Services & times

See a complete list of the Abbey's upcoming choral services and organ recitals.

You are also able to see our calendar for the weeks ahead and view orders of service for selected services.

 

This week's services

3rd - 9th November 2024
Sunday, 3rd November 2024
Fourth Sunday before Advent
8.00am Holy Communion Nave
The Book of Common Prayer; said
10.00am Matins Quire
sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey

Tomkins Responses
Elgar Te Deum
Parry Chorale Prelude on The 'Old 104th'

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

Haydn Missa brevis Sancti Joannis de Deo
la Rue O salutaris hostia
Lully Ouverture and Marche pour la Céremonie des Turcs (Le Bourgeois gentilhomme)

Preacher: The Reverend Robert Latham Sacrist

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3.00pm Evensong Quire
sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey

Tye O come, ye servants of the Lord
Tomkins Responses
Dyson in D
Parry Blest pair of sirens
Elgar Presto (Sonata in G)

Preacher: The Reverend Canon Carl Turner Rector, Saint Thomas Church Fifth Avenue, New York, USA

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5.00pm Organ Recital Nave
given by Benjamin Newlove, St Alphege, Greenwich

Sweelinck Fantasia Chromatica
Vierne Clair de Lune Op 53 no 5
Bach Fantasia and Fugue in G minor BWV 542

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

Schubert Mass II in G
Harris Faire is the heaven (part of the Voice and Verse season)
Mendelssohn Allegro maestoso (Sonata V)

Preacher: The Reverend Robert Latham Sacrist

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Monday, 4th November 2024
7.30am Morning Prayer Quire
said
8.00am Holy Communion Florence Nightingale Chapel
said
12.30pm Holy Communion Nave
said
5.00pm Evensong Quire
marking the twenty-first anniversary of the Methodist-Anglican Covenant; sung by the Choristers

Vaughan Williams The Call
plainsong Responses
Robinson in C
Fauré Ave verum corpus

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Tuesday, 5th November 2024
7.30am Morning Prayer Quire
said
8.00am Holy Communion Shrine
said
12.30pm Holy Communion Nave
said
5.00pm Evensong Quire
sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey; attended by the Acting High Commissioner for Dominica

Rachmaninoff To thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul
Ayleward Responses
Tomkins The Fifth Service
Stanford Justorum animae in manu Dei sunt

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Wednesday, 6th November 2024
William Temple, Canon of Westminster, 1919–21, Archbishop of Canterbury, teacher of the faith, 1944
7.30am Morning Prayer Quire
said
8.00am Holy Communion Chapel of the Holy Name
said
12.30pm Holy Communion Nave
said
5.00pm Evening Prayer Quire
said
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Thursday, 7th November 2024
St Willibrord of York, bishop, Apostle of Frisia, 739
7.30am Morning Prayer Quire
said
8.00am Holy Communion St Faith's Chapel
said
12.30pm Holy Communion Nave
said
5.00pm Evensong with the Installation of The Reverend Mark Birch MVO as Canon of Westminster Quire
sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey

Rachmaninoff To thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul
Ayleward Responses
Ireland in F
McDowall O sing unto the Lord
Karg-Elert Nun danket alle Gott

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

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Friday, 8th November 2024
The Saints and Martyrs of England
7.30am Morning Prayer Quire
said
8.00am Holy Communion St Faith's Chapel
said
12.30pm Holy Communion Nave
said
5.00pm Evensong Quire
sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey

Rachmaninoff To thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul
Ayleward Responses
Hooper Short Service
Harris Holy is the true light

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Saturday, 9th November 2024
8.00am Holy Communion St Faith's Chapel
said
8.40am Morning Prayer St Faith's Chapel
said
5.00pm Evensong Quire
sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey

Rachmaninoff To thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul
Ayleward Responses
Gibbons Short Service
McGregor O for a closer walk with God
Bach Prelude and Fugue in E minor

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Everyone is welcome at these services, free of charge.

Service times and locations may change at short notice. Security checks are in place upon entry.