Hymnnology 101 Podcast

By Gabalfa BC Music

A podcast of hymns, history and (dodgy) harmonies.

Me (Sam) and Aron are a couple of millennial Christians in Gabalfa Baptist Church, Cardiff who have discovered the joy of singing hymns. We have mad... more

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The podcast currently has 15 episodes available.

Hymnnology 101 Podcast episodes:

February 08, 2022 #4 - I Know That My Redeemer Lives (Samuel Medley)
Samuel Medley has a fascinating story and he wrote some great hymns. Aron informs me of it and we sing our take of one of his hymns.
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35min
February 01, 2022 #3 - Give Me Christ Or Else I Die (William Hammond)
Aron has put a melody to an old hymn by William Hammond. Hammond's lyrics don't mess around! What made him write such direct, meaty rich hymn lyrics? Sam and Aron discuss and then sing!
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34min
January 25, 2022 #2 - I Lay My Sins On Jesus (Horatius Bonar)
Horatius Bonar has left us many amazing hymns. I Lay My Sins On Jesus is one we have added a new melody and chorus to. We discuss Bonar's story, what drew us to this hymn in particular and how we went about renovating it for our church. Then of course, we sing it!

Check out the recorded version of the song we did - https://open.spotify.com/track/0IL4VpyAai8gqlbxrUkwQh?si=qprAzPxGQqWzyX9uFd9d6g
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ovz12kpOaeU
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33min
January 18, 2022 #1 - Why Do I Fear In Unbelief (Augustus Toplady)
In what's really the first proper Hymnology pod, Aron and I talk about a hymn writer who's written a couple of hymns we have tried to refresh - Augustus Toplady.
We end with singing our take on his hymn "From Whence This Fear and Unbelief".

Check out our official recording of this song here - https://youtu.be/e9lPzxTcVxk
Email me at music@gabalfa with any questions you may have.
Listen to Gabalfa BC Music here - https://open.spotify.com/artist/73ehDjHso3qFTTdbh9JawH?si=CTK3RUDGSIW5Vkf7aOT7ng
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32min
January 11, 2022 Intro - How Two Millennials Discovered The Joy of Singing Hymns
Welcome to our new podcast!

As something of an intro - me (Sam) and Aron (two millennial Christians) discuss how we discovered the joy of singing old hymns in church-life and try answering the age-old question "what even is a hymn?!". We also chat about the project we've been working on of refreshing & rearranging some old hymns that we could sing them sing them with our church family.

Thanks for listening! Any questions email [email protected]
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25min

FAQs about Hymnnology 101 Podcast:

How many episodes does Hymnnology 101 Podcast have?

The podcast currently has 15 episodes available.