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

Previous Week

5th - 11th July 2026

Next Week

Sunday, 5th July 2026
Fifth Sunday after Trinity
3.00pm	Evensong	Quire
	sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey	Tallis O nata lux de lumine Martin Responses Noble Evening Service in B minor Parry Lord, let me know mine end Mendelssohn Prelude and Fugue in D minor Preacher: The Venerable Jennifer Adams-Massmann Canon in Residence
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Monday, 6th July 2026
Thomas More, scholar, and John Fisher, Bishop of Rochester, Reformation martyrs, 1535
5.00pm	Evensong	Quire
	sung by the Choristers of Westminster Abbey; attended by the High Commissioner of the Republic of Malawi	Handel How beautiful are the feet of them plainsong Responses Watson Evening Service in F Franck Panis angelicus fit panis hominum
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Tuesday, 7th July 2026
5.00pm	Evensong	Quire
	sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey; attended by the Honorary Consul of Solomon Islands	Bairstow I sat down under his shadow Rose Responses Wesley Evening Service in E Wesley Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace
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Wednesday, 8th July 2026
5.00pm	Evensong	Quire
	sung by the St Margaret's Choristers and Consort	Lloyd View me, Lord, a work of thine Leighton Responses Howells Collegium Regale McDowall I know that my redeemer liveth
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Thursday, 9th July 2026
The Burial of Lady Margaret Beaufort, 1509
5.00pm	Evensong	Quire
	sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey	Bairstow I sat down under his shadow Rose Responses Wood Evening Service in E flat Bennett These Three
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Friday, 10th July 2026
5.00pm	Evensong	Quire
	sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey; attended by the High Commissioner of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas	Duruflé Ubi caritas et amor Deus ibi est Rose Responses Stanford Evening Service in G Bach Mein teurer Heiland
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Saturday, 11th July 2026
St Benedict, Abbot of Montecassino, father of western monasticism, c 550
5.00pm	Evensong	Quire
	sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey	Bairstow I sat down under his shadow Rose Responses Howells The Gloucester Service Parry My soul, there is a country Mendelssohn Prelude and Fugue in C minor
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