Hymns on Sunday

It's Queen's Birthday Weekend, and Hymns on Sunday this week includes some of the Queen's favourite hymns. Read more Audio

Three good reasons to listen to this week's selection of hymns for Trinity Sunday: Reginald Heber's Holy, holy, holy; John Marriott's Thou whose almighty word; and Ye watchers and ye holy ones by John… Read more Audio

It's Pentecost Sunday, and in today's programme you can hear Pentecost hymns spanning 11 centuries: from 9th century plainchant to 20th century processionals. Read more Audio

We've hymns to mark Ascension Sunday in this week's edition of Hymns on Sunday, including Christ ascends to God by New Zealand hymn writer Marnie Barrell, and Charles Wesley's Hail the day that sees… Read more Audio

This week's selection includes songs by British hymnwriter Bernadette Farrell. She writes contemporary Catholic liturgical music, and her hymns often have a social justice focus. Read more Audio

Hymns with a thankfulness theme this week, as well as some harvest hymns to reflect the cooler days and autumn colours. Read more Audio

In this week's programme you can hear some of the hymns that were sung at the very first Anzac memorial services held around New Zealand on April 25th back in 1916. Read more Video, Audio

There's a focus on hymn tunes this week in Hymns on Sunday, including one by Arthur Sullivan (of Gilbert & Sullivan fame), a couple of repurposed folk tunes, and a setting of Walter Smith's Immortal,… Read more Audio

In today's programme you can hear 'one of the most perfect tunes in existence', according to English composer Hubert Parry, as well as hymns by the very fine NZ hymn-writing partnership of Shirley… Read more Video, Audio

Some of the great resurrection hymns in today's programme for Easter Day. Read more Audio

A special edition of our Hymns programme to mark Good Friday. Read more Audio

Plenty of celebratory hymns in this week's Palm Sunday edition of Hymns on Sunday, including one that's been in use as a Palm Sunday processional hymn since the 10th century. Read more Audio