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, 24th November 2024 | |||||
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| Christ the King | |||||
| 10.00am | Matins | Quire | |||
| sung by the Lay Vicars | plainsong Responses |
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| 11.15am | Sung Eucharist | High Altar | |||
| sung by the Lay Vicars | Palestrina Missa Aeterna Christi munera Preacher: The Reverend Mark Birch MVO Canon Rector |
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| 3.00pm | Evensong | Quire | |||
| sung by the Lay Vicars | This service will be live-streamed Palestrina Jesu Rex admirabilis Preacher: The Right Reverend Michael Langrish Honorary Assistant Bishop, Diocese of Bath and Wells |
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| 6.00pm | Sung Eucharist | St Margaret's Church | |||
| sung by St Margaret's Choristers and Consort | Byrd Mass for four voices Preacher: The Reverend Mark Birch MVO Canon Rector |
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| Monday, 25th November 2024 | |||||
| St Catherine of Alexandria, martyr, c 305 | |||||
| 5.00pm | Evensong | Quire | |||
| sung by the Lay Vicars | plainsong Lucis Creator optime |
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| Wednesday, 27th November 2024 | |||||
| 5.00pm | Evensong | Quire | |||
| sung by the St Margaret's Choristers and Consort | arr Smith Moore We shall walk through the valley |
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| Thursday, 28th November 2024 | |||||
| 5.00pm | Evensong | Quire | |||
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey | Bairstow I sat down under his shadow |
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| Friday, 29th November 2024 | |||||
| Nicholas Litlyngton, Abbot of Westminster, 1386 | |||||
| 5.00pm | Evensong | Quire | |||
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey; attended by HE The High Commissioner for Barbados | Bairstow I sat down under his shadow |
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| Saturday, 30th November 2024 | |||||
| St Andrew the Apostle, patron of Scotland | |||||
| 5.00pm | Evensong | Quire | |||
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey | Victoria O quam gloriosum est regnum |
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