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, 17th November 2024 | |||||
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| Second Sunday before Advent | |||||
| 10.00am | Matins | Quire | |||
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey | Radcliffe Responses |
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| 11.15am | Sung Eucharist | High Altar | |||
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey | Byrd Mass for five voices Preacher: The Reverend Helena Bickley-Percival Sacrist |
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| 3.00pm | Evensong | Quire | |||
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey | Radcliffe God be in my head Preacher: The Venerable Luke Miller Archdeacon of London |
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| 6.00pm | Sung Eucharist | St Margaret's Church | |||
| sung by the St Margaret's Choristers | Rheinberger Missa puerorum Preacher: The Reverend Dr Sarah Archer Priest Vicar |
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| Monday, 18th November 2024 | |||||
| St Elizabeth of Hungary, Princess of Thuringia, philanthropist, 1231 | |||||
| 5.00pm | Evensong | Quire | |||
| Boys' voices | plainsong Lucis Creator optime |
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| Tuesday, 19th November 2024 | |||||
| St Hilda, Abbess of Whitby, 680 | |||||
| 5.00pm | Evensong | Quire | |||
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey | Ley A Prayer of King Henry VI |
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| Thursday, 21st November 2024 | |||||
| 5.00pm | Evensong | Quire | |||
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey | Ley A Prayer of King Henry VI |
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| Saturday, 23rd November 2024 | |||||
| St Clement, Bishop of Rome, martyr, 99 | |||||
| 5.00pm | First Evensong of Christ the King | Quire | |||
| sung by the Lay Vicars | Palestrina Jesu Rex admirabilis |
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