Hymns on Sunday

Plenty of well-loved favourites in this week’s programme of listener requests, including The old rugged cross, What a friend we have in Jesus, and When I survey the wondrous cross. Read more Audio

A morning hymn, an evening hymn and a hymn from the Scottish Psalter – just some of the listener requests in this week’s Hymns on Sunday. Read more Audio

Another great selection of listener requests today, including a benediction by John Rutter and a calypso setting of the Lord’s Prayer. Read more Audio

We’re continuing our Summer Requests programmes in Hymns on Sunday, and this week you can hear wedding hymns, a 20^th century classic and a rousing rendition of For all the saints. Read more Audio

Our Summer Requests programmes begin today, with listener choices including To be a pilgrim and John Rutter's setting of For the beauty of the earth. Read more Audio

It’s nearly Christmas Day, and if you feel you haven’t had a good carol singalong yet, today’s programme is just for you. Plenty of well-known carols, including a couple that will really stretch your… Read more Audio

A paraphrase of the Magnificat, or Song of Mary, begins this week’s programme. And find out how organist Lewis Redner came to compose the tune for the carol O Little Town of Bethlehem. Read more Audio

Hymns for the second Sunday in Advent include Shirley Murray’s Look towards Christmas, and People look East. Read more Audio

Plenty of Advent hymns today to mark the first Sunday in this season of the liturgical year. It’s a time of waiting and expectation leading up to Christmas. Read more Audio

Hymns to celebrate Christ the King Sunday in this week’s programme, as well as St Clement’s Day and the hymn writer Isaac Watts. Read more Audio

It’s World Day of the Poor today. This is a relatively recent initiative, begun by Pope Francis in 2017. You can hear some hymns with a social justice theme in the programme, to mark the day. Read more Audio

A favourite setting of The Lord’s My Shepherd (Psalm 23) in this week’s programme. It’s known as ‘Brother James’ Air’, named after the tune’s composer James Leith McBain. Read more Audio