John Rutter Distant Land Choral Version Full Score

John Rutter
Distant Land
Choral Version
Full score

orchestration
2 Flutes
2 Oboes
2 Clarinets in B♭
2 Bassoons
4 Horns in F
3 Trumpets in B♭
3 Trombones (2 tenor, 1 bass)
Tuba
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Timpani
Harp
Strings
Chorus SATB (with divisions)
DURATION: 4 MINUTES
This prayer for freedom was composed in 1990, in response to the demolition of the Berlin Wall
and the release of Nelson Mandela from prison.
A version of Distant Land for orchestra only is also available on hire from Oxford Univeristy Press
and its agents worldwide (9780193673786).

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Words and music by
JOHN RUTTER
© Collegium Music Publications 2002. Exclusively licensed worldwide to Oxford University Press. Printed in Great Britain
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS MUSIC DEPARTMENT, GREAT CLARENDON STREET, OXFORD OX2 6DP
The Moral Rights of the Composer have been asserted. Photocopying this copyright material is ILLEGAL.

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