Luke 8

Samuel Scheidt (1587 - 1654) was a German composer, organist and teacher of the early Baroque era, and was one of Germany's most distinguished composers at that time, especially in the field of keyboard

John Rutter wrote this great work for the 2012 Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols held each Christmas Eve at King's College. This arrangement is written for combined concert band and chorus, but may be

The delicate melody befitting this familiar text gains gentle momentum by a continual movement in instrumental groups, vibraphone and optional harp. A quintessential piece for spring from renowned composer

The text for Blessed be that maid Mary comes from an anonymous 15th century English author. It makes liberal use of a common literacy device of the time: mixing English and Latin phrases together. The

John Rutter's Christmas Lullaby was commissioned by The Bach Choir in 1989 to celebrate the 70th birthday of their conductor, Sir David Willcocks. The choral parts are included in the score for

"Deck the Halls" (originally titled "Deck the Hall"), is a traditional Christmas, yuletide, and New Years' carol. The melody is Welsh dating back to the sixteenth century, and belongs to a winter carol,

The Latin text of this lullaby has been known and admired for centuries. John Rutter's choral setting has been arranged here for combined concert band and chorus but may be performed by concert band alone.

Gabriels' Message is the familiar story of Mary: "Most highly favoured lady - - for known a Mother thou shalt be - - all generations laud and honour thee." This a cappella setting by David Willcocks is

Home is a special kind of feeling is the finale from Wind in the Willows, with text by David Grant and music by John Rutter. On a personal note, the arranger was producing this piece during the height of

I Believe in Springtime is a celebration of life, with text and music by John Rutter. The original scoring was for children's choir, optional SATB chorus, and small orchestra. This arrangement

With words and music written by John Rutter, this is one of his earlier and frequently performed carols for Christmas. The beauty and simplicity lends itself to concert band instrumentation offering a

With lyrics created in the seventeenth or early eighteenth century and music from around 1875, Quittez, pasteurs is a traditional French folksong perhaps originating in the Anjou region. The original

There are several arrangements of this title, some out-of-print, some arranged for band alone as a concert piece, etc. This arrangement strictly adheres to the original arrangement by RVW which appears in

Named "the world's greatest living composer and conductor of choral music" by US television station NBC, there's no denying Rutter's skill at seducing both choirs and audiences alike with his rich harmonies

Unto Us is Born a Son is a medieval Christmas carol found in a number of manuscript sources - the 14th-century German Moosburg
Gradual and a 15th-century Trier manuscript. The Moosburg Gradual itself

Zion hears the watchmen singing (Zion hört die Wächter singen) is the fourth of seven movements of Bach's cantata Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme ('Awake, calls the voice to us'), BWV 140, also