佐藤と脚本・演出の 鈴木勝秀が10年ぶりにタッグを組む本作は、2008年に初演された「hymns（ヒムス）」を、鈴木の新演出で再び立ち上げるもの ...

In northern New Mexico, among the Catholic brotherhoods known as the penitentes, Good Friday is the highest of holy days. The brothers sing ancient Spanish hymns about life, death and piety ...

The table presents the 13 hymns that have appeared in all 28 hymnals, as well as 9 others that appear in 27 of the 28 hymnals, and 5 more that appear in 26 of the 28 hymnals.

Anchor Hymns brought together a community of musicians that was still reeling from the isolation and uncertainty of the pandemic. Some were mourning the deaths of friends and loved ones.

They knew that “Amazing Grace” would make the cut, and that “How Great Thou Art” was a sure thing. The committee that chose the 250 hymns for Hymns for Worship, considered these songs “classical hymns ...

In fact, in a 2013 survey of the best-loved hymns in the U.K., "In Christ Alone" was the second most-popular hymn of all time, just behind "How Great Thou Art." ...

It’s impossible to predict which hymns will take off, as the 1985 committee members who expected “Behold the Mountain of the Lord” to become a hit could tell you.

Why it's a good choice: One of the most sung hymns at funerals, this is really a prayer to God to stay with him in death as He did with us in life. Henry Francis Lyte, Vicar of Brixham in Devon ...