Order of Service

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Today's Services

Sunday, 17th May 2026
Seventh Sunday of Easter - Sunday after Ascension Day
8.00am Holy Communion Nave
The Book of Common Prayer; said
10.00am Matins Quire
sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey

Smith Responses
Stanford Te Deum laudamus in C
Martin Jubilate Deo
Bridge Adagio in E

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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

Dove Missa brevis
Mendelssohn Am Himmelfahrtstage
Mendelssohn Sonata in D

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

Byrd Psallite Domino
Smith Responses
Tomkins The First Service
Gibbons O God, the King of glory
Messiaen Transports de joie d'une âme devant la gloire du Christ qui est la sienne

Preacher: The Reverend Dr James Hawkey Canon in Residence

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5.00pm Organ Recital Nave
given by James Welch

MacMillan Cortège Académique
Purvis Greensleeves
Mendelssohn Prelude in D minor
Sullivan arr Schreiner The Lost Chord
Wood Though I May Speak (O Waly Waly)
Christiansen Toccata on the Westminster Chimes

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

Leighton An Easter Sequence
Rheinberger Missa Puerorum
Leighton Paean

Preacher: The Very Reverend Dr David Hoyle KCVO MBE Dean of Westminster

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