Church Music

An example of inculturation Irish style from Mary’s parish. Some information and a link to sheet music are available here.

Having never heard of this Marian hymn I made a backing for my benefit.

Yola’s parish seemed to have two recessionals on Ascension Sunday one of them being Curtis Stephan’s “Go Out Go Out”.  It is a paraphrase of Psalm 117 in a gospel funk style.

The text is in the sample here and the sheet music can be purchased at spiritandsong.

Entrance: Sing of the Lord’s Goodness (Sands) AOV 1/131

Psalm 33 (O’Brien)

Happy the people the Lord has chosen to be his own.

Gifts: Trinity Song (Andersen)

Communion: Our Supper Invitation (Bates) AOV 1/185

Seed Scattered and Sown (Feiten) GA 195

Thanksgiving: Lift Your Hearts to the Chosen One (Light- Tate) VAO 1/56

Recessional: Hearts on Fire (Mangan)

The recessional at Ryan’s parish for Ascension was “Go to the World” by Sylvia Dunstan.

It has been set to more than one tune but they use SINE NOMINE (links to sheet music are at Hymnary)  by Ralph Vaughn Williams, the tune for “For All the Saints”. The text is here.

This is an uptempo praise song that would fit certain liturgies by Ed Bolduc.

WLP subscribers can download the sheet music here, otherwise it is in the “We Are Faithful” songbook that you can buy at WLP.

You can listen to a snippet here.

Yola’s parish used this Jack Hayford song as a recessional on Ascension Sunday.

The text is here. The sheet music is available all over the net including to purchase from sheetmusicplus.

My backing overdoes the tympani:

I thought my version was a bit much, but I’m restrained compared to some versions.

I think it works OK like this:

A gorgeous Steven C Warner choir piece for marriage, RCIA, school leaving etc. It is an adaptation of Proverbs 4.

The text is in the sample at WLP where you can purchase the sheet music and listen to a beautiful snippet by the choir.

My backing is a little faster and has birds in it:

This is the last of the songs that were in the Easter liturgies posted here for which I had the music.  This is by John Bell and it is up to his usual very high standard.

The text is in this bulletin on page twelve. Hymnary notes the hymnals it appears in – I have a copy in Together In Song. It is also from “Wild Goose Songs 3: Love From Below” which can be purchased here.

It is not meant to drag.

This version is too polite IMHO. (… but beautifully sung)

There were some interesting songs posted for the Ascension.

This one is to the tune LASST UNS ERFREUN that I blogged recently as the tune to“All Creatures of Our God and King.”

The text by the Venerable Bede, translated by Benjamin Webb is here.

I’ll catch up with some of the other interesting songs posted soon.

I’m back blogging Voices As One for this lovely song by Paul A Tate.

It has many liturgical uses, especially with its interesting take on the Trinity.

The text is in the sample at WLP where the sheet music can be purchased and a snippet is available to hear the choir do the SATB arrangement. A choir would be fantastic but the assembly will handle at least the refrain. By the third verse there are several vocal lines going if you have the choir to do it.

This is most peaceful: