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, 6th October 2024 | |||||||||||
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| Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity | |||||||||||
| 10.00am | Matins | Quire | |||||||||
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey | Byrd Responses |
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| 11.15am | Sung Eucharist | Quire | |||||||||
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey | Guerrero Missa In te Domine speravi Preacher: The Reverend David Stanton Sub-Dean and Canon Treasurer |
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| 3.00pm | Evensong | Quire | |||||||||
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey | Purcell Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts Preacher: The Right Reverend Anthony Ball Canon in Residence |
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| 6.00pm | Sung Eucharist with Admission of Choristers | St Margaret's Church | |||||||||
| marking the Dedication of St Margaret's Church; sung by the St Margaret's Choristers and Consort | Haydn Missa brevis Sancti Joannis de Deo Preacher: The Reverend Helena Bickley-Percival Chaplain |
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| Monday, 7th October 2024 | |||||||||||
| 5.00pm | Evensong | Quire | |||||||||
| sung by the Lay Vicars; attended by HE The High Commissioner for Lesotho | plainsong Lucis Creator optime |
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| Tuesday, 8th October 2024 | |||||||||||
| 5.00pm | Evensong | Quire | |||||||||
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey | Mudd Let thy merciful ears, O Lord |
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| Thursday, 10th October 2024 | |||||||||||
| St Paulinus, Bishop of York, missionary, 644 | |||||||||||
| 5.00pm | Evensong | Quire | |||||||||
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey; attended by HE The High Commissioner for Uganda | Mudd Let thy merciful ears, O Lord |
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| Friday, 11th October 2024 | |||||||||||
| 5.00pm | Evensong | Quire | |||||||||
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey; attended by HE The High Commissioner for Fiji | Mudd Let thy merciful ears, O Lord |
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| Saturday, 12th October 2024 | |||||||||||
| St Wilfrid of Ripon, bishop, missionary, 709 | |||||||||||
| Elizabeth Fry, prison reformer, 1845 | |||||||||||
| Edith Cavell, nurse, 1915 | |||||||||||
| 3.00pm | First Evensong of the Translation of St Edward the Confessor | Quire | |||||||||
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey | This service will be live-streamed Mudd Let thy merciful ears, O Lord |
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