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, 17th March 2024 | ||
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Fifth Sunday of Lent (Passiontide begins) | ||
10.00am | Matins | Quire |
sung by the Lay Vicars | plainsong Responses |
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11.15am | Sung Eucharist | Quire |
sung by the Lay Vicars; attended by The King's Scholars of Westminster School | Palestrina Missa Eripe me Preacher: The Reverend Justin White Priest Vicar |
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3.00pm | Evensong | Quire |
sung by the Lay Vicars | plainsong Vexilla regis prodeunt Preacher: The Very Reverend Dr David Hoyle KCVO MBE Dean of Westminster |
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6.00pm | Sung Eucharist | St Margaret's Church |
sung by the St Margaret's Choristers and Consort | Darke in F Preacher: The Reverend Justin White Priest Vicar |
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Monday, 18th March 2024 | ||
St Patrick, Patron of Ireland, bishop, missionary, c 5th century | ||
5.00pm | Evensong | Quire |
sung by the Choristers | Hurford Litany to the Holy Spirit |
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Tuesday, 19th March 2024 | ||
St Joseph | ||
5.00pm | Evensong | Quire |
sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey | Byrd Prevent us, O Lord |
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Thursday, 21st March 2024 | ||
Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury, Reformation martyr, 1556 | ||
5.00pm | Evensong | Quire |
sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey; attended by HE The High Commissioner for Namibia | Byrd Prevent us, O Lord |
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Friday, 22nd March 2024 | ||
5.00pm | Evensong | Quire |
sung by the Lay Vicars | plainsong Vexilla regis prodeunt |
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Saturday, 23rd March 2024 | ||
5.00pm | Evensong | Quire |
sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey | Howells Salvator Mundi |
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