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• Sermon at Evensong with Installation of Headmaster and Admission of Choristers

  Sunday, 8th September 2019

  Sermon at Evensong with Installation of Headmaster and Admission of Choristers: Generations to come will look back at the music of our rich and creative times. It has been a pleasure this.

• Music

  The Abbey resounds to choral and organ music every day. Music is at the heart of the Abbey’s life and work.

• Music

  Uncover the role and significance of traditional and commissioned music within coronations throughout history.

• O praise the Lord: Restoration music from Westminster Abbey

  The Choir of Westminster Abbey under director James O’Donnell delves into the Abbey’s vaults for this fascinating programme of music from the Restoration era.

• 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.

  Royal Visit HRH The Earl of Wessex Queen's organ

• 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.

• Fraternité organ recital: French-inspired music by women composers

  Sunday, 10th March 2024

  Westminster Abbey Organ Scholar Carolyn Craig performs Florence Price’s dramatic First Sonata for Organ, inspired by Alexandre Guilmant, and music of 20th-century French woman composers.

  Events Music

• Worship & music

  We’ve been a place of worship since the tenth century. We hold services every day, and music is an important feature of many of them.

• Order of the Bath

  The Most Honourable Order of the Bath was established as a military order by George I on 18th May 1725. Since then the Lady Chapel at Westminster Abbey has been used as their chapel.

  Notable people

• Reflection for the Feast of the Holy Name

  Wednesday, 1st January 2025

  Discover how the Feast of the Holy Name and the Abbey's Islip Chapel are connected, in this reflection from The Reverend Canon James Hawkey.

• 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.

  Organ recital COVID-19

• Wall paintings

  Our most important wall paintings are from the late 13th century, and include the figures of St Faith, Christ with St Thomas, and St Christopher.

  Art Christianity

• Music at St Margaret's

  Find out more about the choir and musical tradition at St. Margaret's Church

• Buckingham Palace announces music for the Coronation

  Saturday, 18th February 2023

  Buckingham Palace has announced details of the music which will be performed at the Coronation of Their Majesties The King and The Queen Consort at Westminster Abbey on Saturday 6th May.

  Coronations Coronation news

• Music for the Royal Wedding

  Friday, 29th April 2011

  James O’Donnell, Westminster Abbey’s Organist and Master of the Choristers, offers a special preview of the music that will accompany today’s marriage service of His Royal Highness Prince William of Wales with Miss Catherine Middleton.

  Royal Wedding The Choir of Westminster Abbey

• Abbey Sub-Organist honoured with Royal Academy of Music Fellowship

  Wednesday, 24th April 2024

  Westminster Abbey's Sub-Organist, Peter Holder, has been honoured by the Royal Academy of Music for his outstanding contribution to church music.

• Sistine Chapel Choir sings at Westminster Abbey

  Wednesday, 3rd June 2015

  The Sistine Chapel Choir visited Westminster Abbey on Saturday 30th May and Sunday 31st May to sing Evensong and perform a recital of sacred choral music.

  Choir of Westminster Abbey Sistine Chapel Choir

• 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.

  Christchurch earthquake

• Abbey receives support from the Cathedral Music Trust

  Wednesday, 15th June 2022

  The Cathedral Music Trust has made a generous donation to Westminster Abbey, funding its Assistant Organist post for a year.

• Sistine Chapel Choir joins Abbey Choir for Evensong tonight

  Friday, 25th May 2018

  The Cappella Musicale Pontificia ‘Sistina’ (Sistine Chapel Choir) joins the Choir of Westminster Abbey in singing Evensong today at 5.00 pm.