Carl Rütti: Three Carols (Choral Score): Chœur Mixte et Accomp.

Carl Rütti's choral music is 'sensuous and exuberant by turns, combining dazzling rhythms and soaring melodies with distinctively lush harmonies' (Choir and Organ Magazine).

The composer writes: 'The Three Carols wereinitiated in 1996 by my friend Stephen Jackson (conductor of the BBC Symphony Chorus) for a Carol concert by the Wooburn Singers, to whom they are also dedicated. They were originally written for brass quintet and choir. I pickedthree texts out of the enormous choice of traditional Carols which could form three parts: Andante - Adagio - Presto.'

The three carols are: I Wonder as I Wander (Andante), O Little Town ofBethlehem(Adagio), and Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day (Presto).