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, 8th December 2024 | |||||
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| Second Sunday of Advent | |||||
| The Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary | |||||
| 10.00am | Matins | Quire | |||
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey | Ayleward Responses |
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| 11.15am | Sung Eucharist | High Altar | |||
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey | Vierne Messe solennelle Preacher: The Right Reverend Anthony Ball Canon Steward and Archdeacon of Westminster |
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| 3.00pm | Evensong | Quire | |||
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey | Clucas Prepare ye the way of the Lord Preacher: The Reverend Mark Birch MVO Canon in Residence |
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| Monday, 9th December 2024 | |||||
| 5.00pm | Evensong | Quire | |||
| sung by the Lay Vicars of Westminster Abbey | Byrd Ave Maria |
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| Tuesday, 10th December 2024 | |||||
| 5.00pm | Evensong | Quire | |||
| sung by the Choir of Westminster | Poston Jesus Christ the apple tree |
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| Thursday, 12th December 2024 | |||||
| 5.00pm | Evensong | Quire | |||
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey | Poston Jesus Christ the apple tree |
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| Friday, 13th December 2024 | |||||
| St Lucy, martyr at Syracuse, 304 | |||||
| 5.00pm | Evensong | Quire | |||
| sung by the Lay Vicars of Westminster Abbey | Mouton Salve nos Domine vigilantes |
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| Saturday, 14th December 2024 | |||||
| John of the Cross, poet, teacher of the faith, 1591 | |||||
| 5.00pm | Evensong | Quire | |||
| sung by the Lay Vicars of Westminster Abbey | Mouton Salve nos Domine vigilantes |
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