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Today's services

Sunday, 13th September 2026
Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity
8.00am Holy Communion Nave
The Book of Common Prayer; said
10.00am Matins Quire
sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey

Ayleward Responses
Ireland Morning Service in F
Ireland Alla marcia

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11.15am Sung Eucharist High Altar
sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey

Mozart Missa brevis in F
Mozart Ave verum corpus
Mozart Fantasia in F minor

Preacher: The Reverend Dr James Hawkey Canon Theologian and Almoner

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3.00pm Evensong Quire
sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey

Rutter Come, my joy
Ayleward Responses
Robinson The Westminster Service
Vaughan Williams Antiphon
Bairstow Andante serioso, ma con moto (Sonata in E flat)

Preacher: The Reverend Nicholas Mercer Rector, The Priory Church of St Mary and St Cuthbert, Bolton Abbey, Diocese of Leeds

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5.00pm Organ Recital Nave
given by Paul Greally, Assistant Organist

Vierne Introduction et allegro (Symphonie VI in B minor Op 59)
Schumann Six Fugues on B-A-C-H Op 60
   ii Lebhaft
   iii Mit sanften Stimmen
   iv Mässig, doch nicht zu langsam

Howells Rhapsody IV ‘Bene psallite in vociferatione’

6.00pm Sung Eucharist St Margaret's Church
sung by the St Margaret's Choristers and Consort

Ireland Communion Service in C
Rheinberger Abendlied
Ireland arr Gower Epic March

Preacher: The Reverend Dr James Hawkey Canon Theologian and Almoner

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Everyone is welcome at these services, free of charge. Security checks are in place upon entry.

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