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, 2nd February 2025 | |||||
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| Fourth Sunday of Epiphany | |||||
| The Presentation of Christ in the Temple (Candlemas) | |||||
| 11.15am | Sung Eucharist with Blessing of Candles | High Altar | |||
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey; attended by The King's Scholars of Westminster School | Dvorák Mass in D Preacher: The Reverend Mark Birch MVO Canon Rector |
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| 3.00pm | Evensong | Quire | |||
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey | Harris Holy is the true light Preacher: The Reverend David Stanton Canon in Residence |
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| 6.00pm | Sung Eucharist with the Blessing of Candles | St Margaret's Church | |||
| sung by the St Margaret's Choristers and Consort | Schubert Mass II in G Preacher: The Reverend Mark Birch MVO Canon Rector |
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| Monday, 3rd February 2025 | |||||
| St Ansgar, Archbishop of Hamburg, missionary in Denmark and Sweden, 865 | |||||
| 5.00pm | Evensong | Quire | |||
| sung by the Choristers of Westminster Abbey | plainsong Lucis Creator optime |
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| Tuesday, 4th February 2025 | |||||
| Manche Masemola, martyr, 1928 | |||||
| 5.00pm | Evensong | Quire | |||
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey; attended by the Deputy High Commissioner for Sri Lanka | Byrd Prevent us, O Lord, in all our doings |
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| Thursday, 6th February 2025 | |||||
| 5.00pm | Evensong | Quire | |||
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey; attended by the Deputy High Commissioner for New Zealand | Byrd Prevent us, O Lord, in all our doings |
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| Friday, 7th February 2025 | |||||
| 5.00pm | Evensong | Quire | |||
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey; attended by HE The High Commissioner for Grenada | Byrd Prevent us, O Lord, in all our doings Ayleward Responses Hooper Short Service Hooper Behold, it is Christ which was ordained by God |
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| Saturday, 8th February 2025 | |||||
| 5.00pm | Evensong | Quire | |||
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey | Byrd Prevent us, O Lord, in all our doings |
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