Singing the Classics – John Rutter – Mass of the Children

A reminder: next Sunday,6 October, in the For the Joy of Singing the Classics program, we will sing through Rutter’s Mass of the Children.

This was first performed in 2003, in Carnegie Hall, New York, conducted by John Rutter. It is written for adult and children’s choirs with soloists, with the Mass texts interspersed with poetry of Thomas Ken (1637-1711) (Awake, my soul, and with the sun…)”, William Blake (1757-1827) (“Little Lamb, who made thee?”) and other sources.

We will be singing all the choral parts and Tom Healey and Rosie Cocklin will be singing the solos.