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

15th - 21st September 2024

Next Week

Sunday, 15th September 2024
Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity
3.00pm	Evensong	Quire
	sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey	Loosemore O Lord, increase my faith Clucas Responses Howells Collegium Regale Parry There is an old belief Howells Saraband in modo elegiaco Preacher: The Reverend Tricia Hillas Canon Steward
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Monday, 16th September 2024
St Ninian, Bishop of Galloway, Apostle of the Picts, c 432
Edward Bouverie Pusey, priest, Tractarian, 1882
5.00pm	Evensong	Quire
	sung by the Choristers; attended by the Acting High Commissioner for Papua New Guinea	plainsong Te lucis ante termminum plainsong Responses Frances-Hoad The Merton Service for Upper Voices Boyle Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace
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Tuesday, 17th September 2024
St Hildegard, Abbess of Bingen, visionary, 1179
5.00pm	Evensong	Quire
	sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey	Howells I will lift up mine eyes Ayleward Responses Marenzio Magnificat octavi toni plainsong Nunc dimittis octavi toni Gibbons Glorious and powerful God
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Thursday, 19th September 2024
St Theodore of Tarsus, Archbishop of Canterbury, 690
5.00pm	Evensong	Quire
	sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey; attended by HE The High Commissioner for St Kitts and Nevis	Howells I will lift up mine eyes Ayleward Responses Dyson in F Brahms Geistliches Lied
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Friday, 20th September 2024
John Coleridge Patteson, first Bishop of Melanesia, and his companions, martyrs, 1871
5.00pm	Evensong	Quire
	sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey	Howells I will lift up mine eyes Ayleward Responses Byrd Third Service Byrd Sing joyfully unto God our strength
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Saturday, 21st September 2024
St Matthew, apostle and evangelist
3.00pm	Evensong	Quire
	sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey	Howells I will lift up mine eyes Ayleward Responses Howells Dallas Service Howells Take him, earth, for cherishing Howells Rhapsody in C sharp minor
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