Hymns on Sunday

It’s Reformation Day today (31 October): it was on this day in 1517 that Martin Luther nailed his 95 theses to the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg, Germany. We’ll hear Luther’s great hymn A… Read more Audio

Some light-themed hymns in this week's programme, including John Henry Newman's Lead, kindly light and the South African hymn Siyahamba (We are walking in the light of God). Read more Audio

Lawyer, politician, church minister, teacher, opera singer: just some of the many and varied occupations of the hymn writers in this week's episode of Hymns on Sunday. Read more Audio

Hymns in this week’s programme include a Jewish-Methodist collaboration, one of the Queen’s favourites and setting of Psalm 96: O sing unto the Lord a new song. Read more Audio

We're celebrating the Feast Day of St Francis of Assisi (4 October) in Hymns on Sunday, which marks the end of the Season of Creation in the church calendar. Read more Audio

Voices of women in Hymns on Sunday today, with hymns from across the centuries written or translated by the likes of Shirley Murray, Marnie Barrell, Cecil Frances Alexander and Catherine Winkworth. Read more Audio

It’s the final day of Te Wiki o te Reo Māori – Māori Language Week – and we’ve a great selection of te reo hymns including Wairua Tapu by Ngapo Wehi and a setting of Whakaaria mai by Ryan Youens. Read more Audio

We’re looking upward in this week’s home edition of the programme with two settings of Psalm 121: ‘I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills’. Read more Audio

The Season of Creation is an annual, worldwide, ecumenical celebration of prayer and action for the environment which takes place from 1 September through to 4 October. In this week's home edition of… Read more Audio

There's a beautiful setting of the Prayer of St Francis in this week's home edition of Hymns on Sunday: Lord, make me an instrument of your peace. Read more Video, Audio

Tune in this week for a selection of hymns of reassurance, comfort and hope. Read more Audio

Marian hymns feature in Hymns on Sunday this week, marking the Feast of the Assumption of Mary on 15 August. It's a particularly significant time for New Zealand Catholics as they rededicate Aotearoa… Read more Video, Audio