Rutter - What Sweeter Music | The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge

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  • The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge recorded in Trinity College Chapel
    Conductor: Stephen Layton
    Organ: Harrison Cole
    What Sweeter Music by John Rutter, setting words by Robert Herrick.
    Video production and editing:
    David Hinitt
    Adrian Peacock
    Paul Nicholson
    Photo of Great Court: Jehangir Cama
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  • @JamieTimen
    @JamieTimen 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    Never forget Rutter! And all his Grace! 😍

  • @liligibson8457
    @liligibson8457 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    What sweeter music can we bring
    Than a carol for to sing
    The birth of this our Heavenly King?
    Awake the voice, awake the string
    Dark and dull night, fly hence away
    And give the honor to this day
    That sees December turned to May
    That sees December turned to May
    Why does the chilling winter's mourn
    Smile, like a field beset with corn?
    Or smell like a meadow newly-shorn
    Thus, on the sudden? Come and see
    The 'cause, why things thus fragrant be
    It is He is born, whose quickening birth
    Gives life and luster, public mirth
    To Heaven, and the under-Earth
    We see him come, and know him ours
    Who with his sunshine and his showers
    Turns all the patient ground to flowers
    Turns all the patient ground to flowers
    The darling of the world is come
    And fit it is, we find a room
    To welcome him, to welcome him
    The nobler part of all the house here is the heart
    Which we will give him, and bequeath
    This holy and this ivy wreath
    To do him honour, who's our King
    And Lord of all this revelling
    What sweeter music can we bring
    Than a carol for to sing
    The birth of this our Heavenly King?
    Of this our Heavenly King, our King

  • @richardhoover4471
    @richardhoover4471 3 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    Singing or Listening, the music of John Rutter fills my soul with joy and peace!

  • @adude394
    @adude394 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Lovely performance of one of Mr. Rutter's most beautiful anthems.

  • @tomfinland9572
    @tomfinland9572 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    "Contemporary" Christian music doesn't hold a candle to this beautiful song. GORGEOUS

    • @jenniferleber1456
      @jenniferleber1456 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes, I agree.

    • @nw4042
      @nw4042 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      ....John Rutter...is currently alive in 2023...
      He wrote this piece in.....1987.
      It's more contemporary than most Contemporary Christian music.

    • @pinkeysherbet7249
      @pinkeysherbet7249 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@nw4042thank you I was about to say the same thing lol 😂

    • @judiklettenmeijer854
      @judiklettenmeijer854 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Karl Jenkins?

    • @w.hayesconner1317
      @w.hayesconner1317 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@nw4042I think we all understand what he’s saying. “The sophomoric, pablamitous swill passed off as music from the inevitably blue backlit stages of America’s evangelical churches is NOT music compared to this”. Obviously not referring to eras in which things are written.

  • @eugeniomorais7041
    @eugeniomorais7041 2 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    I love anglican choirs. It's so heavenly, so amazing e touch deeply my soul. Greetings from Brazil 🇧🇷.

    • @Marunchak
      @Marunchak ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I'm not religious, in fact I'm an atheist, but Anglican sacred choral music is one facet of my English heritage that I absolutely adore. This sublime performance makes my eyes leak every time I hear it.

    • @debraengland3827
      @debraengland3827 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@Marunchak It speaks to your soul. Even the one you don't believe you have. 🌟🌟

  • @markemanuele1929
    @markemanuele1929 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    This is my absolute favorite of John Rutter's carols. The first time I heard it, I fell in love with it (Of all places, in a Volvo commercial 8^)...) And this is (In My Humble Opinion) the best recording of it.

  • @HeavenlyLights
    @HeavenlyLights 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    There is nothing More Beautiful than the Human Voice singing acappella ♥️⭐️💞🕯️🌺🎄🥰

  • @jochensatzinger3475
    @jochensatzinger3475 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    There's Molly Noon, new Soprano of Voces8.

    • @markgarao6898
      @markgarao6898 หลายเดือนก่อน

      2:27
      Amazing, I just realized!

  • @craigeverhart4755
    @craigeverhart4755 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    Another in Stephen Layton’s “No Excuses” transcendent recordings. Many times you might hear a piece of music and have to make excuses to yourself: “pretty good for those singers,” but such excuses are never needed for Stephen Layton’s group. It’s just all there, all the time. They do it with heart and inflection, with COVID distancing. The video production is nuanced and sensitive, also. I love seeing the singers!

  • @laurietocci6259
    @laurietocci6259 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    These voices singing this piece bring me great joy!

  • @lykeioschoolprojects9806
    @lykeioschoolprojects9806 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    its heavenly, the music, the melody, the harmonies, the modulations....and the level of performance has to be one of the finest in the world. Unreal!

