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Celebrating the beginning of the Season of Creation today with hymns including How great thou art, For the beauty of the earth, and Shirley Murray’s Touch the earth lightly. Audio

Methodist leader John Wesley had some good tips for singing hymns, including this one: "Sing lustily and with good courage. Beware of singing as if you were half dead, or half asleep; but lift up your… Audio

The New Zealand Youth Choir features in this week’s programme, singing Wairua tapu (a hymn to the Holy Spirit by Ngapo Wehi) and the African-American spiritual Nobody knows the trouble I’ve seen. Audio

Hymns from the 12th century to the 20th this week, including Jesu, the very thought of thee (based on a poem by Bernard of Clairvaux) and NZ hymn writer Colin Gibson’s He came singing love. Audio

Looking ahead to ANZAC Day this week, with hymns including Abide with me and Shirley Murray’s Honour the dead. Audio

A gentle start to this week's hymn requests programme, with an arrangement of Eleanor Farjeon's Morning has broken sung by the Choir of Trinity College, University of Melbourne. Audio

Summer Hymn Requests begin today: for the next month or so, we’ll be playing your choices. Today’s programme includes Our life has its seasons by Shirley Murray, Charles Wesley’s hymn And can it be… Audio

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… Audio

It's 'hymns by her' this week - we're featuring hymns written or translated by women. Audio

Hymns to mark the start of the Season of Creation include For the beauty of the earth and Shirley Murray’s Touch the earth lightly. Audio

The season of Matariki has begun. It’s a time to gather with family and friends to reflect on the past, celebrate the present, and plan for the future. This week’s programme touches on some of those… Audio

There's a focus this week on the Elements - hymns that reference Earth, Wind, Water or Fire. Audio

We’re marking the Feast of Corpus Christi with hymns including Let all mortal flesh keep silence, and I am the Bread of Life written in the 1960s by American nun Sister Suzanne Toolan. Audio

We look ahead to Anzac Day on 25 April with hymns sung at the very first Anzac Day service in 1916 (held in Christchurch Cathedral) and peace-themed hymns. Audio

This week's programme features resurrection-themed hymns for Eastertide, an atmospheric rendition of Amazing Grace by the Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square, and a benediction from the 1662 Book of… Audio

This climax of Holy Week in the Christian calendar features the Reverend Ivica Gregurec as presider, and music is provided by the Cathedral choir directed by Peter Watts. Audio

Hymns to mark the first Sunday in Lent, and a hymn by Shirley Murray that turned out to be much more successful than she expected. Audio

Hymns sung at weddings and memories of enthusiastic school singing are some of the inspirations behind our listener requests this week. Audio

Carols for the Fourth Sunday in Advent include Love came down at Christmas and It came upon a midnight clear. And we remember New Zealand hymn writer and composer Colin Gibson MNZM. Video, Audio

The Season of Creation has begun (1 September to 4 October in the church calendar) and this week’s programme includes some creation-themed favourites. Sing along to How great thou art, All things… Audio

Plenty of variety in this week’s selection of hymns, which include a Taizé chant, a hymn from the Iona community in Scotland, and Charles Wesley’s great hymn And Can It Be. Audio

When Sister Suzanne Toolan wrote I am the Bread of Life in the 1960s she almost threw the song away, thinking it wasn’t very good. Since then, it’s been sung all over the world in many denominations… 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

From All Saints Anglican Church in Ponsonby, Auckland, an ecumenical service celebrating this climax of the Christian year. 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’re marking Waitangi Day with a selection of hymns featuring New Zealand hymn writers and New Zealand choirs. 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

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. 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… Audio