Monthly Archives: November 2011

I’m afraid I’ve always found this song by Carey Landry on the dreary side, but someone must like it because it turns up a lot in liturgies. It can purchased for download at OCP. The original can be heard here and … Continue reading →

A traditional Dutch hymn of anabaptist origin apparently. Not surprisingly, there some Catholic buzz on the net saying it is heretical. Considering Catholics used to drown anabaptists (hows that for baptism) its hardly surprising, but set decorators aren’t going to … Continue reading →

I am astonished that we use this song by Ernest Sands so much. Not that it isn’t good, but 5/4 time is not for the faint hearted. Fans of Take 5 by Dave Brubeck will be right at home. This … Continue reading →

This song by the late Peter Scholtes is one of very few songs that I sang as a young person in the Presbyterian church that turns up these days being sung in the Catholic church. You can hear Jars of Clay do it here.  … Continue reading →

This is probably the most well known of John Foley’s songs. It is a good Eucharist song and so will always be in demand.  I had to learn to sing it slowly as I tended to race it, although I … Continue reading →

I never did get around to more excruciating lapses in taste as promised, but this fail backing is pretty grotesque. Now you know this song by Richard Gillard is respectful and sedate and dignified, but that didn’t stop me making this as a backing … Continue reading →

This is yet another song in As One Voice from the very prolific Bob Hurd. It is a setting of Ps 136 with additions from the Magnificat for good measure. You can hear it sung here with the usual infuriating … Continue reading →

This song by Bernadette Farrell has a gorgeous tune and with a fair old range too. It has a touch of the show tune about it. You can listen to the original here and the choral work makes me think it … Continue reading →

Besides, “On Eagles Wings” I suspect this is Michael Joncas’ most popular song. We certainly sing it a lot although it has some challenges.  The verses are really short with the first line loud and the second soft.  The loud … Continue reading →

We used to use the chorus of this as a memorial acclamation in the past, but I doubt that’s on anymore. A Taize chant by Jacques Berthier with a different tune to trip you up on each verse, it has an … Continue reading →