Robyn Jaquiery
Hymns on Sunday, 25 December 2023
A special edition of Hymns of Sunday for Christmas Day. Sing along to favourite carols including o come, all ye faithful, Angels we have heard on high, and Joy to the world. Video, Audio
Hymns on Sunday, 24 December 2023
What's the connection between the well-loved Christmas song O Holy Night and the early days of broadcasting? Find out in today's programme for the Fourth Sunday in Advent. Video, Audio
Hymns on Sunday, 17 December 2023
Rejoice - it's Gaudete Sunday! Hymns for the Third Sunday in Advent include John Rutter's Angels' Carol, Rejoice! Rejoice at Christmas time by New Zealand hymn writer Bill Wallace and Tell out, my… Audio
Hymns on Sunday, 10 December 2023
In this week’s programme for the Second Sunday of Advent, we look towards Christmas with a carol by Shirley Murray and Jillian Bray; there’s an atmospheric recording in Westminster Abbey of Let all… Audio
Hymns on Sunday, 3 December 2023
We're celebrating the First Sunday of Advent today with some favourite Advent hymns including O Come Emmanuel, and Of the Father's Heart Begotten. Audio
Hymns on Sunday, 26 November 2023
It's Christ the King Sunday, and we're also marking feast days for Saints Clement and Cecilia, and hymn writer Isaac Watts. Audio
Hymns on Sunday, 19 November 2023
In 2017, Pope Francis established the World Day of the Poor. It's a Sunday set aside in the Catholic liturgical calendar to reflect on how poverty is at the very heart of the Gospel. This year's theme… Audio
Hymns on Sunday, 12 November 2023
Hymns of reassurance, comfort and hope in this week's programme, including Christ is made the sure foundation, Shirley Murray's Hope is our song and the Boys' Brigade favourite Will your anchor hold.
…Hymns on Sunday, 5 November 2023
Celebrating the Feast of All Saints this week, with hymns including For all the saints and Let saints on earth in concert sing. Audio
Hymns on Sunday, 29 October 2023
Margaret Rizza’s Prayer for Peace features in this week’s programme: Lead me from hate to love, from war to peace, let peace fill our hearts, our world, our universe: peace, peace, peace. Audio
Hymns on Sunday, 22 October 2023
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. This year’s theme, chosen by the current… Audio
Hymns on Sunday, 15 October 2023
In the days when bills came in envelopes through the letterbox, a young musician from Northern Ireland used the back of an electricity bill to write down some melody ideas. In this week’s programme… Audio
Hymns on Sunday, 8 October 2023
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
Hymns on Sunday, 1 October 2023
Charles Wesley’s well-loved hymn Love Divine, All Loves Excelling has been set to many different tunes over the years. In this week’s programme, you can hear a setting by English composer Howard… Video, Audio
Hymns on Sunday, 24 September 2023
It's 'hymns by her' this week - we're featuring hymns written or translated by women. Audio
Hymns on Sunday, 17 September 2023
We're celebrating Te Wiki o te Reo Maori this week and feature recordings by Haatea Kapa Haka from Himene Maori - a project to document, record, and publish Maori hymns and waiata. The project is led… Audio
Hymns on Sunday, 10 September 2023
It’s thanks to the New Zealand Hymnbook Trust for the recording of our opening hymn this week, Shirley Murray’s God bless our land. The Trust was set up to encourage the writing, publication and… Audio
Hymns on Sunday, 3 September 2023
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
Hymns on Sunday, 27 August 2023
Hubert Parry's familiar tune 'Jerusalem' begins this week's programme, paired with words by choir director and artist, Arthur Grimshaw: Sing to the Lord a new song. Audio
Hymns on Sunday, 20 August 2023
Hymns by 'Tims’ feature in this week’s programme: English hymn writer Timothy Dudley-Smith and Timothy Rees, who was Bishop of Llandaff in the 1930s. Audio