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, 7th December 2025 | |||||
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| Second Sunday of Advent | |||||
| 10.00am | Matins | Quire | |||
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey | Byrd Responses |
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| 11.15am | Sung Eucharist | High Altar | |||
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey | plainsong Kyrie eleison Preacher: The Reverend Mark Birch MVO Canon Rector |
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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 Dr James Hawkey Canon in Residence |
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| Monday, 8th December 2025 | |||||
| The Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary | |||||
| 5.00pm | Evensong | Quire | |||
| sung by the Lay Vicars of Westminster Abbey | plainsong Conditor alme siderum |
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| Tuesday, 9th December 2025 | |||||
| 5.00pm | Evensong | Quire | |||
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey | Joubert There is no rose of such virtue |
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| Friday, 12th December 2025 | |||||
| 5.00pm | Evensong | Quire | |||
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey | Joubert There is no rose of such virtue |
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| View Order of Service | |||||
| Saturday, 13th December 2025 | |||||
| St Lucy, martyr at Syracuse, 304 | |||||
| 5.00pm | Evensong | Quire | |||
| sung by the Lay Vicars of Westminster Abbey | Sheppard Rejoice in the Lord always |
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