We went as usual to the Nine Lessons and Carols in St David’s Cathedral. There was more John Rutter than usual, probably because as already mentioned he has a major birthday this year. It included what I think is one of his best pieces What sweeter music<\/i>, as well as the Shepherd’s Pipe Carol<\/i> and an arrangement of Noël nouvelet<\/i>.<\/p>\n
I have enjoyed singing many of his pieces (mostly sacred but also secular) over the years, although I’m not in a hurry to do any of his works that use an orchestra, as I find the orchestration works but is predictable. Looking back through this blog I see that Rutter was the subject of one of the earliest posts<\/a>, and he was far from new on the scene then, so he clearly has enduring power, even though younger composers like Bob Chilcott have movd in on his territory. I wasn’t involved in his visit to Bath earlier in the year but did sing under his direction just once, when he did a workshop at Manchester University. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" We went as usual to the Nine Lessons and Carols in St David’s Cathedral. There was more John Rutter than usual, probably because as already mentioned he has a major birthday this year. It included what I think is one … Continue reading