Monthly Archives: May 2015

I think I’ll just power on with the songs that were posted here for Easter.  I have a run of songs from Together in Song. This text is by Samuel Crossman and has been set to a few tunes.  The … Continue reading →

This is another Easter song posted by the commenters here that I haven’t blogged before and one I found in Together in Song. The text is by Isaac Watts to the tune of ROCKINGHAM. All details including text and sheet … Continue reading →

I’m still working through songs from the Easter liturgies posted here that I didn’t know, but everyone else does. This is by Francis of Assisi in William Draper’s translation set to LASST UNS ERFREUN. All the details – text, sheet … Continue reading →

Julie and Tim Smith wrote this song that covers a wide range of liturgical territory. The text is in this document. The sheet music is available to subscribers at WLP, which is weird because the copyright is given as OCP. … Continue reading →

Ryan put up his parish music selections last week and they included this song. It is Omer Westendorf’s translation of Ubi Caritas, set to a tune called CHRISTIAN LOVE by Paul Benoit OSB. The text is here and the sheet music is … Continue reading →

Entrance: Shout to the Lord (Zschech) AOV NG 114 Psalm 47 (O’Brien) God mounts his throne with shouts of Joy: a blare of trumpets for the Lord. Gifts: The Fullness of God (Andersen) AOV 2/62 Communion: Table Song (Haas) Lord to … Continue reading →

This is another Ed Bolduc song from “Voices As One” and is a setting of Psalm 138. The text is in the sample at WLP where the sheet music can be purchased. The snippet you can hear there is a … Continue reading →

Many of the songs posted here at Easter by commentators were ones I didn’t know because I’ve only been playing since 1997 at churches where the more traditional songs have been largely left behind – no organs don’t you know. … Continue reading →

This is a setting of Psalm 19 by Marty Haugen, which unusually for him happens to be published by WLP. The text is in the sample at WLP where the sheet music can be purchased. My backing is gentle jazz.

I’m not sure I’ll get all the songs from Easter that were suggested by commentators here before the season of Easter is over. Geoff Bullock’s “Refresh My Heart” is a fine P&W ballad but I’m not sure it is a … Continue reading →