Hymns on Sunday

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

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… Read more Audio

We check out some of the UK's favourite hymns today. The BBC's Songs of Praise programme ran a survey last year - perhaps some will be your favourites, too. Read more Audio

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. Read more Audio

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… Read more Audio

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… Read more Audio

This week's selection includes hymns to mark Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori (Maori Language Week). Read more Video, Audio

There's a focus on the pipe organ this week - described by Mozart as 'the king of instruments'. Read more Audio

New Zealand singer Chris Bruerton is a member of the highly acclaimed British vocal ensemble, The King's Singers. In this week's programme, you can hear how he sounded back in his chorister days at… Read more Video, Audio

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. Read more Audio

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… Read more Audio