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 February 2026 | |||||
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| Sunday next before Lent | |||||
| 10.00am | Matins | Quire | |||
| sung by the Lay Vicars of Westminster Abbey | Moore Responses |
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| 11.15am | Sung Eucharist | High Altar | |||
| sung by the Lay Vicars of Westminster Abbey | Palestrina Missa Eripe me Preacher: The Reverend Helena Bickley-Percival Sacrist |
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| 3.00pm | Evensong | Quire | |||
| sung by the Lay Vicars of Westminster Abbey | Tallis A new commandment give I unto you Preacher: The Reverend Mark Birch MVO Canon in Residence |
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| Monday, 16th February 2026 | |||||
| 5.00pm | Evensong | Quire | |||
| sung by the Lay Vicars of Westminster Abbey | plainsong Lucis Creator optime |
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| Tuesday, 17th February 2026 | |||||
| Janani Luwum, Archbishop of Uganda, martyr, 1977 | |||||
| 5.00pm | Evensong | Quire | |||
| sung by the Lay Vicars of Westminster Abbey; attended by the High Commissioner of the Republic of the Gambia | plainsong Lucis Creator optime |
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| Wednesday, 18th February 2026 | |||||
| Ash Wednesday | |||||
| 5.00pm | Sung Eucharist with the Imposition of Ashes | High Altar | |||
| sung by the Lay Vicars of Westminster Abbey | Byrd Mass for three voices Preacher: The Reverend David Stanton Sub-Dean and Canon Treasurer |
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| Friday, 20th February 2026 | |||||
| 5.00pm | Evensong | Quire | |||
| sung by the Lay Vicars of Westminster Abbey; attended by the High Commissioner of Saint Lucia | plainsong Audi benigne Conditor |
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| Saturday, 21st February 2026 | |||||
| 5.00pm | Evensong | Quire | |||
| sung by the Lay Vicars of Westminster Abbey | plainsong Audi benigne Conditor |
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