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, 4th May 2025 | |||||
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| Third Sunday of Easter | |||||
| 10.00am | Matins | Quire | |||
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey | Rose Responses |
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| 11.15am | Sung Eucharist | Quire | |||
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey | Taverner Western Wind Mass Preacher: The Reverend David Stanton Sub-Dean and Canon Treasurer |
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| 3.00pm | Evensong | Quire | |||
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey | Handel Since by man came death Preacher: The Reverend Dr James Hawkey Canon in Residence |
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| 6.00pm | Sung Eucharist | St Margaret's Church | |||
| sung by the St Margaret's Choristers | Rheinberger Missa Puerorum Preacher: The Reverend David Stanton Sub-Dean and Canon Treasurer |
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| Monday, 5th May 2025 | |||||
| 5.00pm | Evensong | Quire | |||
| sung by the Choristers of Westminster Abbey | Couperin Christo resurgenti |
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| Tuesday, 6th May 2025 | |||||
| The Coronation of His Majesty The King, 2023 | |||||
| 5.00pm | Evensong | Quire | |||
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey | The National Anthem |
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| Thursday, 8th May 2025 | |||||
| Julian of Norwich, spiritual writer, c 1417 | |||||
| 5.00pm | Evensong | St Margaret's Church | |||
| sung by the Lay Vicars of Westminster Abbey | plainsong Aurora lucis rutilat plainsong Responses Tallis The Short Service Byrd O Rex gloriae |
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| Friday, 9th May 2025 | |||||
| 5.00pm | Evensong | Quire | |||
| sung by the Lay Vicars of Westminster Abbey | plainsong Aurora lucis rutilat |
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| Saturday, 10th May 2025 | |||||
| Our Lady of Pew | |||||
| 5.00pm | Evensong | Quire | |||
| part of the Chorister Experience Day; sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey | Vaughan Williams The Call |
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| View Order of Service | |||||
