Rutter gives a master class

THE musician dubbed “the world’s greatest living composer and conductor of choral music” travelled to Ireland over the weekend to premiere the piece he wrote specially for his 80-year-old Cork penfriend.

John Milford Rutter also came here on the invitation of the Carrigaline singers to give a masterclass to 550 singers from 53 choirs across Ireland at the North Cathedral in Cork.

Among the class was his long-term penfriend Elizabeth Goody who, along with her husband, were famous buskers in Cork city.