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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

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 …

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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

A Song for Sarai and Elizabeth

Posted onMay 5, 2018October 25, 2019AuthorDougLeave a comment

Ninety-years old Sarai was the wife of one hundred-years old Abram when, according to the story in Genesis 21.1-7, she gave birth to Isaac, whose name means ‘God has laughed’. The Gospel of Luke 1.57 tells of the birth of Read More …

Categories‘art’ songs, Songs, Voice and Piano

Two songs: Anticipation, Quadrant

Posted onJune 30, 2017October 9, 2017AuthorDougLeave a comment

Professional painter and tenor Andrew Douglas-Forbes commissioned these songs to be part of a song recital coinciding with open an exhibition of his paintings at Aberglasney House, Llandeilo, June 2017. Anticipation Quadrant

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A Fresh Receiving of Psalm 40

Posted onNovember 22, 2016AuthorDougLeave a comment

I had been accompanying contralto Eileen Wetherell for some years, during which time she was accepted for ordination training. Following the General Synod vote in November 1992 to accept women as priests in the Church of England, and after Eileen’s Read More …

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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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