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

All services|Organ recitals
14th - 20th September 2025
Sunday, 14th September 2025
Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity
10.00am Matins Quire
sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey

Radcliffe Responses
Stanford Te Deum laudamus in C
Britten Jubilate Deo in C
Buxtehude Canzonetta in C
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11.15am Sung Eucharist High Altar
sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey

Byrd Mass for four voices
Byrd Ave verum corpus
Byrd Fantasia in G

Preacher: The Reverend Dr James Hawkey Canon Theologian and Almoner
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3.00pm Evensong Quire
sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey

Harris Holy is the true light
Radcliffe Responses
Gibbons The Second Service
Handel Let thy hand be strengthened
Bach Prelude and Fugue in C

Preacher: The Reverend Mark Birch MVO Canon in Residence
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6.00pm Sung Eucharist St Margaret's Church
sung by the St Margaret's Choristers and Consort

Ireland Communion Service in C
Chilcott Even such is time
Mathias Recessional

Preacher: The Reverend Dr James Hawkey Canon Theologian and Almoner
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Monday, 15th September 2025
Holy Cross Day
Anniversary of the Battle of Britain, 1940
5.00pm Evensong Quire
sung by the Choristers of Westminster Abbey

plainsong The royal banners forward go
plainsong Responses
Dyson Evening Service in C minor
Bach Bete aber auch dabei
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Tuesday, 16th September 2025
St Ninian, Bishop of Galloway, Apostle of the Picts, c 432
Edward Bouverie Pusey, priest, Tractarian, 1882
5.00pm Evensong Quire
sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey; attended by the High Commissioner of the Independent State of Papua New Guinea

Batten O praise the Lord, all ye heathen
Ayleward Responses
Dyson Evening Service in F
Williams Almighty God, look down with mercy
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Wednesday, 17th September 2025
St Hildegard, Abbess of Bingen, visionary, 1179
5.00pm Evensong Quire
sung by the St Margaret's Choristers and Consort; attended by the High Commissioner of the Republic of Malta

Tallis O nata lux de lumine
Smith Responses
Stanford Evening Service in C
Chilcott Even such is time
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Thursday, 18th September 2025
5.00pm Evensong Quire
attended by members of the Coroners' Conference from the British Isles and the Commonwealth; sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey

Batten O praise the Lord, all ye heathen
Ayleward Responses
Batten The Fourth Service
Jackson O everlasting God
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Friday, 19th September 2025
St Theodore of Tarsus, Archbishop of Canterbury, 690
5.00pm Evensong Quire
sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey; attended by the High Commissioner of the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis

Batten O praise the Lord, all ye heathen
Ayleward Responses
Bingham The York Service
Parsons Ave Maria gratia plena
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Saturday, 20th September 2025
John Coleridge Patteson, first Bishop of Melanesia, and his companions, martyrs, 1871
3.00pm Evensong Quire
sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey

Batten O praise the Lord, all ye heathen
Ayleward Responses
Purcell Evening Service in E minor
Gibbons See, see the Word is incarnate
Bach Prelude and Fugue in F minor
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Everyone is welcome at these services, free of charge. Security checks are in place upon entry.