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This is another new song from GIA. This is a sung prayer with a challenging text from Hannah C Brown, set by Benjamin Brody. The tune starts conventionally then goes to interesting places. The pattern I see so far is … Continue reading →

I’m looking at a selection of recently released GIA offerings. This is a 2023 publication with two texts by Hannah C Brown, one with a general application and one for funerals. The tune is by Adam Tice and Benjamin Brody … Continue reading →

As far as I can tell GIA does not have an equivalent to OCP’s Breaking Bread in which they decide what’s in and out. They have started a new planning page that leads to GIA/WLP resources that might be worth … Continue reading →

Before I leave OCP songs, Sarah Hart played us this new song at the APMN conference in Brisbane in September. It is a gentle waltz time song for Eucharist with an insistent hook – “remember me” – that takes the … Continue reading →

This is the last of the songs added to Breaking Bread by OCP for 2014. Consider me underwhelmed by their selections. In the past OCP has had its critics for being at odds with tradition and too uptempo, especially the … Continue reading →

This song for the Veneration of the Cross on Good Friday has a text by Bob Hurd and Ken Canedo. The refrain melody is PICARDY and the verse tune is by Hurd. It has been added to OCP’s Breaking Bread … Continue reading →

Sarah Hart’s “Prayers of the Faithful” song has been added to OCP’s Breaking Bread for 2024. The petitions are generic enough to cover many circumstances but you probably would want to write your own to her tune – pastorally apt … Continue reading →

Ricky Manalo wrote this adaptation of Thomas Aquinas’s text and set it. It has been added to Breaking Bread for 2024. It is a song for Eucharist and specifically for Corpus Christi and is long enough for a big celebration. … Continue reading →

This is another song from OCP’s selections for Breaking Bread in 2024. It is by Dan Schutte and is based on the Reproaches in the Good Friday mass and the ancient chant AVE VERA CORPUS. For once the YouTube clip … Continue reading →

This is a hymn for Holy Week consisting of Genevieve Glen’s text recently set by Justin Wedgewood. The tune is memorable and singable, which is nice. It has been chosen for OCP’s Breaking Bread for 2024. The sheet music can … Continue reading →