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, 16th February 2025 | |||||
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| Third Sunday before Lent | |||||
| 10.00am | Matins | Quire | |||
| sung by the Lay Vicars of Westminster Abbey | Tallis Responses |
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| 11.15am | Sung Eucharist | High Altar | |||
| sung by the Lay Vicars of Westminster Abbey | Tallis Mass for four voices Preacher The Very Reverend Dr David Hoyle KCVO MBE Dean of Westminster |
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| 3.00pm | Evensong | Quire | |||
| sung by the Lay Vicars of Westminster Abbey | Tomkins O how amiable are thy dwellings Preacher: The Reverend David Stanton Canon in Residence |
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| Monday, 17th February 2025 | |||||
| Janani Luwum, Archbishop of Uganda, martyr, 1977 | |||||
| 5.00pm | Evensong | Quire | |||
| sung by the Lay Vicars of Westminster Abbey | plainsong Lucis Creator optime |
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| Tuesday, 18th February 2025 | |||||
| 5.00pm | Evensong | Quire | |||
| sung by the Lay Vicars of Westminster Abbey; attended by a representative of the High Commissioner for The Gambia | plainsong Lucis Creator optime |
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| Thursday, 20th February 2025 | |||||
| 5.00pm | Evensong | Quire | |||
| sung by the Lay Vicars of Westminster Abbey; attended by HE The High Commissioner for St Lucia | plainsong Lucis Creator optime |
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| Friday, 21st February 2025 | |||||
| 5.00pm | Evensong | Quire | |||
| sung by the Lay Vicars of Westminster Abbey | plainsong Lucis Creator optime |
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| Saturday, 22nd February 2025 | |||||
| 5.00pm | Evensong | Quire | |||
| sung by the Lay Vicars of Westminster Abbey | Sheppard I give you a new commandment Moore Responses West Evening Service in C Walker I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills Bach Toccata and Fugue in D minor |
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