Monthly Archives: May 2022

Peter Grant wrote this song based on Hosea 14, which is suitable for Lent. At As One Voice, they also note it would work for a second Rite of Reconciliation. The sheet music can be purchased for download at Willow. … Continue reading →

Peter Grant has written a restrained and appropriately mournful setting for this text based on Psalm 42 and 43. The sheet music can be purchased for download from Willow where there is a preview to listen to and enough of … Continue reading →

After a refreshing sojourn with songs from the Iona Community, it is time to return to Australian music. I have covered an awful lot of Australian music over many years, especially those collected in As One Voice Vol 1, 2 … Continue reading →

After this in Heaven Shall Not Wait there are some useful chants that I won’t cover just yet. I have other books from this source, including the Enemy of Apathy collection that I will return to in the future. This, … Continue reading →

The Willow Facebook page noted hymnist, Richard Connolly’s death recently, and the ABC has put up an obituary that goes beyond his justified fame for writing the Play School theme. His is music is still available at Willow. My copy … Continue reading →

This is a song celebrating the goodness found in ordinary weak humanity with a catalog of new Testament characters to demonstrate the theme. You can find it in the Iona Community’s Heaven Shall Not Wait. It is set to WAE’S … Continue reading →

This is a majestic song of praise from the Iona Community with their usual well written and relevant text. By linking his kingship to nature and love they find a new angle to make monarchy acceptable. If you sang this … Continue reading →

This is a lovely song from the Iona community to see you from womb to tomb. It is from Heaven Shall Not Wait and is set to TRAVELLER by John Bell. The text and a delightful commentary is here.

This is an Iona Community song that we have used a lot over the years and I highly recommend it. Heaven Shall Not Wait was the collection it came from originally. It is set to a traditional Scottish tune, KELVINGROVE. … Continue reading →

This is a song of praise that uses aspects of Jesus’ life. It is from the Iona collection Heaven Shall Not Wait. It is another fantastic and unusual text. I made a backing but the chords in the piano arrangement … Continue reading →