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, 3rd December 2023 | ||
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| First Sunday of Advent | ||
| 11.15am | Sung Eucharist | Quire |
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey | Vierne Messe Solennelle Preacher: The Reverend Dr James Hawkey Canon Theologian and Almoner |
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| View Order of Service | ||
| 6.00pm | Sung Eucharist | St Margaret's Church |
| sung by the St Margaret's Choristers and Consort | Palestrina Missa Aeterna Christi munera Preacher: The Reverend Dr James Hawkey Canon Theologian and Almoner |
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| View Order of Service | ||
| Monday, 4th December 2023 | ||
| Nicholas Ferrar, deacon, founder of the community at Little Gidding, 1637 | ||
| St John of Damascus, monk, teacher of the faith, 749 | ||
| 5.00pm | Evensong | Quire |
| sung by the Lay Vicars | Dufay Conditor alme siderum |
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| View Order of Service | ||
| Saturday, 9th December 2023 | ||
| 5.00pm | Evensong | Quire |
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey | Ord Adam lay ybounden |
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| View Order of Service | ||
