John Rutter

Feel the Spirit is a cycle of seven familiar spirituals equally suitable for concert, school, or church use. These vivid and expressive arrangements can be performed individually, or as a complete cyc...

Written at the invitation of Cancer Research UK, Look to the day is a tuneful and uplifting anthem with warm harmonies. The words, written by the composer, project a strong central message of hope, id...

Words from Psalm 100. Orchestral material is available on hire

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...

In this arrangement of the traditional Irish hymn, Rutter sets the 8th-century text (in its English translation) to the Irish folk melody known as Slane, the tune to which it has been sung since 1919....

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 and choir with congregation, building to an upliftin...

This popular movement from John Rutter's Requiem is presented here separately, with the accompaniment arranged for organ.

This popular hymn is here set to the tune 'Hyfrydol' and has a splendid last verse descant.

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...

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 Easter anthem is a triumphant setting of words by Edmund Spenser and St John Damascene, featuring joyful choral parts, and ending with a new harmonization of the Easter hymn tune 'Ellacombe', wit...

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...

This reflective setting of verses from Psalm 139 was composed in memory of George Guest and first performed by the choir of St John's College, Cambridge, on Ash Wednesday, 2007. The work makes a highl...

This is John Rutter's first setting of the Magnificat and Nunc dimittis texts. The Magnificat features rippling organ syncopations, contrasting textures, and an emphatic Gloria. The Nunc dimittis is t...

A setting of words from Psalm 27 featuring a solo clarinet with various choral groupings. A clarinet part is included in the vocal score. Instrumental material is available on hire.

John Rutter wrote this anthem for the dedication of the Herbert Howells memorial window in Gloucester Cathedral in 1992. The first section is full of mystical intensity, and, with its iridescent chrom...

Festival hymn with introductory fanfare for SATB, brass ensemble (4 trumpets, 3 trombones or 2 horns and one trombone, tuba), timpani, percussion, and organ, or for SATB and orchestra. Orchestral mate...

For SATB and piano. This gentle setting has all the tranquillity and grace associated with this ancient text. It is fashioned from a simple rocking theme, which weaves serenely through different keys...

Für gemischten Chor (SATB) und Orgel (oder Orgel, Harfe und Violoncello. Orgelauszug.

Im sehnsuchtsvollen 'Be thou my vision' zeigt John Rutter einmal mehr seine reichen, orchestralen Farben und wunderschönen Melodien.

Diese klassische Rutter-Hymne mit ihrer charaktervollen Klavier- oder Orchesterbegleitung sollte in keinem Chorrepertoire fehlen!

The Gift of Charity is a gently flowing anthem. Featuring beautifully arching phrases, an optional soprano solo, and exultant yet tender climaxes, this piece will be an instant hit with all types of c...