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Organ recitals

Organ recitals are held in the Abbey every Sunday afternoon. These 30-minute concerts are free of charge and a wide range of music is presented.

Organ recital

Organ Masterpieces from the Lady Chapel

James O'Donnell plays Bach, Purcell and Handel on The Queen's Organ

The Harrison & Harrison organ (1937)

The Harrison & Harrison organ of Westminster Abbey was installed for the Coronation of King George VI in 1937. With four manuals and eighty-four speaking stops.

Elgar Organ Works

Robert Quinney performs an imposing recital of works by Elgar featuring the majestic Organ Sonata in G.

The Queen's organ (Mander, 2013)

The Queen's organ (Mander, 2013): The Queen’s Organ was the welcome result of collaboration between the Lord Mayor of London, the City of London Corporation, and the Dean and Chapter of Westminster..

Summer Organ Festival

Find out more about organ recitals and other concerts and performances.

Music for Remembrance

To mark 100 years since the start of the Great War this recording explores remembrance, with Britten Sinfonia and soloists Christine Rice and Roderick Williams.

Lady Chapel

The 16th-century historian John Leland called the Henry VII Lady Chapel ‘the wonder of the world’ and it continues to inspire wonder amongst visitors today.

Architecture

Transfiguration and Music

Sunday, 11th February 2018

Sermon given by The Venerable David Stanton, Canon Treasurer and Archdeacon of Westminster.

RAF Chapel

At the eastern end of the Lady Chapel is the Royal Air Force chapel dedicated to the men who died in the Battle of Britain in 1940.

Notable people

Music from the reign of King James I

A selection of works from the first quarter of the seventeenth century, when musicians produced a rich variety of music for the court of King James I.