John Rutter

This gentle yet uplifting carol was first performed during the 2012 King's College, Cambridge Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols. Rutter's gift for melody is in evidence throughout the work, with a s...

Originally published in Carols for Choirs 2, Rutter's arrangement of this well-known carol is energetic and joyful. The memorable and buoyant melody is supported and driven by lively piano accompanime...

This sprightly setting of a sixteenth-century English text tells the tale of a jolly shepherd named Wat. With an upbeat triple metre and a joyful swing feel, this carol has imaginative, contrasting te...

This sprightly setting of a sixteenth-century English text tells the tale of a jolly shepherd named Wat. With an upbeat triple metre and a joyful swing feel, this carol has imaginative, contrasting te...

This sprightly setting of a sixteenth-century English text tells the tale of a jolly shepherd named Wat. With an upbeat triple metre and a joyful swing feel, this carol has imaginative, contrasting te...

A lilting 3/4 metre carries the listener through this familiar Christmas story, beautifully depicted in a text by the composer. Rutter employs artful word-painting throughout, and the verse-refrain st...

A lilting 3/4 metre carries the listener through this familiar Christmas story, beautifully depicted in a text by the composer and expressed through artful word-painting. Christ our Emmanuel may be ac...

Set of parts for John Rutter's lively and joyful arrangement of this popular Christmas-themed African-American spiritual. This set includes the following string parts: 4 x vln I, 4 x vln II, 3 x vla,...

Here John Rutter follows Vaughan Williams' precedent in setting this text from the 4th-century Orthodox liturgy of St James of Jerusalem to a French carol melody. The result is a hymn which is by turn...

This charming carol, composed in 1975 by Barbara Bell, is here arranged by John Rutter. It is haunting in character, but with a delightful French waltz feel and a sweeping piano part. The full score a...

For solo soprano, SATB, and piano or chamber orchestra. This folk-carol is known for its melody and dance-like spirit. John Rutter's arrangement captures this perfectly, pairing soloist and chorus, wi...

This charming French carol (with E.C. Nunn's English translation) tells of the milkmaids Jeanette and Isabella, who run to tell the shepherds to come and see the baby Jesus in the stable. The 3/8 time...

In this highly original arrangement of the popular Christmas carol, dark and mysterious verses contrast with warm, joyful choruses. This setting can also be found in Rutter's Christmas collection Joy...

A gentle, haunting carol, inspired by the animals of 'The Wind in the Willows'.

This sprightly setting of a sixteenth-century English text tells the tale of a jolly shepherd named Wat. With an upbeat triple metre and a joyful swing feel, this carol has imaginative, contrasting te...

This joyous yet reflective Christmas carol will appeal to both choir and audience. It is characterized by a soaring melody, an artful use of texture, and a gentle expressiveness, heightened by modal i...

This joyful setting of the much-loved Christmas hymn is extracted from the Christmas collection Joy to the World. Leaving the first five verses in their familiar form, Rutter adds a spectacular descan...

This is the harp part to accompany John Rutter's gentle and lyrical setting of the well-known 15th-century text: 'A babe is born all of a may, to bring salvation unto us'. Conductors should conduct fr...

Un ritmo cadenzato in 3/4 trasporta l'ascoltatore attraverso questa familiare storia di Natale, splendidamente rappresentata in un testo del compositore ed espressa attraverso un'abile pittura di paro...

A lilting 3/4 metre carries the listener through this familiar Christmas story, beautifully depicted in a text by the composer and expressed through artful word-painting. Christ our Emmanuel may be ac...

Setting a 15th century text, this popular carol on the birth of Jesus is flowing and expressive. It has been recorded by the Cambridge Singers (directed by John Rutter) on the Collegium CD Christmas N...

An arrangement of a Norwegian folk carol.

Dedicated to the Oxford Vaccine Team and premiered by Sir Bryn Terfel, The Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Choir of Merton College in a special tribute concert, Joseph's Carol sets words by the...