Hymns on Sunday Podcast Options

4:15 AM.This week, we’ve some communion hymns from New Zealand and the United States, and we feature hymns by Isaac Watts, who’s sometimes described as ‘the Father of English hymnody’ – he wrote over 700… Read more Audio

4:15 AM.It's World Mission Sunday. This special day in the Catholic liturgical calendar was created by Pope Pius XI in the mid-1920s as a day of prayer for missions. Read more Audio

4:15 AM.Happy Birthday to English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams – born 12 October 1872. Find out how this 'cheerful agnostic' had a major impact on 20th century western hymnody. In this week's programme… Read more Audio

4:15 AM.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

4:15 AM.In this week’s programme, we’re featuring hymns written or translated by women, including New Zealanders Shirley Murray and Marnie Barrell. Read more Audio

4:15 AM.We're marking World Peace Day this week. Established in 1981 by the United Nations, the day is dedicated to the absence of war and violence, and observed around the world every year on 21 September. Read more Audio

4:15 AM.Celebrate the 50th anniversary of Te Wiki o te Reo Māori this week with a selection of hymns in Te Reo Māori. Read more Audio

4:15 AM.The Season of Creation has begun, and we’re celebrating with hymns including How great thou art, For the beauty of the earth, and Shirley Murray’s Touch the earth lightly. Read more Audio

4:15 AM.In this week’s programme, you can hear a spine-tingling rendition of Joseph Parry’s Aberystwyth played by Christchurch band Woolston Brass. Read more Audio

4:15 AM.‘Hymns by Tims’ feature in this week’s programme: English hymn writer Timothy Dudley-Smith, and Timothy Rees (Bishop of Llandaff in the 1930s). Read more Audio

4:15 AM.We're marking the Feast of the Assumption of Mary, Mother of God, in this week's programme with hymns including Immaculate Mary and Ka Waiata. Read more Audio

4:15 AM.Hymns to mark the Feast of the Transfiguration today, including Immortal, invisible, and Christ whose glory fills the skies. Read more Audio

4:15 AM.Arthur Sullivan was the music half of the successful theatrical partnership, Gilbert and Sullivan. Alongside those catchy songs from Pirates of Penzance and HMS Pinafore, he also wrote hymn tunes. You… Read more Audio

4:15 AM.Hymns inspired by Psalm 150, Praise God in his sanctuary, feature in this week’s programme. Read more Audio

4:15 AM.The Prayer of St Francis is a lovely peace prayer that came to be attributed to the saint around 1920, when somebody had it printed on the back of card with St Francis’s picture on it. When South… Read more Audio

4:15 AM.The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square was founded over a century ago in Utah, USA, and has over 300 members. In this week's programme, you can hear this impressive choir sing the spiritual Who'll be a… Read more Audio

4:15 AM.Award-winning English composer Howard Goodall is responsible for the music to many well-known TV series, including Mr Bean, The Vicar of Dibley and Blackadder. In this week's programme, you can hear… Read more Audio

4:15 AM.It’s the middle of winter, and we’re celebrating the season in this week’s programme with some carols of the snowy variety: it’s the perfect time of year to sing In the Bleak Midwinter! Read more Audio

4:15 AM.Celebrating the season of Matariki this week, with hymns in Te Reo Māori and hymns of remembrance. Read more Audio

4:15 AM.We're marking Trinity Sunday this week with a selection of hymns including Holy, Holy, Holy and Lead Us, Heavenly Father, Lead Us. Read more Audio

4:15 AM.Hymns for the Feast of Pentecost today, including plainchant from the 9th century (Veni, Creator Spiritus) and the contemporary hymn Spirit of God, rest on your people by UK hymn writer Bernadette… Read more Audio

4:15 AM.The Samoan hymn Fa'afetai I Le Atua begins this week's programme, celebrating the start of Samoan Language Week, and we mark the Feast of the Ascension. Read more Audio

4:15 AM.We've hymns of thankfulness, and harvest hymns in this week's programme. Read more Audio

4:15 AM.It's straight into the vocal workouts this week, with an energetic rendition of Charles Wesley's well-known hymn And can it be from the Choir of Yorkminster Park Baptist Church in Toronto. Read more Audio

4:15 AM.Hymns for the Fourth Sunday of Easter - Good Shepherd Sunday - feature in this week's programme, and there are some hymns to Mary to mark Mother's Day. Read more Audio