James Whitbourn

A celebratory carol in a lilting 12/8 metre, Christmas Welcome sets a joyful fifteenth-century text by John the Blind Audelay. Whitbourn employs textural contrasts and call-and-response style pairings...

Pour son arrangement expressif et accessible de la mélodie populaire connue sous le nom de "Carol of the Bells", Whitbourn a écrit de nouvelles paroles qui reflètent le véritable héritage de la mélodi...

For his expressive and accessible arrangement of the popular melody known to many as 'Carol of the Bells', Whitbourn has written new lyrics that reflect the melody's true heritage, the Ukrainian folks...

Composed for the Eucharist of Christmas Night 2004, at the Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary, Rochester, in the year of the 1400th anniversary of the cathedral's foundation. Miss...

Christmas Carol for SATB choir and Organ. First performed December 12th 2010 in the Chapel of King's College, Cambridge by the choir of King's College, Cambridge, conducted by Stephen Cleobury.

Commissioned for the choristers of St Wulfram's Parish Church, Grantham, and first performed 18th December 2011, under the direction of Tim Williams.

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James Whitbourn has a worldwide reputation for writing very personal yet accessible and highly communicative choral music, and these qualities are amply on display in this striking work for Soprano so...

Written for SATB choir and organs. Words from the Mass and The Diary Of Anne Frank.

With "Alleluia Jubilate" from Chester Music, you will discover a radiant and festive choral work full of uplifting energy and expressive beauty. Composed for upper voices (female choir SSS or SSA) and...

For massed unison voices, organ, piano and percussion, with optional SATB chorus. All shall be Amen and Alleluia was commissioned as the concluding piece for a concert in Princeton University Chapel,...

For Soprano Saxophone, choir (SATB) and reader. Commissioned by the B. B. C. to commemorate the attacks of September 11, 2001.

For SATB chorus and Organ, commissioned for the Choir Schools' Association conference 2008, originally for upper voices.

The Twenty-Eight Times is a Vocal piece composed by British composer and conductor James Whitbourn. The Twenty-Eight Times was commissioned by the United Westminster Schools and Grey Coat Hospital Fou...

The Wounds was expertly composed by British composer James Whitbourn, for SATB chorus, Speaker, Violin, Cello, and Organ. This selection includes the full Vocal score. James international reputation a...

Were You There? was expertly composed by James Whitbourn for SATB Chorus and Organ. The piece was written for Stephen Cleobury and the Choir of King's College, Cambridge. British composer and conducto...

Setting a joyful text by William Chatterton Dix, Alleluia, sing to Jesus! is suitable for performance throughout the church year. With a bright melody set against a rhythmic organ accompaniment, this...

Annelies is the first adaptation of the diary of Annelies 'Anne' Frank into a large-scale Choral work. It brings to life the diary written by Frank between 1942 and 1944 when she and her family lived...

James Whitbourn 's Ada is a work for SATB Choir with Piano Accompaniment, commissioned by Lord Lytton to mark the 200th anniversary of Ada Lovelace, the mathematician who is widely regarded as the fir...

James Whitbourn's Set Me As A Seal Upon Thine Heart for SATB and Organ.

Inspired by the simple directness of William Chatterton Dix's vivid text, the composer explores the breadth of the choral canvas in this expressive carol, which is also available in a version for uppe...

Composed shortly before his passing in 2024, this descant setting of the final verse from Abide with me was performed at the composer's memorial service in November of that year. The Alto and Bass lin...

James Whitbourn 's Veni Et Illumina is a work for SATB Choir, SA Choir and Organ Accompaniment. Commissioned by the Cathedral Choral Society and J. Reilly Lewis, Music Director, the work was first per...