The third collection of songs in the popular "How Can we Keep From Singing?" series feature great new songs for the liturgy
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A full piano arrangement has not been published yet, but in the spirit of the forthcoming season of goodwill, we thought we’d make a gift of the melody line and guitar chords, so you can start practising and perhaps use it in your Carol Services this year.
Hope you enjoy it…
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On Sunday, 19th September, in a slightly soggy, but Spirit-filled Cofton Park, Boyce & Stanley, their 6-piece band and a 40-strong choir opened the programm for the beatification of Cardinal John Henry Newman.
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Boyce & Stanley have released a sparkly, new 6 track CD Single to mark the beatification of Cardinal Newman and the Pope’s visit to Britain.
Entitled Lead Kindly Light, the new CD features contemporary re-workings of two of Cardinal Newman’s best-know hymn texts: Firmly I believe and, of course, the title track, Lead Kindly Light.
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We don’t like to be the first to mention the seasonal “C” word, but we have just spent a surreal few days – the warmest of the British summer so far – recording Christmas songs! It is reminiscent of a balmy summer spent recording our own Christmas album, The Promise…
This time however, we are working with Nigel Hemming, doing guest vocals on the Carols in the City Christmas CD due out this coming Autumn.
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On Sunday 20th June we had the privilege of recording several songs for BBC Radio 2′s Sunday Half Hour . The Sunday Half Hour which is presented by Father Brian D’Arcy, celebrates its 70th anniversary this month. The programme, which airs at 8:30pm, broadcasts weekly prayers, hymns and reflections on a set theme, and is one of only two remaining Christian programs on Radio 2, the other being Good Morning Sunday.
We featured on the June 27th episode, which focussed on the theme ‘holy ground’, with emphasis on the idea of making space for God and taking time for contemplation.
Also present at the recording were the choirs, singers and musicians from the parish of Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Sutton Coldfield.
The songs, ‘Make Me Holy’, ‘Behold the Lamb’, ‘Sweet Sacrament Divine’ and ‘All are Welcome’ were included in the programme, with the other songs we recorded to be broadcast on November 21st to mark the Feast of Christ the King.
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It was sure to happen sooner or later, but maybe we should have had a small competition to guess which of the many Boyce & Stanley liturgical classics would be the first to make it into print Stateside.
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