Event

John Rutter Singing Day with Oxford Bach Choir

Saturday 11 May 2024

Olivier Hall, St Edward's School, Oxford

Singers from far and wide are invited to come and join John Rutter as he brings his very popular Singing Day to St Edward’s School.  We will explore some of John’s best-loved music.

John Rutter is an English composer and conductor, associated mainly with choral music and active internationally for many years. His larger choral works, Gloria, Requiem, Magnificat, Mass of the Children, The Gift of Life, and Visions, are widely performed around the world, and many of his shorter pieces such as The Lord bless you and keep you, For the beauty of the earth, Look at the world, and All things bright and beautiful have become ‘standards’. He has composed or arranged many Christmas carols.

Schedule of the Day

Duration: 11am-5pm, lunch 12:45-2pm (doors open from 10am)

First session: 11am-12:45pm
Afternoon session: 2-3:35pm
Final session: 3:55-5pm

Repertoire

Ed. Rutter: Sacred Choruses (big anthology)
Rutter: The Sprig of Thyme (cycle of folksongs)
Rutter: It was a lover and his lass
Rutter: Look to the day
Shearing: Who is Silvia
Amazing grace
Rutter: A Ukrainian Prayer
arr. Rutter: Feel the spirit

All music will be available on the day at no extra cost