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I’m having a good time with the emmanuelworship collection fifteen doing backings in styles most unlike theirs. This one is by Dominic Dougherty and suggests he has been indulging in the fourteenth century English mystics. I’m a big fan of … Continue reading →

This is another great Roby Curtis song from the emmanuelworship collection fifteen. It is a song of abandonment to God with allusions to a Pentecost experience. This song is a catchy as all get out and loaded with hooks. The … Continue reading →

This is a song for Lent from emmanuelworship written by Roby Curtis. They have many collections of sheet music available for free download associated with the Ignite conferences they run in Brisbane. I also have some out of print collections … Continue reading →

After some absolutely liturgical Australian music from John Burland, I will do another album from emmanuelworship from Brisbane, which is largely praise and worship music and often less applicable for mass. Their music is aimed at adolescents and has an … Continue reading →

The last song in John Burland‘s collection, Gathered As Your People Lord, is, fittingly, the recessional. You could nicely cover the whole service except for the parts of the mass from this collection. Once again he uses words from the … Continue reading →

I am looking through John Burland‘s latest collection of five songs called Gathered As Your People Lord. They are songs for Mass, and this is obviously the one for Eucharist. It is stately and restrained, and like this whole collection … Continue reading →

This is another great song from John Burland‘s latest collection Gathered As Your People Lord, that is suitable for Gifts and Communion. It is a collaboration with Gen Bryant, whose song, “Revive Our Hearts” I blogged here. The text is … Continue reading →

This is another gathering song from John Burland‘s newest collection Gathered As Your People Lord. Like the title track it is a lively and engaging 6/8 hymn to bring the assembly together. It doesn’t go above a C and gently … Continue reading →

I’ve looked at lot of Australian Catholic Songwriters, but I haven’t focused on John Burland yet. Like Michael Mangan, he is perhaps best known for his work with young people and schools, yet his songs are also fine for adults … Continue reading →

I need to remind myself sometimes that the hymn choices, while selected to match the liturgy and the readings, are the least important musical part of the service. We use Paul Taylor’s “Mass of St Francis” and the Celtic Alleluia … Continue reading →