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, 5th May 2024 | ||
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Sixth Sunday of Easter | ||
10.00am | Matins | Quire |
sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey | Radcliffe Responses |
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11.15am | Sung Eucharist | Quire |
sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey | Kodály Missa brevis Preacher: The Reverend Helena Bickley-Percival Chaplain |
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3.00pm | Evensong | Quire |
sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey | Wood Haec dies quam fecit Dominus Preacher: The Right Reverend Graeme Knowles CVO Acting Canon in Residence |
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Monday, 6th May 2024 | ||
The Coronation of His Majesty The King, 2023 | ||
5.00pm | Evensong | Quire |
sung by the Choristers | plainsong Ad coenam Agni providi |
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Tuesday, 7th May 2024 | ||
5.00pm | Evensong | Quire |
sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey | Wood Haec dies quam fecit Dominus |
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Wednesday, 8th May 2024 | ||
Julian of Norwich, spiritual writer, c 1417 | ||
5.00pm | First Evensong of Ascension Day | Quire |
sung by the St Margaret's Choristers and Consort | Marenzio O Rex gloriae |
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Thursday, 9th May 2024 | ||
Ascension Day | ||
5.00pm | Sung Eucharist | Quire |
sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey | Mozart Missa brevis in F Preacher: The Reverend Ralph Godsall Acting Minor Canon |
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Friday, 10th May 2024 | ||
Our Lady of Pew | ||
5.00pm | Evensong | Quire |
sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey | Mendelssohn Am Himmelsfahrtstage |
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Saturday, 11th May 2024 | ||
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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