Hymns on Sunday

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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