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, 30th June 2024 | ||
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| Fifth Sunday after Trinity | ||
| 10.00am | Matins | Quire |
| sung by the Westminster Abbey Special Service Choir | Clucas Responses |
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| 11.15am | Sung Eucharist | Quire |
| sung by the Westminster Abbey Special Service Choir | Lassus Missa Bell' Amfitrit' altera Preacher: The Reverend Mark Birch MVO Precentor |
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| 3.00pm | Evensong | Quire |
| sung by the Westminster Abbey Special Service Choir | attr Farrant Lord, for thy tender mercy's sake Preacher: The Reverend Dr James Hawkey Canon in Residence |
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| Monday, 1st July 2024 | ||
| 5.00pm | Evensong | Quire |
| sung by the Lay Vicars; attended by HE The High Commissioner for Canada | plainsong Lucis Creator optime |
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| Tuesday, 2nd July 2024 | ||
| 5.00pm | Evensong | Quire |
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey; attended by HE The High Commissioner for Rwanda | Bairstow Jesu, the very thought of thee |
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| View Order of Service | ||
| Thursday, 4th July 2024 | ||
| 5.00pm | Evensong | Quire |
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey | Bairstow Jesu, the very thought of thee |
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| Friday, 5th July 2024 | ||
| 5.00pm | Evensong | Quire |
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey; attended by HE The High Commissioner for Malawi | Bairstow Jesu, the very thought of thee |
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| View Order of Service | ||
| Saturday, 6th July 2024 | ||
| Thomas More, scholar, and John Fisher, Bishop of Rochester, Reformation martyrs, 1535 | ||
| 5.00pm | Evensong | Quire |
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey | Morley Responses |
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| View Order of Service | ||
