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Bishop Thomas Ken’s evening prayer is heard to great advantage in this arrangement of Tallis’s Canon with which it has become firmly linked.
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Let all mortal flesh keep silence
Here John Rutter follows Vaughan Williams’ precedent in setting this text from the fourth-century Orthodox liturgy of St James of Jerusalem to the French carol melody Jésus Christ shabille en pauvre. The result is a hymn which is in turn haunting and powerful, with a modal tonality that evokes the timeless sound-world of plainchant.
Sheppard: Libera nos, salva nos (ed. John Rutter)
Libera nos, salva nos (Deliver us, grant us life everlasting) is a resplendent piece with high, soaring sopranos – polyphonic, and built around Gregorian Chant.
When I survey the wondrous cross
An arrangement by John Rutter of the popular Passiontide hymn When I survey the wondrous cross, set to the hymn tune Rockingham, with which these words have long been associated. Part of the Cambridge Singers Hymn series, it features on the Collegium recording Sing, ye Heavens (COLCD126), performed by the Cambridge Singers and directed by… Read more »
O Tannenbaum
An arrangement by John Rutter of the German folk-tune O Tannenbaum.
The day thou gavest
In this arrangement of the hymn tune St Clement, traditional verses alternate with those newly arranged by John Rutter. The piece is part of a wider collection of hymn arrangements, which have been recorded by the Cambridge Singers, directed by John Rutter, on the Collegium CD Sing, ye heavens (COLCD 126). Individual leaflets from the… Read more »
What sweeter music (SATB)
Written for the King’s College Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols, in 1987. Also available in an arrangement for upper voices and a version for solo piano A set of parts for the SATB version is available to purchase here.
When the Saints go marching in
A Dixieland style arrangement which would make a rousing concert finale or encore. There are two accompaniments available to hire – for small ensemble and full orchestra, at the OUP link below. Orchestration: Ensemble: cl.tbn.string bass.drums.pno Orchestra: 2.2.2.2-4.3.3.2-timp.2perc.hp.str Also available in an arrangement for TTBB
Three Shakespeare Songs
The shades of Finzi and Vaughan Williams are strongly present in these three delightful madrigals for unaccompanied choir, and yet the style and execution are wholly Rutter’s own. O mistress mine is a jaunty jazz waltz, playing 5/8 bars off against 3/8, Be not afeard casts a dreamy spell with dusky sonorities and magical harmonies, and Sigh no more,… Read more »
Suite Antique
The instrumentation for Suite Antique (for flute, harpsichord and strings) is the same as Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 5. The suite is made up of six movements ranging from a Bach-like Aria to a Richard Rodgers-style Waltz. Rutter’s own style comes forth most strongly in the final Rondeau with its characteristically forward-driving rhythms and beautiful… Read more »