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, 15th December 2024 | |||||
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| Third Sunday of Advent | |||||
| 10.00am | Matins | Quire | |||
| sung by the Lay Vicars of Westminster Abbey | plainsong Responses |
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| 11.15am | Sung Eucharist | High Altar | |||
| sung by the Lay Vicars of Westminster Abbey | Duruflé Messe cum jubilo Preacher: The Reverend Helena Bickley-Percival Sacrist |
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| 3.00pm | Evensong | Quire | |||
| sung by the Lay Vicars of Westminster Abbey | Mouton Salva nos Domine vigilantes Preacher: The Reverend Mariama Ifode-Blease Curate, St James’s Piccadilly, Diocese of London |
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| 6.00pm | Sung Eucharist | St Margaret's Church | |||
| sung by the St Margaret's Choristers | Chaminade Messe pour deux voix égales Preacher: The Reverend Helena Bickley-Percival Sacrist |
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| Monday, 16th December 2024 | |||||
| 5.00pm | Evensong | Quire | |||
| sung by the Lay Vicars of Westminster Abbey | plainsong Conditor alme siderum |
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| Tuesday, 17th December 2024 | |||||
| O Sapientia | |||||
| 5.00pm | Evensong | Quire | |||
| sung by the Lay Vicars | plainsong O Sapientia |
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| Saturday, 21st December 2024 | |||||
| O Oriens | |||||
| 5.00pm | Evensong | Quire | |||
| sung by the Lay Vicars of Westminster Abbey | plainsong O Oriens |
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