Author Archives: maddg

I’m looking at Brian Boniwell’s collection of songs called, The Comforter. This one is a little unusual as the refrain is in our voice and the verses in the voice of Jesus. The text is based on Matthew 7:7. This … Continue reading →

Back to the Brian Boniwell songs in The Comforter collection. This is a sung prayer, which starts off Trinitarian but are we meant to call the Holy Spirit the Spirit of Jesus? I’d substitute with “Ho-oly Spi-irit.” Otherwise it is … Continue reading →

This is one of two songs in the collection, The Comforter, not written by Brian Boniwell. It was written by Michael Carter, about whom I can find nothing on the internet – happy to receive any and all information though. … Continue reading →

I’m still looking at the collection, The Comforter, which is best thought of as an out of print collection of Brian Boniwell songs from forty or so years ago. This is chant so no backing from me for this one. … Continue reading →

This is an enigmatic song by Brian Boniwell from the collection The Comforter. That’s fine, not everything has to be prosaic and obvious.

This is a nice find. It is a song by Brian Boniwell for the Procession of the Gifts. The range is only C to C this time so it is quite singable.

This one sounds like an amalgam of psalms. In our current debased world I don’t think these words are very singable. For some reason I skipped it when doing the Praise to God parish hymn book, so I will include … Continue reading →

I looked at this song many years ago, because it was in a folder of copied songs from the parish at which I played. It had been heavily amended and had no attribution. I thought it was by Brian Boniwell, … Continue reading →

This is a song for Eucharist by Brian Boniwell that was sung by Father Paul Gurr on his album, The Comforter. It has a fair old range that is probably too much for an assembly. I’m racking my brain to … Continue reading →

Some time ago I came across a collection called, “The Comforter”, which consists mainly of songs by Brian Boniwell. It accompanied a cassette made by Father Paul Gurr in the 1980s. I haven’t been able to find this sheet music … Continue reading →