Aspidistra Island
In May 1972, for Christian Aid Week, a musical revue based was presented in Bristol, based on parts of the Book of Job. This song was written to accompany a dance expressing an aspect of that man’s brokenness.
Category: Looking outwards
Dear God, I pray you, save
Here is a personal cry
Stages acc. for practice only
This is a keyboard reduction of the score of ‘Stages SATB’ STAGES_60
Aarons
AARONS
Come, make way for the music that sires the stars
This song was adapted for Andrew Douglas-Forbes and Konstantin Lapshin from a hymn I was invited to write on the theme ‘Make Way’. Only after the hymn was sung at the service in Winchester Cathedral for which it was composed Read More …
Mysterious Lord of every dream
*** Behind this hymn is the story of the Lord appearing to Solomon in a dream, commanding him to ask for whatever he wished. COMMENTARY Without mentioning him by name, this hymn offers an interpretation of Solomon’s prayer for an understanding mind Read More …
We have not walked these paths before
** Christopher Idle wrote this lyric on the first day of this millennium. We have not walked these paths before.midi PORRESHAR.midi I like this lyric a lot, and was particularly grateful for the chance to give it a musical setting, because, Read More …
Town and Country (SSA accompanied)
town-and-country-voice-and-piano town-and-country-ssa-accompanied.midi
Do not let your hearts be troubled
A versification and setting of words from John chapter 14. I realized that the opening sentence of John 14 fits beautifully to the first line of music in a much-loved Welsh lullaby Suo Gân (though the lullaby has two phrases to a Read More …