Hymns on Sunday Podcast Options

4:15 AM.It’s World Day of the Poor today. This is a relatively recent initiative, begun by Pope Francis in 2017. You can hear some hymns with a social justice theme in the programme, to mark the day. Read more Audio

4:15 AM.A favourite setting of The Lord’s My Shepherd (Psalm 23) in this week’s programme. It’s known as ‘Brother James’ Air’, named after the tune’s composer James Leith McBain. Read more Audio

4:15 AM.It’s Reformation Day today (31 October): it was on this day in 1517 that Martin Luther nailed his 95 theses to the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg, Germany. We’ll hear Luther’s great hymn A… Read more Audio

4:15 AM.Some light-themed hymns in this week's programme, including John Henry Newman's Lead, kindly light and the South African hymn Siyahamba (We are walking in the light of God). Read more Audio

4:15 AM.Lawyer, politician, church minister, teacher, opera singer: just some of the many and varied occupations of the hymn writers in this week's episode of Hymns on Sunday. Read more Audio

4:15 AM.Hymns in this week’s programme include a Jewish-Methodist collaboration, one of the Queen’s favourites and setting of Psalm 96: O sing unto the Lord a new song. Read more Audio

4:00 AM.We're celebrating the Feast Day of St Francis of Assisi (4 October) in Hymns on Sunday, which marks the end of the Season of Creation in the church calendar. Read more Audio

4:00 AM.Voices of women in Hymns on Sunday today, with hymns from across the centuries written or translated by the likes of Shirley Murray, Marnie Barrell, Cecil Frances Alexander and Catherine Winkworth. Read more Audio

4:00 AM.It’s the final day of Te Wiki o te Reo Māori – Māori Language Week – and we’ve a great selection of te reo hymns including Wairua Tapu by Ngapo Wehi and a setting of Whakaaria mai by Ryan Youens. Read more Audio

4:00 AM.We’re looking upward in this week’s home edition of the programme with two settings of Psalm 121: ‘I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills’. Read more Audio

4:20 AM.The Season of Creation is an annual, worldwide, ecumenical celebration of prayer and action for the environment which takes place from 1 September through to 4 October. In this week's home edition of… Read more Audio

4:20 AM.There's a beautiful setting of the Prayer of St Francis in this week's home edition of Hymns on Sunday: Lord, make me an instrument of your peace. Read more Video, Audio

4:20 AM.Tune in this week for a selection of hymns of reassurance, comfort and hope. Read more Audio

4:20 AM.Marian hymns feature in Hymns on Sunday this week, marking the Feast of the Assumption of Mary on 15 August. It's a particularly significant time for New Zealand Catholics as they rededicate Aotearoa… Read more Video, Audio

4:20 AM.Hymns to mark the Feast of the Transfiguration (6th August) this week, and a selection of morning hymns including Morning has broken, and When morning gilds the skies. Read more Audio

4:20 AM.Well-known favourites this week include Henry Baker's paraphrase of Psalm 23 (The king of love my shepherd is) and Dear Lord and father of mankind by John Greenleaf Whittier. You can also hear a hymn… Read more Audio

4:20 AM.We've hymns by Scotsman James Montgomery in this week's programme. As well as writing hymns (including the carol Angels from the realms of glory), he was a journalist and newspaper editor who worked… Read more Audio

4:20 AM.Some communion hymns in this week's programme, and a couple of hymns with a slavery connection. Read more Audio

4:20 AM.Hymns with tunes by classical composers Beethoven, Holst and Handel feature in this week's programme. And we've a favourite setting of Psalm 23: Brother James' Air. Read more Audio

4:20 AM.There's nothing like a good singalong to warm you up on these cold winter mornings! Join in with this week's selection of favourite hymns, spirituals and psalm settings. Read more Audio

4:20 AM.Hymns with a pilgrim theme feature in Hymns on Sunday this week. Read more Audio

4:20 AM.Hymns to mark World Refugee Day and the start of Matariki feature in Hymns on Sunday this week. Read more Audio

4:20 AM.Hymns on peace, Maori hymns and a beautiful benediction in this week's programme. Read more Audio

4:20 AM.It's Queen's Birthday Weekend, and Hymns on Sunday this week includes some of the Queen's favourite hymns. Read more Audio

4:20 AM.Three good reasons to listen to this week's selection of hymns for Trinity Sunday: Reginald Heber's Holy, holy, holy; John Marriott's Thou whose almighty word; and Ye watchers and ye holy ones by John… Read more Audio