Monthly Archives: May 2026

While this is a text that is new to me, but was in fact the original words to the tune, BUNESSAN. It is Mary Macdonald’s Gaelic Christmas song, ‘Leanabh an Aigh’ translated by Lachlan Macbean. Bunessan was actually Mary Macdonald’s … Continue reading →

This song shares it’s refrain’s tune with yesterday’s hymn but has completely different verses. That means it is by James Phillip McAuley and Richard Connolly. It is a Eucharist song, especially intended for Corpus Christi, which comes up soon. I … Continue reading →

This is a delightful Easter hymn by the Australian team of the poet, James Phillip McAuley, and composer Richard Connelly. I blogged this out of Together In Song, here, which meant they provided the chords. Since then it was published … Continue reading →

I have looked at this as “At the Cross Her Vigil Keeping”, but not in this translation. This is Stabat Mater in translation by Ronald Knox, which I couldn’t find anywhere so it required typing the whole fifteen verses. More … Continue reading →

I looked at this less than a year ago in Catholic Worship Book I, and I thought I might find a retention of archiac language here, and yes, John de Luca has kept the older wording. I did refresh my … Continue reading →

I’ve got nothing… This is a chant setting of the Benedictus (Luke 1:68-79) arranged by John de Luca. I hope it is useful.

This is “The Beatitudes” by Peter Kearney, which I looked at years ago and is very well known and much loved in Australia. It is his paraphrase of Matt 5:3-11. The text is here, but I note he now prefers … Continue reading →

This is Edward Caswall’s C19 translation of the ancient Latin text, ~C4, by Aurelius Prudentius. It is set to a C16 tune STUTTGART by Christian F. Witt. CWB II has a variant of this one called, “Earth Has Many a … Continue reading →

I have blogged this before in a couple of forms: AOV and CWB I. The tune is traditional Irish “, SLANE, and the text is an “ancient Irish hymn” as translated by Mary Elizabeth Byrne and adapted by Eleanor Henrietta … Continue reading →

I have done this one before, but never with a straight organ backing so I though I have another go at FINLANDIA. Whether BIAB should be doing Sibelius at all is another question, but it is a glorious and moving … Continue reading →