Biography

John Milford Rutter 
(born 24 September 1945(1945-09-24)) is a British composer, conductor, editor, arranger
and record producer, mainly of choral music

Born in London, Rutter was educated at Highgate School, where a fellow pupil was John Tavener.
He read music at Clare College, Cambridge, where he was a member of the choir.
He served as director of music at Clare College from 1975 to 1979 and led the choir
to international prominence.

In 1974, Rutter visited the United States at the invitation of choral musician Melvin (Mel) Olson
and conducted the premiere of his cantata "Gloria" in Omaha, Nebraska,
in the Witherspoon Hall of Joslyn Art Museum.
The composition, commissioned by Olson's Voices of Mel Olson chorale,
has become a much-performed favourite over the years.

In 1981 Rutter founded his own choir, the Cambridge Singers, which he conducts
and with which he has made many recordings of sacred choral repertoire (including his own works),
particularly under his own label Collegium Records. He resides at Duxford in Cambridgeshire
and frequently conducts many choirs and orchestras around the world.

In 1980 he was made an honorary Fellow of Westminster Choir College, Princeton,
and in 1988 a Fellow of the Guild of Church Musicians.
In 1996 the Archbishop of Canterbury conferred a Lambeth Doctorate of Music upon him
in recognition of his contribution to church music.
In 2008, he was made an honorary Bencher of the Middle Temple while playing a significant role
in the 2008 Temple Festival.

From 1985 to 1992 Rutter suffered severely from myalgic encephalomyelitis
(ME; or Chronic fatigue syndrome), which restricted his output;
after 1985 he stopped writing music on commission, as he was unable to guarantee meeting deadlines.

Rutter also works as an arranger and editor, most notably (in his youth) of the extraordinarily successful
Carols for Choirs anthology series in collaboration with Sir David Willcocks.

He was inducted as a National Patron of Delta Omicron, an international professional music fraternity in 1985.

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At Last The Spring Came                                        이한중 At last the spring came in full bloom like one of my precious grandchildren, full of hope, dreams and promises. I'd been working sincerely on my mind and soul for its welcome, O, I don't remember since when. The Father Sun and the Mother Earth once again made sure their creatures, the earthlings, are reminded  of the Creator's love with the smiles and the warmth of Mother Nature everywhere. O, alas, The world seems full of fear, starvations and persecutions, sorrows and deaths, overshadowed by the darkness of the Evil everywhere. O, alas, My precious homeland, Korea, once again seems threatened by the dark force of the North. O, alas, How few, I am one of them, on Earth are ready to welcome this precious gift, this long-awaited spring. At last the spring came in full bloom, like one of my precious grandchildren, full of hope, dreams and promises. I can't forget my duty as one of the earthlings to welcome in open arms what the Father Sun and the Mother Earth sent me. I can't forget the privilege HIS grace is providing me to be the light of my small world in spite of the vast darkness outside. Poem by Hahn Joong Lee Webpage by Sukjoo, May 28, 2009

I have to pinch myself to believe that
the spring is already here
because it is only March 21.
I wrote the above poem on May 28, 2009, and
you know why this is unbelievable.
Perhaps global warming is real, and I shouldn't be overjoyed for this early arrival of
the spring.

Nonetheless I welcome you the spring with all my heart.
My aging body and mind appreciate you ever more.

삼월에 이렇게 봄의 내음을 만끽할수 있다니 믿기지 않습니다.

음악과 한중형의 시 내주신것에 감사드립니다.

마치 캉가루 같이 손자녀석을 pouch?에(Baby Bjorn) 넣고 걸어
다니는맛이 솔솔하네요.   규정

이석주님의 I believe in Springtime / John Rutter 와
이한중님의 At Last The Spring Came 를 감격하며 즐감합니다.
올해의 봄은 어쩐지 여느때보다 더 찬란하게 느껴집니다.
아름다운 내음이 도처에 향기롭습니다.
--
황규정님이 손자를 주머니에 넣고 다니시는 모습을 그려봅니다.
행복한 모습들입니다.

규정형,
손자와 따님 많이 즐기시요.
형의 말씀을 들으니 내가 첫손녀 보았을때 기억들이 상기됩니다.
나와 내사람의 요즘의 엔조이먼트 하나는 내 첫째와 둘째 손녀들과
e-mail로 왔다 갔다 하는것입니다. 그애들이 벌써 13세, 11세가 되었읍니다.

기우님,
코멘트 감사드립니다.
부디 좋은 계절 많이 즐기시기 바랍니다.
우리들 이같이 봄을 즐길수 있는 마음의 여유를 가질수 있음,
그 누구에겐가 감사 드려야겠다 생각 해봅니다.

황선생님을 이제부터 캉가루 할아버지라고 nick name해야 할까봅니다.ㅎ.ㅎ.
손자를  즐기시는 모습, 곁에서 뵙기에도 흐믓하고 환한 미소 짓게 하네요.

기우님, 위에 올린 봄 노래와 시들을 즐감하신다니 기쁩니다.
13살된 손녀에게 ' I believe in Springtime / John Rutter' 를 E-mail 로 보내주었더니
What a beautiful poem !!  너무 감동되는 시라고, reply가 왔답니다.
소녀 소년들에겐 이 시가 더욱 heart moving poem, a song으로 느껴지겠지요.
부디 찬란하고 향기로운 봄날들, 많이 많이 엔조이 하시기 바랍니다.