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The last of the chants on this run in AOV2 – there are psalms after this. Don’t bother going to AOV to listen for this one as they have the wrong tune linked. This one is a traditional Russian Orthodox … Continue reading →

Another chant, for a baptism in this case, words by Pastor de Lasala and music James Jacka Coyle, a classical composer. As with the other chants, you can hear pretty much all you need to listen to in the snippet … Continue reading →

This is like a long chant, I suppose, to fit in with the run of chants in  AOV 2. It is by Robin Mann and it sounds like something Paul McCartney could have written in the early seventies. Listen to … Continue reading →

We are still in a run of chants in AOV 2, this one is a traditional Argentinian melody arranged by John Bell of the Wild Goose Resource Group. We have sung this and in the original language – but I … Continue reading →

This is the music chosen by the liturgy team for this week: Entrance: A New Heart for a New World (O’Brien/Watts) AOV 1/158 Psalm: Isaiah 49 (Landry) AOV 1/89 Gifts: Your Mercies Are New Every Morning (Keady) from emmanuelworship’s “Lifted” … Continue reading →

This was the other Rory Cooney song that I was asked to do a backing for. Again, I don’t know this song and there are no samples of the full music online although there is the melody line from Gather. … Continue reading →

“Frenzy Cool” asked if I could do backings for a couple of Rory Cooney songs.  They called it a “minus one” and I remember I had a music minus one LP record back the dim dark past. That’s fine except … Continue reading →

In the run of chants in AOV 2, there is this oddity.  A Taize chant by Sr Suzanne Toolan of “I am the Bread of Life” fame. It appears she runs a Taize centre in California. A snippet is available … Continue reading →

A South African Amen by S C Molefe and Dave Dargie. It means “Amen! Praise the name of the Lord.” The excerpt at AOV has the whole song through once. This is an amazing choral performance:   This an article … Continue reading →

I don’t know anything about Leo Watt, except that we used to use his “Lamb of God” years ago.  A friend attended mass at another parish recently and was so impressed by this song that she asked about it and … Continue reading →