I shall return to my Augean stables, the massive copy of OCP’s Guitar Accompaniment Book c2005 that I bought second hand some years ago. The more well known songs have generally already appeared from other collections but I am pressing on with those I have not yet come across.
Genevieve Glen wrote this worthy song of praise and perspective. It is set to MORNING SONG.
The sheet music can be purchased at OCP where the text is in their preview.
This is a notional music list I put together as the team is in abeyance while Mass has no assembly.
Entrance: Gather As One (McKenna) AOV NG 48
Gifts: Shepherd Me O God (Haugen) AOV 1/33
Communion: In the Breaking of the Bread (Hurd) AOV 1/58
Thanksgiving: Like a Shepherd (Dufford) AOV 1/26
Recessional: Alleluia! Love Is Alive (Angrisano, Manibusan, Hart)
Many thanks to Holy Spirit Cranborn where I was present virtually this morning for mass. They began with Amanda McKenna’s uplifting “One Body In Christ”.
I’ll leave the CWB II volume 1 here as the rest are chanted blessings that I can’t do much with, and my intent in going through this volume was to find the songs hidden in the liturgical section.
I did find some of these but what became increasingly obvious was that CWB II has an indispensable liturgical resource as a first volume and a poorly designed disappointing hymn book as a second volume. I’m glad I bought it for the first volume and I’ll accept the second for what it is.
This, then, is the third Nunc dimittis in CWB II and this time the text from Luke has been worked on enough to make a song that is worth copyrighting (see CWB II 226).
The paraphrase is by Frank Quinn OP, but I can’t find the text online. The first verse was used as the choral response for lighting the Advent candle in this service.
The hymn is here set to the c18 tune BANGOR. I got the chords from Together In Song, since as usual CWB II didn’t supply them, to make my BIAB backing.
CWB II brings the tune down from Eb to D.
The second Nunc dimittis in CWB II is by Rae E Whitney and here set to SONG 1.
The text, which really is just Luke 2:29-32 and yet somehow is copyright, is here.
To finish up Catholic Worship Book II, as all the chanted psalms are beyond me, are three settings of the Nunc dimitis.
The first version of the Canticle of Simeon has the text from The Grail and is set by the wonderful Sr Jennifer O’Brien. The words are here.
This is a translation of Te lucis ante terminum and is a Night Office Hymn.
This version is here. Background and other translations are available here.
Here it is set to TALLIS’ CANON.
I’ve skipped a lot of worthy chanted psalmody and arrived at Owen Alstott‘s pleasant setting of the Magnificat.
The text is here. OCP sell the sheet music.
I would prefer a female only choir here, but this is lovely nonetheless:
This is yet another version of Phos hilaron in CWB II so you not lacking for choice for evening prayer here. This is Stanbrook Abbey’s translation. The tune is by Alan Rees and called PHOS HILARON.
The text is here.
My backing is just all the notes thrown at BIAB – I did not work out the chords because it looked like each note had a different chord.
Many thanks for all the suggestions on streaming masses and I’ve since found there are many more out there.
The Redemptorists prerecord an informal mass in England, that I think will be a backstop for me.
What I went with was Donna’s suggestion of Holy Spirit Parish, Cranbrook, which streams live on Facebook at 8.30am Sundays from suburban Townsville. My wife and I and the grand-daughter joined some tropical birds and a hundred or so other virtual parishioners -and for nonrational, symbolic reasons I think it has to be live – for their morning mass.
When they sang “Jesus Is Risen Today” as an entrance I felt like Easter had started at last. The Emmaus Gospel is great catch up if Easter seemed not to happen this year. The mass was sung but, sorry, I forgot to note the songs. I could not place the mass setting either but it was fine and there were no technical issues.
It was a normal suburban mass with a heart felt homily and actual music. That is my liturgical language so I will be happy to be part of their virtual community unless our local parish starts streaming.
I hope everyone finds a virtual home that speaks their liturgical language until things are back to normal.
Our music team is not selecting songs as we have no liturgies to facilitate, but I picked some suggestions that I would have put forward based on past liturgies and the the fact that I like the Haugen song. We have done Tony Alonso’s song “Emmaus” before and that would have probably been selected ahead of an unfamiliar hymn.
Entrance: Jesus is Risen (O’Brien- Ogilvie) AOV NG 82
Gifts: Christ Be Beside Me (Quinn) tune BUNESSAN
Communion: Come to the Table (Burland) AOV NG 33
Thanksgiving: On the Journey to Emmaus (Haugan)
Recessional: Hearts on Fire (Mangan) AOV NG 62
