GIA's venerable Psalms for the Church Year series has a fresh face with this new volume from Malcolm Kogut, who brings his gift for melody and his comfortable jazz-tinged style to this important new collection of psalms.
Malcolm fills some repertoire "holes" with these settings. He has set Psalm 47: "God Mounts His Throne to Shouts of Joy" for Ascension, and Psalm 45: "The Queen Stands at Your Right Hand" for Assumption, along with a mix of other common and lesser-known psalms. Using primarily ICEL refrains and several Grail translations, this volume is a worthy addition to the Psalms for the Church Year series. And, as with the other volumes, it includes reprint boxes of all refrains and a liturgical use index.

Song List:

• Psalm 4: Let Your Face Shine Upon Us
  


• Psalm 17: Lord, When Your Glory Appears
  


• Psalm 22: I Will Praise You, Lord
  


• Psalm 24: Let The Lord Enter
  


• Psalm 42: Like A Deer That Longs
  


• Psalm 45: The Queen Stands At Your Right Hand
  


• Psalm 47: God Mounts His Throne To Shouts Of Joy
  


• Psalm 51: Create In Me A Clean Heart
  


• Psalm 67: May God Bless Us In His Mercy
  


• Psalm 69: Lord, In Your Great Love
  


• Psalm 78: The Lord Gave Them Bread
  


• Psalm 80: Lord, Make Us Turn To You
  


• Psalm 89: For Ever I Will Sing
  


• Psalm 90: Fill Us With Your Love, O Lord
  


• Psalm 112: Like A Lamp In The Darkness
  


• Psalm 137: Let My Tongue Be Silenced
  


• Psalm 145: The Hand Of The Lord Feeds Us
  
  
  Total Play Time: 44.3 Minutes
  

Twenty-four common psalm settings for all the seasons of the church year. Appropriate for choral/organ performance as well as smaller liturgical consorts using guitar, piano, bass, and voices.

Song List:

• Psalm 98: All The Ends Of The Earth
• Psalm 25: To You, O Lord
• Psalm 85: Let Us See Your Kindness
• Psalm 72: Every Nation On Earth Will Adore You
• Psalm 19: Lord, You Have The Words
• Psalm 34: Taste And See
• Psalm 91: Be With Me
• Psalm 51: Be Merciful, O Lord
• Psalm 130: With The Lord, There Is Mercy
• Psalm 22: My God, My God
• Psalm 116: Our Blessing Cup
• Psalm 31: I Put My Life In Your Hands
• Psalm 136: His Love Is Everlasting
• Psalm 66: Let All The Earth
• Psalm 118: Let Us Rejoice
• Psalm 47: God Mounts His Throne
• Psalm 95: If Today You Hear His Voice
• Psalm 104: Lord, Send Our Your Spirit
• Psalm 100: We Are His People
• Psalm 27: The Lord Is My Light
• Psalm 63: Your Love Is Finer Than Life
• Psalm 103: The Lord Is Kind And Merciful
• Psalm 145: I Will Praise Your Name
• Psalm 122: Let Us Go Rejoicing
  
  Total Play Time: 1.1 Hour

The extensive liturgical index for this new addition to our very popular Psalms for the Church Year series reveals the depth of this collection. There's an appropriate psalm for all the sacraments, rites of the church, seasons of the liturgical year, and numerous feasts, solemnities and Sundays. The texts are drawn from various sources, and the music-signature Haas!

Song List:

• Psalm 148 - Praise In The Heights
• Psalm 93 - From The Clay
• Psalm 6 - My Strength Is Gone
• Psalm 36 - The Fountain Of All Life
• Psalm 25 - To You, O Lord
• Psalm 97 - Our God Is Here
• Psalm 43 - I Will Go Up
• Psalm 124 - Our Soul Has Escaped
• Psalm 86 - Goodness And Forgiveness
• Psalm 146 - As Long As I Live
• Psalm 91 - Lord, Be With Me
• Psalm 23 - You Are My Shepherd
• Psalm 8 - You Are Wonderful
• Psalm 84 - How Lovely
• Psalm 117 - You Will Be My Witness
• Psalm 145 - Faithful God
• Psalm 32 - God, I Confess My Wrong
• Psalm 119 - Receive Me, God
• Psalm 19 - Their Message Fills The World
• Pslam 150 - Singing Praise To God
  
  Total Play Time: 1.1 Hours

These settings are almost all written for cantor(s), keyboard (with congregation on the refrain), and optional guitar. Instead of adopting a single style for the settings, the words here suggest the countour, pace, harmonies, and melody for the setting. This gives the liturgical planner the freedom to select music according to the prayerful shape of the liturgy. A welcome resource from none other than John Foley.

Song List:

• Psalm 128: Happy Are They
• Psalm 130: If You, O God, Laid Bare Our Guilt
• Psalm 63: My Soul Is Thirsting For You
• Psalm 33: God, Let Your Mercy
• Psalm 104: God, Send Out Your Spirit
• Psalm 23: The Lord Is My Shepherd
• Psalm 96: Give To God Glory And Honor
• Psalm 27: I Believe I Will See
• Psalm 16: Keep Me Safe, O God
• Psalm 66: Let All The Earth
• Psalm 126: Our God Has Done Great Things For Us
• Psalm 89: Forever I Will Sing
• Psalm 116: I Will Walk In The Presence Of God
• Psalm 118: This Is The Day
• Psalm 103: The Lord Is Kind And Merciful
• Psalm 92: Lord, It Is Good To Give Thanks To You
  
  Total Play Time: 54.6 Minutes

The Dameans reunite to bring new life to their own previously published psalm settings. Newly revised texts, more faithful to the actual psalm, benefit from recent translations and reflect inclusive language. The refrains have also been revised to match the appropriate seasonal and common refrains from the Lectionary.

Song List:

• Psalm 16: Keep Me Safe/Path Of Life
• Psalm 85: Come, O Lord/Let Us See Your Kindness
• Psalm 34: Taste & See/I Will Bless/Come, My Children
• Psalm 97: A Light Will Shine/Lord, Today
• Psalm 141: Evening Offering
• Psalm 135: We Praise You
• Psalm 63: I Long For You/As Morning Breaks
• Psalm 118: This Is The Day/Alleluia
• Psalm 130: Remember Your Love/There Is Mercy...
• Psalm 104: Lord, Send Out Your Spirit
• Psalm 25: To You, O Lord/The Lord Is Near
• Psalm 136: God Is Everlasting Love
  
  Total Play Time: 48.3 Minutes