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This is a sung through Gloria from Paul Taylor’s, “Mass of St Francis”. It has interesting triplets and arresting chords that sustain interest and yet it remains most singable. I play it a little slower than set in the sheet … Continue reading →

I’ll have a brief interlude away from the New Living Parish Hymn Book to look at this fine mass by Paul Taylor. Chris suggested I have another look at this mass, which I originally blogged in 2011 here. It is … Continue reading →

I was away in Queensland last week visiting family and then staying at Coolangatta on the beach for a week. I went to Sunday 8am mass at St Augustine’s just up the hill from our accomodation. I fell in with … Continue reading →

This is a Lenten hymn written by George Hunt Smyttan and altered by Francis Pott set to HEINLEIN attributed to Martin Herbst. I had a go at from OCP’s Guitar Accompaniment Book some years ago, but this time it is … Continue reading →

This recessional was written by Charles Wesley and is set to Orlando Gibbons‘s SONG 34 (ANGEL’S SONG). After six verses you will singing on your own I think. My backing is just more BIAB organ. 1 Forth in thy name, … Continue reading →

I’ve covered this text three times already but never with this setting, TALLIS’ ORDINAL, by Thomas Tallis. It is a hymn for Lent and Reconciliation especially, with a text by Rosamund Eleanor Herklots. There are different versions on the text … Continue reading →

This Eucharistic hymn covers many aspects of the reasons why the Mass has meaning. I covered it in CWB II to this tune, LUCERNA LAUDONIAE by David Evans. In AOV they use DIX. The text is by Folliott Stanford Pierpoint, … Continue reading →

My Presbyterian upbringing gives me two issues with Catholic music. I struggle when hymns stray off metrical and some Marian hymnody can be a problem to me. I don’t know about this one. Does this veer towards sickly? I’m probably … Continue reading →

I had a brief look at this some years ago because it turned up at Ryan’s parish for All Saints, appropriately enough. The text is by William Walshaw How and here runs to eight verses. It is set to Ralph … Continue reading →

This was in CWB II so I looked at it there. The text is by John Henry Cardinal Newman and it is set to Elgar’s DRAKES BROUGHTON. The text below differs from CWB II – the alt was less back … Continue reading →