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

All services|Organ recitals
15th - 21st November 2026
Sunday, 15th November 2026
Second Sunday before Advent
10.00am Matins Quire
sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey

Byrd Responses
Vaughan Williams Te Deum laudamus in G
Walton Jubilate Deo
Vaughan Williams Prelude in C minor
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11.15am Sung Eucharist High Altar
sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey

Byrd Mass for four voices
Tallis O sacrum convivium
Bach Fugue in D

Preacher: The Venerable Jennifer Adams-Massmann Canon Steward and Archdeacon of Westminster
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3.00pm Evensong Quire
sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey

Radcliffe God be in my head
Byrd Responses
Wood Evening Service in E flat
Weir Psalm 148
Vaughan Williams Fugue in C

Preacher: The Reverend Dr James Hawkey Canon in Residence
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6.00pm Sung Eucharist St Margaret's Church
sung by the St Margaret's Choristers

Rheinberger Missa puerorum
Poston Jesus Christ the Apple Tree
Vierne Final (Symphonie I)

Preacher: The Venerable Jennifer Adams-Massmann Canon Steward and Archdeacon of Westminster
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Monday, 16th November 2026
St Margaret, Queen of Scotland, philanthropist, reformer of the Church, 1093
Obit of Henry III
5.00pm Evensong Quire
sung by the Lay Vicars of Westminster Abbey plainsong Lucis Creator optime
plainsong Responses
Ramsey The Short Service
Tye In pace in idipsum dormiam et reqiescam
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Tuesday, 17th November 2026
St Hugh, Bishop of Lincoln, 1200
The Accession of Elizabeth I, founder of this Collegiate Church of St Peter, 1558
5.00pm Evensong Quire
sung by the Lay Vicars of Westminster Abbey

plainsong Lucis Creator optime
plainsong Responses
Hassler Magnificat quinti toni
Quinney Nunc dimittis tertii toni
Gibbons So God loved the world
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Thursday, 19th November 2026
St Hilda, Abbess of Whitby, 680
5.00pm Evensong Quire
sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey

Farrant Hide not thou thy face from us, O Lord
Williams Responses
Purcell Evening Service in G minor
Blow God is our hope and strength
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Saturday, 21st November 2026
5.00pm First Evensong of Christ the King Quire
sung by the Lay Vicars of Westminster Abbey

Palestrina Jesu Rex admirabilis
Moore Responses
Ives The Westminster Service
Vivanco O Rex gloriae
Parry Fantasia in G
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Everyone is welcome at these services, free of charge. Security checks are in place upon entry.