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, 16th January 2022 | ||
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| Second Sunday of Epiphany | ||
| 11.15am | Sung Eucharist | Quire |
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey | Palestrina Missa brevis Preacher: The Reverend Dr James Hawkey Canon Theologian and Almoner |
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| View Order of Service | ||
| 3.00pm | Evensong | Quire |
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey | Mendelssohn Herr Gott, du bist unsre Zuflucht Preacher: The Reverend David Stanton Canon in Residence |
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| Tuesday, 18th January 2022 | ||
| Week of Prayer for Christian Unity | ||
| 5.00pm | Evensong | Quire |
| sung by the Lay Vicars | Byrd Reges Tharsis et insulae |
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| Thursday, 20th January 2022 | ||
| Week of Prayer for Christian Unity | ||
| 5.00pm | Evensong | Quire |
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey | Farrant Lord, for thy tender mercy's sake |
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| Friday, 21st January 2022 | ||
| Week of Prayer for Christian Unity | ||
| St Agnes, child-martyr at Rome, 304 | ||
| 5.00pm | Evensong | Quire |
| sung by the Choristers | plainsong Lucis Creator optime |
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| Saturday, 22nd January 2022 | ||
| Week of Prayer for Christian Unity | ||
| St Vincent of Saragossa, deacon, first martyr of Spain, 304 | ||
| 5.00pm | Evensong | Quire |
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey | Farrant Lord, for thy tender mercy's sake |
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| View Order of Service | ||
