Works List
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Choral Works
Birthday Madrigals * CD
The Falcon * CD
Fancies CD
Feel the Spirit ‡ - hire material from Chamberlain in the UK CD
Five Childhood Lyrics CD
Gloria * CD
Magnificat *‡ CD
Mass of the Children *‡ CD
Psalm 150 *
Psalmfest *
The Reluctant Dragon * CD
This is the day - forthcoming
Requiem *‡ CD
Requiem (1893 version) - Gabriel Fauré CD
The sprig of thyme * CD
Te Deum * CD
When Icicles Hang * CD
The Wind in the Willows * CD
Anthems for Mixed Voices
A Crown of Glory
All Creatures of our God and King * CD
All things bright and beautiful * CD
Arise, shine CD
As the bridegroom to his chosen * ‡ CD
Ave Maria
Battle Hymn of the Republic (arr.)
Be thou my vision * ‡ CD
Behold, the tabernacle of God * CD
Call to worship and Benediction
Cantate Domino CD
Canticle of Thanksgiving
Cantus *
A Choral Amen
A Choral Fanfare CD
Christ the Lord is risen again * CD
A Clare Benediction CD
Come down, O Love divine CD
Distant Land
Eternal God CD
For the beauty of the earth * CD
A Gaelic Blessing CD
The Gift of Charity
Gloria ‘1’ CD
Go forth into the world in peace *‡ CD
God be in my head CD
How firm a foundation
Hymn to the Creator of Light CD
I am with you always CD
I believe in springtime * CD
I my best-beloved's am CD
I will lift up mine eyes * CD
I will sing with the spirit * CD
I will worship the Lord (Call to Worship)
John Rutter Anthems
Let us go in peace
Look at the world * CD
Look to the day * CD
The Lord bless you and keep you * CD
The Lord is my light and my salvation *‡ CD
The Lord is my shepherd * CD
Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace
Lord, thou hast been our refuge CD
Loving shepherd of thy sheep CD
Most glorious Lord of life * CD
Now thank we all our God * CD
O be joyful in the Lord * CD
O clap your hands * CD
O how amiable are thy dwellings
O Lord, thou hast searched me out CD
Open thou mine eyes CD
The peace of God *
Pie Jesu CD
Praise the Lord, O my soul *
Praise ye the Lord * CD
A Prayer of Saint Patrick CD
Psalm 150
This is the House of God
To every thing there is a season * CD
Thy perfect love * CD
Veni Sancte Spiritus CD
Wedding Canticle CD
When the saints go marching in * CD
Wings of the Morning CD
Anthems for Upper Voices
A Clare Benediction
God be in my head
The peace of God*
Anthems for Unison and Two-part Voices
All things bright and beautiful *
A Clare Benediction
For the beauty of the earth *
I believe in springtime *
I will sing with the spirit *
Look at the world *
The Lord bless you and keep you *
Church Services
Communion Service (ASB Rite A/RC ICEL text)
O be joyful in the Lord (Jubilate Deo) * CD
Te Deum * CD
Winchester Te Deum CD
Wells Jubilate CD
Folk-Song Collections
Five Traditional Songs CD
Folk-Songs for Choirs 1
Folk-Songs for Choirs 2
The sprig of thyme * CD
Partsongs for Mixed Voices
Banquet Fugue CD
Birthday Madrigals * CD
Black sheep
Blow, blow thou winter wind CD
The British Grenadiers CD
Dashing away with the smoothing iron CD
Down by the riverside *
Draw on, sweet night CD
Fiddler Man
Five Childhood Lyrics CD
Five Traditional Songs CD
The Gift of Music
Good Ale CD
The heavenly aeroplane * CD
Home is a special kind of feeling * CD
It was a lover and his lass * CD
Let’s begin again * CD
Magical Kingdom CD
Musica dei donum CD
My true love hath my heart * CD
Nice young maidens
O waly, waly CD
Riddle Song CD
Skylark CD
Soldier Boy
The music's always there with you
The terrible tale of Tom Gilligan
Three American Lyrics
Two American folk songs
Two Songs from Five Childhood Lyrics CD
When daisies pied * CD
When the saints go marching in * CD
Unison Partsongs
Three folk-songs for upper voices from The sprig of thyme
Partsongs for Upper Voices
The heavenly aeroplane *
It was a lover and his lass *
My true love hath my heart *
When daisies pied *
Partsongs for Men's Voices
Two Folk-songs for Male Voices from The sprig of thyme
Carol Collections
100 Carols for Choirs : edited and arranged by David Willcocks and John Rutter
Carols for Choirs 2 : edited and arranged by David Willcocks and John Rutter
Carols for Choirs 3 : edited and arranged by David Willcocks and John Rutter
Carols for Choirs 4 : edited and arranged by David Willcocks and John Rutter
Carols for Choirs Words Booklet : edited and arranged by David Willcocks and John Rutter
Carols for All : arranged by David Willcocks and John Rutter
Christmas Motets
Eight Christmas Carols Set 1
Eight Christmas Carols Set 2
Twelve Christmas Carols Set 1
Twelve Christmas Carols Set 2
John Rutter Carols
Carols for Mixed Voices
Angel tidings (arr.) *
Angels’ Carol * CD
Away in a manger (arr.) * CD
Bring a torch *
Candlelight Carol * CD
Carol of the Magi CD
Child in a manger (arr.) *
Christmas Bells
Christmas lullaby * CD
Christmas Night (arr.) * CD
The coming of our King (arr.) *
Cradle song (arr.)
