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, 28th June 2026 | |||||
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| Fourth Sunday after Trinity | |||||
| 11.00am | Matins | Quire | |||
| attended by The Lord Mayor of Westminster in Civic State; sung by the Westminster Abbey Special Service Choir | Bruckner Locus iste a Deo factus est Preacher: Father Christopher Colven Chaplain to The Lord Mayor of Westminster |
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| 3.00pm | First Evensong of St Peter | Quire | |||
| sung by the Westminster Abbey Special Service Choir | Bruckner Locus iste a Deo factus est Preacher: The Reverend Mark Birch MVO Canon in Residence |
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| 6.00pm | Sung Eucharist of the Fourth Sunday after Trinity | St Margaret's Church | |||
| sung by the St Margaret's Choristers and Consort | Langlais Missa in simplicitate Preacher: The Reverend Dr James Hawkey Canon Theologian and Almoner |
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| Monday, 29th June 2026 | |||||
| ST PETER, PATRON OF WESTMINSTER ABBEY, APOSTLE AND MARTYR | |||||
| 5.00pm | Sung Eucharist | High Altar | |||
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey | Kodály Missa brevis Preacher: The Reverend Dr Stephen Hampton Dean of Peterhouse, University of Cambridge |
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| Tuesday, 30th June 2026 | |||||
| 5.00pm | Evensong | Quire | |||
| sung by the Lay Vicars of Westminster Abbey | plainsong O lux beata Trinitas |
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| Wednesday, 1st July 2026 | |||||
| 5.00pm | Evensong | Quire | |||
| sung by the St Margaret's Choristers and Consort; attended by the High Commissioner of Canada | Poston Jesus Christ the Apple Tree |
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| Thursday, 2nd July 2026 | |||||
| 5.00pm | Evensong | Quire | |||
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey | plainsong O lux beata Trinitas |
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| Friday, 3rd July 2026 | |||||
| St Thomas the Apostle | |||||
| 5.00pm | Evensong | Quire | |||
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey; attended by the High Commissioner of the Kingdom of Tonga | plainsong Qui luce splendes ordinis |
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| Saturday, 4th July 2026 | |||||
| 5.00pm | Evensong | Quire | |||
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey | Martin Responses |
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