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This is another hymn for the Presentation of the Lord, this time from an unknown author in C19, based on Matthew 1:23, and found in Gather 3rd edition. It is set to SWABIA by Johann Speiss. If you can’t find … Continue reading →

This is Ruth Duck’s take on the Nunc dimittis (Luke 2:29-35), with further inspiration, apparently, from the “Narnia Chronicles”. Here it is set to to DICKSON by Norah Duncan IV. It is listed for the “Presentation of the Lord”, but … Continue reading →

More Liam Lawton goodness from Gather 3rd Edition, this time based on John 15:5-14 and so suitable for Easter 5B and 6B where those readings come up. There are harmony lines in the refrain and a descant in the third … Continue reading →

One of the songwriters that I am finding amongst the works in Gather 3rd edition not already covered elsewhere in my blog is Liam Lawton. Obviously huge in Ireland, he hasn’t been a feature in parishes I have played at … Continue reading →

This song is on the theme of the second coming, but is very much a proclamation of social justice and would work in Advent. It is from Gather 3rd edition and the text is by Rory Cooney, based on passages … Continue reading →

This song is in the “Second Coming” section of Gather 3rd ed., with text by W. Russell Bowie from Revelation 21 and set to MORNING SONG. GIA sells it as a concertato but notes that the brass quartet is optional. … Continue reading →

Continuing my look at songs from Gather 3rd edition that I haven’t already got around to here, I have come to the section called “Second Coming”, in which I find this gospel styled song by Kate Cuddy called “On That … Continue reading →

I have really enjoyed all the Michael Mahler songs I am coming across in Gather 3rd Edition. This is a song “with a gentle groove” for morning prayer or suitable liturgies (eg Easter). Mahler was obviously a prodigy and has … Continue reading →

My amazing brother, Dr Michael Madden PhD, has written a booklet about music in Church which can be purchased at Amazon. I won’t review it per se, as I am not qualified to comment too much. The issues revolve around … Continue reading →

This song turned up in Gather Comprehensive and here in Gather 3rd edition. It is a gathering song by Rae E. Whitney set to STUTTGART. Gather only has a handbell arrangement available, likely because STUTTGART is too well known to … Continue reading →