Hymns on Sunday

Hymns to mark Pentecost Sunday this week and, on this Platinum Jubilee Queen’s Birthday Weekend, we’ll hear some of the Queen’s favourite hymns along with a hymn sung at her coronation in 1953. Read more Video, Audio

Hymns to celebrate the Feast of the Ascension in this episode, including Charles Wesley’s Hail the day that sees him rise, and Christ ascends to God by New Zealander Marnie Barrell. And we mark the… Read more Audio

Today’s programme begins with a hymn that’s been covered by the likes of Neil Diamond, Judy Collins, Kenny Rogers, and maybe most famously by Cat Stevens (Yusuf Islam) in the 1970s: Morning has broken… Read more Audio

Hymns with a thankfulness theme in this week's programme, as well as some harvest hymns to reflect those cooler days and autumn colours that are all around us at the moment. Read more Audio

Celebrating Mother's Day this week with some hymns of praise to Mary, and Shirley Murray’s Loving Spirit. Read more Audio

Beekeeper, comic opera composer and professor of anatomy: just some of the interesting occupations of the people involved in this week’s selection of hymns. Read more Audio

In today’s programme we mark Anzac Day on 25 April with hymns including O God, our help in ages past and Shirley Murray’s New Zealand Anzac hymn, Honour the dead. Read more Audio

Celebrate Easter Sunday with hymns including Jesus Christ is risen today, The day of resurrection and Shirley Murray’s Christ is alive. Read more Audio

Hymns to mark this important date in the Christian calendar, commemorating the crucifixion of Jesus. Read more Audio

It’s Palm Sunday today, the Sunday before Easter that commemorates the entry of Jesus into Jerusalem. Hymns include All glory, laud and honour, and Ride on! King Jesus. Read more Audio

Children’s hymns feature in this week’s programme, including Cecil Frances Alexander’s well-known hymn There is a green hill far away.  Read more Audio

This week’s programme includes some communion hymns, there’s a favourite hymn by Quaker John Greenleaf Whittier – Dear Lord and father of mankind – and we continue our series of Psalm 23 settings with… Read more Audio