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You Alone VAO 2/376

This is another song from Voices As One Vol 2 that sounds like private prayer and I can’t see a liturgical use. It is by Jack Parker and David Crowther. The text is here. The sheet music can be purchased … Continue reading

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What a Friend I’ve Found VAO 2/374

This sounds fine as a quiet prayer to sing by yourself. It was originally done by Delirious? and written by Martin Smith from the band. The text is here. The sheet music can be purchased at praisecharts.

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We Will Testify VAO 2/372

Continuing in Voices As One Vol 2, I have come to a happily noisy P&W song by Michael Gleason. Like many songs in this collection, I don’t think its going to find a place in any liturgy (WLP disagrees), but … Continue reading

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Music for the Twenty-Eighth Week in Ordinary Time Year C 12th/13th October 2019

These are the songs the music liturgy team chose for next week. I have found that having gone round the cycle, between our previous selections and those from correspondents over the years, I’m getting a good resource for music selections … Continue reading

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We Will Be the Light / Seremos La Luz VAO 2/370

This is one for the other sort of Latin mass. It is a samba, which unless your assembly is expert in Latin rhythms and syncopation, is for soloist and choir. It is by John Angotti and Noelle Garcia and has … Continue reading

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We Believe VAO 2/369

I can’t see this being other than a solo vehicle. It is written by Paul A. Tate and Paul L. Berrell, and because of the latter has been wiped from WLP. The sheet music can however be purchased at sheetmusicplus … Continue reading

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We Belong to God VAO 2/368

This is a John Flaherty song with lots of Pauline sources. It is singable despite the syncopation and was a nice song to come across that was new to me. The text is here. WLP don’t seem to have it … Continue reading

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We Are A Chosen People VAO 2/367

The sheet music for this song has been wiped from WLP because the composer is Paul L. Berrell. On the off chance anyone has Voices as One Vol 2 and want to use it I made a backing.

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Victory Chant VAO 2/366

This song from Voices As One Vol 2 is by Joseph Vogels and I’m struggling to think what it is for. The call and response text is here and I worry about the triumphal tone here as much as in … Continue reading

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Unless a Grain of Wheat VAO 2/365

This is a solo vehicle from John Angotti, or if stretched perhaps an assembly could participate in the refrain. The first and third verse are a private cry to God in a time of trouble with the second giving Christ … Continue reading

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