Hymns

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. 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. Audio

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

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

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

We’re marking Transfiguration Sunday this week with hymns including Immortal, invisible and Christ, whose glory fills the sky. Audio

In this week’s programme we’re featuring evening hymns, and you can hear a setting of Psalm 23 – it’ll be the third in our series so far. We’re also commemorating the Feast Day of German theologian… Audio

In this week’s programme, you can hear two settings of Psalm 121: ‘I will lift mine eyes unto the hills’. One’s from the 18^th century and the other was written especially for the Queen’s Silver… Audio

We’re marking Waitangi Day with a selection of hymns featuring New Zealand hymn writers and New Zealand choirs. Audio

Hymns spanning nine centuries in this week's Summer Requests programme, from Jerusalem the golden with words by 12th century monk Bernard of Cluny to a 1970s folk-style setting of the Lord's Prayer. Audio

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. 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. Audio

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