Listen & tracks
21 works · 60:49
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1 O Holy Spirit Jim Minchin Latin 9th Century 3:01
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2 Christus paradox Jim Minchin 2:39
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3 Batter my heart Jim Minchin Holy Sonnets XIV 2:13
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4 I got me flowers Jim Minchin 'The Temple' 2:50
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5 Psalm 42: Like the deer that yearns Jim Minchin 3:08
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6 Knowing that time withers Jim Minchin 3:43
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7 Marriage song Jim Minchin Cana Tuesday 2:43
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8 The stranger Jim Minchin 2:40
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9 Running to Paradise Jim Minchin 1:52
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10 Dance there Jim Minchin parts I & II 2:32
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11 Universe inside me Jim Minchin 2:38
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12 Here hangs a man discarded Jim Minchin 2:29
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13 The Seed Jim Minchin 3:46
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14 A kind of kingdom Jim Minchin 3:53
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15 Strangers Jim Minchin 3:14
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16 Hymn to God my God in my Sickness Jim Minchin Divine Poems 4:02
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17 Hymn to God the Father Jim Minchin Divine Poems 3:00
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18 Come away, death Jim Minchin Twelfth Night Act 1 Scene 5 2:09
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19 Death be not proud Jim Minchin Holy Sonnets X 3:06
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20 King of glory Jim Minchin 2:45
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21 Rainbow song Jim Minchin 2:26
Like playful, thoughtful lyrics? Sweet, serious or sly songs? Words by John Donne, George Herbert, William Shakespeare and other poets of heart and soul, with music by Jim Minchin.
This anthology gathers his settings of soul poets across the centuries – from anonymous Latin verse and the metaphysical sonnets of Donne and Herbert to Yeats, Shakespeare, and contemporary writers including Lee Tzu Pheng, Wendy Poussard, Sylvia Dunstan and Brian Wren. Friends of the Melbourne priest-composer perform them, drawn from recordings made between 1969 and 2016.
Artists
Jim Minchin
composer
James Blundell “Jim” Minchin (b. 1942) is an Australian composer and Anglican priest whose jazz-inflected hymn settings helped renew church music in the 1960s, and who later wrote songs to contemporary texts for worship and beyond.
George Herbert
composer
George Herbert’s sacred lyrics speak with plain force and metaphysical wit to the soul’s traffic with God. Shaped as altars and wings on the page, they have drawn composers for centuries and still ring out as hymns and art songs of rare intimacy.
William Shakespeare
composer
William Shakespeare's sonnets and the songs embedded in his plays remain living lyric for composers. On these recordings his words surface in art song, lieder and choral settings that still carry love, wit, jealousy and foolery.
John Donne
composer
John Donne’s poems move between erotic wit and hard-won faith, built from paradox, abrupt openings and metaphysical conceit. On these recordings his words are set anew for singing, devotion and reflection.
Sylvia Dunstan
composer
Lee Tzu Pheng
composer
Wendy Poussard
composer
Brian Wren
composer
Brian Wren writes hymn texts that treat congregational song as poetry and theology. His lyrics, shaped by inclusive language and careful image, appear in hymnals across Christian traditions and on recordings of worship song.
William Butler Yeats
composer
Digital booklet
Digital booklet Notes, texts and credits — read online or download the PDF Download the PDFPerformers
- Lyndon Green · vocals · tracks 1, 3, 4, 7, 8, 12, 16–19
- Jennifer Bryce · vocals · tracks 1, 4, 16, 17 and 19
- 5+Friends · ensemble · tracks 2, 14 and 15
- Margaret Haggart · soprano · tracks 5, 10 and 20
- Fay White · vocals · tracks 6, 11, 13 and 21
- Rose Bharati Vaitinathan · vocals · track 9
- Chan Ming Lye · vocals · track 10
- Karl Dorning · vocals · tracks 2, 14 and 15
- Sidaislers · ensemble · track 9
Technical credit
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Mastering Engineer
Martin Wright
Details
- List price
- $25.00 AUD
- Total playing time
- 60 minutes 49 seconds
- Release date
- 15 Jan 2026
- Categories
- Australian, Vocal
- Musical work copyright
- © 2016 Jim Minchin
- Sound recording copyright
- ℗ 2016 Move Records
- Catalogue
- MD 3152
- EAN
- 8721465437553
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