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, 1st February 2026 | |||||
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| Fourth Sunday of Epiphany | |||||
| 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; attended by The King's Scholars of Westminster School | Victoria Missa O quam gloriosum Preacher: The Reverend Dan Warnke Priest Vicar, and Chaplain, Westminster School |
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| 3.00pm | First Evensong of the Presentation of Christ in the Temple | Quire | |||
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey | Byrd Senex puerum portabat Preacher: The Reverend Mark Birch MVO Canon in Residence |
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| 6.00pm | Sung Eucharist of the Fourth Sunday of Epiphany | St Margaret's Church | |||
| sung by the St Margaret's Choristers | Chaminade Messe pour deux voix égales Preacher: The Reverend Ro Morton Priest Vicar |
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| Monday, 2nd February 2026 | |||||
| CANDLEMAS: The Presentation of Christ in the Temple | |||||
| 5.00pm | Sung Eucharist with the Blessing of Candles | High Altar | |||
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey | Haydn Missa brevis Sancti Joannis de Deo Preacher: The Very Reverend Dr David Hoyle KCVO MBE Dean of Westminster |
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| Tuesday, 3rd February 2026 | |||||
| St Ansgar, Archbishop of Hamburg-Bremen, Apostle of the North, 865 | |||||
| 5.00pm | Evensong | Quire | |||
| sung by the Choristers of Westminster Abbey; attended by the High Commissioner of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka | plainsong Lucis Creator optime |
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| Thursday, 5th February 2026 | |||||
| 5.00pm | Evensong | Quire | |||
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey; attended by the High Commissioner of New Zealand | attr Loosemore O Lord, increase my faith |
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| Friday, 6th February 2026 | |||||
| 5.00pm | Evensong | Quire | |||
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey, attended by the High Commissioner of Grenada | attr Loosemore O Lord, increase my faith |
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| Saturday, 7th February 2026 | |||||
| 5.00pm | Evensong | Quire | |||
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey and members of the Westminster Abbey Old Choristers' Association | attr Loosemore O Lord, increase my faith |
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