James Whitbourn

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...

The Vocal Score for James Whitbourn’s Requiem, scored for SATB choir, solo soprano saxophone and orchestra. Commissioned by Westminster Choir College of Rider University. First performed on 13th April...

For Soprano Saxophone and Organ accompaniment. 'Peter Abelard was a medieval philosopher, poet and musician, born in France in 1079. He taught at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, lodging with Canon Ful...

For Soprano Saxophone and Piano accompaniment. 'Peter Abelard was a medieval philosopher, poet and musician, born in France in 1079. He taught at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, lodging with Canon Ful...

James Whitbourn's Apollo tells the story of the first manned flight to the Moon (the year before the first lunar landing). A wealth of imaginative textures depicts such dramatic events as countdown, i...

In this classic Rutter anthem the flowing choral melodies perfectly complement the positive message of the well-known thanksgiving text by F. S. Pierpoint. Presented here in German translation.

This whimsical piece is dedicated to James Roman, organist at St Luke's United Methodist Church in Houston, upon the church's acquisition of an Orgelkids USA kit. Orgelkids enable children to build a...

Contemporary British composer and conductor James Whitbourn, an award-winning creator of Choral music, film and television scores and works for the concert hall, scored this simple, profound poem for...

For SATB choir, percussion and speaker/narrator.

Annelies was conceived by James Whitbourn as a concert-length choral work, with the libretto based on the diary of Anne Franke, a Jewish girl who lived at the time of the holocaust. This version is ar...

Annelies was conceived by James Whitbourn as a concert-length choral work, with the libretto based on the diary of Anne Franke, a Jewish girl who lived at the time of the holocaust. This version is ar...