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, 12th October 2025 | |||||
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| Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity | |||||
| 10.00am | Matins | Quire | |||
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey | Tomkins Responses |
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| 11.15am | Sung Eucharist | High Altar | |||
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey; attended by The King's Scholars of Westminster School | Mozart Missa brevis in F Preacher: The Reverend Mark Birch MVO Canon Rector |
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| 3.00pm | First Evensong of the Translation of St Edward the Confessor | Quire | |||
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey | Victoria O quam gloriosum est regnum Preacher: The Reverend David Stanton Canon in Residence |
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| 6.00pm | Sung Eucharist | St Margaret's Church | |||
| sung by the St Margaret's Choristers | Langlais Gloria (Missa in simplicitate) Preacher: The Reverend Mark Birch MVO Canon Rector |
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| Monday, 13th October 2025 | |||||
| THE TRANSLATION OF ST EDWARD THE CONFESSOR, KING, 1163, 1269 | |||||
| 5.00pm | Sung Eucharist | High Altar | |||
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey | Vierne Messe solennelle Preacher: The Reverend Christopher Stoltz Priest Vicar |
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| Tuesday, 14th October 2025 | |||||
| Octave of the Translation of St Edward the Confessor | |||||
| 5.00pm | Evensong | Quire | |||
| sung by the Choristers of Westminster Abbey | plainsong O lux beata Trinitas |
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| Wednesday, 15th October 2025 | |||||
| Octave of the Translation of St Edward the Confessor | |||||
| 5.00pm | Evensong | Quire | |||
| sung by the St Margaret's Choristers and Consort | Bruckner Locus iste a Deo factus est |
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| Thursday, 16th October 2025 | |||||
| Octave of the Translation of St Edward the Confessor | |||||
| 5.00pm | Evensong | Quire | |||
| sung by the Choirs of Westminster Abbey and Westminster Cathedral | plainsong Iste confessor Domini |
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| Friday, 17th October 2025 | |||||
| Octave of the Translation of St Edward the Confessor | |||||
| 5.00pm | Evensong | Quire | |||
| sung by the Lay Vicars of Westminster Abbey | plainsong Te lucis ante terminum |
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| Saturday, 18th October 2025 | |||||
| The National Pilgrimage to the Shrine of St Edward the Confessor | |||||
| 11.15am | Festival Eucharist | High Altar | |||
| sung by the Westminster Abbey Special Service Choir | Mozart Coronation Mass Preacher: The Reverend Dr James Hawkey Canon Theologian and Almoner |
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| 3.00pm | First Evensong of the Dedication of Westminster Abbey | Quire | |||
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey and the St Margaret's Choristers | Dyson Evening Service in D |
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