Author Archives: maddg

I never did get around to more excruciating lapses in taste as promised, but this fail backing is pretty grotesque. Now you know this song by Richard Gillard is respectful and sedate and dignified, but that didn’t stop me making this as a backing … Continue reading →

This is yet another song in As One Voice from the very prolific Bob Hurd. It is a setting of Ps 136 with additions from the Magnificat for good measure. You can hear it sung here with the usual infuriating … Continue reading →

This song by Bernadette Farrell has a gorgeous tune and with a fair old range too. It has a touch of the show tune about it. You can listen to the original here and the choral work makes me think it … Continue reading →

Besides, “On Eagles Wings” I suspect this is Michael Joncas’ most popular song. We certainly sing it a lot although it has some challenges.  The verses are really short with the first line loud and the second soft.  The loud … Continue reading →

We used to use the chorus of this as a memorial acclamation in the past, but I doubt that’s on anymore. A Taize chant by Jacques Berthier with a different tune to trip you up on each verse, it has an … Continue reading →

This jaunty hymn of praise is by Bob Dufford. It says to do lightly but it needs at least some energy, preferably more than in the original here. I like this enthusiastic version : for all its technical faults it is … Continue reading →

An old hymn from the 1800s by Folliot S. Pierpoint and Conrad Kocher. It sounds like all the hymns I sang as a child.  The lyrics in As One Voice have had all the “thee”s removed and I’ve seen extra … Continue reading →

This song by Peter Kearney dates itself – it was written in 1970 – by its sheer oddness and abandon and, heaven forbid, creativity. Even just the first two lines are simple, direct and profound and it gets better. Listen to the snippet … Continue reading →

This is a chant designed to be a round by Erica Marshall. You may recall her Mass of God’s People that I blogged recently. This could be used all over the place in many liturgies and is simple and heartfelt. … Continue reading →

Another Bob Hurd song that you can hear at this site. It is a lovely tune although the ensemble singing doesn’t really take off until the chorus is sung at the same time as the verse from the third verse … Continue reading →