Monthly Archives: October 2022

This is a great Pentecost text from Shirley Murray in Alleluia Aoteroa. The text is at Hope Publications where it is set, as it is in AA, to SIGNUM by Colin Gibson. Just when you think you know where the … Continue reading →

Alleluia Aotearoa has an awful lot of Shirley Murray texts. This one is a hymn for Bible Sunday that skillfully enmeshes stores from one end of the Bible to the other. The words and sheet music for Colin Gibson‘s setting … Continue reading →

This is a hymn, with a Shirley Murray text, for musicians and singers and, since the assembly is supposed to sing, for everyone. It was originally written for an ecumenical festival of praise in Wellington in 1988. She set it … Continue reading →

This is a song for Eucharist from Shirley Murray in Alleluia Aotearoa. I’ve already come across this prayerful text because Gather Australia used it, set by Margaret Thomas. The text is at Hope Publications where they have sheet music for … Continue reading →

This is a song of personal devotion by Shirley Murray set wonderfully by Colin Gibson in Alleluia Aotearoa. The sheet music and text are also at Hope Publications. To my delight there are chords on this music.

This is another Christmas text from Shirley Murray in Alleluia Aotearoa. It is another one for us in the southern hemisphere. The use of the Maori word for love “aroha” need not preclude its use away from New Zealand. The … Continue reading →

Number 25 in Alleluia Aotearoa is “Come to a Wedding”, a Shirley Murray text, but that turned up in Gather Australia so I’ve already blogged it here. “Come to Our Land” has lines specific to New Zealand, and Holy Spirit … Continue reading →

One thing you could count on with Shirley Murray was texts for a liturgical purpose. Here is a wedding song from Alleluia Aotearoa filled with hope, joy and realism. It is set to Ralph Vaughn William‘s tune DOWN AMPNEY, the … Continue reading →

I’m having fun blogging Shirley Erina Murray’s texts from Alleluia Aotearoa. This one is for Advent. The text is at Hope Publications, where they have the setting by Douglas Mews. He has a separate tune for verses 2 and 4. … Continue reading →

I am working through the Shirley Erena Murray texts in Alleluia Aotearoa. This is a song for Palm Sunday. I have never found a Palm Sunday song that I like and is fairly singable. The setting here sounds like a … Continue reading →