Rutter's Of a Rose
Sep. 15th, 2013 09:34 pmFor no terribly good reason John Rutter's beautiful setting of the anonymous 15th century poem Of a Rose, a lovely Rose, which forms the second movement of his Magnificat. This performance is by the Monteverdichor Würzburg and Thüringer Symphoniker Saalfeld-Rudolstadt conducted by Matthias Beckert:
(For those who are interested, John Rutter has a video explaining the piece's history and why he added it to the standard magnificat setting)
(For those who are interested, John Rutter has a video explaining the piece's history and why he added it to the standard magnificat setting)