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, 15th March 2026 | |||||
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| Fourth Sunday of Lent | |||||
| 10.00am | Matins | Quire | |||
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey | Martin Responses |
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| 11.15am | Sung Eucharist | High Altar | |||
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey | plainsong Kyrie eleison (Mass XVII) Preacher: The Reverend Mark Birch MVO Canon Rector |
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| 3.00pm | Evensong | Quire | |||
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey | Purcell Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts 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 | Fauré Messe basse Preacher: The Reverend Mark Birch MVO Canon Rector |
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| Monday, 16th March 2026 | |||||
| 5.00pm | Evensong | Quire | |||
| sung by the Choristers of Westminster Abbey | Hurford Litany to the Holy Spirit |
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| Tuesday, 17th March 2026 | |||||
| St Patrick, Patron of Ireland, bishop, missionary, c 5th century | |||||
| 5.00pm | Evensong | Quire | |||
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey | Ferguson It was in that train |
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| Wednesday, 18th March 2026 | |||||
| St Cyril of Jerusalem, bishop, teacher of the faith, 386 | |||||
| 5.00pm | Evensong | Quire | |||
| sung by the St Margaret's Choristers and Consort | Purcell Hear my prayer, O Lord |
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| Thursday, 19th March 2026 | |||||
| St Joseph | |||||
| 5.00pm | Evensong | Quire | |||
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey | Ferguson It was in that train |
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| Friday, 20th March 2026 | |||||
| St Cuthbert, Bishop of Lindisfarne, missionary, 687 | |||||
| 5.00pm | Evensong | Quire | |||
| sung by the Lay Vicars of Westminster Abbey; attended by HE The High Commissioner of the Republic of Namibia | plainsong Audi benigne Conditor |
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| Saturday, 21st March 2026 | |||||
| Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury, Reformation martyr, 1556 | |||||
| 5.00pm | Evensong | Quire | |||
| sung by the Lay Vicars of Westminster Abbey | plainsong Vexilla regis prodeunt |
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