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, 30th March 2025 | |||||
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| Fourth Sunday of Lent | |||||
| 10.00am | Matins | Quire | |||
| sung by the Lay Vicars of Westminster Abbey | plainsong Responses |
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| 11.15am | Sung Eucharist | Quire | |||
| sung by the Lay Vicars of Westminster Abbey | Palestrina Missa Eripe me Preacher: The Right Reverend Anthony Ball Canon Steward |
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| 3.00pm | Evensong | Quire | |||
| sung by the Lay Vicars of Westminster Abbey | Sheppard Rejoice in the Lord always Preacher: The Reverend Canon Peter Groves Vicar, St Mary Magdalen, Oxford |
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| Monday, 31st March 2025 | |||||
| John Donne, priest, poet, 1631 | |||||
| 5.00pm | Evensong | Quire | |||
| sung by Lancing College Choir | Radcliffe Responses |
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| Tuesday, 1st April 2025 | |||||
| 5.00pm | Evensong | Quire | |||
| sung by Bristol University Madrigal Ensemble | Leighton Responses |
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| Thursday, 3rd April 2025 | |||||
| 5.00pm | Evensong | Quire | |||
| sung by The Chapel Choir of St Hild and St Bede College, Durham | Ayleward Responses |
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| Friday, 4th April 2025 | |||||
| Martin Luther King, Baptist minister, martyr, 1968 | |||||
| 5.00pm | Evensong | Quire | |||
| sung by Hertford Chamber Choir | Tallis Responses |
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| Saturday, 5th April 2025 | |||||
| 5.00pm | Evensong | Quire | |||
| sung by the Choir from the Rodolfus Choral Weekend Course | Radcliffe Responses |
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