Hymns are a living link with the past, yet they still find freshness and relevance in the twenty-first century. Saint Thomas Aquinas comments that “hymns are the praise of God with song; a song is the exultation of the mind dwelling on eternal things, bursting forth in the voice” and this explains neatly the vital place that hymnody has enjoyed throughout the ages and continues to do so today.

‘Praise My Soul’ celebrates this glorious tradition of hymnody and showcases some of the hymns heard in Jesus College Chapel in their own regular pattern of choral services. Some of these, including ‘Drop, drop, slow tears’ and ‘Glory to thee, my God’, have been sung regularly for hundreds of years. Others such as ‘All my hope on God is founded’ or ‘Christ Triumphant’ have become classics over the last half-century.

The Choir of Jesus College Cambridge return to disc on Signum with their seventh release and their first under choral director Richard Pinel.

Tracklisting:
1. Praise, my soul, the King of Heaven
2. Glory to thee, my God
3. O God, our help in ages past
4. Rock of ages, cleft for me
5. There’s a wideness in God’s mercy
6. The day thou gavest
7. Holy, Holy, Holy
8. Glory in the highest
9. Joyful, joyful we adore thee
10. All my hope on God is founded
11. For the fruits of his creation
12. He who would valiant be
13. When I survey the wondrous cross
14. My song is love unknown
15. Sing we of the blessed Mother
16. Drop, drop slow tears
17. The Lord’s my shepherd
18. Come down, O love divine
19. How shall we sing salvation’s song?
20. Abide with me
21. Christ triumphant, ever reigning