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 in 2007 was awarded a CBE for services to music. In September 2023, he received the Ivors Academy Fellowship, and in 2024 he was knighted in the King's Birthday Honours.

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• A babe is born ; A babe is born in Bethlehem ; A child this day is born ; All in the morning ; Angel tidings ; Angelus ad Virginem ; Bethlehem, of noblest cities ; Birthday Carol ; Boar's head carol ; Child in a manger ; Christ was born on Christmas Day ; Christe, redemptor omnium ; Christmas Oratorio (3 extracts) ; Come all you worthy gentlemen ; Come, rock the cradle for him (from Psalteriolum Harmonicum) ; The Cradle ; Cradle song ; The crown of roses ; Deck the hall ; Donkey carol ; Earth has many a noble city ; Flemish carol ; Gabriel's message ; Hark! the herald angels sing ; He smiles within his cradle ; Hush! my dear, lie still and slumber ; I saw three ships ; Il est ne le divin enfant ; In dulci jubilo ; In the bleak mid-winter ; Jesus Child ; King Herod and the cock ; King Jesus hath a garden ; Kings of orient ; Lo! he comes with clouds descending ; O come, all ye faithful ; O little town of Bethlehem ; Omnis mundus jocundetur ; Once, as I remember ; Psallite unigenito ; Salve puerule ; Shepherds, in the field abiding ; Silent night ; Sing we to this merry company ; Star carol ; Sunny bank ; Susanni ; There is no rose ; This joyful Eastertide ; Tryste Noel ; Wexford Carol ; What child is this? ; What sweeter music

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 in 2007 was awarded a CBE for services to music. In September 2023, he received the Ivors Academy Fellowship, and in 2024 he was knighted in the King's Birthday Honours.

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• A babe is born ; A babe is born in Bethlehem ; A child this day is born ; All in the morning ; Angel tidings ; Angelus ad Virginem ; Bethlehem, of noblest cities ; Birthday Carol ; Boar's head carol ; Child in a manger ; Christ was born on Christmas Day ; Christe, redemptor omnium ; Christmas Oratorio (3 extracts) ; Come all you worthy gentlemen ; Come, rock the cradle for him (from Psalteriolum Harmonicum) ; The Cradle ; Cradle song ; The crown of roses ; Deck the hall ; Donkey carol ; Earth has many a noble city ; Flemish carol ; Gabriel's message ; Hark! the herald angels sing ; He smiles within his cradle ; Hush! my dear, lie still and slumber ; I saw three ships ; Il est ne le divin enfant ; In dulci jubilo ; In the bleak mid-winter ; Jesus Child ; King Herod and the cock ; King Jesus hath a garden ; Kings of orient ; Lo! he comes with clouds descending ; O come, all ye faithful ; O little town of Bethlehem ; Omnis mundus jocundetur ; Once, as I remember ; Psallite unigenito ; Salve puerule ; Shepherds, in the field abiding ; Silent night ; Sing we to this merry company ; Star carol ; Sunny bank ; Susanni ; There is no rose ; This joyful Eastertide ; Tryste Noel ; Wexford Carol ; What child is this? ; What sweeter music

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 in 2007 was awarded a CBE for services to music. In September 2023, he received the Ivors Academy Fellowship, and in 2024 he was knighted in the King's Birthday Honours.

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• A babe is born ; A babe is born in Bethlehem ; A child this day is born ; All in the morning ; Angel tidings ; Angelus ad Virginem ; Bethlehem, of noblest cities ; Birthday Carol ; Boar's head carol ; Child in a manger ; Christ was born on Christmas Day ; Christe, redemptor omnium ; Christmas Oratorio (3 extracts) ; Come all you worthy gentlemen ; Come, rock the cradle for him (from Psalteriolum Harmonicum) ; The Cradle ; Cradle song ; The crown of roses ; Deck the hall ; Donkey carol ; Earth has many a noble city ; Flemish carol ; Gabriel's message ; Hark! the herald angels sing ; He smiles within his cradle ; Hush! my dear, lie still and slumber ; I saw three ships ; Il est ne le divin enfant ; In dulci jubilo ; In the bleak mid-winter ; Jesus Child ; King Herod and the cock ; King Jesus hath a garden ; Kings of orient ; Lo! he comes with clouds descending ; O come, all ye faithful ; O little town of Bethlehem ; Omnis mundus jocundetur ; Once, as I remember ; Psallite unigenito ; Salve puerule ; Shepherds, in the field abiding ; Silent night ; Sing we to this merry company ; Star carol ; Sunny bank ; Susanni ; There is no rose ; This joyful Eastertide ; Tryste Noel ; Wexford Carol ; What child is this? ; What sweeter music