Author Archives: maddg

Tom Conroy has written a song that has performance choir written all over it. You can hear the original here – see what you think.  I’m not sure this is written for the pews, but it has interesting accidentals, triplets and 2/4 … Continue reading →

I’ve made some notes and observations about the changes in the English translation of the mass and the opportunity and challenges with which it presents us.  Despite the fact that what we are using now has to be, because of … Continue reading →

This is Paul Inwood’s setting of Isaiah 12:2-6 and we don’t use it.  This is because we use Frank Anderson’s setting instead.  One of Inwood’s masses was one of our rotation of mass settings until the recent changes hit Australia … Continue reading →

This is another Bob Hurd song, and this one we use an awful lot. It can purchased for download at OCP. I like the gentle gospel swing style and its obvious use for gathering. You can hear the original version … Continue reading →

I can’t find out anything about Robyn Horner on the net other than that she is an Australian composer of Catholic music. You can hear a snippet of this song here. I’ve never heard of it but it is a … Continue reading →

Did Christopher Walker really need to go 4/4, 6/8, 4/4 all through this song? Listen to the snippet and see whether it was worth it. If you need a setting for Ps 122 it’s a possibility I suppose but it is … Continue reading →

This song is by Gregory Norbet, written when he was still a Benedictine monk and also is from a previous era when it was OK to use the word Yahweh in a Catholic hymn. This is no longer kosher apparently … Continue reading →

This is a Bob Hurd song that we have never done locally.  That’s a pity because there is something uplifting in the tune in the first two verses that makes it stand out.  Hurd’s setting has a different tune for … Continue reading →

I’ve already blogged the grown up Rivers mass and have now made backings to look at the youth version. Not unexpectedly for emmanuelworship, this is somewhat rowdier, in fact it sounds much more usual for their sound.  The Gloria and … Continue reading →

Christopher Walker will write songs in 6/8 and 9/8 time won’t he. You can hear it done as intended here. This is also a nicely sung version from a mass. A school choir can be heard singing it here and it sounds … Continue reading →