Hymns
Hymns on Sunday, 23 October 2022
We’re marking World Mission Sunday this week with hymns including Dan Schutte’s I, the Lord of sea and sky and the traditional spiritual Who’ll be a witness for my Lord? Audio
Hymns on Sunday, 16 October 2022
Brass bands and hymn tunes go so well together! In this week’s programme, you can hear a spine-tingling rendition of Joseph Parry’s Aberystwyth played by Christchurch band Woolston Brass. Audio
Hymns on Sunday, 9 October 2022
We're celebrating 150 years since the birth of English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams in this week's programme. Find out how this 'cheerful agnostic' had a major impact on 20th century western… Audio
Hymns on Sunday, 2 October 2022
Hymns with a focus on St Francis of Assisi and nature this week. The patron saint of ecology’s feast day is on 4 October and marks the end of the Season of Creation in the church calendar. Audio
Hymns on Sunday, 25 September 2022
Lancelot Andrewes was a 16th century English bishop and one of a group of Church of England scholars appointed to compile the King James version of the Bible. You can hear John Rutter’s beautiful… Audio
Hymns on Sunday, 18 September 2022
Henry Lyte’s hymn Praise, my soul, the king of heaven was one of Queen Elizabeth II’s favourites – you can hear a beautifully stately rendition by the Huddersfield Choral Society in this week’s… Audio
Hymns on Sunday, 11 September 2022
It’s hymns ancient and modern this week. We’ve a setting of Hail, gladdening light (a hymn from the 3rd or 4th century), and In You we live written in 2010 by Sue Mepham from Flagstaff Community… Audio
Hymns on Sunday, 4 September 2022
The Season of Creation has begun (1 September to 4 October in the church calendar) and this week’s programme includes some creation-themed favourites. Sing along to How great thou art, All things… Audio
Hymns on Sunday, 28 August 2022
We're straight in with the big tunes this week. Sing along to Hubert Parry's well-loved melody, Jerusalem, paired with words by Arthur Grimshaw: Sing to the Lord a joyful song. Audio
Hymns on Sunday, 21 August 2022
One hymn, two writers, 12 verses... that’s the hymn Crown Him with many crowns. We’ll hear three of those verses in today’s programme. Audio
Hymns on Sunday, 14 August 2022
We’re marking the Feast of the Assumption of Mary with hymns including Immaculate Mary and Mō Maria. It’s an especially important time for New Zealand Catholics as St Mary of the Angels Church in… Video, Audio
Hymns on Sunday, 7 August 2022
Sing along this week to hymns marking the Feast of the Transfiguration (6 August). Audio
Hymns on Sunday, 31 July 2022
Henry Lyte’s hymn Praise, my soul, the king of heaven is one of the most popular hymns in English-speaking Christian denominations. In today’s programme we take a look at John Goss, who composed its… Audio
Hymns on Sunday, 24 July 2022
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, 17 July 2022
Plenty of variety in this week’s selection of hymns, which include a Taizé chant, a hymn from the Iona community in Scotland, and Charles Wesley’s great hymn And Can It Be. Audio
Hymns on Sunday, 10 July 2022
In this week’s programme we’re marking Sea Sunday – also described as a ‘Day of Prayer for Seafarers’. It’s a time to remember and celebrate those whose workplace is the sea, with hymns including… Audio
Hymns on Sunday, 3 July 2022
It’s the middle of winter, and we’re celebrating the cold and dark in this week’s programme with some carols of the snowy variety: it’s the perfect time of year to sing In the Bleak Midwinter! Audio
Hymns on Sunday, 26 June 2022
The season of Matariki has begun. It’s a time to gather with family and friends to reflect on the past, celebrate the present, and plan for the future. We touch on some of those Matariki themes in… Audio
Hymns on Sunday, 19 June 2022
When Sister Suzanne Toolan wrote I am the Bread of Life in the 1960s she almost threw the song away, thinking it wasn’t very good. Since then, it’s been sung all over the world in many denominations… Audio
Hymns on Sunday, 12 June 2022
Celebrate Trinity Sunday in this episode, with Trinitarian hymns including Reginald Heber's Holy, holy, holy and Firmly I believe, and truly by Cardinal John Henry Newman. Audio