Author Archives: maddg

Fernan asked for this Rory Cooney song, which is based on Psalm 95. It also has Spanish lyrics by Jaime Cortez. It is not one that I am familiar with, but it is a charming Latin influenced call and response … Continue reading →

I shall return to my Augean stables, the massive copy of OCP’s Guitar Accompaniment Book c2005 that I bought second hand some years ago. The more well known songs have generally already appeared from other collections but I am pressing … Continue reading →

This is a notional music list I put together as the team is in abeyance while Mass has no assembly. Entrance: Gather As One  (McKenna) AOV NG 48 Gifts: Shepherd Me O God (Haugen) AOV 1/33 Communion: In the Breaking … Continue reading →

I’ll leave the CWB II volume 1 here as the rest are chanted blessings that I can’t do much with, and my intent in going through this volume was to find the songs hidden in the liturgical section. I did … Continue reading →

The second Nunc dimittis in CWB II is by Rae E Whitney and here set to SONG 1. The text, which really is just Luke 2:29-32 and yet somehow is copyright, is here.

To finish up Catholic Worship Book II, as all the chanted psalms are beyond me, are three settings of the Nunc dimitis. The first version of the Canticle of Simeon has the text from The Grail and is set by … Continue reading →

This is a translation of Te lucis ante terminum and is a Night Office Hymn. This version is here. Background and other translations are available here. Here it is set to TALLIS’ CANON.

I’ve skipped a lot of worthy chanted psalmody and arrived at Owen Alstott‘s pleasant setting of the Magnificat. The text is here. OCP sell the sheet music. I would prefer a female only choir here, but this is lovely nonetheless:

This is yet another version of Phos hilaron in CWB II so you not lacking for choice for evening prayer here. This is Stanbrook Abbey’s translation. The tune is by Alan Rees and called PHOS HILARON. The text is here. … Continue reading →

Many thanks for all the suggestions on streaming masses and I’ve since found there are many more out there. The Redemptorists prerecord an informal mass in England, that I think will be a backstop for me. What I went with … Continue reading →