Hymns on Sunday

Hymns with a thankfulness theme in this week's programme, as well as some harvest hymns to reflect those cooler days and autumn colours that are all around us at the moment. Read more Audio

Celebrating Mother's Day this week with some hymns of praise to Mary, and Shirley Murray’s Loving Spirit. Read more Audio

Beekeeper, comic opera composer and professor of anatomy: just some of the interesting occupations of the people involved in this week’s selection of hymns. Read more Audio

In today’s programme we mark Anzac Day on 25 April with hymns including O God, our help in ages past and Shirley Murray’s New Zealand Anzac hymn, Honour the dead. Read more Audio

Celebrate Easter Sunday with hymns including Jesus Christ is risen today, The day of resurrection and Shirley Murray’s Christ is alive. Read more Audio

Hymns to mark this important date in the Christian calendar, commemorating the crucifixion of Jesus. Read more Audio

It’s Palm Sunday today, the Sunday before Easter that commemorates the entry of Jesus into Jerusalem. Hymns include All glory, laud and honour, and Ride on! King Jesus. Read more Audio

Children’s hymns feature in this week’s programme, including Cecil Frances Alexander’s well-known hymn There is a green hill far away.  Read more Audio

This week’s programme includes some communion hymns, there’s a favourite hymn by Quaker John Greenleaf Whittier – Dear Lord and father of mankind – and we continue our series of Psalm 23 settings with… Read more Audio

There's an Irish flavour to this week's hymns, marking St Patrick's Day on 17 March. Read more Audio

We’re continuing our series of Psalm 23 (The Lord’s My Shepherd) settings with My shepherd will supply my need. It was written in the early 18^th century by Isaac Watts, who was an important figure in… Read more Audio

We’ve hymns to mark the first Sunday in Lent this week, there are some peace-themed hymns, and you can hear another setting of Psalm 23 The Lord’s My Shepherd. Read more Audio