Monthly Archives: February 2012

I’ve never been able to play this Gregory Norbet song as slowly as he recommends. Personally a song about being “set afire” as slow as this feels odd to me, but that probably says more about me than the songwriter. This … Continue reading →

Another Marty Haugen song, this one a reflective gentle waltz. This song suggests itself for Pentecost or where nature and environment themes are prominent. The text is at Cantus Mundi. Apart from AOV, it is also in Gather Comprehensive, but … Continue reading →

The perfect storm for traddies – David Haas and Marty Haugen writing together. As you can hear in the snippet at AOV the attempt at a Latin beat is hamstrung by the vocal style and the formality – loosen up … Continue reading →

This is a Bernadette Farrell song that is not in AOV.  I found it in Spirit & Song Vol 1 and will be asking our liturgy group to use as a communion song for Sunday 11th as its healing motif … Continue reading →

A beautiful meditative chant from Trish Watts. She sings it in Latin here, and AOV gives the text in English and Latin. My backing is at 75bpm. I’m starting to mention this as I’ve noticed a lot of the tunes … Continue reading →

We use this song by Sandra Sears every year for the veneration of the cross. You can get a glimpse of the reverence of the song at AOV here. It can be purchased for download at As One Voice. My … Continue reading →

Another Fr Kevin Bates song which is a “psalm” for a chorus with three verses of testimony in between. An odd structure but the text such that most people could sing it with ownership. Listen to an excerpt here at AOV. … Continue reading →

Chris at Corinda-Graceville parish asked me to add the Penitential rite for the Mass of Glory and Praise by Paul Mason to the rest of his wonderful mass that I have already blogged starting here. If you haven’t heard them, … Continue reading →

This song, of apparently Caribbean provenance, was something we used to use as a Gospel Acclamation occasionally. It is good to sing but hard to stop singing. Jonathan Tan, whose blog Cantus Mundi I had forgotten about, has aggregated You Tube … Continue reading →