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2:30 AM.It's a busy time in the liturgical calendar this week, with hymns to mark Christ the King Sunday, St Clement's Day and hymn writer Isaac Watts. Read more Audio

2:30 AM.Hymns by writers from across the centuries today, including the 'Bard of Methodism' Charles Wesley, and New Zealand hymn writers Bill Wallace and Colin Gibson. Read more Audio

2:30 AM.It's Remembrance Sunday, and today's hymns to mark the occasion include O God, our help in ages past and The day thou gavest, Lord, is ended. Read more Audio

2:30 AM.In this week's programme, hymns to mark All Saints' Day and Reformation Day. And there's a great arrangement for brass band of Handel Parker's Deep Harmony. Read more Audio

2:30 AM.Lots of good hymns to sing along to in today's programme, as well as some American folk hymns and one of my all-time favourite hymns. And I'll be giving details of how you can take part in our Summer… Read more Audio

2:30 AM.Hymns by St Francis of Assisi, Isaac Watts and Charles Wesley in this week's programme. And you can hear New Zealand choirs The Handel Quire and The Celebration Singers. Read more Audio

2:30 AM.Today there's music from the Taize tradition, psalms from the Genevan and Scottish psalters, and some hymns from the Olney Hymnbook by John Newton and his friend William Cowper. Read more Audio

2:30 AM.We're playing favourites today! The BBC's Songs of Praise has just revealed the UK's 10 favourite hymns, and we'll be counting them down to Number One. See if your favourites are there. Read more Video, Audio

3:00 AM.Sing along this week to some well-known favourites including And can it be and Praise to the Lord, the Almighty. And add in some new favourites with Bernadette Farrell’s God beyond all names and O… Read more Video, Audio

2:30 AM.Brighten your Sunday morning with some light-related hymns. This week's programme includes John Henry Newman's Lead, kindly light and the South African hymn Siyahamba (We are walking in the light of… Read more Audio

2:30 AM.We're marking the final day of Maori Language Week with hymns sung by the New Zealand Youth Choir and Auckland choir Viva Voce. And there's a powerful rendition of Ma te marie from Stan Walker with… Read more Video, Audio

2:30 AM.A mix of 'ancient and modern' in today's selection of hymns, from John Neale's translation of an early Latin hymn (Christ is made the sure foundation) to Shirley Murray's God bless our land. Read more Audio

2:30 AM.Some hymns to celebrate the ever-increasing signs of Spring; Henry Baker's setting of Psalm 23 The king of love my shepherd is; and a 7-verse rendition of Charles Wesley's O for a thousand tongues by… Read more Audio

2:30 AM.Hymns about pilgrims and pilgrimage feature this week, including Light of the lonely pilgrim's heart, and John Bunyan's He who would valiant be. Read more Audio

2:30 AM.Beautiful tunes abound in this week's programme, with hymns including Morning has broken, Jesu the very thought of thee, and John Rutter's The peace of God. Read more Audio

2:30 AM.Hymn tunes that started life as folksongs feature in today's programme. And we mark The Assumption of Mary into Heaven with some Marian hymns - the feast day is celebrated on August 15th in the… Read more Audio

2:30 AM.The Feast of the Transfiguration is coming up on 6 August in the liturgical calendar of some Christian traditions. We mark the date with some transfiguration-themed hymns, including Immortal,… Read more Audio

2:30 AM.A hymn from the Foundling Hospital Hymnbook in the programme this week. Back in the mid-18th century, the chapel there was the place to go for your Sunday sermon, with music provided by the likes of… Read more Audio

7:30 AM.We’ve hymns with a Welsh theme this week, including William Williams’ stirring hymn Guide me, O thou great Redeemer. Read more Audio

2:30 AM.Hymns 'ancient and modern' today, from the early Greek hymn Hail, Gladdening Light to Michael Perry's Like a mighty river flowing. Read more Audio

2:30 AM.There's a focus on the tune in this episode, with some well-known melodies by Beethoven, Handel, Haydn and Holst. Read more Audio

2:30 AM.Warm your voices on these cold winter mornings with some singing! Hymns in this episode include O for a thousand tongues to sing, Robert Lowry's How shall I keep from singing, and Let all the world in… Read more Audio

2:30 AM.Today we're marking Matariki, midwinter and the Day of Prayer for Refugees and Migrants. Read more Audio

2:30 AM.It's Trinity Sunday, and this week's selection begins with Reginald Heber's great Trinitarian hymn Holy, holy, holy. There's also a hymn by New Zealand composer Jenny McLeod, and a contemporary… Read more Audio

2:30 AM.Our Pentecost Sunday selection begins with plainchant from the 9th century - Come, Holy Ghost, our souls inspire - and moves through the centuries to Bernadette Farrell's 20th century hymn Spirit of… Read more Audio