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  • Requiem Mass Marks Start of Lady Chapel Festival

    Friday, 22nd April 2016

    The Dean of Westminster, the Very Reverend Dr John Hall, celebrated Requiem Mass in the Lady Chapel, Westminster Abbey, on Thursday 21st April 2016, the Anniversary of the Death of King Henry VII.

    Lady Chapel The Choir of Westminster Abbey Requiem Mass Henry VII 500 Years of Wonder

  • 37th Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture

    Thursday, 25th May 2023

    Loretta Minghella talks about Money, Bias and the Geography of the Heart

    Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture

  • Sermon Given at Matins on the Seventh Sunday after Trinity 2016

    Sunday, 10th July 2016

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

  • Sermon Given at Matins on the First Sunday after Trinity 2017

    Sunday, 18th June 2017

    Sermon given by The Reverend David Stanton Canon in Residence.

  • Sermon at the Sung Eucharist of Corpus Christi 2018

    Thursday, 31st May 2018

    Sermon at the Sung Eucharist of Corpus Christi 2018: Might it have been said to Jesus, "Wonderful, Master, but what does it mean?" There is a story about the composer Robert Schumann..

  • Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Twenty-first Sunday after Trinity 2018

    Sunday, 21st October 2018

    Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Twenty-first Sunday after Trinity 2018: How do we experience and understand silence?.

  • 12th Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture

    Thursday, 15th May 1997

    Delivered by The Rt Rev. and Rt Hon. Lord Habgood at Westminster Abbey on Thursday the 15th May 1997 and subsequently at Keble College, Oxford.

  • Evening Service Address: "Abraham and Isaac"

    Sunday, 1st March 2020

    Address given at the Evening Service "Abraham and Isaac": Let us not omit our questions in the search for truth. Britten wrote Abraham and Isaac just after the premiere of his opera,.

  • 29th Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture

    Friday, 25th July 2014

    The Reverend Dr Sam Wells, Vicar of St Martin-in-the-Fields, gives the 29th Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture on the topic 'Beyond Justice'.

  • 23rd Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture

    Thursday, 8th May 2008

    Delivered by The Reverend Canon Dr Jane Shaw, Dean of Divinity, Chaplain and Fellow, New College Oxford and Canon Theologian, Salisbury Cathedral at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 8th May 2008.

  • 20th Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture

    Thursday, 12th May 2005

    Delivered by The Reverend Nicholas Holtam, Vicar of St. Martin-in-the-Fields at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 12th May 2005 and subsequently at Keble College, Oxford.

  • Truth in the Public Square

    Lecture given by Claire Foster-Gilbert, Westminster Abbey Institute, at the 2015 conference of the Newbigin House of Studies Trinity Hall, Cambridge, 15th July 2015.

  • New Mass for Abbey’s 450th celebrations

    Wednesday, 16th June 2010

    Bell Mass by one of Britain’s pre-eminent composers, Julian Anderson, which was commissioned by the Dean & Chapter of Westminster as part of the celebrations to mark the 450th anniversary of the Abbey's Collegiate Charter receives its first performance at the Abbey on Tuesday 29th June at 5.00pm.

    Westminster Abbey 450th anniversary

  • 31st Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture

    Thursday, 26th May 2016

    Roger Scruton, philosopher, public commentator and author, gives the 31st Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture on the topic of The Sacred, the Profane and the Desecrated.

  • 19th Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture

    Thursday, 27th May 2004

    Delivered by Father Timothy Radcliffe OP at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 27th May 2004 and subsequently at Keble College, Oxford.

  • 22nd Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture

    Thursday, 10th May 2007

    Delivered by The Reverend Dr Richard A. Burridge, Dean of King's College London at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 10th May 2007 and subsequently at Keble College, Oxford.

  • Truth

    In the world of public service, trustworthiness, dependability, wise decision-making and solid relationships all depend upon truth.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Abbey documentary to be shown on BBC Two

    Friday, 23rd November 2012

    BBC Two is to screen a major three-part documentary series showing life behind the scenes at Westminster Abbey.

    Abbey documentary

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