John Rutter: On Sacred Choruses
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Channel: Oxford Academic (Oxford University Press) · 2018 · Education
In this short film composer John Rutter reflects on the choices and intricacies of curating pieces for an anthology. For more short films featuring OUP composers, visit http://www.facebook.com/oupchoral. The Sacred Choruses anthology, edited by John Rutter is available from all good book shops worldwide and from the OUP website: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/sacred-choruses-9780193518827 John Rutter studied music at Clare College, Cambridge and first came to notice as a composer and arranger of Christmas carols and other choral pieces during those early years; today his compositions, including such concert-length works as Requiem, Magnificat, Mass of the Children, The Gift of Life, and Visions are performed around the world. John edits the Oxford Choral Classics series, and, with Sir David Willcocks, co-edited four volumes of Carols for Choirs. In 1983 he formed his own choir The Cambridge Singers, with whom he has made numerous recordings on the Collegium Records label, and he appears regularly in several countries as a guest conductor and choral ambassador. John holds a Lambeth Doctorate in Music, and was awarded a CBE for services to music in 2007. Music: Brahms, How lovely is thy dwelling place. Recorded on album ‘This is the Day: Music on Royal Occasions’ performed by The Cambridge Singers. Used by kind permission of Collegium Records. © Oxford University Press
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