Regular services
Evensong
This service follows the traditional pattern in The Book of Common Prayer and consists of choral music (psalms, canticles, and anthems) from the rich Anglican musical tradition, scripture readings, and prayers.
When
See the calendar below for upcoming Evensong services.
Where
The Quire. Entry is via the Great West Door.
Evensong times
| Sunday, 20th September 2026 | |||||
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| Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity | |||||
| 3.00pm | Evensong | Quire | |||
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey | Clucas Keep me as the apple of an eye Preacher: The Reverend David Stanton Canon in Residence |
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| Monday, 21st September 2026 | |||||
| St Matthew, apostle and evangelist | |||||
| 5.00pm | Evensong | Quire | |||
| sung by the Lay Vicars of Westminster Abbey; attended by the High Commissioner of Belize | plainsong Exultet caelum laudibus |
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| Tuesday, 22nd September 2026 | |||||
| 5.00pm | Evensong | Quire | |||
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey; attended by the High Commissioner of the Republic of Malta | plainsong Deus tuorum militum |
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| Thursday, 24th September 2026 | |||||
| 5.00pm | Evensong | Quire | |||
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey | attr Farrant Lord, for thy tender mercy's sake |
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| Friday, 25th September 2026 | |||||
| Lancelot Andrewes, Dean of Westminster, 1601–05, Bishop of Winchester, spiritual writer, 1626 | |||||
| 5.00pm | Evensong | Quire | |||
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey; attended by a representative of the High Commissioner of the Republic of Botswana | attr Farrant Lord, for thy tender mercy's sake |
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| Saturday, 26th September 2026 | |||||
| Wilson Carlile, founder of the Church Army, 1942 | |||||
| 3.00pm | Evensong | Quire | |||
| sung by the Lay Vicars of Westminster Abbey | plainsong Lucis Creator optime |
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