John Rutter: This Is The Day: SATB: Vocal Score

Available for the first time as a single octavo Rutter's arrangement of this buoyant Cornish carol is sure to continue to delight choirs and audiences alike.Recognising the frequency with which this popular piece is performed with Organ accompaniment the composer has taken the opportunity of this anniversary edition to make an Organ reduction of the Orchestral material. With its combination of pagan and Christian imagery and references to the Crucifixion and Resurrection this carol is well suited to performance at Passiontide and Easter as well as at Christmas.

For SATB and small Orchestra.Full score for Rutter's arrangement of this buoyant Cornish carol. With its combination of pagan and Christian imagery and references to the Crucifixion and Resurrection this carol is well suited to performance at Passiontide and Easter as well as at Christmas.

The Oxford Book of Flexible Carols is the perfect resource for choirs of all types and sizes. Each piece is presented with flexible scoring options clearly explained throughout enabling performance by various combinations of singers. With carols for Advent Christmas New Year and Epiphany and a fabulous range of accessible quality material this is a must-have collection for all choirs at Christmas. 56 flexibly scored carols Suitable for mixed choirs upper-voice choirs choirs with few men unison choirs small choirs and all other groups New flexible arrangements of traditional carols and modern favourites Brandnew carols written specially for the collection Variety of composers including Kerry Andrew Malcolm Archer Alan Bullard Bob Chilcott Stephen Cleobury Cecilia McDowall John Rutter Mack Wilberg and David Willcocks Wide range of material from Medieval to the present day and including wassails gallery carols world carols and spirituals Accessible keyboard accompaniments suitable for Organ (with or without pedals) or Piano

John Rutter's Shall I Compare Thee To A Summer's Day? for SATB unaccompanied.  This secular work is set to the text of Shakespeare's famous Sonnet No. 18. Throughout the work Rutter skilfully weaves the figurative language of the sonnet within the lyrical melodic lines of the music. Shakespeare's expressive text is passed between the voices with the warm verdant harmonies enveloping the sonnet's use of imagery and the work's central metaphor of comparing love to a summer's day.

This is a joyful carol in which John Rutter sets a traditional English text to a bold and straightforward melody and creates an uplifting work replete with forthright Christmas cheer.Scored originally for SATB Voices and Brass ensemble with optional Organ and Handbells this arrangement of Rejoice and be Merry may be performed with Piano playing from the Keyboard reduction given in this Vocal score. If available Handbells may be added as well as the Handbell part is printed at the end of this score. With under 3 minutes of performance time and minimal necessary rehearsal time Rejoice and be Merry is the perfect additionto any Holiday performance this festive season.

Both a dedicated carol singer and an authority on the history of English music Nicholas Temperley here offers a unique book of 37 carols dating from the fifteenth century to the present.For over fifty years he has sung edited and composed carols each Christmas and in Christmas is Coming the fruit of his enthusiasm is combined with his wealth of knowledge to produce an outstanding and original new collection. As John Rutter observes in his Foreword the book does not pointlessly duplicate what can be found in many other carol books but has a personality and purpose of its own.Twenty-two fresh and practical arrangements include carols from Austria France Germany Mexico Poland and the USA alongside music both rare and familiar from the rich heritage of the English carol tradition. As well as eight of his personal favourites from J. S. Bach to Charles Ives the author includes seven new compositions of his own settings of medieval and traditional texts that reveal his skill as a choral composer whose command of style ranges from the humorous to the profound.In addition to sample programmes and translations there are invaluable notes on the performance and history of individual items plus an historical summary of the genre as a whole: everything in fact to make Christmas is Coming an indispensable companion for singers who wish to enrich the seasonal repertoire for concerts churches and traditional Yuletide carolling.

This tender arrangement of the well-loved Irish folk melody Londonderry Air sets an uplifting poem by Howard Walter: a stirring combination of music and text that was also used at the funeral of Diana Princess of Wales in 1997. Opening with the melody sung by tutti sopranos the texture gradually builds to a climatic double choir section as the text celebrates the journey to God's heavenly kingdom. I would be true has been recorded by the Cambridge Singers on the CD This is the Day.

A truly wonderful arrangement of this well known traditional Christmas carol. Arranged for SATB chorus and Piano accompaniment.

on this day earth shall ring-Arranged by John Rutter for SATB choir and keyboard or small ensemble. Instrumental material is available on hire. It can be performed on modern instruments or recorder 3 Crumhorns Sackbut Psaltery Lute Tabor.