Hymns
Hymns on Sunday, 4 April 2021
Some of the great resurrection hymns in today's programme for Easter Day. Audio
Hymns on Sunday, 28 March 2021
Plenty of celebratory hymns in this week's Palm Sunday edition of Hymns on Sunday, including one that's been in use as a Palm Sunday processional hymn since the 10th century. Audio
Hymns on Sunday, 21 March 2021
It's the fifth Sunday in Lent, and in today's programme you can hear one of the great hymns for Lent and Holy Week: Samuel Crossman's My song is love unknown. Audio
Hymns on Sunday, 14 March 2021
Coming up in Hymns on Sunday, some communion hymns, a psalm from the Scottish Psalter, and we hear hymns from two writers who are proof that age is no barrier to trying something new. Audio
Hymns on Sunday, 7 March 2021
Hymns by Charles Wesley feature in Hymns on Sunday this week. He and his brother John were the founders of Methodism, and although they both wrote hymns it was Charles who ended up with the nickname… Audio
Hymns on Sunday, 28 February 2021
Hymns on Sunday this week features hymns for Lent and two very different settings of Psalm 130: "Out of the depths I cry to you, Lord". Audio
Hymns on Sunday, 21 February 2021
This week's selection includes hymns to mark the First Sunday in Lent; German theologian Martin Luther's Feast Day; and there are hymns with a Christchurch connection to mark the 10th anniversary of… Audio
Hymns on Sunday, 14 February 2021
Hymns from across the centuries in today's programme, ranging from a hymn written by Joachim Neander in the 1600s right up to Keith Getty and Stuart Townend's In Christ Alone from 2001. Audio
Hymns on Sunday, 7 February 2021
In Hymns on Sunday, we mark Waitangi Day with Shirley Murray's hymn God bless our land. And we wrap up our Summer Hymn Requests for the year: this week's listener favourites include a setting of Psalm… Audio
Hymns on Sunday, 31 January 2021
More listener favourites this week, including a hymn by New Zealander Nigel Eastgate. Alongside a busy career as a GP in South Dunedin for nearly 38 years, he was also a composer. He wrote a number of… Audio
Hymns on Sunday, 24 January 2021
Hear hymns sung in some great acoustics, including St Paul’s Cathedral and Westminster Abbey in London, Washington National Cathedral, and the Wellington Cathedral of St Paul right here in New… Audio
Hymns on Sunday, 17 January 2021
Does the name Howard Goodall sound familiar? He's an award-winning composer of choral music, stage musicals, film and TV scores - among them Blackadder, The Vicar of Dibley, and Mr Bean. He's also… Audio
Hymns on Sunday, 10 January 2021
In today's programme of listener requests, we've a hymn written by two friends; there's one of Martin Luther King's favourite hymns; and the American Spiritual Ensemble sings Siyahamba. Audio
Hymns on Sunday, 3 January 2021
In this week's Hymns on Sunday Summer Requests programme we've some familiar favourites, including Charles Wesley's And Can It Be, and The Lord's My Shepherd set to Jessie Seymour Irvine's tune… Audio
Hymns on Sunday, 27 December 2020
It's the first of our Hymns on Sunday Summer Requests programmes today - you can hear Shirley Murray's Sing a carol for summer, a hymn by Colin Gibson, and Handel Parker's Deep Harmony arranged for… Audio
Hymns on Sunday, 20 December 2020
Time to put your best voice forward this week in Hymns on Sunday! If you're feeling as though you haven't had the chance to have a good Christmas singalong yet, we've plenty of well-known carols for… Audio
Hymns on Sunday, 13 December 2020
Some New Zealand carols feature in this week's Hymns on Sunday, including Shirley Murray's Child of Christmas Story and the Pohutukawa Carol which was written by Father Ted Forsman while he was an… Audio
Hymns on Sunday, 6 December 2020
Our Advent hymns today, marking the Second Sunday in Advent, include Shirley Murray's Look towards Christmas. Audio
Hymns on Sunday, 29 November 2020
We're marking the First Sunday in Advent with some great seasonal hymns, including O come, Emmanuel and Come, thou long-expected Jesus. Audio
Hymns on Sunday, 22 November 2020
This week in Hymns on Sunday we've hymns to celebrate Christ the King Sunday, St Clement's Day and the hymn writer Isaac Watts. Audio