James Whitbourn Sheet Music & Tabs

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 New Jersey onApril 29 2009 to be sung by a large chorus of 500 voices. It was written to follow a performance of Son of God Mass by the same composer sung by a smaller choral group.

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 composerand conductor James Whitbourn had an international reputation as a composer from the start of his career as a Programme maker at the BBC; during his time there he produced many award-wining programmes anddeveloped a style that gave him a direct connection with an audience.This well accomplished composer has received many awards for his work including among others two Grammy nominations and a Royal Television SocietyAward.In the June 2015 edition of 'Sunday by Sunday' Were You There? is described as 'effective atmospheric and not too difficult.' 

Annelies is the first adaptation of the diary of Anne Frank into a large-scale choral work. It brings to life the diary written by Annelies Marie Frank between 1942 and 1944 when she and her family hid in the backof an Amsterdam warehouse. Scored for Soprano soloist and SATB chorus with Piano reduction this vocal score can be used for both the chamber and orchestral versions of the work.

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, ignition, and the first sight of earthrise, leading to a fantasia on an ancient Greek melody, and a final triumphant Paean.

The Mystery of Love has been recorded by the Choir of Clare College Cambridge directed by Timothy Brown with the work’s librettist Robert Tear as tenor soloist (EtCetera KTC 1248: A Finer Truth).Itwas first performed in its present form by Robert Tear Joseph Cullen (organ) and the St Endellion Festival Chorus conducted by James Burton at the St. Endellion Festival on 3 August 2001.

Annelies was conceived by James Whitbourn as a concert-length choral work with the libretto based on the diary of Anne Frank a Jewish girl who lived at the time of the holocaust. This version isarranged for Soprano soloist SATB chorus Clarinet in B flat Violin Violoncello and Piano.Vocalist parts are not included. If you would like to purchase them alongside this item please see item CH81191.

Libretto by Melanie Challenger taken from Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl.The first complete performance of this moving work took place in April 2005 with Louise Kateck (soprano) the Clare College Choir and theRoyal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Leonard Slatkin.Small sections of this work are written in Dutch and German.

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. James Whitbourn - Winter's Wait by musicroom

James Whitbourn's arrangement of the classic carol Silent Night is for Children's Voices optional SATB Choir and Piano. A performance of the entire work lasts around 4 minutes.A review in the September 2016 issue of Organist's Review called this piece 'approachable and hugely effective. There is a piano accompaniment quite independent in places which adds to the joy.'

James Whitbourn's Missa Carolae for Organ Picollo 3 Trumpets 3 Trombones and Percussion.

For SATB Choir and Organ. Composed for the B.B.C broadcast coverage of the funeral of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother April 2002.

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 Fulbert whoadmired his work. In time he also became tutor to Fulbert's beautiful seventeen-yearoldniece Helo se.Abelard and Helo se began a passionate love affair (Dance of Peter and Helo se) which resulted in a son Astrolabe.For the sake of Abelard's position they married secretly and Canon Fulbert waspresent at their marriage. But Fulbert later reacted furiously to news that Abelard hadsent Helo se to a convent believing that hehad abandoned her in favour of his owncareer. In revenge he had Abelard castrated (Revenge of Canon Fulbert).After his mutilation Abelard became a monk and he and Helo se remained constantcorrespondents for theremainder of his life. He composed a hymnbook for Helo se who by then was Abbess of the convent of the Paraclete. Among the hymns was avisionary poem of the New Jerusalem set to a beautiful melody in the Dorian mode O QuantaQualia.On his death in 1142 his remains were taken to the Paraclete at Helo se's request andher body was later laid to rest in the same tomb. Finally their remains were taken toParis and in 1817 they were buriedtogether in one sepulchre (In Paradisum).Peter Abelard documented much of his own story in a number of writings includingthe Historia Calamitatum Mearum (The story of mytroubles).'             - James Whitbourn

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 firstcomputer programmer. This is the Vocal Score and the work lasts around 5 minutes.

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.Missa Carolae wascommissioned for Rochester Cathedral and first performed there on 24 December 2004 by the Rochester Cathedral Choirs directed by Roger Sayer.Missa Carolæ was written for the 1400th anniversary of Rochester Cathedral thesecond oldest cathedral in England. Performances there begin with a ceremonial procession that follows the movement of a boy chorister accompanied by pipe and drum from the High Altar to a large crib placed in the Nave gathering the choirs (singing from different parts of the cathedral) and principal clergy in the course of the procession. The work though not literally for dancing is intended to invoke a dance-like spirit which is true to theorigin of the carol as a simple dance form. The choir parts should be very well known so that the singers can sing with the whole of their bodies and not just their voices. It is suitable for liturgical or concert use.