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, 2nd October 2022 | ||
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| Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity | ||
| 10.00am | Matins | Quire |
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey | attr Farrant Lord, for thy tender mercy's sake |
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| 11.15am | Sung Eucharist | Quire |
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey | Tye Missa Euge bone Preacher: The Reverend Dr James Hawkey Canon Theologian and Almoner |
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| 3.00pm | Evensong | Quire |
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey | attr Farrant Lord, for thy tender mercy's sake Preacher: The Venerable Tricia Hillas Canon in Residence |
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| Monday, 3rd October 2022 | ||
| George Bell, Bishop of Chichester, ecumenist, peacemaker, 1958 | ||
| 5.00pm | Evensong | Quire |
| sung by the Lay Vicars; attended by HE The High Commissioner for Nigeria | plainsong Lucis Creator optime |
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| Tuesday, 4th October 2022 | ||
| St Francis of Assisi, friar, deacon, founder of the Friars Minor, 1226 | ||
| 5.00pm | Evensong | Quire |
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey; attended by HE The High Commissioner for Cyprus | Tallis If ye love me |
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| Thursday, 6th October 2022 | ||
| William Tyndale, translator of the Scriptures, Reformation martyr, 1536 | ||
| St Faith and her companions, martyrs, c 290 | ||
| 5.00pm | Evensong | Quire |
| attended by the Honorary Consul for Tuvalu; sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey | Tallis If ye love me |
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| Friday, 7th October 2022 | ||
| 5.00pm | Evensong | Quire |
| attended by the Acting High Commissioner for Lesotho; sung by the Lay Vicars | Tallis If ye love me |
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| Saturday, 8th October 2022 | ||
| 3.00pm | Evensong with Presentation of Surplices and Admission of Choristers | Quire |
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey | Tallis If ye love me |
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