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I’ve been doing far too much blogging on one thing, trying to get through AOV NG, so just for fun I thought I’d start a series on mistakes.  I used to use backings a lot in church because I am … Continue reading →

Alphabetically we are in a run of veni sancte songs and No28 in AOV NG is “Come, Holy Spirit” and this is another contribution from John Angotti.  John Angotti is a WLP artist and is famous enough to be hated by traditionalists … Continue reading →

Gina Ogilvie and Monica O’Brien have another “praise and worship” style song at No 27 in NG.  This is good as a loud song and suits the electropop on the CD.  My backing has a similar feel.  You could use … Continue reading →

“Come Be with Me” (AOV NG 26) is another celtic style chant from Keith Duke.  This would be a useful piece for quiet reflection.   The less accompaniment the better. Come, be with me All you who carry heavy burdens; I … Continue reading →

No 25 in AOV NG is recommended as a recessional song – “be my hands be my heart for the world” says it all.  Written by Tom Franzac a GIA/OCP artist and from the nineties, this is another one that … Continue reading →

“Closer Than You Know” is a beautiful tune by James Maher MSC and is No 24 in AOV NG, but again I’m struggling to find it a liturgical place.  Perhaps just as a Eucharist song and let everyone figure it … Continue reading →

No 23 in AOV NG is another great Australian composition, “Christ Lives in Me”.  This is written by Rebecca Williamson and Simon Hyland.  It is probably another praise and worship/high school song but more reflective than most.  It can still … Continue reading →

22 in AOV NG is this chant by Keith Duke.  My backing doesn’t really do it justice so I’d watch the You Tube for this one.  This one has lots of liturgical applications. You can also buy it in a … Continue reading →

While I really haven’t found anything too terrible in this collection, some of the songs are outstanding.  Like Gina Ogilvie and Monica O’Brien’s “Christ be Near Us” (No 21 AOV NG), which is such fun to sing it should be used … Continue reading →

No 20 of AOV NG is an old song that we have sung occasionally over many years called ‘Canticle of Creation.”  It is by Trisha Watts and Monica O’Brien and the version in this book is a new arrangement with … Continue reading →