Hymns on Sunday

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… Read more Audio

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. Read more Audio

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… Read more Audio

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… Read more Audio

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… Read more Audio

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… Read more Audio

Our Advent hymns today, marking the Second Sunday in Advent, include Shirley Murray's Look towards Christmas. Read more Audio

We're marking the First Sunday in Advent with some great seasonal hymns, including O come, Emmanuel and Come, thou long-expected Jesus. Read more Audio

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. Read more Audio

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. Read more Audio

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… Read more Audio

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… Read more Audio