I wonder as I wander - arr. John Rutter, Gerald Finley, The Cambridge Singers

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'I wonder as I wander'
From the album ‘A Double Celebration’

Composer John Rutter
Conductor John Rutter
Baritone Gerald Finley
Choir The Cambridge Singers

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I wonder as I wander
A familiar piece from the 100 Carols for Choirs stable, John Rutter’s sublime arrangement of the haunting Appalachian carol I wonder as I wander, collected in the 1930s by musical folklorist and singer John Jacob Niles, is lilting and evocative, setting the scene with an affecting opening verse for solo voice.

LYRICS:
I wonder as I wander out under the sky,
How Jesus, the Saviour, did come for to die.
For poor ornery people like you and like I:
I wonder as I wander out under the sky.

When Mary birthed Jesus, ’twas in a cows’ stall,
With wise-men and farmers and shepherds and all.
But high from God’s heaven a star’s light did fall,
And the promise of ages it then did recall.

If Jesus had wanted for any wee thing:
A star in the sky, or a bird on the wing;
Or all of God’s angels in heaven to sing,
He surely could have had it, ’cause he was the King.
(The first verse is repeated.)
(Appalachian carol, collected by John Jacob Niles, arranged by John Rutter)

A Double Celebration
A 55 track celebration to mark 30 years of the Cambridge Singers and the 70th birthday of John Rutter.

John Rutter, English composer and conductor, is associated with choral music throughout the world. His recordings with the Cambridge Singers (the professional chamber choir he set up in 1981) have reached a wide global audience, many of them featuring his own music in definitive versions. Among John’s best-known choral works are Gloria, Requiem, Magnificat, Mass of the Children, and Visions, together with many church anthems, choral songs and Christmas carols.

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