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• Choral and music

• Westminster Abbey celebrated the 800th anniversary of the birth of Henry III

  Monday, 1st October 2007

  Westminster Abbey celebrated the 800th anniversary of the birth of Henry III – the builder of the present Abbey church – with an Act of Commemoration and a concert of words and music

  Henry III

• Summer: Brass on the Grass

  Wednesday, 16th July 2025

  Soak up the summer atmosphere with live music in the beautiful surroundings of Westminster Abbey’s historic College Garden.

  Events Summer at the Abbey

• 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.

  Choir of Westminster Abbey Music

• 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.

  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.

• 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.

• Abbey Celebrates Coronation Anniversary

  Her Majesty The Queen and HRH The Duke of Edinburgh attended Westminster Abbey on Tuesday 4th June 2013 for A Service to Celebrate the 60th Anniversary of the Coronation of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.

• Musicians celebrated at St Cecilia service

  Wednesday, 23rd November 2022

  A service to Mark the Festival of St Cecilia - the patron saint of music and musicians - was held at Westminster Abbey in conjunction with Help Musicians UK on 23rd November 2022.

  The Choir of Westminster Abbey Special Service

• St George's Day

  Saturday, 23rd April 2005

  Representations of St George and his dragon can be seen in Westminster Abbey on Henry VIIs tomb and grille, in the Lady Chapel statue series, in stained glass windows to the YMCA and Sir Benjamin Baker in the nave, and in the window in St Benedicts chapel.

  St George

• Parliamentarians Mark First World War Centenary

  Tuesday, 11th November 2014

  Members of the House of Lords and the House of Commons and their staff attended a Service to Commemorate the Centenary of the First World War at Westminster Abbey on Armistice Day Tuesday 11th November 2014 at 10.30 am.

  Choir WW1

• 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

• Pioneer of Industrial Revolution Honoured at Abbey

  Friday, 17th October 2014

  A memorial to the 18th century Birmingham industrialist, Matthew Boulton FRS was dedicated in the Chapel of St Paul, Westminster Abbey, on Friday 17th October 2014.

  Memorial dedication Matthew Boulton

• Music

  Discover more about the space within Westminster Abbey where coronations have taken place for hundreds of years.

• Music

  Find out how a highly decorated manuscript from the 14th century has guided the understanding of coronation services at Westminster Abbey.

• Music

  Find out more about the practical purpose and historical significance of orders of service for coronations.

• Music

  Uncover the history behind a chair that has taken centre stage in coronations for over 700 years.

• Music

  Understand the essential role that a small vessel and a spoon play in the most important part of the coronation service.

• Music

  Discover more about the objects presented to the monarch during the coronation service and find out what each one represents.