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Fancies
''Fancies'' is a cycle of six choral settings by John Rutter, created around whimsical themes and based on text from poets such as Shakespeare, Thomas Campion (1567–1620), Edward Lear (1812–1888) and others. The collection was originally written in 1971. Rutter recorded a recording with other compositions which was rereleased in 2005. Track listing ''Fancies'' – for choir and chamber orchestra :(1) Tell me, where is fancy bred – 1:44 :(2) There is a garden in her face – 3:52 :(3) The urchins' song – 2:00 :(4) Riddle song – 3:13 :(5) Midnight's bell – 2:16 :(6) The bellman's song – 2:45 ::Baritone solo: Simon Davies '' Suite Antique'' - for flute, harpsichord A harpsichord is a musical instrument played by means of a musical keyboard, keyboard. Depressing a key raises its back end within the instrument, which in turn raises a mechanism with a small plectrum made from quill or plastic that plucks one ... and strings By John Rutter Flute: Duke Dobing, Har ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Five Childhood Lyrics
''Five Childhood Lyrics'' is a choral composition by John Rutter, who set five texts, poems and nursery rhymes, for mixed voices (SATB with some divisi) a cappella. Rutter composed the work for the London Concord Singers who first performed them in 1973. The five movements are: # Monday's Child # The Owl and the Pussycat # Windy Nights # Matthew, Mark, Luke and John # Sing a Song of Sixpence The first song is based on "Monday's Child", a fortune-telling song and nursery rhyme. The text of the second song is "The Owl and the Pussycat", a nonsense-poem by Edward Lear published in 1871. The third song is based on a poem, " Windy Nights", by Robert Louis Stevenson. The text for the fourth song is " Matthew, Mark, Luke and John", a nursery rhyme and evening prayer. The fifth song uses the nursery rhyme "Sing a Song of Sixpence". The composer noted: "The Five Childhood lyrics are a kind of 'homage' to the world of children. I chose for my texts some of the rhymes and verses remembered f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suite Antique
''Suite Antique'' is a 1979 concertante work by John Rutter that is written for harpsichord, flute and string orchestra A string orchestra is an orchestra consisting solely of a string section made up of the bowed strings used in Western Classical music. The instruments of such an orchestra are most often the following: the violin, which is divided into first a .... Rutter composed the piece, in six movements, for a concert at which Bach's fifth Brandenburg concerto was to be performed, and so decided to write the piece for the same ensemble. One of Rutter's most popular orchestral works, it has become an important standard in contemporary flute repertoire and been recorded several times by Rutter and others. Rutter later arranged the musical content of Suite Antique for harp and strings, and published it in 2011 as ''Suite Lyrique''. Suite Lyrique contains the same six movements as Suite Antique: Prelude, Ostinato, Aria, Waltz, Chanson, and Rondeau. References External lin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cambridge Singers
The Cambridge Singers is an English mixed voice chamber choir formed in 1981 by their director John Rutter with the primary purpose of making recordings under their own label Collegium Records. The group initially comprised former singers from the Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, where Rutter had previously been the music director. They have been involved in the last four Fresh Aire albums (about "mankind's curiosities") of the Mannheim Steamroller band, by composer Chip Davis, but they are primarily a classical choral group. They have recorded several highly acclaimed Christmas albums, including ''Christmas Day in the Morning'', '' Christmas Night: Carols of the Nativity'', ''Christmas Star'', ''Christmas with the Cambridge Singers'', and ''The Cambridge Singers Christmas Album''. List of albums * ''Gloria'' (1983 and 2005) with Philip Jones Brass Ensemble and City of London Sinfonia * ''Fauré: Requiem and other sacred music'' (1984, 1988 and 2010) * ''Hurry to Be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |