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
19th - 25th April 2026
Sunday, 19th April 2026
Third Sunday of Easter
11.15am Sung Eucharist High Altar
sung by the Choir of Bath Abbey

Dvorák Mass in D
Mozart Ave verum corpus
Vierne Cortège

Preacher: The Reverend Helena Bickley-Percival Sacrist
Order of Service available View Order of Service
3.00pm Evensong Quire
sung by the Choir of Bath Abbey

Radcliffe Responses
Stanford Evening Service in A
Rheinberger Osterhymne
Dupré Résurrection

Preacher: The Very Reverend Lee Batson Dean of Newcastle
Order of Service available View Order of Service
6.00pm Sung Eucharist St Margaret's Church
sung by the St Margaret's Choristers and Consort

Schubert Mass in G
Arakelyan Christ our Paschal Lamb
Mendelssohn Allegro con brio (Sonata in B flat)

Preacher: The Reverend Helena Bickley-Percival Sacrist
Order of Service available View Order of Service
Tuesday, 21st April 2026
St Anselm, Abbot of Le Bec, Archbishop of Canterbury, teacher of the faith, 1109
Obit of Henry VII, King of England, 1509
5.00pm Evensong Quire
sung by the Choir of St Paul's Girls' School

MacDonald Responses
Dyson Evening Service in C minor
Mendelssohn Lift thine eyes to the mountains
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Thursday, 23rd April 2026
St George, patron of England, martyr, c 303
5.00pm Evensong Quire
sung by Sherborne Boys’ Chamber Choir and Sherborne Girls’ Madrigal Society

Radcliffe Responses
Dyson Evening Service in D
Elgar Great is the Lord
Order of Service available View Order of Service
Friday, 24th April 2026
St Mellitus, Bishop of London, first bishop at St Paul's, 624
5.00pm Evensong Quire
sung by the Choir of Jesus College, Cambridge; attended by the High Commissioner of the United Republic of Tanzania

Radcliffe Responses
Howells Evening Service in B minor
Hadley My beloved spake
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Saturday, 25th April 2026
St Mark the Evangelist
Anzac Day
5.00pm Evensong Quire
sung by the Choir of Westminster School

Rose Responses
Noble Evening Service in B minor
Elgar Give unto the Lord, O ye mighty
Widor Toccata (Symphonie V)
Order of Service available View Order of Service

Everyone is welcome at these services, free of charge. Security checks are in place upon entry.