Monthly Archives: August 2015

Frenzy Cool requested this song by Rory Cooney. Hymnary says it is in Gather Comprehensive and it seems nowhere else.  I can’t find it for sale anywhere on the net I’m afraid but it is a GIA copyright so you … Continue reading →

This is another song I looked up because it was used at RS’s parish.  The text by James Montgomery is at Hymnary and it is sung to the tune ST AGNES by John Bacchus Dykes. This is a simple organ backing made … Continue reading →

This setting of Psalm 25 by Paul A Lisicky is the last song in Voices As One Volume One. The text is in the sample at sheetmusicplus where the sheet music can be purchased or alternatively subscribers to WLP can … Continue reading →

Rory Cooney and Claire Cooney wrote this one. I think it is more a solo vehicle than for an assembly, especially with the 6/8 skip towards the end of the verse. The text is in the sample at WLP where … Continue reading →

I’ve seen some unfamiliar texts (to me at least) to well known tunes pop up in the liturgies posted here recently.   As We Gather At Your Table by Carl P Daw which can be sung to HOLY MANNA; NETTLETON or BEACH … Continue reading →

I was asking Joe Santsingh some advice about playing to backings and he mentioned this song and sent me his arrangement.  He has revived the song in his parish and it is special to many people who grew up in … Continue reading →

Entrance: Gather Your People (Hurd) AOV 1/71 Psalm 34 (O’Brien) Taste, taste and see, the goodness of the Lord Gifts: Blessed Be Our God (McKenna) AOV NG 13 Communion: Bread Broken Wine Shared (Horner) AOV 2/155 Lord to Whom Shall We Go (Herry) AOV … Continue reading →

This funeral song by Curtis Stephan was used at RS’s parish recently. It’s a lovely song but has melodic leaps and somewhat fiddly rhythms that suggest a solo. In any event it is not to be rushed. The text is … Continue reading →