Monthly Archives: August 2014

This attempt to make a song from the readings each week is not producing songs for the assembly I’m afraid, but this is just how they come out. I liked an odd phrase from this week’s OT reading (Isaiah 22:19-23) … Continue reading →

I’ve skipped the Psalms in Spirit and Song Vol 2, as I did in volume one. I may get back and just do a run of their Psalm settings later on. That takes me from Ritual Music to Seasonal Songs and … Continue reading →

Steve Angrisano wrote this song which is pretty much only suitable for weddings. You can listen to the original here, where you can see that it is a fairly fiddly tune suitable for solo use. The text is at spiritandsong … Continue reading →

This is another of the wedding songs from the ritual music section of Spirit and Song Vol 2, this time by Janet Sullivan Whitaker. It is another solo piece on the pretty firm premise that wedding guests won’t know any … Continue reading →

This is a wedding song by Matt Maher based in the Song of Songs. It is designed to be sung as a harmonised and alternating duet but would need a pretty good duo to get away with it during a … Continue reading →

Entrance: All Are Welcome (Haugen) Psalm 138 (O’Brien) Lord your love is eternal, do not forsake the work of your hands. Gifts: The Servant Song (Gillard) AOV 2/169 Communion: O God You Search Me (Farrell) AOV 2/31 We Are Many … Continue reading →

Tom Booth wrote this adaptation of Psalm 23 which has been listed as a funeral song in Spirit and Song. It would work as a solo or choir vehicle (using the harmony line in the refrain) in that circumstance, but … Continue reading →

I’ve written a chorus based not on this Sunday’s texts, but on readings from the Assumption: the Beatitude in Luke 11:28 (Still happier those who hear the word of God and keep it) and some thoughts from the readings 1 … Continue reading →

This is a funeral song from Bob Hurd. Funerals are hard from a musical point of view. You can accept the fact no-one is going to sing and use a song like this or “Go in Peace” (SAS 2/239) as … Continue reading →

This song by Trevor Thomson is designated for a Sprinkling Rite and is a terrific song, but again the verses are really solo material.  The chorus is fine for the assembly. The text is at spiritandsong where the sheet music … Continue reading →