The final movement of John Rutter's Magnificat inspired Keith Allen, conductor of the Birmingham Symphonic Winds (UK) to suggest it as a perfect candidate for a concert band piece. With approval from the

Down by the Riverside is a spiritual that was sung by slaves in the South as a work song. It dates back to before the American Civil War. John Rutter's Lively arrangement of this barnstorming

This folk-carol is known throughout the Spanish-speaking world for its melody and dance-like spirit. John Rutter's arrangement captures
this perfectly, pairing soloist and chorus, with exuberance and

John Rutter endeavored over many Christmases to reinvigorate the genre of the Christmas carol, not necessarily by replacing traditional images and tunes with new creations, but by re-translating them in his

Major Barbara is social satire in three acts by George Bernard Shaw, performed in 1905 and published in 1907, in which Shaw mocked religious hypocrisy and the complicity of society in its own

Quite a work and not a piece you might have expected from the renowned composer of some of the classics of contemporary sacred choral music. It's a giant of a piece that allows everyone in the ensemble to

This suite was derived from Vaughan Williams' score for the film, The England of Elizabeth, written in 1955. It was the composer's tenth of his 11 cinematic efforts and designed to serve a more descriptive

This rousing work was written for Matthew Owens and the choirs of Wells Cathedral as a companion piece to the composer's Winchester Te Deum. With its strong melody and rich textures and harmonies,