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A rich harmony arrangement with a soloist, and nicely contrasting composed middle section.

• Crehan: Amazing Grace; computer-set 

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A warm jazzy/soul arrangement for male choir.

• Crehan: Blame it on my Youth; computer-set 

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Although on a surface merely a drinking song, this is really an early Christmas piece from the ‘wassail’ tradition. A wassail was a toast or a drink associated with Christmas festivities, and the term could also be applied to the drink itself: “a punch made of sweetened ale or wine heated with spices and roasted apples”. The text is probably from the time of Henry VI (1421-1471).

When the text was printed in a carol collection in the 1851, the editor cautioned:

“Good ale, however, like most other things when taken in excess, is attended by certain inconveniences, as the following song….will serve to explain.”

Bring Us In Good Ale was written for Mainly Men of Rangitoto College (Auckland), and conductor David Squire.

• Hamilton: Bring Us In Good Ale; computer-set  Year: 2009 

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The text of this piece is the simple story of the thoughts of an astronaut as he prepares to head off into outer space. He seems happy to be heading off and leaving all behind him: “you needn’t think I’ll give a damn for you or what you are”.

English poet Norman Nicholson (1914-1987) was not associated with any particular poetic movement of the twentieth century, and his work is noted for its simplicity of language and concern with matters of everyday life. Much of his poetry focussed on the mining and quarrying industries of the are in which he lived, and also religion and faith.

• Hamilton: Off to Outer Space Tomorrow Morning; computer-set  Year: 2009 

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