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Metropolitan Police Service holds Carol Service

Thursday, 21st December 2017

The Metropolitan Police Carol Service was held at Westminster Abbey on Tuesday 19th December 2017.

Handel Jephtha performed by the Westminster Abbey Choir and St James

Friday, 18th June 2004

Handel's last oratorio, Jephtha, written in 1751 as the composer's health was failing was both moving and magnificent against the background of the Nave of Westminster Abbey.

Choir

Carola & Ann Morland & R. Harsnett

Soldier

In the nave are two monuments to Ann and Carola, wives of mathematician Sir Samuel Morland. Inscriptions are in English, Hebrew, Greek and Geez.

Abbey Choir sings for Pope in St Peter's

Friday, 29th June 2012

Westminster Abbey’s Choir sang for Pope Benedict XVI, with the Cappella Musicale Pontificia ‘Sistina’, the Sistine Chapel Choir, at the Papal Mass marking the Solemnity of St Peter and St Paul in St Peter’s Basilica, Rome, on Friday 29th June, a historic occasion of great significance for Anglican-Catholic relations.

Choir of Westminster Abbey Pope Benedict XVI St Peter’s Basilica

New Abbey Choir CD celebrates neglected Tudor composer

Friday, 2nd March 2018

The Abbey Choir celebrates the release of a new CD on Hyperion Records today, Friday 2nd March. Conducted by James O’Donnell, who also plays the organ interludes on the disc, Missa Videte miraculum is a compelling introduction to the work of early Tudor composer Nicholas Ludford (c. 1485 – c. 1557).

The Choir of Westminster Abbey Recording

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The Holy See invites Westminster Abbey choir to sing at St Peter’s in Rome

Monday, 5th March 2012

Westminster Abbey’s world-famous choir has been invited by the Holy See – through the Maestro of the Cappella Musicale Pontificia “Sistina” – to sing at St Peter’s in Rome.

St Margaret’s holds Parliament service to mark Centenary

Tuesday, 6th November 2018

A service for Parliament to mark the centenary of the end of World War I was held at St Margaret's Church on 6th November 2018.

Armistice Special Service

The Parliament Choir's Coronation Jubilee Concert

Friday, 20th June 2003

The Parliament Choir's Coronation Jubilee Concert was switched from Westminster Hall to the Abbey at just 33 hours notice after two pieces of oak cladding fell 100ft from the hammer beam roof of the hall.

Coronation Jubilee

The Choir

The Abbey’s centuries-old musical tradition is maintained by our world-famous choir of men and boys and our four organists.

Copenhagen Royal Chapel Choir to sing at Abbey

Monday, 7th May 2018

The Copenhagen Royal Chapel Choir sings at Evensong at the Abbey today, Monday 7th May as the finale of their European tour – a rare opportunity to hear one of Europe’s finest cathedral choirs, and music from the Danish choral tradition including works by Waldemar Åhlén, David Sandstrøm and Carl Nielsen.

Coronation exhibition opens in the Chapter House

Thursday, 6th April 2023

A new exhibition opens which explores the thousand-year history of coronations at Westminster Abbey and reveals the key elements in this ancient royal ceremony.

Coronation news