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John Rutter, a tragedy

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AlanWa...@aol.com

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Apr 3, 2001, 9:51:14 PM4/3/01
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I thought that people ought to know that John Rutter, English composer of
choral and orchestral music that is known over a wide area, particularly in
England and America, should be advised that he has suffered a most grievous
loss.

His son Christopher, 19, a computer student at Clare College (where his
father conducted and helped make famous the choir) was killed in a road
accident in Cambridge, England, last Thursday.

Perhaps those in the group for whom these things matter might think it
appropriate to say a few words in a suitable location.

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Christopher Green

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Apr 4, 2001, 3:07:58 AM4/4/01
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The night of March 1-2, according to the Cambridge Evening News
(http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/archives/2001/03/03/lead1.html).
Very sad. Chris Rutter was also a chorister at Clare College.

We sang the Agnus Dei from Rutter's Requiem last Sunday. I can offer
no better words than the ones he chose to close his Agnus Dei with, "I
am the resurrection and the life, saith the Lord: he that believeth in
me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: and whosover liveth and
believeth in me shall never die."

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Chris Green

Colin Rosenthal

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Apr 4, 2001, 8:08:17 AM4/4/01
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On Wed, 4 Apr 2001 01:51:14 +0000 (UTC),
AlanWa...@aol.com <AlanWa...@aol.com> wrote:
>I thought that people ought to know that John Rutter, English composer of
>choral and orchestral music that is known over a wide area, particularly in
>England and America, should be advised that he has suffered a most grievous
>loss.
>
>His son Christopher, 19, a computer student at Clare College (where his
>father conducted and helped make famous the choir) was killed in a road
>accident in Cambridge, England, last Thursday.
>
>Perhaps those in the group for whom these things matter might think it
>appropriate to say a few words in a suitable location.

Very, very sad. I'm a Clare man myself, and I know how busy Queens'
Road can be.

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Colin Rosenthal
Astrophysics Institute
University of Oslo

jrca...@marcopolo26.freeserve.co.uk

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Apr 4, 2001, 1:43:55 PM4/4/01
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To lose anyone in a motoring accident is tragic, to lose someone so young
and full of potential many times more so. At such times words can not
express what one feels.
I was playing a suite by Rutter only this week. He is a fine composer.
What can one say but that one is very, very sorry.
John Carter Barsoom


Judy Gillen

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Apr 6, 2001, 5:22:14 AM4/6/01
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Alan,
Thanks you for that information on John Rutter's son...
What a shock and loss for him!
He is such a great composer...one of my favourites..
I use him on my radio programme a lot.
JudyGillen Inspirational Classics HCJB World Radio.

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