Mary mentioned this as a song relatively unknown in Australia but popular in Ireland. The text is by John Glynn and the music Colin Murphy. It appears popular for funerals.
The text is here. Is it too poetic or too simple or too sentimental for Australian tastes? I think it’s fine but then I’m wet.
The sheet music can be purchased for download at Kevin Mayhew.
There are lots of versions on Youtube:
They go on and on but this one from the Hillsborough Memorial service is special.
This is another song by the prolific Ed Bolduc, which has liturgical uses (a very Eucharistic text) but the tune is really just too fiddly for the assembly.
This talented cantor is having a red hot go and the lyrics to the chorus are here, but you can see how it is a solo vehicle. There is a snippet of Karen Bolduc’s version here.
If you haven’t got Voices As One but are a WLP subscriber you can download the sheet music from here.
My backing is passing strange:
Entrance: Praise to You O Christ Our Saviour (Farrell) AOV 1/28
Psalm 116 ( O’Brien)
I will walk in the presence of the Lord,
In the land of the living.
Gifts: Heal Me O God (Norbet) AOV 2/52
Communion: I am the Bread of Life (Toolan) AOV 1/49
Lord, to Whom Shall We Go? (Herry) AOV 1/6
Recessional: Lord, the Light of Your Love (Kendrick) AOV 2/59
This song was used at Yola’s parish while I was away in January. The lovely music is by Bernadette Farrell and the text by Owen Alstott is such a lovely prayer for Lent I thought I’d blog it.
The song has many changes in time signature and I thought it would be impossible but I think the composer has pulled it off as I don’t think it would take long to get used to. In other words it sounds less complicated than it looks on the page.
The sheet music can be purchased for download at OCP where there is a snippet to listen to and a sample of the sheet music for the text.
I noticed that Yola’s parish were using this Hillsong song by Reuben Morgan and Ben Fielding in their liturgies. It is a typical P&W slow song that builds to an noisy frenzy if desired. The title sounds like awkward use of the English language to me and you wonder if they just needed a rhyme for grave. It is principally a solo vehicle but there are enough repeats and sing-along sections for assembly to participate.
The text is here and the sheet music can be purchased for download at various sites on the net including musicnotes.
Michael W Smith’s cover is here.
I believe this is Hillsong.
Other covers:
This is pretty much a choir only piece by Joe Mattingly of the Newman Singers in that the tune for each verse gets progressively more difficult and would be unlikely to be easily used by an assembly. Even the refrain has a fair bit of syncopation so I’ll leave this to the trained or professional to swing it out with their big band arrangement.
This is one of the songs with only this at the WLP site…
| Topic: | Petition; Trust |
| Liturgical Season: | Lent |
| Scripture: | Psalm 091 |
… so you can’t download it from there without their licence, but you may be able to buy the sheet music at WLP and at sheetmusicplus. The lyrics are nowhere to be found on the net.
This is a lovely hymn written by David Evans in the 1980s but has a classic singable tune. I’ve never heard it before but apparently it is a favourite in many places.
The text and some biographical information are at Hymnary. The song is the basis of an extended reflection here. The sheet music can be purchased at several online sellers including sheetmusicplus.
Lots of versions in various styles:
To mark the new season of Lent, we are changing to the Mass of St Francis, but will use the Lenten Gospel Acclamation from Mason’s Mass of Glory and Praise.
Entrance: Hosea (Norbet) AOV 1/30
Psalm 25 (O’Brien)
Gifts: Heal Me O God (Norbet) AOV 2/52
Communion: On Eagles Wings (Joncas) AOV 1/153
Be Not Afraid (Dufford) AOV 1/114
Recessional: Tree of Life (Thompson) AOV NG 138
I noticed Chris’s parish were doing this song by Kathleen Thomerson. I found it in Together in Song. Some background for the song and songwriter is here. It is a delightfully simple and singable hymn.
Cantus Mundi has the text and some Youtube videos. The sheet music can be purchased for download at OCP.
This song by Ed Bolduc has liturgical uses noted at WLP where the sheet music is only available to those with a WLP annual licence. I can’t find the sheet music anywhere else so you will have to get “Voices As One” I suppose. The timings are tricky – the verse is noted for a cantor, but the refrain isn’t straightforward either for the assembly.
The text is available in a powerpoint file here.
