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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.
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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.
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Organ Masterpieces from the Lady Chapel
James O'Donnell plays Bach, Purcell and Handel on The Queen's Organ
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Summer Organ Festival
Find out more about organ recitals and other concerts and performances.
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Elgar Organ Works
Robert Quinney performs an imposing recital of works by Elgar featuring the majestic Organ Sonata in G.
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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..
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21st Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture
Thursday, 11th May 2006
Delivered by The Very Reverend Vivienne Faull, Dean of Leicester at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 11th May 2006 and subsequently at Keble College, Oxford.
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Address given at a Service of Commemoration to mark the 5th anniversary of the terrorist attack on Westminster Bridge and in New palace Yard
Tuesday, 22nd March 2022
Address given at a Service of Commemoration to mark the 5th anniversary of the terrorist attack on Westminster Bridge and in New palace Yard: Today is a day to unite against evil..
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Abbey Spectacular!
Daniel Cook plays a collection of classic organ music on the grand organ of Westminster Abbey
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Sermon at Evensong on Easter Day 2019
Sunday, 21st April 2019
Sermon at Evensong on Easter Day 2019: One of the most enduring images of this last week was the majestic golden altar cross seen glowing among the ashes of Notre Dame cathedral..
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Address given by the Prime Minister on the fifth anniversary of the attacks on Westminster Bridge and in New Palace Yard
Tuesday, 22nd March 2022
Address given by the Prime Minister on the fifth anniversary of the attacks on Westminster Bridge and in New Palace Yard: 'Death is swallowed up in victory.' I want to begin by.
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Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the First Sunday of Advent 2018
Sunday, 2nd December 2018
Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the First Sunday of Advent 2018: Today we start the new Church Year with the beginning of a new season of Advent. Today we start the.
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Organ recital to mark Christchurch anniversary
Friday, 13th February 2015
Westminster Abbey will mark the fourth anniversary of the 2011 Christchurch earthquake with an organ recital on Sunday 22nd February at 5.45pm. Admission is free and tickets are not required.
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Abbey and Cathedral choirs join for Evensong
Friday, 21st September 2012
The choirs of Westminster Abbey and Westminster Cathedral sang a joint Evensong at the Abbey on Thursday 20th September.
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Ben joins Abbey as new Organ Scholar
Friday, 14th September 2007
Benjamin Chewter is the Abbey’s new Organ Scholar. Educated at Christ’s Hospital, he held the Organ Scholarship at Canterbury Cathedral before going up to Cambridge as Organ Scholar at Emmanuel College.
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Queen’s Organ dedicated in Lady Chapel
Wednesday, 6th November 2013
His Royal Highness The Earl of Wessex attended the dedication of a new organ in Westminster Abbey’s Lady Chapel on Tuesday 5th November.
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St Margaret’s holds Service for the New Parliament
Wednesday, 28th June 2017
The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Reverend and Right Honourable Justin Welby, Primate of All England and Metropolitan, gave the Address at Service for a New Parliament at St Margaret's Church, Westminster Abbey on Wednesday 28th June 2017.
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Free Sunday organ recitals resume
Thursday, 3rd September 2020
Regular Sunday organ recitals begin again at the Abbey this week after a five-month break due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Westminster Abbey takes part in Cathedrals at Night
Friday, 28th February 2020
The Abbey will be open from 4.30pm - 7.00pm (last entry at 6.00pm) as part of Cathedrals at Night, a project that will see all 42 Church of England cathedrals, as well as the cathedrals in Wales and the Isle of Man, open their doors free of charge.
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Robert Quinney appointed Director of Music at Peterborough Cathedral
Friday, 19th October 2012
The Chapter of Peterborough Cathedral has announced that it has appointed Mr Robert Quinney as Director of Music. He will take up his new post in April 2013.
