Partitions pour chœur mixte

This anthem sets a text by the 17h-century Bishop Thomas Ken. The vocal parts are narrative in style and coloured by decorative organ passages. This setting would be well-suited for use on Saints' Day...

In this setting of haunting simplicity, Rutter employs rich orchestral colours and a beautiful, imploring melody.

In this setting of haunting simplicity, Rutter employs rich orchestral colours and a beautiful, imploring melody.

Horatius Bonar's well-known hymn 'Beloved, let us love' is a perfect text for wedding services, expressing the belief that it is only through loving others that we can know God's love for us. Bullard'...

Setting a text by David Warner on the parable of The Prodigal Son from St Luke's Gospel, this large-scale choral work is something of a stylistic departure for Mack Wilberg. With echoes of Arvo Pärt,...

This poignant anthem was written in memory of the Revd Dr John Hughes (1978-2014), Dean of Jesus College, Cambridge. The text combines the nineteenth-century poet and Christian minister George MacDona...

This setting of St Benedict's 6th-century prayer begins with a gentle recurring figure in the keyboard, building to a rousing climax. The primarily homophonic texture allows the timeless text to shine...

This arrangement features Robert Bridges' translation of J. Neander's 17th-century German text set to Herbert Howells' hymn tune 'Michael'. John Rutter adds a descant and reharmonizes the 4th and 5th...

For SATB and optional organ.

For SATB and continuo. The irresistibly joyful motet Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden features concise contrapuntal writing and a sophisticated harmonic language, and John Rutter's edition includes helpfu...

For SATB double choir & optional organ.

For SATB double choir and optional organ. This resplendent double choir anthem is a cornerstone of the Anglican cathedral repertoire. Wood makes full use of the array of harmonic and textural possibil...

For SATB and organ. This elegant setting of the Evensong canticle Nunc Dimittis is in homage to and in the style of composer Sir Charles Villiers Stanford, whose own Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis setti...

For SATB and organ. This elegant setting of the Magnificat a homage to and in the style of composer Sir Charles Villiers Stanford, whose own Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis settings are staples of the En...

Setting words by the medieval monk Notker Balbulus in a translation by J.M. Neale, Rutter creates an uplifting song of praise. Gentle organ arpeggios are set skilfully against carefully wrought choral...

This original hymn is touching and lyrical, with unison first and second verses blossoming into four-part writing in the third verse. It may be performed as either a congregational hymn (a congregatio...

In this version of the popular English hymn, Rutter adorns the well-known melody with an opening fanfare and soaring descant line over the final verse. Full scores and sets of parts for the brass ense...

Dans cet arrangement de l'hymne traditionnel irlandais, Rutter adapte le texte du VIIIe siècle (dans sa traduction anglaise) à la mélodie folklorique irlandaise connue sous le nom de Slane, l'air sur...

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