Deck the hall (arr.) CD
Donkey Carol * CD
Dormi, Jesu * CD
Down in yon forest (arr.) *
El Noi de la Mare
Esta Noche CD
Flemish Carol (arr.)
Gabriel’s message (arr.) *
Good Christian Men
Go tell it on the mountain (arr.) * CD
Here we come a-wassailing (arr.) *
The holly and the ivy (arr.) *
How great our joy CD
I saw three ships (arr. in 2/2 time) * CD
I saw three ships (arr. in 6/8 time) *
I wish you Christmas CD
I wonder as I wander (arr.) CD
Il est né le divin enfant (arr.) *
In dulci jubilo (arr.) * CD
The Infant King (arr.) *
Jesus Child * CD
Joy to the world! (arr.) * CD
King of Blis CD
King Jesus hath a garden (arr.) *
Love came down at Christmas * CD
Mary’s lullaby * CD
Nativity Carol * CD
New Year CD
Noël nouvelet (arr.) *
O come, O come, Immanuel (arr.) *
O Holy Night (Adolphe Adam) CD
O Tannenbaum (arr.) CD
Of a Rose, a lovely Rose * CD
Of the Father’s love begotten (arr.) *
Past three a clock (arr.) *
Personent hodie (arr.) * CD
Quelle est cette odeur agréable? (arr.) *
Quem pastores laudavere (arr.)
Quittez, pasteurs (arr.) * CD
Rejoice and be merry
Rise up, shepherd, and follow (arr.) CD
Sans Day Carol (arr.) * CD
Shepherd’s Noël (arr.) *
Shepherd’s Pipe Carol * CD
Sing we to this merry company *
Somerset Wassail (arr.) CD
Star Carol * CD
Stille Nacht (arr.) * CD
There is a flower CD
Three Kings of Orient (arr.) * CD
The Colours of Christmas
The twelve days of Christmas (arr.) *
The very best time of year * CD
We wish you a merry Christmas (arr.) * CD
Wexford Carol (arr.) CD
What sweeter music * CD
The Wild Wood Carol * CD
Zion hears the watchmen’s voices (arr.)
Christmas Cantata and Carol Cycle
Brother Heinrich’s Christmas * CD
Dancing Day *
Carols for Unison Voices
Carol of the Children *
Coventry Carol
Donkey Carol *
Jesus Child *
Nativity Carol *
Shepherd’s Pipe Carol *
Star Carol *
Carols for Upper Voices
Angels’ Carol *
Candlelight Carol *
Christmas lullaby *
Coventry Carol
Deck the hall (arr.)
Donkey Carol *
Gabriel’s message (arr.) *
Il est né le divin enfant (arr.) *
In dulci jubilo (arr.) *
The Infant King (arr.) *
King Jesus hath a garden (arr.) *
The Linden Tree Carol (arr.)
Lute-book Lullaby (arr.)
Mary’s Lullaby *
A merry Christmas (arr.)
Nativity Carol *
Past three a clock (arr.) *
Personent hodie (arr.) *
Quem pastores laudavere (arr.)
Shepherd’s Pipe Carol *
Stille Nacht (arr.) *
Three Carols (arr.)
Tomorrow shall be my dancing day (arr.) CD
A virgin most pure (arr.)
Orchestral Carol Accompaniments for Sale
Donkey Carol
The holly and the ivy
Jesus Child
Mary’s lullaby
Nativity Carol
Shepherd’s Pipe Carol
Star Carol
What sweeter music
Carols for Brass Ensemble
Ding dong! merrily on high *
We wish you a merry Christmas *
Solo Song
Shepherd’s Pipe Carol
Stage Works
Bang! *
The Piper of Hamelin *
The Reluctant Dragon * CD
The Wind in the Willows * CD
Instrumental & Orchestral Works
Beatles Concerto - not in print
Distant Land
Five meditations for orchestra
Partita for orchestra *
Prelude on God rest you merry, gentlemen *
Shadows
Suite Antique * CD
Suite for Strings
Three American Miniatures
Toccata in Seven
Variations on an Easter theme
Hymn Arrangements
A Mighty Fortress (arr.) CD
Amazing Grace (arr.) CD
Be thou my vision (arr.) CD
Christ is made the sure foundation (arr.) CD
Christ the Lord is risen today (arr.) CD
Let all mortal flesh keep silence (arr.) CD
Lo, he comes with clouds descending (arr.) CD
Love Divine, all loves excelling (arr.) CD
Morning has broken (arr.) CD
O God, our help in ages past (arr.) CD
Six hymns with harp (arr.)
