Singing Psalms Vol 2 to be launched
A second publication with fresh and engaging simple chants for the psalms for the coming liturgical year has been produced and will be launched at two special events in Londonderry and Cork.
‘Singing Psalms - Responsorial Psalms set to Simple Chant - Year C', is launched a year after the first volume was published to a warm reception. It sets out the psalms in a clear and easy to use manner and covers the liturgical year beginning on Advent Sunday 2009.
In an attempt to recapture the richness and variety of emotion expressed within the psalms, the Liturgical Advisory Committee of the Church of Ireland had asked musicians Alison Cadden and Peter Thompson to devise a way of setting the psalms to music that can be sung by anyone.
The authors say, ‘Whether there is a congregation of ten or a hundred, no choir or a large chorus, "Singing Psalms" will work effectively - all that is needed is the prayer book and a copy of this new publication.'
Alison is a music teacher in Portadown and a parishioner of Seagoe Parish, while Peter is Rector of St Michael's, Castlecaulfield.
The first launch will take place at All Saints, Clooney, Londonderry on Saturday the 14th November at 11.00 a.m., with a second at St Fin Barre's Cathedral, Cork on Sunday the 22nd November at a service of Evensong at 7.00 p.m. Both events will showcase the music in participative ways.
It is published by The Columba Press, price £12.99 or €17.99 and will be available from the Good Bookshop, Belfast and the Resource Centre, Rathmines, Dublin.