  • @kevinhickey3515
    @kevinhickey3515 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Just has that distinctive Rutter sound. Beautiful.....

  • @trevororme4646
    @trevororme4646 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Beautiful, simply beautiful. Thank you each and every one of you and have a Bless-ed Christmas.

  • @HymnMakers
    @HymnMakers ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I have completly fallen in love with all your voices ❤❤💖💖🥺🥺

  • @mhlpmb
    @mhlpmb 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    This is a healing balm to my spirit.

  • @doncardoza
    @doncardoza ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Beautiful

  • @estherrosespade4884
    @estherrosespade4884 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Unification of sound/tone-magical!

  • @bob15479
    @bob15479 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    this part is always jaw dropping 2:13

  • @valeriechapman1612
    @valeriechapman1612 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    We all know John Rutter as he is well known as being called ‘Mr. Christmas 🎄 ‘ His music is not just performed for the Christmas period but extends throughout the year. His music is played at different times and is always well received. I love 💕 listening to all his compositions, some more than others but always in a relaxing 😎 setting. I think he has a real talent. I’ll continue to listen John, especially now.

    • @ScottKnitter
      @ScottKnitter ปีที่แล้ว

      He wrote both my least-favorite carol (which I won't name) and, with poet Robert Herrick, my favorite (What Sweeter Music).

  • @davidcooper1680
    @davidcooper1680 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    What sweeter music can we bring
    Than a carol, for to sing
    The birth of this our heavenly King?
    Awake the voice! Awake the string!
    Dark and dull night, fly hence away,
    And give the honor to this day,
    That sees December turned to May.
    Why does the chilling winter's morn
    Smile, like a field beset with corn?
    Or smell like a meadow newly-shorn,
    Thus, on the sudden? Come and see
    The cause, why things thus fragrant be:
    'Tis He is born, whose quickening birth
    Gives life and luster, public mirth,
    To heaven, and the under-earth.
    We see him come, and know him ours,
    Who, with his sunshine and his showers,
    Turns all the patient ground to flowers.
    The darling of the world is come,
    And fit it is, we find a room
    To welcome him. The nobler part
    Of all the house here, is the heart.
    Which we will give him; and bequeath
    This holly, and this ivy wreath,
    To do him honour, who's our King,
    And Lord of all this revelling.
    What sweeter music can we bring,
    Than a carol for to sing
    The birth of this our heavenly King?

  • @rosemarywatkins4121
    @rosemarywatkins4121 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This brings such peace and comfort.

  • @evelyn8467
    @evelyn8467 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Lovely song..as a woman also singing in a choir, i really enjoy the parts when the men are singing alone..the woman are singing really beautiful too..

  • @gvweller
    @gvweller 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Rutter is really, really good. 100 Carols for Choirs is one of the greatest treasures of Western Christendom - along with the Oxford Carol Book. Gott sei dank!

    • @jenniferleber1456
      @jenniferleber1456 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Totally agree with you. I feel absolutely glorious when singing or hearing any of his carols, anthems, or arrangements. Blissful!

  • @SamoeDnoTut
    @SamoeDnoTut 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I listen to a lot, but only this kind of music heals the soul. Thank you!

  • @eoins671
    @eoins671 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Wonderful choir, one of the best recordings of this lovely piece I've come across.

  • @TommyH1975
    @TommyH1975 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Fabulous! Love this piece! Sang it when I was in College

  • @cedricpeachey8707
    @cedricpeachey8707 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Around this time each year, we would make our way to the Trinity College Alumni Carol Concert in London. In its absence this year, this performance is quite glorious compensation. Here's wishing the Choir a most harmonious Christmas and New Year.

  • @susanbarganier2282
    @susanbarganier2282 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    My favorite Christmas song! Thank you all!

  • @randolphstephenson
    @randolphstephenson 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Alas 'Stillness and Sweet Harmony'.Rutter and Lauredson! We are blessed ❤🙏

  • @ThePooman666
    @ThePooman666 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    A stunning performance, covid or not this is a beautiful, beautiful rendition and trumps a lot performances past

  • @susanelainesanner
    @susanelainesanner ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Yes, John Rutter with a sensitive conductor and organist and a fine singing ensemble. Lovely. I wonder why the first singer on the top left tier wasn't included in the camera lens. I hope she is included in future videos. Thank you, all, for sweet, sweet music. A viewer in Minnesota, U.S.

  • @edwardswilliamsj
    @edwardswilliamsj ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Lo que más me gusta éste vídeo es que el coro canta mirando al altar... Excelente!!!

  • @catbird-dq7ri
    @catbird-dq7ri 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Wonderful job by this choir! Pure and sweet, never forced, beautiful.

