Richard Irwin 1955-2023
It is with great sadness that we inform you that Richard Irwin, founder of Hymns Without Words, passed away peacefully on 7th December 2023 with his family by his side following a long and hard-fought battle with cancer. Through the music of Hymns Without Words, Richard enriched the lives of so many. We hope that you will continue to use this service in his memory.
Richard is raising funds for cancer charities Cancer Research and the Prospect Hospice through sales of his CD albums Apprentice to Master: The Complete Preludes and Fugues for Organ and carol collection Christmas Joy. Please support him in this endeavour – worldwide delivery available.
Hymns Without Words: Introduction
Hymns Without Words is a free service providing high quality recording of hymns for use by congregations and choirs, including on-line services. Feel free to browse and download the tracks for your personal or church use. A complete A-Z list is available here. Music for instrumental interludes can be found here. Please subscribe to our occasional newsletter to keep in touch with latest developments.
If you are interested in original hymns and other works by founder Richard Irwin, please follow this link.
Latest Additions
- Teach Me, My God and King (Sandys, Organ, 4 Verses) Free MP3 Download
- Teach Me, My God and King (Sandys, Organ, 5 Verses) Free MP3 Download
- BWV 535 J.S. Bach Prelude And Fugue In G Minor Organ Recording
- Sweet Sacrament Divine (Divine Mysteries, Organ, 4 Verses) Free MP3
- BWV 541 J.S. Bach Prelude And Fugue In G Major Organ Recording
- BWV 534 J.S. Bach Prelude And Fugue In F Minor Organ Recording
- BWV 550 J.S. Bach Prelude And Fugue In G Major Organ Recording
- BWV 551 J.S. Bach Prelude And Fugue In A Minor Organ Recording
- BWV 532 J.S. Bach Prelude And Fugue In D Major Organ Recording
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The Hymns Without Words Lectionary
Season After Easter
- Sunday 7th April – Year B Easter 2
- Sunday 14th April –Year B Easter 3
- Sunday 21st April – Year B Easter 4
- Sunday 28th April – Year B Easter 5
- Sunday 5th May – Year B Easter 6
- Sunday 12th May – Year B Easter 7
- Sunday 19th May – Year B Pentecost, Whit Sunday
- Sunday 26th May – Year B Trinity Sunday
Ordinary Time
- Sunday 9th June – Year B Proper 5, Ordinary 10, Trinity 1
- Sunday 16th June – Year B Proper 6, Ordinary 11, Trinity 2
- Sunday 23rd June – Year B Proper 7, Ordinary 12, Trinity 3
- Sunday 30th June – Year B Proper 8, Ordinary 13, Trinity 4
- Sunday 7th July – Year B Proper 9, Ordinary 14, Trinity 5
- Sunday 14th July – Year B Proper 10, Ordinary 15, Trinity 6
- Sunday 21st July – Year B Proper 11, Ordinary 16, Trinity 7
- Sunday 28th July – Year B Proper 12, Ordinary 17, Trinity 8
- Sunday 4th August – Year B Proper 13, Ordinary 18, Trinity 9
- Sunday 11th August – Year B Proper 14, Ordinary 19, Trinity 10
- Sunday 18th August – Year B Proper 15, Ordinary 20, Trinity 11
- Sunday 25th August – Year B Proper 16, Ordinary 21, Trinity 12
- Sunday 1st September – Year B Proper 17, Ordinary 22, Trinity 13
- Sunday 8th September – Year B Proper 18, Ordinary 23, Trinity 14
- Sunday 15th September – Year B Proper 19, Ordinary 24, Trinity 15
- Sunday 22nd September –Year B Proper 20, Ordinary 25, Trinity 16
- Sunday 29th September – Year B Proper 21, Ordinary 26, Trinity 17
- Sunday 6th October – Year B Proper 22, Ordinary 27, Trinity 18
- Sunday 13th October – Year B Proper 23, Ordinary 28, Trinity 19
- Sunday 20th October – Year B Proper 24, Ordinary 29, Trinity 20
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Hymns For General Use
- General / Anytime
- Communion / Eucharist
- Evensong / Evening Prayer
- Funerals
- Morning Prayer
- Ordination
- Service Of Healing
- Vows
- Weddings
A New Mass
Richard Irwin’s son Conrad has written a new mass for four unaccompanied voices. It was premiered in San Francisco in 2022 with Eric Choate conducting.
Click on this link to listen to a recording beautifully conducted by David Simkins with professional singers from Bristol University. The recording can be used as an accompaniment to a communion service, or you can download the score for free. A Mass In Waltz Time
New Hymns
There are many thousands of hymns, and we at Hymns Without Words have only recorded a small fraction. Therefore, we have decided to open the platform to other artists. If you have recorded a hymn that you believe should be included in our collection, then please submit it here. Request a new recording here.
As Bright as a Rose Baptismal Anthem
Written as a christening present for a granddaughter, As Bright As A Rose is a beautiful Baptismal Anthem for SATB, conducted and recorded by David Simkins.
Find it on Apple Music, Deezer, Tidal and Greg Krycinski from Luda Kot from Pixabay
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