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St Philip and St James, apostles

St Peter flag

St Simon and St Jude, apostles

St Peter flag

Recordings

The Abbey Choir enjoys a recording partnership with Hyperion. Its catalogue includes music for the great feasts, as well as Renaissance masterpieces and twentieth-century classics.

The nation's parish church

A reflection for Holy Week by the Very Reverend Dr David Hoyle, Dean of Westminster

Festival of Saint Cecilia service held at Westminster Abbey

Thursday, 25th November 2010

The Festival of St Cecilia service was held at Westminster Abbey on Wednesday 24th November 2010. The choirs of Westminster Abbey, St Paul’s Cathedral and Westminster Cathedral came together to sing the premiere of an anthem specially commissioned by the Musicians Benevolent Fund with the help of the RVW Trust: ‘Vast Ocean of Light’, by Jonathan Dove.

St Cecilia The Choir of Westminster Abbey

Trinity Church New York

In the south aisle of Henry VII's chapel is a wall plaque of silvered bronze, with the parish seal of Trinity Church, New York, USA.

Concert: BACH - St John Passion

Tuesday, 15th April 2025

The Choir of Westminster Abbey is joined by The English Concert for this Holy Week performance of Bach’s moving Johannes-Passion (St John Passion), sung in German.

Choir of Westminster Abbey event Music Holy Week and Easter Easter

A prominent role in the life of the church

Actors' Church Union

Actor

In 1920 the Actors' Church Union presented a hearse cloth or funeral pall to Westminster Abbey. This was given in memory of members who had died in the Great War.