Monthly Archives: March 2012

A traditional American folk hymn with a tune that’s sounds familiar but I can’t place. See if you know it listening to the excerpt at AOV. It must be famous, everyone from Joan Baez to Frank Sinatra has sung it. … Continue reading →

This is another psalm setting, this time of Ps42 by John Bell and Graham Maule of the Wild Goose Resource Group. Have a listen to the short extract at AOV –  it is a beautiful piece of music. The text … Continue reading →

A setting of Ps 89 by Christopher Willcock. Go to AOV to hear an extract. It is very grand and very long. It is classical enough to have been played on ABC Classic FM. The verses have different tunes – … Continue reading →

The liturgy team for this week have selected these songs for Mass this week. Entrance: Christ Be Our Light (Farrell) AOV 2/3 Psalm: Heal Me O God (Norbet) AOV 2/52 before and after read psalm Gifts: Come As You Are … Continue reading →

The last of the chants on this run in AOV2 – there are psalms after this. Don’t bother going to AOV to listen for this one as they have the wrong tune linked. This one is a traditional Russian Orthodox … Continue reading →

Another chant, for a baptism in this case, words by Pastor de Lasala and music James Jacka Coyle, a classical composer. As with the other chants, you can hear pretty much all you need to listen to in the snippet … Continue reading →

This is like a long chant, I suppose, to fit in with the run of chants in  AOV 2. It is by Robin Mann and it sounds like something Paul McCartney could have written in the early seventies. Listen to … Continue reading →

We are still in a run of chants in AOV 2, this one is a traditional Argentinian melody arranged by John Bell of the Wild Goose Resource Group. We have sung this and in the original language – but I … Continue reading →

This is the music chosen by the liturgy team for this week: Entrance: A New Heart for a New World (O’Brien/Watts) AOV 1/158 Psalm: Isaiah 49 (Landry) AOV 1/89 Gifts: Your Mercies Are New Every Morning (Keady) from emmanuelworship’s “Lifted” … Continue reading →

This was the other Rory Cooney song that I was asked to do a backing for. Again, I don’t know this song and there are no samples of the full music online although there is the melody line from Gather. … Continue reading →