Choral services
Sung prayer has been offered in Westminster Abbey nearly every day for over a thousand years. Today, services are sung daily during term time by the world-renowned Choir of Westminster Abbey, and by visiting choirs when the Abbey Choir is in recess.
The music sung ranges from Gregorian chant dating from the first millennium to contemporary music and encompasses the remarkable richness and variety of the Anglican choral tradition.
This week's choral services
Sunday, 12th May 2024 | ||
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Seventh Sunday of Easter - Sunday after Ascension Day | ||
10.00am | Matins | Quire |
sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey | Smith Responses |
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11.15am | Sung Eucharist | Quire |
sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey | Taverner Western Wind Mass Preacher: The Reverend Robert Latham Sacrist |
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3.00pm | Evensong | Quire |
sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey | Mendelssohn Am Himmelfahrtstage Preacher: The Right Reverend Anthony Ball Canon in Residence |
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6.00pm | Sung Eucharist | St Margaret's Church |
sung by the St Margaret's Choristers and Consort | Haydn Missa brevis Sancti Joannes de Deo Preacher: The Reverend Robert Latham Sacrist |
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Monday, 13th May 2024 | ||
5.00pm | Evensong | Quire |
sung by the Lay Vicars | Byrd Viri Galilaei |
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Tuesday, 14th May 2024 | ||
St Matthias the Apostle | ||
5.00pm | Evensong | Quire |
sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey | Byrd Psallite Domino |
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Thursday, 16th May 2024 | ||
5.00pm | Evensong | Quire |
sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey | Byrd Psallite Domino |
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Friday, 17th May 2024 | ||
5.00pm | Evensong | Quire |
sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey | Byrd Psallite Domino |
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Saturday, 18th May 2024 | ||
Letters Patent creating the Order of the Bath, 1725 | ||
5.00pm | First Evensong of the Day of Pentecost | Quire |
sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey | Tallis O Lord, give thy Holy Spirit |
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