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D'où viens-tu, bergère? is one of the most popular lullaby carols in the francophone world. The carol takes the form of a dialogue between inquisitive villagers and a young shepherd girl who has just...

Orchestral material is available on hire. Also available in Carols for Choirs 3. A different arrangement for SSA unaccompanied is in Carols for Choirs 4.

With a simple, appealing melody and a flowing accompaniment, The Colours of Christmas evokes a touching sense of longing for the joys of the festive season.

This thought-provoking carol takes up the topical theme of the plight of refugees, drawing parallels with the stories and reception of Christ's birth. The text, by the composer, alludes to familiar li...

From the collection For Him all Stars, 'Cradle Song' is a wistful 3/4-time Christmas lullaby which sets a text by William Blake. Scored for SA and piano, it features gentle but persistently discordant...

An Australian Christmas paints a vivid picture of 'Christmas in the heat' - a time of bushfires and summer storms, when many enjoy long, hot, lazy days holidaying by the water's edge. Originally publi...

Four-piece chamber ensemble accompaniment to Rutter's uplifting carol. Pack includes full score and set of parts.

Also in Carols for Choirs 3 and 100 Carols for Choirs. Also available for unison voices in a shortened and simplified version.

Unison with optional descant and piano or orchestra. Orchestral material is available on hire. The orchestral accompaniment for this version is not compatible with that for the SATB and SSAA versions.

Range c-g'. This much-loved and uplifting carol, first performed by the choir of Clare College, Cambridge, tells the story of a shepherd boy playing his pipe on the journey to Bethlehem to see the inf...

Une œuvre sombre et belle, mais aussi très accessible, en trois mouvements. Les deux premiers sont plus sombres : ce sont des hymnes du soir qui demandent protection et réconfort pour la nuit. La musi...

Archer's innovative setting of this traditional text swings energetically between 7/8 and 6/8, presenting a fresh take on the original tune. This piece offers a dash of cheerful festivity in any Chris...

For this joyous piece, McDowall set a text from the Ambrosian Rite celebrating the Virgin Mary's recent motherhood. The lively organ accompaniment and strong rhythmic drive create an instantly celebra...

Jesus, Springing is a beautiful and tender carol that sets a text by Kevin Crossley-Holland. Tuneful and imitative vocal lines combine with a gently flowing keyboard part to create a delightful Christ...

With a text by the composer, this declamatory Christmas piece provides a fresh take on the nativity story. The cacophony of choral sound in the polyphonic middle section is akin perhaps to the angelic...

This Christmas meditation is a breathlessly quiet mood-piece, chantlike and slow moving.

The music cycles through several keys as a sense of hope, spirit, and imagination is developed and suspended throughout. Its catchy melody would make this a wonderful opening to a concert or could be...

Originally published in John Gardner Carols, this vibrant setting of the Hymn at First Vespers is full of colour and energy, with fluid tonalities and a supportive organ part.

Also available in Carols for Choirs 3 and 100 Carols for Choirs. The accompaniments for orchestra and brass ensemble are available on hire. There is a separate arrangement in 6/8 time, with its own or...

O Antiphon Sequence was conceived as a recital piece, although each of its individual movements would also work in a liturgical context. Each movement is a response to an extract of liturgical text fr...

The John Rutter Christmas Piano Album brings together eight of the composer's best-loved seasonal choral pieces as piano transcriptions, made by John Rutter himself, for performance use or enjoyment a...

An arrangement for upper voices, with a simplified piano part, of John Rutter's popular Jesus Child, an upbeat carol with a clear Caribbean influence.

La mélodie envoûtante des couplets et le refrain réfléchi de l'"Ave Maria" en ont fait un chant très populaire. Il est également disponible dans une version pour SATB.

Ce chant a été commandé en 1989 par le Bach Choir pour célébrer le soixante-dixième anniversaire de son chef, Sir David Willcocks. La mélodie envoûtante des versets et le refrain réfléchi de l'"Ave Ma...