Hymns on Sunday Podcast Options

4:15 AM.Hymns to mark the start of the Season of Creation include For the beauty of the earth and Shirley Murray’s Touch the earth lightly. Read more Audio

4:15 AM.Hubert Parry's familiar tune 'Jerusalem' begins this week's programme, paired with words by choir director and artist, Arthur Grimshaw: Sing to the Lord a new song. Read more Audio

4:15 AM.Hymns by 'Tims’ feature in this week’s programme: English hymn writer Timothy Dudley-Smith and Timothy Rees, who was Bishop of Llandaff in the 1930s. Read more Audio

4:15 AM.We're marking the Feast of the Assumption of Mary, Mother of God in this week's programme with hymns including Immaculate Mary and Ka Waiata. Read more Audio

4:15 AM.Hymns to mark the Feast of the Transfiguration today, including Christ whose glory fills the skies and Be still, for the presence of the Lord. Read more Audio

4:15 AM.It's all about descants today - those soaring vocal lines above the melody that are often sung on the final verse of hymns. Read more Audio

4:15 AM.We're celebrating the birthday of Isaac Watts (17 July 1674) this week. He's often described as 'the father of English hymnody'. Read more Audio

4:15 AM.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. This week’s programme touches on some of those… Read more Audio

4:15 AM.We're marking 'Sea Sunday' in the programme this week. The second Sunday in July is designated in the liturgical calendar as a day of prayer for seafarers - it's a time to remember and celebrate those… Read more Audio

4:15 AM.There's a focus this week on the Elements - hymns that reference Earth, Wind, Water or Fire. Read more Audio

4:15 AM.The Auckland-based Handel Quire gets this week’s programme off to a great start with Isaac Watts’ hymn Lord of the worlds above. Read more Audio

4:15 AM.Brass bands and hymns – it’s a combination that’s hard to beat! In this week’s programme you can hear an arrangement of Abide with me, played by Woolston Brass. Read more Audio

4:15 AM.We’re marking the Feast of Corpus Christi with hymns including Let all mortal flesh keep silence, and I am the Bread of Life written in the 1960s by American nun Sister Suzanne Toolan. Read more Audio

4:15 AM.It’s Trinity Sunday, celebrating the three persons of God: the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Read more Audio

4:15 AM.Celebrating Samoan Language Week and the Feast of Pentecost with hymns including Vivi’ I Ia Ma Fa’afetai, Breathe on me, breath of God, and Spirit of God, rest on your people. Read more Audio

4:15 AM.Hymns for Ascension Sunday include Marnie Barrell’s Christ ascends to God, Hail the day that sees him rise by Charles Wesley and a hymn by his colleague, Edward Perronet. Read more Audio

4:15 AM.We're marking Mother's Day with hymns to Mary, and Shirley Murray's Loving Spirit. Read more Audio

4:15 AM.Music plays an important role in the coronation of King Charles III – and there are some hymns in the service. We’ll hear two of them in this week’s programme. Read more Audio

4:15 AM.The days are getting shorter – and colder – and autumn colours are all around. The perfect time for harvest hymns! Read more Audio

4:15 AM.We look ahead to Anzac Day on 25 April with hymns sung at the very first Anzac Day service in 1916 (held in Christchurch Cathedral) and peace-themed hymns. Read more Audio

4:15 AM.This week's programme features resurrection-themed hymns for Eastertide, an atmospheric rendition of Amazing Grace by the Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square, and a benediction from the 1662 Book of… Read more Audio

4:15 AM.Hymns to celebrating Easter Sunday include two New Zealand hymns, a hymn from the 8^th century and the 21^st century classic In Christ Alone. Read more Audio

7:30 AM.A special selection of hymns to mark this important day in the Christian liturgical calendar. Read more Audio

4:15 AM.Hymns for Palm Sunday today, celebrating the triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem and marking the beginning of Holy Week in the Christian liturgical calendar. Read more Audio

4:15 AM.Children’s hymns feature in this week’s programme, along with a contemporary setting of Charles Wesley’s Love divine, all loves excelling and Graham Kendrick’s 20^th century classic, The servant king.