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, 7th July 2024 | ||
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| Sixth Sunday after Trinity | ||
| 11.00am | Matins | Quire |
| attended by The Lord Mayor of Westminster in Civic State; sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey | Bruckner Locus iste a Deo factus est Preacher: Father Christopher Colven Chaplain to the Lord Mayor of Westminster |
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| 3.00pm | Evensong | Quire |
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey | Bairstow Jesu, the very thought of thee Preacher: The Reverend Dr Alvyn Pettersen Honorary Chaplain, University Church of St Mary the Virgin, Oxford, and Canon Emeritus, Worcester Cathedral |
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| 6.00pm | Sung Eucharist with Valediction of a Chorister | St Margaret's Church |
| sung by the St Margaret's Choristers and Consort | Byrd Mass for four voices Preacher: The Reverend Robert Latham Sacrist |
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| Monday, 8th July 2024 | ||
| 5.00pm | Evensong | Quire |
| sung by the Choristers | Handel How beautiful are the feet |
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| Tuesday, 9th July 2024 | ||
| The Burial of Lady Margaret Beaufort, 1509 | ||
| 5.00pm | Evensong | Quire |
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey; attended by HE The High Commissioner for The Bahamas | attr Farrant Lord, for thy tender mercy's sake |
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| Thursday, 11th July 2024 | ||
| St Benedict, Abbot of Montecassino, father of western monasticism, c 550 | ||
| 5.00pm | Evensong | Quire |
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey | attr Farrant Lord, for thy tender mercy's sake |
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| Friday, 12th July 2024 | ||
| 5.00pm | Evensong | Quire |
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey | attr Farrant Lord, for thy tender mercy's sake |
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| Saturday, 13th July 2024 | ||
| 5.00pm | Evensong | Quire |
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey | attr Farrant Lord, for thy tender mercy's sake |
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