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• The Choir of Westminster Abbey release latest CD

  Thursday, 10th April 2008

  This latest recording from The Choir of Westminster Abbey on Hyperion explores the rich repertoire of music associated with the Feast of the Ascension.

  Recording

• Abbey Choir releases new Tudor and Christmas CDs

  Friday, 3rd October 2008

  Two new CDs of music from the Abbey Choir are released this week by Hyperion Records.

• Normandy Veterans lay up their Standard

  Thursday, 16th October 2014

  His Royal Highness The Duke of Gloucester KG KCVO, Patron of the Normandy Veterans Association attended a Service to Mark the 70th Anniversary of D-Day and the Normandy Campaign and the Laying Up of the National Standard of the Normandy Veterans Association at St Margaret's Church, Westminster Abbey, on Thursday 16th October 2014.

  Royal Visit HRH The Duke of Gloucester WW2 Special Service

• Watch the Abbey Choir’s Summer Festival concert online

  Wednesday, 29th September 2021

  Audiences around the world will be able to enjoy an evening of the finest choral music from the comfort of their own homes as.

  Choir of Westminster Abbey Music

• Service marks 400 years of ties between UK & Japan

  Wednesday, 3rd December 2014

  His Royal Highness The Duke of Gloucester KG GCVO attended a Commemoration of 400 Years of Relations between the United Kingdom and Japan at Westminster Abbey on Tuesday 2nd December 2014 at 6.00 pm.

• Choir’s new CD celebrates established favourites and new works

  Friday, 9th June 2023

  The Abbey Choir has released a new CD of choral works by Ralph Vaughan Williams, Sir James MacMillan and Sir John Tavener.

• Westminster Abbey marks the 200th anniversary of the RNLI

  Monday, 4th March 2024

  His Royal Highness The Duke of Kent today attended a service of Thanksgiving to mark 200 years of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI).

  HRH The Duke of Kent

• Haydn: The Creation

  Wednesday, 19th June 2024

  The Choir of Westminster Abbey is joined by leading chamber orchestra Britten Sinfonia for this performance of Haydn’s great masterpiece The Creation.

  Creation

• Concert: Mozart Mass in C Minor

  Tuesday, 17th June 2025

  The Choir of Westminster Abbey is joined by Britten Sinfonia for this performance of Mozart’s Mass in C Minor. Members of the Abbey Choir, soprano Ailish Tynan and mezzo soprano Katie Coventry sing the solo parts in this glorious missa solemnis.

  event

• Commonwealth Service attended by Her Majesty

  Monday, 14th March 2016

  Her Majesty The Queen and HRH The Duke of Edinburgh attended The Commonwealth Service: A Celebration of the Commonwealth at Westminster Abbey on Monday 14th March 2016. They were accompanied by TRH The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, HRH Prince Henry of Wales and HRH The Duke of York.

  HM The Queen HRH The Duke of Edinburgh HRH The Duke of Cambridge HRH The Duchess of Cambridge HRH Prince Henry of Wales HRH The Duke of York Commonwealth Service

• George, Duke of Kent, son of George V

  Soldier and Sailor

  On 29th November 1934, George Edward, Duke of Kent, married Princess Marina, daughter of Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark, in Westminster Abbey.

• Anniversary Choral Evensong broadcast from Abbey

  Thursday, 29th September 2016

  BBC Radio 3 Choral Evensong celebrated its 90th anniversary this autumn with a live broadcast from the Abbey on Wednesday 28th September on the Eve of the Feast of St Michael and All Angels.

  The Choir of Westminster Abbey

• Abbey bells ring to mark birth of Princess

  Saturday, 2nd May 2015

  The Dean and Chapter of Westminster congratulates the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge on the birth of their daughter.

  Princess Charlotte bell ringing Westminster Abbey Company of Ringers

• Harrison Memorial Unveiled

  Tuesday, 28th March 2006

  John Harrison, the 18th century clockmaker, whose revolutionary precision watch allowed sailors to calculate their ships' longitude, is now honoured with a memorial stone which was unveiled in the Nave by HRH The Duke of Edinburgh.

  John Harrison Memorial dedication

• Handel's Messiah

  Tuesday, 26th November 2024

  Members of the Abbey Choir and celebrated soprano Anna Dennis, along with the renowned musicians of AAM, bring to life this sacred oratorio, one of the best known and most frequently performed works of choral music: Handel: Messiah.

  Handel Event Christmas Event

• James O’Donnell secures role at Yale University

  Tuesday, 26th April 2022

  James O’Donnell, Organist and Master of the Choristers at Westminster Abbey, has been appointed as Professor in the Yale School of Music and Yale Institute of Sacred Music. He will leave the Abbey this Christmas.

• Abbey marks ANZAC Day 2014

  Friday, 25th April 2014

  His Royal Highness The Duke of Gloucester attended the annual Service of Commemoration and Thanksgiving to mark ANZAC Day at Westminster Abbey on Friday 25th April 2014.

  ANZAC Day

• Gold Crown Commemorates Queen's Diamond Wedding Anniversary

  Thursday, 22nd March 2007

  On 22nd March, the Royal Mint launched gold and silver commemorative £5 crowns to mark Her Majesty the Queen and His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh's Diamond Wedding Anniversary.

  Diamond Weddng Anniversary

• Diamond wedding anniversary

  Monday, 19th November 2007

  Her Majesty The Queen and His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh celebrated their diamond wedding anniversary with a service at Westminster Abbey on Monday 19th November 2007.

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