Hymns
Hymns on Sunday, 15 November 2020
What hymns did you choose for your wedding? This week in Hymns on Sunday you can hear some of Queen Elizabeth II's choices - her 73rd wedding anniversary is coming up on 20 November. Audio
Hymns on Sunday, 8 November 2020
We're marking Remembrance Sunday today, with hymns including O God, our help in ages past and The day thou gavest, Lord, is ended. And it's an important day for the Timaru Catholic community with the… Audio
Hymns on Sunday, 1 November 2020
We're marking All Saints' Day this week (1 November) with a massed choir performance of William How's great hymn For all the saints. And Reformation Day (31 October) isn't forgotten: listen out for… Audio
Hymns on Sunday, 25 October 2020
In Hymns on Sunday this week, you can hear 'one of the most perfect tunes in existence'. That's how composer Hubert Parry described the traditional Irish tune Londonderry Air, paired here with Timothy… Audio
Hymns on Sunday, 11 October 2020
Spirituals, psalms and some hymns with a royal connection in this week's programme. And the details for our Summer Hymn Request programmes in January, where you get to choose the hymns. Audio
Hymns on Sunday, 4 October 2020
It's the Feast Day of St Francis of Assisi today. Words from his poem Canticle of the Sun inspired a translation by English vicar William Draper which became the hymn All creatures of our God and king… Audio
Hymns on Sunday, 27 September 2020
There's a focus on women hymn writer and translators in this week's programme, with hymns from Victorian-era writers Frances Ridley Havergal and Cecil Frances Alexander to some by our New Zealand hymn… Audio
Hymns on Sunday, 20 September 2020
This week's selection includes hymns to mark Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori (Maori Language Week). Video, Audio
Hymns on Sunday, 13 September 2020
There's a focus on the pipe organ this week - described by Mozart as 'the king of instruments'. Audio
Hymns on Sunday for 30 August 2020
Pilgrim hymns feature this week, including He who would valiant be (with words from John Bunyan's allegory The Pilgrim's Progress), and Light of the lonely pilgrim's heart. Audio
Hymns on Sunday for 23 August 2020
This week in Hymns on Sunday, find out the story behind Folliott Pierpoint's hymn For the beauty of the earth. And we've some hymns that use tunes from two of the great classical composers - Joseph… Audio
Hymns on Sunday for 16 August 2020
There's a focus this week on hymns that are inspired by the psalms, including All people that on earth do dwell (Psalm 100), and I to the hills will lift mine eyes, from Psalm 121. Audio
Hymns on Sunday for 9 August 2020
Hymns to mark the Feast of the Transfiguration this week, including Immortal, invisible and Christ, whose glory fills the skies. Audio
Hymns on Sunday for 2 August 2020
Hymns with a social justice theme, a spiritual from the New Zealand Youth Choir, and some settings of Psalm 104 - all in Hymns on Sunday this week. Audio
Hymns on Sunday for 19 July 2020
Hymns on peace, some Maori hymns and a beautiful benediction in this week's programme. Video, Audio
Hymns on Sunday for 12 July 2020
We're focussing on hymns inspired by the Psalms in this week. Audio
Hymns on Sunday, 5 July 2020
Keep your vocal cords in shape with this week's selection of hymns, including Immortal, Invisible and What a friend we have in Jesus. Audio
Hymns on Sunday, 28 June 2020
Hymns with the theme of 'mercy' feature in Hymns on Sunday this week, and there's a 20th century classic which became famous during the Billy Graham Crusades of the 1940s. Audio
Hymns on Sunday, 21 June 2020
Something for the shortest day in Hymns on Sunday this week - In the bleak midwinter. It's one of those snow-filled Northern hemisphere carols that sound best sung on a wintry day... Audio
Hymns on Sunday, 14 June 2020
Hymns of thankfulness today, including New Zealand composer Jenny McLeod's Thank you for the night and a particularly joyful recording of Now thank we all our God by the Huddersfield Choral Society. Audio