Composer of the Week: John Rutter: At Home

In the afterglow of his 80th birthday, John Rutter talks to Donald Macleod about his place as a composer, and shares some of his more recent creative ventures, like releasing his first all-orchestral album this year. For a man so associated with Christmas, we hear about his genuine love of the season, and about his efforts to form a new choir in his back garden - a choir of swans. When Icicles Hang: Good Ale. The Cambridge Singers, City of London Sinfonia, conductor John Rutter. Bird Songs: If I were an Owl, BBC Singers, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, conductor Nil Venditti. Dancing Tree (In My Garden; Dandelion). The Cambridge Singers. Catrin Finch (harp), conductor John Rutter. Suite Lyrique (Aria; Waltz; Chanson; Catrin Finch (harp), Sinfonia Cymru, conductor John Rutter. Celebration Overture, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor John Rutter. All the Stars Looked Down; All Bells in Paradise. Choir of King's College, Cambridge Britten Sinfonia, conductor Daniel Hyde. Carol of the Magi. Clare College Choir Morwenna del Mar (cello), conductor Graham Ross