Almost all these tunes are written in direct response to particular texts, usually that specified in the "Examples" column. As with most hymnody, the tunes may also, of course, be considered for use with other texts if desired. Some of them also have descants.
All tunes are original, except for:
This list is significantly incomplete.
Metre | Name | Score | Audio | Comments | Examples | Published; awards |
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6.4 6.6 6 | Simple, three-part, modal. | Be with me through this day | ||||
6.6 6.6 6.6 8.6 | Eights Marina | Come, worship God Most High (Te Deum) | ||||
6.6 6.6 8.8 | The light of glory breaks | |||||
6.6 8.4 D | Rejoice in God, my heart | |||||
6.6 8.6 D (SMD) | Kingsgate Bridge | O bless the Lord, my soul | In Melody and Songs.[1] | |||
6.6 8.6 6.6
or 6.6 8.6 6.6 6.6 |
The underlying text is a six-line 6.6 8.6 6.6. This tune repeats the final pair of lines making an eight-line 6.6 8.6 6.6 6.6. | Give thanks to God on high | ||||
6.6 8.6 6.6
or 6.6 8.6 6.6 6.6 |
The underlying text is a six-line 6.6 8.6 6.6 where the fifth line in each verse is "for Jesus is risen". This tune repeats that line twice, making an eight-line 6.6 8.6 6.6 6.6. | This day above all days | ||||
6.6 8.8 8.6 | Pelaw Wood | Our God and Father bless (Benedictus) | Psalms for All Seasons.[2] | |||
7.6 7.6 D | Cenaculum |
PDF (choral)
PDF (music group) |
MIDI (choral) | Wesley Music for the Millennium.[3] | ||
7.6 7.6 D | Redhills | A bright, gentle tune with a quasi-Celtic feel. | A rich young man came seeking | Singing the Faith.[4] | ||
7.7 7.7 and Alleluias
or 7.4 7.4 D |
In our darkness light has shone Alleluia! | |||||
7.7 7.7 D | Angelic Choirs | Choirs of angels, tell abroad | ||||
7.8 7.8 | Bless the Lord as day departs | |||||
7.8 7.8 8.8 | Saxilby | Written alongside a re-translation of Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier, and in the same metre. | Called by you and by your word | |||
8.6 8.6 (CM) | Simple, two-part echo/canon. | Be with us, Lord, who seek your aid | ||||
8.6 8.6 (CM) | To Christ our King in songs of praise | |||||
8.6 8.6 D (CMD) | Clayport Gate | Your mercies fill the earth, O Lord | In Melody and Songs.[1] | |||
8.6 8.6 D (CMD) | Nevilles Cross | With all who in this hallowed place | ||||
8.6 8.6 D (CMD) | Salvation's Song | How shall we sing salvation's song? | ||||
8.6 8.6 D (CMD) | Whitwell | How silent waits the listening earth | Wesley Music for the Millennium.[3] | |||
8.6 8.6 D (CMD) | O God whose thoughts are not as ours | |||||
8.6 8.8 6 | Be present, Spirit of the Lord | |||||
8.6 8.8 6(.6) | Jazz-flavoured harmony. A five-line tune with a final-line repeat. | Be present, Spirit of the Lord | ||||
8.7 8.7 8.7 | Travail | Earth was waiting, spent and restless | ||||
8.7 8.7 D | Finchale Priory | Celebratory tune; descant. | We believe in God the Father | Top 16 of St. Paul's Cathedral Millennium Hymn competition, 1999. | ||
8.7 8.7 D | Haswell | Jazz-flavoured harmony; descant. | From the night of ages waking | |||
8.7 8.7 D | Hill Meadows | Celebratory tune; descant. Suitable for music groups. | We believe in God the Father |
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8.7 8.7 8.7 8.7 7 | Elvet Banks |
May God bestow on us his grace
To Jordan came the Christ, our Lord |
Lutheran Service Book to two different texts.[6] | |||
8.7 8.8 8.7 7.7 | Observatory Hill | God is King! The Lord is reigning | ||||
8.8 8.8 (LM) | Archery Rise | Great Lord and God we greet this day | Durham Sings![7] | |||
8.8 8.8 (LM) | Coniscliffe | From deep distress and troubled thought | ||||
8.8 8.8 (LM) | Kepier | Acclaim the Lord, you heavenly powers | ||||
8.8 8.8 (LM) | Mary's Eyes | We see the eyes of Mary shine |
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8.8 8.8 (LM) | Puer Nobis Nascitur (arr.) | The usual arrangement of this hymn seems anachronistic: a medieval melody but lumbered with a Victorian harmony. This new harmonisation seems more in keeping with the original. | Come, thou Redeemer of the earth | |||
8.8 8.8 D (LMD) | Wharton Park | Bless, O my soul, the living God | In Melody and Songs.[1] | |||
8.8 8.8 8.8 | Shincliffe St. Mary | Lilting jazz tune suitable for music groups. | O Christ, who taught on earth of old | |||
9.8 9.8 | Horkstow Grange (arr.) | Tune collected by Percy Grainger. First known use as a hymn tune. Harmonised and arranged here. | O radiant light of his pure glory | |||
9 9 5 8 10 | Elgar 1 (arr.) | Theme from Elgar's First Symphony. First known use as a hymn tune. | Sing unto the Lord a fresh new song | |||
10.10 10.10 | As in that upper room | |||||
10.10 10.10 (10) | Erleigh | For five-line texts or 10.10 10.10 with a final-line repeat. | O Father God and Sovereign Lord of all | |||
10.10 10.10 10.10 | Here is the centre | |||||
10.10 11.8 | Gresford (arr.) | First known use as a sung hymn tune. | Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord | Durham Newslink[9] | ||
11.10 11.10 D | Chilton and Cornforth | To accompany a text by Timothy Dudley-Smith, who highly commended it. | Here on the threshold of a new beginning | |||
11.10 11.10 11.10 | Ancient Vigil | Come now with awe | ||||
12.11 12.11 12.11 | The heavens are singing | |||||
12.12 12.12 | Crossgate Peth | As we meet in your presence | ||||
14.14 14.14 | Enns | In chaos and nothingness |
[1] In Melody and Songs: Hymns from the Psalm Versions of Isaac Watts, 2014, Darcey Press, ISBN 978-1889079592
[2] Psalms for All Seasons, 2012, Calvin Institute of Christian Worship, ISBN 978-1-59255-444-7
[3] Wesley Music for the Millennium
[4] Singing the Faith, 2011, Methodist Church, ISBN 978-184825067-3
[5] High Days and Holy Days, 2007, Canterbury Press, ISBN 978-1-85311-819-7
[6] Lutheran Service Book, 2006, Concordia Publishing House (LCMS), ISBN 978-0-7586-1217-5
[7] Durham Sings! Durham's contribution to English Hymnody, 2009, Friends of Durham Cathedral, ISBN 978-0-9544825-1-0
[8] More than Hymns, 2015, Stainer & Bell, ISBN 978-0-85249-944-3
[9] Durham Newslink, Jan. 2012, Diocese of Durham