I’m still looking at Australian Catholic songwriters and I’ve already done an album of Fr Frank Andersen and will get back to do the rest of his albums.
There are lots of others to look at and Brian Boniwell is the next composer whose work I will be exploring.
Brian has kindly given me a couple of his music books to look at. This album is called People of the Resurrection. It contains a “hit” with his version of “The Lord Is My Shepherd” that is sung and loved all over Australia. I’ve blogged that song here as it is in AOV.
The other thirteen songs are new to me, including “Christ is Risen”.
This is a somewhat restrained Easter song in a folk style. The text is simple and direct and the tune is singable with a nice lilt in the “a-as” in the chorus. It is in F and as a good guitarist he suggests capo 3 in D. I’d play it capo 1 so I didn’t have to hit that long D in the chorus.
I give details on how to get his sheet music here and you can hear previews at Apple.
1
Round the world the tide is turning.
Life has changed and death has new hope.
No more shall we live in darkness.
No more shall we fear.
Chorus
He is risen as he said.
Christ is risen from the dead.
He is risen as he said.
Christ is risen from the dead.
2
In the East the sun is dawning,
Joyful with the light of new day.
Christ our hope has gone before us
Changing death to life.
3
Every heart exult with gladness.
Lift your head to welcome the light.
See the Son of God in glory
Risen from the dead.
© Brian Boniwell 1997.