Monthly Archives: November 2017

This is another very recent David Haas song, this time based on readings from 1 Peter. The text lends itself to a recessional. The verses are written for a cantor but they are not beyond an assembly despite the variations … Continue reading →

Peter Grant has sent a wonderful new song. He said this about it: I promised to send some recent compositions. Here is my latest, based on texts from John 6:68; Ps 24 (25) and Ps 119 called “I Will Follow … Continue reading →

Entrance: Christ be Our Light (Farrell) AOV 2/3 Psalm 127 (McKenna) Happy are those who fear the Lord. Gifts: A Trusting Psalm (Bates) AOV 1/115 Communion: Table of Plenty (Schutte) AOV 2/20 Thanksgiving: God of Day and God of Darkness (Haugen) AOV 1/56 Recessional: … Continue reading →

One of the joys of the recent APMN conference at Perth was hearing David Haas play some of his newer tunes. I like this one but the chorus goes awfully high for an assembly so it might be more a … Continue reading →

This is another of the songs by David Haas with which I was not familiar. This is based on John 14 and is suitable for Easter or funerals or perhaps as a thanksgiving song. The sheet music is at GIA … Continue reading →

This is David Haas’s arrangement of the spiritual “Steal Away”. So no-one gets the wrong idea, this is what he achieves with his a capella arrangement, that can be purchased at GIA.   The tune and lyrics, if not this … Continue reading →

This is a very recent song in which David Haas sets a text by Mennonite hymnist Adam Tice. Hass played it at the APMN conference in Perth but it isn’t available for purchase at GIA yet. The text is here. I … Continue reading →

I’m tackling the David Haas songs from his recent presentation in Perth that were unfamiliar to me. This is like a Taize chant, which is not surprising because Haas was inspired by the words of Brother Roger the founder of … Continue reading →

A couple of years ago I posted about this lovely song by Peter Grant. Peter has sent some real music to get a proper idea how it sounds in practice. SATB with accompaniment: A backing track: … at St Finbarr’s, … Continue reading →

This is a very special piece of music by David Haas. He has the assembly sing the refrain that brings us all into the mystery of the incarnation then overlaps a cantor voice for the verses. I was not familiar … Continue reading →