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Hymns on Sunday
A weekly selection of traditional and modern hymns with Robyn Jaquiery
Sundays at 7:30am on RNZ Concert, 4:20am on RNZ National
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Hymns on Sunday, 11 December
11 Dec 2022Rejoice! It's Gaudete Sunday, the Third Sunday in Advent (Gaudete is 'rejoice' in Latin). Hymns include Tell out my soul, the Pohutukawa Carol and an arrangement of The First Nowell for brass band. Read more Video, Audio
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Hymns on Sunday, 4 December 2022
4 Dec 2022When hymn writer Shirley Murray was on an editorial panel preparing a collection of NZ-written carols in the 1990s, she found there weren't many with an Advent theme. So she wrote one! You can hear… Read more Audio
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Hymns on Sunday, 27 November 2022
27 Nov 2022The season of Advent begins today – a time of waiting and expectation leading up to Christmas. Sing along to favourite Advent hymns including O come, Emmanuel and Come, thou long-expected Jesus. Read more Audio
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Hymns on Sunday, 20 November 2022
20 Nov 2022The Feast of Christ the King is a relatively recent addition to the liturgical calendar, introduced by Pope Pius XI in 1925. We’re celebrating the occasion with hymns including Rejoice! The Lord is… Read more Audio
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Hymns on Sunday, 13 November 2022
13 Nov 2022November 13 is World Day of the Poor in the Catholic liturgical calendar. We’re marking the date with Graham Kendrick’s Beauty for Brokenness and Bread for the World by Bernadette Farrell. Read more Audio
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Hymns on Sunday, 6 November 2022
6 Nov 2022The hymns of 20th century hymn writer Fred Kaan have a strong focus on peace, unity and social justice. You can hear some in this week’s programme: For the healing of the nations and O Holy Spirit. Read more Audio
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Hymns on Sunday, 30 October 2022
30 Oct 2022Hymns for All Saints' Day and Reformation Day in this week's programme, and there's a spiritual from Auckland's The Graduate Choir which is celebrating its 21st birthday this year. Read more Audio
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Hymns on Sunday, 23 October 2022
23 Oct 2022We’re marking World Mission Sunday this week with hymns including Dan Schutte’s I, the Lord of sea and sky and the traditional spiritual Who’ll be a witness for my Lord? Read more Audio
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Hymns on Sunday, 16 October 2022
16 Oct 2022Brass bands and hymn tunes go so well together! 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
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Hymns on Sunday, 9 October 2022
9 Oct 2022We're celebrating 150 years since the birth of English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams in this week's programme. Find out how this 'cheerful agnostic' had a major impact on 20th century western… Read more Audio
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Hymns on Sunday, 2 October 2022
2 Oct 2022Hymns with a focus on St Francis of Assisi and nature this week. The patron saint of ecology’s feast day is on 4 October and marks the end of the Season of Creation in the church calendar. Read more Audio
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Hymns on Sunday, 25 September 2022
25 Sep 2022Lancelot Andrewes was a 16th century English bishop and one of a group of Church of England scholars appointed to compile the King James version of the Bible. You can hear John Rutter’s beautiful… Read more Audio
Hymns on Sunday
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