What Sweeter Music - Ensemble Altera

What Sweeter Music
John Rutter
Ensemble Altera
directed by Christopher Lowrey
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The first of many pieces written by John Rutter for the Choir of King's College, Cambridge, 'What Sweeter Music' feels like slipping on a pair of comfy slippers on Boxing Day morning. It was commissioned by late director of music at King's, Stephen Cleobury, for the 1987 broadcast of Nine Lessons and Carols. Rutter, setting a text by 17th-century English poet Robert Herrick (perhaps best remembered for enjoining lovers young and old to 'Gather Ye Rosebuds While Ye May'), explains that the poem "was not only just right in that context, highlighting the idea of the gifts that we can bring but also seemed to sum up exactly what carols are for and what Christmas is all about."

[@eugenienoussi3096]

It is always lovely to sing under the direction of a joyful conductor. Thank you all!

[@nanniel5633]

Ethereal, exquisite, sublime! Thank you!

[@woutervangucht]

Erg mooi. Proficiat aan de zangers om de spanning van de melodieën te houden met dit traag tempo., zodat de lieve sfeer rond de kribbe niet verstoord wordt door opgewekt gezang maar als een berceuse voor het kind. Mooie interpretatie!

[@patrickbotti2357]

Beautiful, absolutely beautiful. Thank you.

[@5333snw]

Christmas 🎄again here! So lovely song and beautiful sound,thank you!

[@janaecampbell2745]

Wow!!! I sang this in my choir days and it has always been a favorite of mine. This rendition was perfection! You all brought such a beautiful spirit to this piece. Thank you! 😍👏🏻🤩❤

[@tjmusiker407]

Sublime.

[@annabelwaterfield6108]

Love this! And the way you do it!

[@christinedunn9663]

Stunningly beautiful - thank you.

[@gerarddonovan4145]

Beautiful

[@coravandijk9088]

Superb! I have been singing it with our choir this year, but this is so much better.

[@steviemiller8940]

Beautiful ❤

[@jamesreed7671]

Lovely recording. May I ask which church you've used for the recording?

[@EnsembleAltera]

This is Blessed Sacrament Church in Providence, RI, USA

[@Mersenne100]

Beautifully done! But in what church is this?

[@presidentstaatshoofd473]

Disgusting, a disgrace for Rutter's most beautiful carol.

[@AJMurgo-ce1cp]

Well, what would you do differently?

[@presidentstaatshoofd473]

@@AJMurgo-ce1cp Poor creature, you honestly don't have a clue?

[@AJMurgo-ce1cp]

@@presidentstaatshoofd473stop being condescending and just answer the question.

[@presidentstaatshoofd473]

​@@AJMurgo-ce1cpWho do you think you are, educated guess a Democrat?

[@joesoy9185]

Your uneducated comment is disgusting. Desist !