Author Archives: maddg

Ryan’s parish is alerting to me to many hymns I don’t know and a lot of them are public domain.  This song has a text by Charles Wesley and Thomas Cotterill was used for Ascension. The music is LLANFAIR by … Continue reading →

Joe Mattingly has used Isaiah as inspiration for this song for liturgy (eg advent) or for a choir. The refrain starts in unison and then splits into parts for your choir. The text is at spiritandsong and the sheet music … Continue reading →

I’d better get the Marian hymns done while it is still May.  This is another from Mary’s parish in Ireland that I suppose everyone but me knows only too well. To my Australian ears impossibly sentimental and kitsch but still … Continue reading →

An example of inculturation Irish style from Mary’s parish. Some information and a link to sheet music are available here. Having never heard of this Marian hymn I made a backing for my benefit.

Yola’s parish seemed to have two recessionals on Ascension Sunday one of them being Curtis Stephan’s “Go Out Go Out”.  It is a paraphrase of Psalm 117 in a gospel funk style. The text is in the sample here and the sheet … Continue reading →

Entrance: Sing of the Lord’s Goodness (Sands) AOV 1/131 Psalm 33 (O’Brien) Happy the people the Lord has chosen to be his own. Gifts: Trinity Song (Andersen) Communion: Our Supper Invitation (Bates) AOV 1/185 Seed Scattered and Sown (Feiten) GA 195 Thanksgiving: Lift … Continue reading →

The recessional at Ryan’s parish for Ascension was “Go to the World” by Sylvia Dunstan. It has been set to more than one tune but they use SINE NOMINE (links to sheet music are at Hymnary)  by Ralph Vaughn Williams, the … Continue reading →

This is an uptempo praise song that would fit certain liturgies by Ed Bolduc. WLP subscribers can download the sheet music here, otherwise it is in the “We Are Faithful” songbook that you can buy at WLP. You can listen … Continue reading →

Yola’s parish used this Jack Hayford song as a recessional on Ascension Sunday.   The text is here. The sheet music is available all over the net including to purchase from sheetmusicplus. My backing overdoes the tympani: I thought my … Continue reading →

A gorgeous Steven C Warner choir piece for marriage, RCIA, school leaving etc. It is an adaptation of Proverbs 4. The text is in the sample at WLP where you can purchase the sheet music and listen to a beautiful … Continue reading →