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, 21st December 2025 | |||||
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| Fourth Sunday of Advent | |||||
| O Oriens | |||||
| 10.00am | Matins | Quire | |||
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey | Radcliffe Responses |
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| 11.15am | Sung Eucharist | High Altar | |||
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey | Victoria Missa Ave Maris Stella Preacher: The Reverend Helena Bickley-Percival Sacrist |
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| 3.00pm | Evensong | Quire | |||
| sung by the Lay Vicars of Westminster Abbey | plainsong O Oriens 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 | Fauré Messe basse Preacher: The Reverend Helena Bickley-Percival Sacrist |
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| Wednesday, 24th December 2025 | |||||
| Christmas Eve | |||||
| 11.00pm | Sung Eucharist of Christmas Night | High Altar | |||
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey; attendance by free ticket only | Vierne Messe solennelle Preacher: The Very Reverend Dr David Hoyle KCVO MBE Dean of Westminster |
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| Thursday, 25th December 2025 | |||||
| CHRISTMAS DAY | |||||
| 10.30am | Sung Eucharist | High Altar | |||
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey; attendance by free ticket only | Palestrina Missa Hodie Christus natus est Preacher: The Reverend Mark Birch MVO Canon Rector |
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| 3.00pm | Evensong | Quire | |||
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey | arr Willcocks Away in a manger |
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| Saturday, 27th December 2025 | |||||
| St John, apostle and evangelist | |||||
| 5.00pm | Evensong | Quire | |||
| sung by I Dodici | Rose Responses |
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