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, 22nd February 2026 | |||||
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| First Sunday of Lent | |||||
| 10.00am | Matins | Quire | |||
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey | Ayleward Responses |
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| 11.15am | Sung Eucharist | High Altar | |||
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey | Rheinberger Cantus missae Preacher: The Very Reverend Dr David Hoyle KCVO MBE Dean of Westminster |
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| 3.00pm | Evensong | Quire | |||
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey | Mudd Let thy merciful ears, 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 Very Reverend Dr David Hoyle KCVO MBE Dean of Westminster |
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| Monday, 23rd February 2026 | |||||
| St Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna, martyr, c 155 | |||||
| 5.00pm | Evensong | Quire | |||
| sung by the Choristers of Westminster Abbey; attended by representatives of the High Commissioner of Brunei Darussalam | plainsong Audi benigne Conditor |
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| Tuesday, 24th February 2026 | |||||
| 5.00pm | Evensong | Quire | |||
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey; attended by HE The High Commissioner of the Republic of Guyana | Farrant Call to remembrance, O Lord |
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| Thursday, 26th February 2026 | |||||
| 5.00pm | Evensong | Quire | |||
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey | Farrant Call to remembrance, O Lord |
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| Friday, 27th February 2026 | |||||
| George Herbert, priest, poet, 1633 | |||||
| 5.00pm | Evensong | Quire | |||
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey | Farrant Call to remembrance, O Lord |
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| Saturday, 28th February 2026 | |||||
| 5.00pm | Evensong | Quire | |||
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey | Byrd Responses |
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