The day thou gavest, Lord, is ended (arr.) CD
The King of Love my shepherd is (arr.) CD
We plough the fields, and scatter (arr.) CD
When I survey the wondrous cross (arr.) CD
Works by other composers
All my hope on God is founded - Herbert Howells (arr.)
Anvil Chorus from Il Trovatore - Giuseppe Verdi
Ave Maria - Gustav Holst (ed.)
Ave Maria - Tomas Luis de Victoria (ed.) CD
Ave maris stella - Edvard Grieg
Ave verum corpus - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Beatus vir - Claudio Monteverdi CD
Bell Chorus from Pagliacci - Ruggero Leoncavallo
Bridal Chorus from Lohengrin - Richard Wagner
Brindisi from La Traviata - Giuseppe Verdi
Cantique de Jean Racine - Gabriel Fauré
Chorus of Enchanted Islanders from Alcina - George Frideric Handel
Chorus of Peasant Girls from Eugene Onegin - Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Chorus of Scottish Refugees from Macbeth - Giuseppe Verdi
Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves from Nabucco - Giuseppe Verdi
Chorus of Wedding Guests from Lucia di Lammermoor - Gaetano Donizetti
Christe, qui lux es et dies - Robert Whyte (ed.)
Christus factus est - Anton Bruckner CD
Coronation Scene from Boris Godunov - Modest Mussorgsky
Crucifixus - Antonio Lotti CD
Crux fidelis - John IV of Portugal
Dido's Lament, and Final Chorus from Dido and Aeneas - Henry Purcell
Easter Hymn from Cavalleria Rusticana - Pietro Mascagni
Geistliches Lied (Sacred Song), Op. 30 - Johannes Brahms
Gloria à 7 - Claudio Monteverdi
Habanera from Carmen - Georges Bizet
Hail, gladdening Light - Charles Wood (ed.)
Hear my prayer - Henry Purcell
Heilig - Felix Mendelssohn (ed.)
Hodie Christus natus est - J. P. Sweelinck
Humming Chorus from Madama Butterfly - Giacomo Puccini
Huntsmen's Chorus from Der Freischutz - Carl Maria Weber
In dulci jubilo - Robert Pearsall (arr.)
In dulci jubilo - Samuel Scheidt
In Paradisum from Requiem - Gabriel Fauré
Joy to the world! - Lowell Mason
Jubilate Deo - Giovanni Gabrieli
Libera nos, salva nos - John Sheppard (ed.)
Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden - Johann Sebastian Bach (ed.)
Locus iste - Anton Bruckner
Lord, for thy tender mercy's sake - Richard Farrant
Madrigals and Partsongs - Clifford Bartlett
Magnificat - Dietrich Buxtehude
Magnificat, Op. 164 - Charles Villiers Stanford
March of the Toreadors from Carmen - Georges Bizet
Matadors' Chorus from La Traviata - Giuseppe Verdi
Miserere - Gregorio Allegri
O Holy Night - Adolphe Adam
O Jesu Christ, meins Lebens Licht - Johann Sebastian Bach
O magnum mysterium - Tomas Luis Victoria
Panis angelicus - César Franck
Pilgrims' Chorus from Tannhauser - Richard Wagner
Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor - Alexander Borodin
Prayer from Moise - Gioachino Rossini
Priests' Chorus from Die Zauberflöte - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Prisoners' Chorus from Fidelio - Ludwig Van Beethoven
Procession and Chorale from Die Meistersinger - Richard Wagner
Procession of the Nobles from Mlada - Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakoff
Psalm 23 (The Lord is my Shepherd) - Franz Schubert
Rataplan from La Forza del Destino - Giuseppe Verdi
Requiem (1893 version) - Gabriel Fauré
Roman Carnival from Benvenuto Cellini - Hector Berlioz
Sailors' Chorus from Der Fliegende Holländer - Richard Wagner
Salve puerule - Marc-Antoine Charpentier
Silent Night - Franz Gruber (arr.)
Soldiers' Chorus from Faust - Charles Gounod
Soldiers' Chorus from Il Trovatore - Giuseppe Verdi
Spinning Chorus from Der Fliegende Hollander - Richard Wagner
Stabat Mater - Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (ed.)
Surrexit Christus hodie - Samuel Scheidt (ed.)
The heavens are telling - Franz Joseph Haydn
They are at rest - Edward Elgar (ed.)
Toreador Song from Carmen - Georges Bizet
Triumphal Scene (Grand March) from Aida - Giuseppe Verdi
Trois Chansons de Charles d'Orléans - Claude Debussy
Verleih uns Frieden - Felix Mendelssohn
Villagers' Chorus from Guillaume Tell - Gioachino Rossini
Voyagers' Chorus from Idomeneo - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Waltz Scene from Eugene Onegin - Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Witches' Chorus from Macbeth - Giuseppe Verdi