Looking Into Light
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Looking Into Light is an album by Joanne Hogg
. It was released in 1999, and reissued in 2006 as Celtic Hymns.
The idea for Looking Into Light came from Hogg's father who was struck by the "When I Survey the Wondrous Cross
" recording by Iona
. He made the suggestion that Hogg should record a complete album of hymn
s. Until the sudden death of her mother in February 1997, the idea was given little thought. The choice of songs and hymns came from those familiar to the family, and the album was put together over the next year or so.
The recordings were engineered by Nigel Palmer at the following studios:
Joanne Hogg
Joanne Hogg is an Irish singer and songwriter for the band Iona.-Biography:Hogg was born in Ballymena, Northern Ireland and is best known as the lead singer and songwriter with the Christian progressive Celtic/pop/rock band Iona . Her father is a Presbyterian minister, her mother a nurse; her...
. It was released in 1999, and reissued in 2006 as Celtic Hymns.
The idea for Looking Into Light came from Hogg's father who was struck by the "When I Survey the Wondrous Cross
When I Survey the Wondrous Cross
The hymn, "When I Survey the Wondrous Cross", was written by Isaac Watts, and published in Hymns and Spiritual Songs in 1707. It is significant for being an innovative departure from the early English hymn style of only using paraphrased biblical texts, although the first two lines of the second...
" recording by Iona
Iona (band)
Iona is the name of a progressive Celtic rock band from the United Kingdom, which was formed in the late 1980s by lead vocalist Joanne Hogg and multi-instrumentalists David Fitzgerald and Dave Bainbridge....
. He made the suggestion that Hogg should record a complete album of hymn
Hymn
A hymn is a type of song, usually religious, specifically written for the purpose of praise, adoration or prayer, and typically addressed to a deity or deities, or to a prominent figure or personification...
s. Until the sudden death of her mother in February 1997, the idea was given little thought. The choice of songs and hymns came from those familiar to the family, and the album was put together over the next year or so.
The recordings were engineered by Nigel Palmer at the following studios:
- The Snooker Room, Ireland
- Gemini Studios, Ipswich
- Visions Of Albion, Yorkshire
- Rod's Cellar, Yorkshire
Band
- Joanne HoggJoanne HoggJoanne Hogg is an Irish singer and songwriter for the band Iona.-Biography:Hogg was born in Ballymena, Northern Ireland and is best known as the lead singer and songwriter with the Christian progressive Celtic/pop/rock band Iona . Her father is a Presbyterian minister, her mother a nurse; her...
– vocals, keyboard instrumentKeyboard instrumentA keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
s - Dave BainbridgeDave BainbridgeDave Bainbridge is a keyboard player and guitarist who with Dave Fitzgerald co-founded the Christian progressive and Celtic folk themed band Iona.-Biography:...
– keyboards, guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
, bouzoukiBouzoukiThe bouzouki , is a musical instrument with Greek origin in the lute family. A mainstay of modern Greek music, the front of the body is flat and is usually heavily inlaid with mother-of-pearl. The instrument is played with a plectrum and has a sharp metallic sound, reminiscent of a mandolin but... - Troy DonockleyTroy DonockleyTroy Donockley is an English composer and multi-instrumentalist most known for his playing of uillean pipes.- Early life and career :...
– Uillean pipes, low whistles - Phil Barker – bass guitarBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
- Tim HarriesTim HarriesTim Harries is a British bass player.Harries studied music at the University of York, graduating in 1981 before going on to study Double Bass with Tom Martin at the Guildhall School of Music...
– fuzz bass - Frank van EssenFrank Van EssenFrank van Essen is a drummer and violinist who plays in celtic folk themed band Iona.-Biography:Born in The Netherlands in 1967 and from a musical family. He took up drumming at the age of 15. Married with Marlou.-Musical career:...
– drum kitDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
, percussion instrumentPercussion instrumentA percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound when hit with an implement or when it is shaken, rubbed, scraped, or otherwise acted upon in a way that sets the object into vibration...
s, violinViolinThe violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello.... - Dave FitzgeraldDave FitzgeraldDave Fitzgerald is a woodwind player who plays saxophones , flutes, whistles and clarinet. With Dave Bainbridge he co-founded the influential Christian progressive and Celtic folk themed band Iona...
– fluteFluteThe flute is a musical instrument of the woodwind family. Unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is an aerophone or reedless wind instrument that produces its sound from the flow of air across an opening...
, tin whistleTin whistleThe tin whistle, also called the penny whistle, English Flageolet, Scottish penny whistle, Tin Flageolet, Irish whistle and Clarke London Flageolet is a simple six-holed woodwind instrument. It is an end blown fipple flute, putting it in the same category as the recorder, American Indian flute, and... - Chris Redgate – oboeOboeThe oboe is a double reed musical instrument of the woodwind family. In English, prior to 1770, the instrument was called "hautbois" , "hoboy", or "French hoboy". The spelling "oboe" was adopted into English ca...
- The Emperor String Quartet – stringsString sectionThe string section is the largest body of the standard orchestra and consists of bowed string instruments of the violin family.It normally comprises five sections: the first violins, the second violins, the violas, the cellos, and the double basses...
- Martin Burgess – 1st violin
- Claire Hayes – 2nd violin
- Fiona Bonds – violaViolaThe viola is a bowed string instrument. It is the middle voice of the violin family, between the violin and the cello.- Form :The viola is similar in material and construction to the violin. A full-size viola's body is between and longer than the body of a full-size violin , with an average...
- William Schofield – celloCelloThe cello is a bowed string instrument with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is a member of the violin family of musical instruments, which also includes the violin, viola, and double bass. Old forms of the instrument in the Baroque era are baryton and viol .A person who plays a cello is...
- Backing vocals on "Brightest and Best" – Hogg's sisters Helen, Doreen and Muriel
Track listing
- "I Heard The Voice" – 3:59
- "My Song Is Love Unknown" – 4:13
- "How Sweet The Name" – 5:33
- "Spacious Firmament" – 4:34
- "Be Thou My Vision" – 6:20
- "I Ask No Dream" – 5:23
- "Oh The Deep, Deep Love" – 4:01
- "Rock Of Ages" – 7:08
- "Brightest And Best" – 3:54
- "Almighty Father Who Dost Give" – 4:59
- "When I Survey" – 6:30
- "Be Still My Soul" – 3:27
Release details
- 1999, UK, Alliance Records 1901182, Release Date 15 November 1999, CD
- 1999, USA, Forefront Records FFD-5229, Release Date 15 November 1999, CD