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Mass of the Children

~ Cambridge Singers
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  • Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia
  • Conductor: John Rutter
  • Composer: John Rutter
  • Audio CD (1 Sep 2003)
  • SPARS Code: DDD
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Collegium
  • ASIN: B0000BX5K6
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 28,500 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Track Listings

1. Mass of the Children: Kyrie - The Cambridge Singers, , City of London Sinfonia, , John Rutter, Roderick Williams
2. Mass of the Children: Gloria - The Cambridge Singers, , City of London Sinfonia, , John Rutter, Roderick Williams
3. Mass of the Children: Sanctus and Benedictus - The Cambridge Singers, , City of London Sinfonia, , John Rutter, Roderick Williams
4. Mass of the Children: Agnus Dei - The Cambridge Singers, , City of London Sinfonia, , John Rutter, Roderick Williams
5. Mass of the Children: Finale - The Cambridge Singers, , City of London Sinfonia, , John Rutter, Roderick Williams
6. Look at the World - The Cambridge Singers, City of London Sinfonia, John Rutter
7. To Every Thing There Is a Season - The Cambridge Singers, City of London Sinfonia, John Rutter
8. Wings of the Morning - The Cambridge Singers, City of London Sinfonia, John Rutter
9. Clare Benediction - The Cambridge Singers, City of London Sinfonia, John Rutter
10. I Will Sing With the Spirit - The Cambridge Singers, City of London Sinfonia, John Rutter
11. Musica Dei Donum - The Cambridge Singers, City of London Sinfonia, John Rutter
12. I My Best-Beloved's Am - The Cambridge Singers, City of London Sinfonia, John Rutter
13. Come Down, O Love Divine - The Cambridge Singers, City of London Sinfonia, John Rutter
On this CD:
  1. Mass of the Children
    Composed by John Rutter
    Performed by Cambridge Singers, City of London Sinfonia
    with Roderick Williams, Joanne Lunn, Cantate Youth Choir
    Conducted by John Rutter

  2. Look at the world
    Composed by John Rutter
    Performed by Cambridge Singers, City of London Sinfonia
    Conducted by John Rutter

  3. To everything there is a season
    Composed by John Rutter
    Performed by Cambridge Singers, City of London Sinfonia
    Conducted by John Rutter

  4. Wings of the morning
    Composed by John Rutter
    Performed by Cambridge Singers, City of London Sinfonia
    Conducted by John Rutter

  5. (A) Clare Benediction
    Composed by John Rutter
    Performed by Cambridge Singers, City of London Sinfonia
    Conducted by John Rutter

  6. I will sing with the spirit
    Composed by John Rutter
    Performed by Cambridge Singers, City of London Sinfonia
    Conducted by John Rutter

  7. Musica Dei donum
    Composed by John Rutter
    Performed by Cambridge Singers
    with Karen Jones
    Conducted by John Rutter

  8. I my Best-Beloved's am
    Composed by John Rutter
    Performed by Cambridge Singers
    Conducted by John Rutter

  9. Come down, O Love divine
    Composed by John Rutter
    Performed by Cambridge Singers
    Conducted by John Rutter

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4.0 out of 5 stars Another "Mass-terpiece" for Rutter, 19 Sep 2003
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I had the wonderful opportunity of being able to work with John Rutter on the World Premiere of his Mass of the Children at Carnegie Hall (Feb. 13, 2003). As a fan and frequent performer of Rutter's works, I will attest (although I am somewhat partial to this piece) that this work is one of his greatest. Of all the different masses he has written, Mass of the Children has a beautiful new element-a children's chorous! You will be mesmerized by their beautiful voices and Maestro Rutter's wonderful writing.
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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent recording, 28 Dec 2004
By misty (Guernsey United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
Unlike some classical recordings, the orchestra doesn't overpower the choir in this one. This is especially important when there is a children's choir involved. The Mass of the Children is a beautiful piece - fans of Rutter will not be disappointed.
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5.0 out of 5 stars The epitome of modern choral music.. just perfection., 22 Feb 2009
Mass of the Children - John Rutter (b. 1945


1. Kyrie

2. Gloria

3. Sanctus & Benedictus

4. Agnus Dei

5. Finale


Though he is perhaps best known for his carols and other short pieces, John Rutter also has a number of large-scale works for chorus and orchestra to his name. Most of these received their first performances in the United States, where Rutter is a frequent visitor, writing regularly for American choirs and conducting performances of his own music. The Mass of the Children received its première in Carnegie Hall, New York, in February 2003, and the first UK performance followed a month later in Guildford Cathedral, the composer conducting on both occasions.

The work is scored for adult mixed choir, children's choir, soprano and baritone soloists and orchestra in a conscious echo of Britten's War Requiem. The Mass is a Missa Brevis - a Latin Mass without a Credo - in five movements. Several additional English texts are also included, and these form a progression from waking to sleeping that runs through the work as a counterpart to the liturgy of the conventional Mass text.

The piece does not begin immediately with the Kyrie Eleison but, in keeping with the `waking to sleeping' theme, opens with the children's choir singing lines from Bishop Thomas Ken's fine morning hymn, `Awake, my soul, and with the sun', written in about 1674 for the scholars of Winchester College. After the Kyrie comes an exuberant Gloria featuring energetic, unequal rhythms that are typical of Rutter at his liveliest, and then a complete change of mood is introduced with the gently lilting harmonies of the Sanctus and Benedictus. The Agnus Dei text is divided between the fourth and fifth movements, with the first part being followed by William Blake's moving poem, `The Lamb', sung by the children's choir.

The final movement begins with two prayers by John Rutter, for the baritone and soprano soloists, based on verses by Lancelot Andrewes and St Patrick. The Mass now returns to the poetry of Bishop Ken.

In one of Rutter's most Britten inspired passages the beautiful evening hymn, `Glory to thee, my God, this night' is sung by the children to the sublime melody of Tallis's Canon whilst the adults chant `Dona nobis pacem' (Grant us thy peace). Finally the choirs are joined by the soloists, and the combined voices gradually bring the work to its peaceful conclusion.

In his Mass of the Children the composer has given the children's choir a central part to play. It is they, not the adults, who are heard at the very outset, and their role throughout is integral to the overall concept of the Mass. As always with Rutter, the music is beautifully written for the voices and superbly orchestrated. His skilful writing for soloists, choirs and orchestra and his sensitive interweaving of the various Latin and English texts has resulted in one of his finest and most moving works.
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