Author Archives: maddg

At St Peter’s, Rochedale in Queensland, the music team have selected: Entrance: Glory and Praise to Our God (Schutte) AOV 1/16 Psalm 119 (O’Brien) Happy are they who follow the law of the Lord. Gifts: God Has Chosen Me (Farrell) AOV … Continue reading →

This a lovely hymn by Richard Connolly.  He usually set the hymn texts of the Australian poet James McAuley, but these words he wrote himself. The text and melody are at Hymnary but you might already have it in the … Continue reading →

Set to the tune SLANE, this text is a song of praise by Jack Copley Winslow. The text is here. I’ve posted the tune before here.  

This text by Michael Perry is set to Beethoven’s “Hymn to Joy”. The text is at the wonderful  Hope Publishing. The sheet music is here but you know the tune, which I unnecessarily and tastelessly blogged here. I’m sure it … Continue reading →

I’m going through the hymn section of GA looking for songs I have not already blogged.  This one is one of Jacques Berthier’s chants from TAIZE. Hymnary have the text and the sheet music of the ostinato refrain. The text … Continue reading →

We will go back to Jenny O’Brien’s psalm settings for a while. Entrance: We Are Called (Haas) AOV 2/60 Psalm 112 (O’Brien) A light rises in the darkness for the upright. Gifts: Beatitudes (Balhoff- Ducote) Communion: Bread Broken, Wine Shared (Horner) AOV … Continue reading →

I can skip a few more that I have already blogged to get to this song by the matchless Ruth Duck. I like the sincere simplicity of the text a lot and the tune is memorable. The text is at … Continue reading →

This song has a text by John Henry Newman and is set to the tune RICHMOND by Thomas Haweis. The text is at Hymnary where they recommend three other tunes, but they do have information, including the sheet music, about … Continue reading →

Haugen’s Exsultet is 406 but I won’t make a backing for that since it has gone liturgically stale due to the change in the text and it goes from 3/4 to 2/4 to 5/8 to 4/4 and BIAB is not … Continue reading →

Gather Australia was published in 1995.  It was a collaboration between the National Liturgical Music Convention and GIA with the support of the Melbourne Archdiocese. The original “As One Voice” was published in 1992 but was independent of the Catholic … Continue reading →