Candlelight Carol - John Rutter

Exultate Chamber Choir & Orchestra, Thomas Rossin, conductor. Rutter composed the words & music for this serene carol.

[jlarryd]

Our choir sang this in church today. It was very special ❤. Thank you Mr Rutter for this amazing piece. It’s beautiful and powerful. My daughters favorite Christmas Song

[MMC-jpgl]

Am I the only one sobbing like a baby listening to this on Christmas? God bless you all:+)

[sylviashaw]

This is one of my favourite John Rutter carols 👏❤️❤️

[spartansrace]

BBN, the Bible Broadcasting Network played this song on 12/7/23. I never new the title then then. God Bless you BBN. Merry Christmas 🎁

[ladytube]

John Rutter's music is from heaven !!

[gilespepler]

This has to be the most beautiful and moving carol of all.

[judyl]

My favorite Rutter...inspired me to go to London for his Christmas Concert at the Royal Albert Hall...one of the highlights of my travel

[dangiles]

Although I sing in a small choir (8-10 voices at most), it is a piece like this that brings the feeling out and tears flowing.
How I miss singing with my choir.

[stephenfarthing]

I hope that I get to sing it at Christmas this year! I'm one step closer to the doing so.

[Canuckmom]

John Rutter is one of the greatest composers of his generation. Love the final acappella verse with the orchestra coming in on the verse. Lovely.
Such a beautiful hymn.

[britannia]

It’s about time he got a knighthood, he has written some of the loveliest music and songs, this is one of my favourites along with the Angel carol. I sing in a choir and get excited when we get to sing a Rutter hymn or carol

[janehutson]

Learned this carol for Christmas Eve service. Have fallen in love with it!

[odettefrancois]

Hermosa canción de navidad, coro y orquesta, saludos desde Chile 🇨🇱🎵🎤🎶🎻🎹💚🙏

[stephenfarthing]

I feel something different! A great sense of sadness - three weeks before Christmas 2023 - my brother passed away! I still feel that even today and almost 4 months after his funeral service! I used the second verse at it. We were still in the Christmas season and I will want to do this on the 6th December of this year! Because I want to!

[hollysmithconklin]

Very beautiful, love his composition . Very thankful to God introduced to his music a multitude of years ago. A very blessed season in the past.

[mikeyv]

Sang this in high school, varsity choir. Just one of those songs that stuck🙏🏽

[marypower]

Fabulous. But the high notes in the chorus are a little beyond me - so i would sing it in a lower key - lovely though ❤ well done, Joh Rutter - brilliant writer of Christian music, it is always a pleasure to listen to his songs and hymns. And such an honour when our Cancer Support Choir chooses one of John Rutter's songs for us to learn 😊 ❤

[Highinsight]

Of all of the Rutter tunes... this might be my THEE favorite!

[guillermodelgadovelez]

Este villancico de John Rutter yo ni lo conocía ni lo había escuchado antes. Mas ahora, cada vez que lo escucho se me contrae el corazón de la emoción y casi me hace llorar, especialmente cada vez que las sopranos hacen esos crescendos en "Gloria, Gloria, in excelsis Deo", y bueno, todas las demás voces son absolutamente magníficas, me parece como si este cántico hubiera sido compuesto expresamente para ellos, porque la excelsa delicadeza y el sentimiento que le imprimen, comenzando desde los pianíssimos hasta los crescendos, me hace escucharlo una y otra vez. A mí este villancico no me cabe ninguna duda de que permanecerá por muchísimas más generaciones, porque una melodía tan preciosa y de tan exquisita factura es absolutamente difícil de olvidar, y es tan profunda que debe quedarse en nuestro corazón para siempre.

[bobmitchell]

As someone who is now involved with more modern worship, i must say I miss these times. Used to sing in a choir in the 80's, and we did this with Mr Rutter once. Beautiful!