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We are still in a run of chants in AOV 2, this one is a traditional Argentinian melody arranged by John Bell of the Wild Goose Resource Group. We have sung this and in the original language – but I … Continue reading →

This is the music chosen by the liturgy team for this week: Entrance: A New Heart for a New World (O’Brien/Watts) AOV 1/158 Psalm: Isaiah 49 (Landry) AOV 1/89 Gifts: Your Mercies Are New Every Morning (Keady) from emmanuelworship’s “Lifted” … Continue reading →

This was the other Rory Cooney song that I was asked to do a backing for. Again, I don’t know this song and there are no samples of the full music online although there is the melody line from Gather. … Continue reading →

“Frenzy Cool” asked if I could do backings for a couple of Rory Cooney songs.  They called it a “minus one” and I remember I had a music minus one LP record back the dim dark past. That’s fine except … Continue reading →

In the run of chants in AOV 2, there is this oddity.  A Taize chant by Sr Suzanne Toolan of “I am the Bread of Life” fame. It appears she runs a Taize centre in California. A snippet is available … Continue reading →

A South African Amen by S C Molefe and Dave Dargie. It means “Amen! Praise the name of the Lord.” The excerpt at AOV has the whole song through once. This is an amazing choral performance:   This an article … Continue reading →

I don’t know anything about Leo Watt, except that we used to use his “Lamb of God” years ago.  A friend attended mass at another parish recently and was so impressed by this song that she asked about it and … Continue reading →

More Taize chanting with a song by Jacques Berthier. The snippet at AOV lets you know what it is meant to sound like.  It develops into a three part round. You can hear more of it at Youtube: I like … Continue reading →

Every Lent we use Brian Boniwell’s acclamation. Here’s another version of it. Praise to you Lord Jesus Christ, King of endless glory. Praise to you Lord Jesus Christ, King of endless glory. No-one lives on bread alone But on every … Continue reading →

This is the start of a run of chants in As One Voice Volume 2. This Taize chant by Jacques Berthier  is a fixture of our Good Friday service. AOV gives the text in ten or so languages. We usually … Continue reading →