James O'Donnell
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Biography
James Anthony O'Donnell was born on August 15, 1961, in Scotland. He studied organ and harpsichord at the Royal College of Music and began his career as Assistant Master of Music at Westminster Cathedral in 1982, becoming Master of Music in 1988. O'Donnell led the cathedral choir to international acclaim, including a 1998 recording that won both the Record of the Year award from Gramophone and a Royal Philharmonic Society Music Award. In 2000, he was appointed Organist and Master of the Choristers at Westminster Abbey, conducting music for several royal and state functions. He has made around 50 recordings as an organist and choral conductor. His albums include Missa Ecce ego Joannes (1999), Music for Remembrance (2014), and Ave Maria, ancilla Trinitatis/Missa Videte miraculum (2018). In 2023, O'Donnell became a professor at the Yale Institute of Sacred Music in Connecticut.
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- J.S. Bach: Der Tag ist so freudenreich, BWV 719
- Tomkins: When David Heard featuring James O'Donnell
- Hooper: Great Service: II. Nunc dimittis featuring James O'Donnell
- Hooper: Great Service: I. Magnificat featuring James O'Donnell
- J.S. Bach: Christum wir sollen loben schon, BWV611
- Parry: Songs of Farewell: IV. There Is an Old Belief by James O'Donnell
- Parry: Songs of Farewell: III. Never Weather-Beaten Sail by James O'Donnell
- Parry: Songs of Farewell: II. I Know My Soul Hath Power to Know All Things by James O'Donnell
- Parry: Songs of Farewell: I. My Soul, There Is a Country by James O'Donnell
- Charles Wood: Nunc dimittis in B-Flat by James O'Donnell
- Stanford: Magnificat for 8-Part Chorus, Op. 164 by James O'Donnell
- Gray: Magnificat & Nunc dimittis in F Minor: II. Nunc dimittis by James O'Donnell
- Gray: Magnificat & Nunc dimittis in F Minor: I. Magnificat by James O'Donnell
- Finzi: God Is Gone Up, Op. 27 No. 2 featuring The Choir of Westminster Abbey
- Nunc dimittis featuring Christopher Tye
- Parry: Songs of Farewell: VI. Lord, Let Me Know Mine End by James O'Donnell
- Peccavimus cum patribus nostris featuring Christopher Tye
- Parry: Songs of Farewell: V. At the Round Earth's Imagined Corners by James O'Donnell
- Byrd: Ne irascaris, Domine a 5 (Cantiones Sacrae, 1589) by James O'Donnell
- Ireland: Te Deum in F featuring The Choir of Westminster Abbey
- Sheppard: Second Service: Evening Canticle 1. Magnificat featuring James O'Donnell
- Tallis: Videte miraculum by James O'Donnell
- W. Mundy: Vox Patris caelestis by James O'Donnell
- Finzi: Welcome Sweet and Sacred Feast, Op. 27 No. 3 featuring The Choir of Westminster Abbey