  • @timothyj1966
    @timothyj1966 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    UGhhhhh melts your heart.

  • @Dracotokvideos
    @Dracotokvideos 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I'm going to sing this for my Christmas choir concert! 😊

  • @nathanastruthers
    @nathanastruthers 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    You guys and gals sounded amazing. That’s one of my most favorite choral arrangements and you nailed it. Absolutely beautiful!

  • @aliasreco
    @aliasreco 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    They sing the notes and sing with their hearts. That's different...and a plus of course.

  • @sylviatownsend5365
    @sylviatownsend5365 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Beautiful singing. Such a gentle Carol.

  • @spakkakiwi1
    @spakkakiwi1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Simply beautiful. Both the music and the singing. Love all Rutter carols, but this one is particularly gorgeous

  • @sharonreichter2537
    @sharonreichter2537 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Beautifully moving.

  • @Kaikena
    @Kaikena 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    marvelous.

  • @petek3872
    @petek3872 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Very sweet!

  • @ryanworkbox
    @ryanworkbox 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Wonderful.

  • @jessielopez1065
    @jessielopez1065 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Thank you for this beautiful performance and lovely recording - sounds live and with little/no production effects. Talented young voices singing a dear Rutter Christmas carol. What sweeter music indeed!

  • @massimosquizzato8801
    @massimosquizzato8801 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Super!!!!!!!!!!

  • @nw4042
    @nw4042 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Just wanted to say that this is one of my favorite pieces of music, bar none, all time. You did it justice here.

  • @joesoy9185
    @joesoy9185 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    This is a fantastic rendition! Congratulations to all concerned! I'm really pleased that you sang from memory.... it does make such a difference, both visually and musically. Years ago, I sang in a small ensemble led by Charles Farncombe, which performed all the Messiah choruses from memory at the Festival Hall. Another huge improvement of your videos this year is the approach to the camera coverage. We can actually see who you are! Here's hoping the static long shots are a thing of the past.

  • @carolynclark1724
    @carolynclark1724 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Beautiful and so peaceful!

  • @Signor1pc
    @Signor1pc 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Very nice

  • @R_Jackson
    @R_Jackson 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    A lovely interpretation of this carol! There is something really significant about this music continuing throughout this time of separation.

  • @williamjueschke9960
    @williamjueschke9960 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Beautiful, well done.

  • @goranklaren
    @goranklaren 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This heavenly beautiful. I wish you all a blessed Christmas and hopefully a better New Year!

  • @nancyarchibald9095
    @nancyarchibald9095 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    This is one of my favorites from John Rutter. The Lyrics touch my heart each time....even if only read without the music. Your setting is ethereal. Such beautiful sound. Thank you! Do you have any more Christmas carols to share with us? I toured Europe at age 17 with America's Youth in Concert back in the 1970's. I shall always remember singing in the various cathedrals and halls with their grand acoustics. Thanks again..

    • @trainsupporter9088
      @trainsupporter9088 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Wow - what a great opportunity for you! Treasured memories for a lifetime for you I am sure! I would love to go Europe and see some of the cathedrals. Merry Christmas to you and yours.

    • @joan407
      @joan407 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The lyrics are taken from the great Christmas poem by 17th-century British poet Robert Herrick: "A Christmas Carol, Sung to the King
      in the Presence at White-Hall"

    • @jenniferleber1456
      @jenniferleber1456 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@joan407 Yes, and combined with John Rutters amazing music is pure Heaven on Earth to sing or just hear. So lovely here!!

  • @roxanneperdue1288
    @roxanneperdue1288 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    just sublime.

  • @w.hayesconner1317
    @w.hayesconner1317 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    These young women are wonderful. I simply prefer the sound of the boys’ choir in this one…

  • @albertgerace4295
    @albertgerace4295 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Would enjoy following with the lyrics if they were shown. Thank you!

  • @mfokajobe9191
    @mfokajobe9191 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    🌊 This is very beautiful.

  • @davidchamberlain5425
    @davidchamberlain5425 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    John Rutter...🎵John Barry...🎵John Williams...🎵John Lennon...🎵Elton John...🎵..🎶🎶🎶🎶👍

  • @jaylonsandersglo
    @jaylonsandersglo 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    🥺

  • @tevinjc9
    @tevinjc9 ปีที่แล้ว

    🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

  • @user-is8sp9mz7k
    @user-is8sp9mz7k ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Tug sing heppy

  • @perrych2012
    @perrych2012 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Who knew Andy Burnham was a top chorister as well as Mayor of Manchester (1' 45")

  • @jenniferbate9682
    @jenniferbate9682 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Beautifully sung but diction could be better ❤