of ostinato rhythms and Rutter fingerprint instrumental colours. Set against this many of the lyrical passages are amongst his finest." More specifically he notes that in the Esurientes "the music weaves a magical spell of balm and peace – for me the highlight of the entire disc and one of Rutter's moments of greatest inspiration in any work." References Works cited External links John Rutter on the 'Magnificat': Introduction YouTube Stephen Moss: Sing a song of Christmas The Guardian, 22 December 2000 Jesus, the “Forever-Blooming” Rose Text of "Of a Rose, a lovely Rose", thejesusquestion.org 1990 compositions Compositions by John Rutter Rutter