Author Archives: maddg

More seventies goodness from Dan Schutte, who has written what has always sounded to me a real country song. Based on various sources in Isaiah, it is lively enough for a recessional although the first two verses should do for … Continue reading →

Christopher Walker was certainly a favourite of the editors of “As One Voice”. It can be purchased for download from OCP. This is a stirring recessional indeed that probably needs a pipe organ, brass and massed voices for its major effect. … Continue reading →

A chant by Fr Lucien Deiss – You can read an appreciation of his life here. A snippet of the song can be heard at AOV here. It is in irregular time, the bane of computer programmed music. You will also … Continue reading →

Dan Schutte wrote this very popular song. Based on Ps 91 we have used it all over the liturgy.  The harmony starts as an echo before actually harmonising with the main vocal line. There are some minor variations in the lyrics … Continue reading →

Folk stylings from Fr John Foley in the early seventies. We’ve never done it but it has merit as a setting of Ps 16. You can hear the original here.  This organ and voice version is great. It can be … Continue reading →

This is another musical version of an ancient blessing from Numbers 6:22-27, but one we have actually used and found quite singable. This one is by Christopher Walker. The snippet at AOV has all you need to hear. I do … Continue reading →

This is another song from the seventies that had passed me by. It appears to have been a one hit wonder for Greg Hayakawa and although he was published by OCP there is little other trace of him on the … Continue reading →

Another traditional hymn, this time from the sixteenth century. A setting of Ps 90 by Isaac Watts and William Croft, I don’t think we’ve done it in living memory. AOV leaves out the second verse from the text below. It really … Continue reading →

The advent song. It is a nineteenth century translation by John M. Neale of a ninth century latin text.  It is best sung unaccompanied. The order of the verses varies from source to source, but this is the order in … Continue reading →

A song by Liat Chung Ham, about whom I can find little on the net.  It’s a gentle chant. You can hear a snippet from AOV here. Holy, holy, holy Lord; Praise and honour are yours, For you alone are … Continue reading →