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This is another song by M.D. Ridge and is another one new to me from RS’s parish. She has been inspired by 2 Samuel 22 for this song that is suggested for funerals and anointing but will fit into a … Continue reading →

Psalm 130 has had a fair share of modern settings (Tom Booth’s is very good). Ed Bolduc’s setting is just what you need, if what you need is a call and response Calypso/reggae inflected song. It actually quite well done … Continue reading →

Ryan’s parish used this song recently. The text is by “K” who could be Richard Keen or maybe George Keith and it came from John Rippon’s “Selection of Hymns” 1787. The text is at Hymnary, although it has been modernised … Continue reading →

Rounding out the hymns relating to St Peter, Chris suggested this one from Bulimba parish last year. The tune is called WEBB and is by George J. Webb and is best known as the tune for a notoriously militaristic hymn … Continue reading →

Paul A Tate has based this lovely song on Romans 8:31-39. The verses are listed for a cantor but they are singable by an assembly really, and even with the key change for the final refrain nothing goes too high. … Continue reading →

This gospel song by Tom Kendzia was used at RS’s parish recently and was a new one to me but is obviously a very popular song. The text is at spiritandsong and the sheet music can be purchased at OCP. … Continue reading →

I’m going through the collection “Voices As One: Volume One” making backings to help me learn the songs.  I’m also interspersing that with songs that have come up in the music from other parishes that people have posting on the … Continue reading →

This is the other “Peter” song that is sung at St Peter’s every year celebrating our patron saint.   It is by Andrew Chinn and the sheet music can be purchased as part of the collection “Let Your Light Shine” … Continue reading →

This is one of the songs special to our local St Peter’s church and used for the Mass for our patron saint each year. The music from the parish says it is written by Carey Landry but OCP also credits … Continue reading →

Number 85 in Voices As One is “Sometimes By Step” which I have already blogged.   This song by Joe Mattingly is very much a choir song with a range beyond the assembly. I can’t find the text anywhere so … Continue reading →