Editing John Rutter (section)

==Reception==
Rutter's music is very popular, particularly in the UK and US.<ref name="cbs" /><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.rhinegold.co.uk/choir_organ/meet-john-rutter-touching-peoples-hearts/|title=Meet John Rutter: Touching people's hearts |first=David |last=Blackwell |publisher=Rhinegold|access-date=7 February 2019}}</ref> Many hold him in high regard in the UK, as illustrated by the following quotation from a review in the London ''[[Evening Standard]]'' (25 September 2005): "For the infectiousness of his melodic invention and consummate craftsmanship, Rutter has few peers." [[Sue Lawley]] referred to Rutter as "the most celebrated and successful composer of [[Carol (music)|carols]] alive today"<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p009384s|title=John Rutter, Desert Island Discs |publisher=BBC Radio 4 |access-date=7 February 2019}}</ref> and [[Sean Rafferty]] heralded Rutter as "a creator of not just carols, but wonderfully great things for the human voice."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02tms2c|title=John Rutter, In Tune Highlights |date=18 December 2014 |publisher=BBC Radio 3 |access-date=25 March 2016}}</ref> One British composer, David Arditti, did not regard him as a sufficiently "serious" composer, saying that Rutter is "hard to take seriously, because of the way in which his sheer technical facility or versatility leads to a superficial, unstable crossover style which is neither quite classical nor pop, and which tends towards mawkish sentimentality in his sugarily-harmonised and orchestrated melodies."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.expansivepoetryonline.com/journal/music112001.html|title=Expansive Poetry Online|publisher=Expansivepoetryonline.com|access-date=28 September 2014}}</ref> ''The Guardian'' remarked that "it is as a writer of carols that he has really made his mark ... His larger-scale works – particularly the ''Gloria'' (1974), ''Requiem'' (1985) and ''Magnificat'' (1990) – are also well established in the choral repertoire."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/friday_review/story/0,3605,414360,00.html|title=Sing a song of Christmas |newspaper=The Guardian |date=22 December 2000 |access-date=7 February 2019}}</ref> [[David Willcocks]] considered Rutter "the most gifted composer of his generation."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.classicfm.com/composers/rutter/guides/john-rutter-story|title=John Rutter: a Life|publisher=Classic FM|access-date=28 September 2014}}</ref>