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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Vaughan Williams, MacMillan & Tavener: Choral Works
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Lux aeterna: A Sequence for the Souls of the Departed
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Judith Weir, Jonathan Dove & Matthew Martin: Choral Works
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Parry: Songs of Farewell & Works by Stanford, Gray & Wood
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Bairstow, Harris & Stanford: Choral Works
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| Saint-Saëns: Overture to La Princesse Jaune, Requiem, Symphony No. 3 |
| Poulenc: Piano Concerto, Organ Concerto & Stabat Mater (Live) |
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Ludford: Missa Videte miraculum; Ave Maria, ancilla Trinitatis etc.
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Finzi, Bax & Ireland: Choral Music
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Taverner: Missa Mater Christi sanctissima & Western Wynde Mass
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Parry: Jerusalem; I Was Glad; Blest Pair of Sirens etc.
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| Poulenc: Organ Concerto - Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 "Organ" (Live) |
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Music for Remembrance: Duruflé Requiem & Other Works
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Rejoice, the Lord is King: Great Hymns from Westminster Abbey
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Tye: Missa Euge bone & Western Wynde Mass
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