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• Address Given by His Grace The Archbishop of Canterbury at Evening Prayer in Westminster Abbey on the Occasion of the Visit of His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI to Britain

  Friday, 17th September 2010

  Address given by Right Honourable Dr Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate of All England and Metropolitan.

• Sermon Given at the Sung Eucharist on the Feast of Candlemas 2015

  Monday, 2nd February 2015

  Sermon given by The Very Reverend Dr John Hall, Dean of Westminster.

• Sermon Given at Evensong of the Day of Pentecost 2017

  Sunday, 4th June 2017

  Sermon given by The Reverend David Stanton, Canon in Residence.

• Sermon Given at the Sung Eucharist on the Feast of the Blessed Virgin Mary

  Tuesday, 15th August 2017

  Sermon given by The Very Reverend Dr John Hall Dean of Westminster.

• Sermon Given at the Sung Eucharist for St Michael and All Angels

  Tuesday, 29th September 2015

  Sermon given by The Very Reverend Dr John Hall, Dean of Westminster.

• Sermon Given at the Sung Eucharist on Ascension Day 2016

  Thursday, 5th May 2016

  Sermon given by The Very Reverend Dr John Hall, Dean of Westminster.

• Sermon Given at the Sung Eucharist on the Fourth Sunday after Trinity 2017

  Sunday, 9th July 2017

  Sermon given by The Reverend Mark Birch, Minor Canon and Sacrist.

• Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on Ascension Day 2018

  Thursday, 10th May 2018

  Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on Ascension Day 2018: This is a day of triumph. ‘God is gone up with a triumphant shout: The Lord with sounding trumpets’ melodies.’ We heard.

• Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on Easter Day 2019

  Sunday, 21st April 2019

  Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on Easter Day 2019: Now we enter fully into the joy of the risen Lord. Many of us have journeyed in a particular way with Jesus Christ.

  Easter Day

• Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on the Ninth Sunday after Trinity 2020

  Sunday, 9th August 2020

  Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on the Ninth Sunday after Trinity 2020: Anyone who has ever helped a child learn to walk will know just how important eye contact can be..

• 33rd Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture

  Thursday, 24th May 2018

  Speaker: The Reverend Richard Coles FKC, Vicar of Finedon, Northamptonshire

• Voice and Verse Song Recital: Journeying

  Thursday, 7th November 2024

  Enjoy the beautiful sound world of the Abbey and its artists, as the Abbey’s Lay Vicars perform a recital of English Song featuring texts by poets buried or memorialised in Poets’ Corner.

  Events Music Voice and Verse

• Voice and Verse Song Recital: Remembrance

  Thursday, 14th November 2024

  Enjoy the beautiful sound world of the Abbey and its artists, as the Abbey’s Lay Vicars perform a recital of English Song featuring texts by poets buried or memorialised in Poets’ Corner.

• Rejoice, the Lord is king!

  Westminster Abbey resounds to the thrilling sound of the Abbey Choir singing an array of glorious hymns.

• Summer: Evening in the cloisters

  Thursday, 21st August 2025

  Enjoy a relaxed summer evening in the cloisters with live music, drinks, and centuries of history all around you.

  Summer at the Abbey

• The Feast of Saint Peter the Apostle at Westminster Abbey

  A varied collection of music one might hear if visiting the Abbey on its patronal feast - that of St Peter the Apostle on 29th June.

• Sermon given at Evensong on the Fourth Sunday after Trinity 2022

  Sunday, 10th July 2022

  Sermon given at Evensong on the Fourth Sunday after Trinity 2022: "Music and poetry have in all ages been counted divine..." In 1688, the publisher and playwright Henry Playford had a bit.

• Christopher Tye: Missa Euge bone & Western Wynde Mass

  A well-judged selection of sacred music by sixteenth-century English composer Christopher Tye, including his masterpiece the Missa Euge bone.

• Vaughan Williams, Tavener & MacMillan: Choral works

  From established works by Ralph Vaughan Williams and Sir John Tavener to premiere recordings of recent commissions by Sir James MacMillan, this new release brings together iconic pieces with strong musical and historical ties to the Abbey.

• Parry: Songs of farewell & works by Stanford, Gray & Wood

  Stanford’s eight-part Latin Magnificat was posthumously dedicated to Parry, whose own Songs of farewell are unmistakably valedictory in mood. Personal as well as musical associations run deep in this poignantly expressive programme, recorded in June 2019 at All Hallows’ Church, Gospel Oak.