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Aspidistra Island

Posted onSeptember 23, 2020September 23, 2020AuthorDougLeave a comment

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.

Categories‘art’ songs, Confession, Looking outwards, Personal responses, Songs

I wear a poppy …

Posted onOctober 16, 2019October 29, 2019AuthorDougLeave a comment

Some people are evidently puzzled by the wearing of white poppies; this song offers an explanation. Starting out as a poem, the first line presented itself to me as ‘Down in yon forest’, a Derbyshire carol set for choir by Read More …

CategoriesConvictions, Songs, unaccompanied

LOVE

Posted onApril 11, 2019April 11, 2019AuthorDougLeave a comment

I composed this song at Lee Abbey in 1975 to be the postlude following an improvised conversation over a staged meal for four, ‘Table Talk’. The accompaniment, first composed in 2013, was completely re-written in 2019.

Categories‘art’ songs, accompanied, Songs

Soul’s Serenity

Posted onApril 1, 2019April 3, 2019AuthorDougLeave a comment

  This is the third of my settings of three poems by Peter Glew. Soul’s SerenityOak green serenityMeadow green greennessFlight bobbing GoldfinchWren flitting sparrows.Air swooning swallowsStreakingSky coloured prism inThe early evening sun.Glory burst: illuminatingshadow cast giants.Night’s anticipation.Soul’s serenity.

Categories‘art’ songs, Songs, Voice and Piano

Grey Skies

Posted onApril 1, 2019April 3, 2019AuthorDougLeave a comment

The second of three poems by Peter Glew I set for voice and piano in 2018.

Categories‘art’ songs, accompanied, Songs, Voice and Piano

Awakening

Posted onMarch 15, 2019April 3, 2019AuthorDougLeave a comment

This is the first of three settings of poems by a dear friend, the late Peter Glew, after he was diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease. My God how you greet me this morning Jewelled frost at my feet Clear sky Read More …

Categories‘art’ songs, Songs, Voice and Piano

Hey the gift (unaccompanied)

Posted onJuly 6, 2018February 7, 2019AuthorDougLeave a comment

This dancey song, written in celebration of the birth of Rachel Claringbull, can be sung as a Round, perhaps with the accompaniment of a tambour.

CategoriesBirth, Devotional, Jesus of Nazareth, the Christ, Personal responses, Rounds, Songs, unaccompanied

Love’s Journeying

Posted onJuly 6, 2018February 3, 2020AuthorDougLeave a comment

CategoriesCreation, Erotic love, Grace in history, Harvest, light songs, Looking outwards, Personal responses, Songs, Voice and Piano, with children in mind, with children in mind

How it is (Patterns)

Posted onJuly 4, 2018AuthorDougLeave a comment

Another song inspired by project work at Northam School in Southampton .  

Categorieslight songs, Voice and Piano, with children in mind

Funeral Nunc Dimittis

Posted onJuly 4, 2018July 4, 2018AuthorDougLeave a comment

Created in 2013 for the funeral of a friend, Maureen, this piece derives from one I made in 1973 for a Nativity presentation  at Lee Abbey ‘A Song for Simeon and Anna’. The words here set for ‘her’ can be Read More …

Categoriesaccompanied, Communion of Saints, Epiphany, Resurrection, Songs

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Donation for downloading hymns or songs

I hope you are able to find many pieces that you want to download and use in worship and other settings. If you would like to donate, the suggested amount is £1.20 per hymn. Thank you.

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Donation for downloading hymns or songs

I hope you are able to find many pieces that you want to download and use in worship and other settings. If you would like to donate, the suggested amount is £1.20 per hymn. Thank you.

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