Rutter, John - Birthday Madrigals

for SATB with optional double bass and optional piano Rutter's music captures the varied moods of Shakespeare's words, with their rapture, sorrow, humour, and vitality, in a way that makes these classic madrigal texts come alive for contemporary audiences. These pieces may be performed individually or as a five-movement suite. Numbers 1, 4, and 5 are also published for upper voices and keyboard as Three Birthday Madrigals.

CONTENTS

• It was a lover and his lass
• Draw on, sweet night
• Come live with me
• My true love hath my heart
• When daisies pied