John Rutter

The King of Love My Shepherd Is sets Psalm 23 to an arrangement of the Irish traditional melody St. Columba. Rutter keeps the first three verses largely in unison, alternating between male and female...

In his setting of this German hymn, Rutter keeps the voices largely in rhythmic unison, skilfully bringing variety through changes of timbre and dynamic. The piece is part of a collection of hymn arra...

for SATB, congregation, and organ/brass

For SATB, congregation, and organ or brass choir. Rutter's arrangement of the hymn O God, Our Help in Ages Past uses the hymn tune St. Anne to great effect. The verses alternate between choir alone an...

For SATB, congregation, and organ. An arrangement of Martin Luther's popular hymn Ein feste Burg, with the English translation by F.H. Hedge. Rutter arranges verses 1, 3, and 4, using J.S. Bach's harm...

for SATB, congregation, and organ

for SATB, congregation, & organ

An arrangement of the Passiontide hymn 'When I survey the wondrous cross', set to the tune Rockingham, with which these words have long been associated. Part of the Cambridge Singers Hymn series, it i...

For SATB and organ. 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...

Not to be confused with Rutter's own composition, Christ the Lord is risen again, published as part of the John Rutter Anniversary Edition. With an exciting introductory fanfare composed by Rutter, th...

For SATB (with divisions) and piano. This prayer for freedom was composed in 1990, in response to the demolition of the Berlin Wall and the release of Nelson Mandela from prison. An orchestral accompa...

for SATB & organ

This original anthem with words and music by John Rutter is warm and tender. The musical setting is simple, drawing attention to the text, which as the title suggests gives thanks to God. This makes t...

For SATB and organ, with optional congregation. This hymn-anthem of thanksgiving begins gently and tenderly, but builds to a rousing climax. It culminates with a verse of the hymn Now thank we all our...

For SATB and organ. This is a poignant setting of the well-known Christian prayer for peace formerly ascribed to St Francis of Assisi. John Rutter perfectly captures the sense of compassion and contra...

For SATB double choir, organ, brass, timpani, and percussion. In this rousing anthem for double choir, Rutter uses frequent time signature changes to breathe new life into Psalm 148. This anthem forms...

For SATB, organ, and second organ or piano or harp. Taken from Rutter's edition of Faure's Requiem, this angelic Sanctus features both the original French words and an optional English text. John Rutt...

for SATB, congregation (opt.), organ/brass

Not to be confused with Rutter's own composition, Christ the Lord is risen again, published as part of the John Rutter Anniversary Edition. With an exciting introductory fanfare composed by Rutter, th...

This volume comprises twenty-eight of the finest oratorio choruses, complete short choral works, and movements from masses or requiems from the seventeenth to the twentieth centuries. Drawing repertoi...

This companion volume provides organists with new, dedicated three-stave accompaniments to twenty-four of the twenty-eight choruses in the main Sacred Choruses volume. In every case, these organ trans...

A lyric and serene sacred song, foreshadowing the mood of the Requiem.

A gentle setting of Psalm 84 taken from John Rutter's larger work Psalmfest.