Hymns on Sunday

Some of the great hymns for the weeks leading up to Easter today, including My song is love unknown, O sacred head, and When I survey the wondrous cross. Read more Audio

It's the fourth Sunday in Lent - Laetare Sunday. Laetare means 'rejoice' in Latin, and there's a good selection of uplifting hymns in today's programme. Read more Audio

Psalm settings, hymns for Lent and some Irish hymns today - looking ahead to St Patrick's Day on 17 March. Read more Video, Audio

It's hymns by her today - we focus on women hymn writers, including contemporary writers Shirley Murray and Bernadette Farrell. Read more Audio

Many occasions to mark in today's programme: It's the first Sunday in Lent; it's also St David's Day; and coming up on 3 March in the liturgical calendar is the commemoration day for John and Charles… Read more Audio

Maori hymns, hymns from the Scottish Psalter, 20th century hymns and a hymn tune described by composer Edward Elgar as "the finest in English hymnody" - all in today's programme. Read more Audio

Sing along today to hymns about singing God's praises, including Charles Wesley's O for a thousand tongues to sing, Psalm 96 O sing unto the Lord a new song, and Robert Lowry's How can I keep from… Read more Audio

It's our final Summer Requests programme today, and the list includes favourite hymns Crown him with many crowns, Abide with me, and When I survey the wondrous cross. Read more Audio

Today's listener requests programme includes George Herbert's setting of Psalm 23 - The God of love my shepherd is and a contemporary setting of Charles Wesley's famous hymn Love divine, all loves… Read more Audio

Among today's selection of listener requests are old hymns that have be given new tunes, a setting of Psalm 23 by Joseph Gilmore, and a popular American gospel song from the 1960s, Because He lives. Read more Audio

In this programme of listener requests you can hear some Taizé music, traditional and contemporary setting of psalms, and a brass band arrangement of the hymn tune Deep Harmony. Read more Audio

In our Hymn Requests programme today you can hear several hymns by Charles Wesley (and a tune by his grandson), as well as hymns inspired by the psalms. And we add 'Orlington' to the ever-growing… Read more Audio