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, 9th March 2025 | ||
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| First Sunday of Lent | ||
| 10.00am | Matins | Quire |
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey | Tomkins Responses |
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| 11.15am | Sung Eucharist | High Altar |
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey | Sheppard Western Wind Mass Preacher: The Reverend Dr James Hawkey Canon Theologian and Almoner |
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| 3.00pm | Evensong | Quire |
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey | Farrant Call to remembrance, O Lord Preacher: The Reverend Mark Birch MVO Canon in Residence |
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| 6.00pm | Sung Eucharist | St Margaret's Church |
| sung by the St Margaret's Choristers and Consort | Palestrina Missa Aeterna Christi munera Preacher: The Reverend Dr James Hawkey Canon Theologian and Almoner |
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| Tuesday, 11th March 2025 | ||
| 5.00pm | Evensong | Quire |
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey | Farrant Hide not thou thy face from us, O Lord |
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| Wednesday, 12th March 2025 | ||
| 5.00pm | Evensong | Quire |
| sung by the St Margaret's Choristers and Consort; attended by the Deputy High Commissioner for Mauritius | Purcell Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts |
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| Thursday, 13th March 2025 | ||
| 5.00pm | Evensong | Quire |
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey | Farrant Hide not thou thy face from us, O Lord |
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| Friday, 14th March 2025 | ||
| 5.00pm | Evensong | Quire |
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey | Farrant Hide not thou thy face from us, O Lord |
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| Saturday, 15th March 2025 | ||
| 5.00pm | Evensong | Quire |
| sung by the Lay Vicars of Westminster Abbey | plainsong Audi benigne Conditor |
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