowing and expressive.
Orchestral material for the string accompaniment is available to hire/rent at the OUP link below.
Ding dong! Merrily on high – carols by Charles Wood (ed. John Rutter)
This collection presents some of most attractive carols by the composer Charles Wood and the hymnodist, antiquarian, linguist, and musician G.R. Woodward, who both composed his own music and provided many of the texts set by Wood. Seven of the included carols are for Christmas, with the remaining one for Easter.