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Music at St Margaret's
Find out more about the choir and musical tradition at St. Margaret's Church
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Archbishop Angaelos leads annual Day of Prayer 2023
Wednesday, 4th January 2023
His Eminence Archbishop Angaelos, the Coptic Orthodox Archbishop of London will lead the annual Day of Prayer at Westminster Abbey in St Margaret’s Church on Saturday 28th January.
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Sermon given at Evensong on the festival of the Baptism of Christ, 2022
Sunday, 9th January 2022
Sermon given at Evensong on the festival of the Baptism of Christ, 2022: What does the grace of baptism accomplish? Today we keep the feast of the Baptism of Christ. It’s somewhat ironic.
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New Mass setting to premiere on St Peter’s Day
Thursday, 23rd June 2022
A new Mass setting by acclaimed Scottish composer Sir James MacMillan will receive its premiere at Westminster Abbey during Sung Eucharist at 5.00pm on St Peter’s Day, Wednesday 29th June 2022.
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St Margaret’s Consort
The St Margaret’s Consort is the professional vocal ensemble which provides choral music for the many high-profile services which take place in St Margaret’s Church
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Concert for Holy Week: Bach - St Matthew Passion
Tuesday, 26th March 2024
The Choir of Westminster Abbey is joined by leading period-instrument orchestra St. James' Baroque for this Holy Week performance of Bach’s powerful Matthäus-Passion (St Matthew Passion), sung in German.
Choir of Westminster Abbey event Music Holy Week and Easter Easter
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Burke St John Trend
The ashes of Burke St John Trend, Lord Trend of Greenwich and his wife are buried in the east cloister of Westminster Abbey.
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St Maximilian Kolbe
Priest/Minister
St Maximilian Kolbe is one of ten martyrs with a memorial statue above the west door of Westminster Abbey. He offered his own life to save a fellow prisoner in Auschwitz-Birkenau.
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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.
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Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on the festival of the Baptism of Christ, 2022
Sunday, 9th January 2022
Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on the festival of the Baptism of Christ, 2022: You are precious in my sight, and honoured, and I love you. I was fortunate to be.
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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.
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The Feast of St Michael and All Angels at Westminster Abbey
Continuing its series exploring the rich repertoire of music for the church’s great feasts, here the Abbey Choir presents a selection of music for Michaelmas.
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Canon Jane Sinclair to retire
Tuesday, 31st March 2020
The Reverend Canon Jane Sinclair, Rector of St Margaret’s, will retire on 30th April after five and a half years as a Canon of Westminster.
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Sermon at the Solemn Evensong of Thanksgiving for the Canonisation of St Oscar Romero
Saturday, 17th November 2018
We celebrate today the canonisation of St Oscar Romero, Bishop and Martyr, that took place in Rome on 14th October 2018.
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Sir David Suchet records St John’s Gospel in the Abbey
Sunday, 28th March 2021
Westminster Abbey will offer a specially recorded reading of St John’s Gospel in the Jerusalem Chamber at the Abbey as part of its Easter offering this year.
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Music for Remembrance
To mark 100 years since the start of the Great War this recording explores remembrance, with Britten Sinfonia and soloists Christine Rice and Roderick Williams.
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Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on St Peter's Day, 2021
Tuesday, 29th June 2021
Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on St Peter's Day, 2021: The life of our heavenly patron St Peter reminds us that even when we get it wrong, the love of Christ.
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St Edward the Confessor chalice
Visit the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Galleries to see the Westminster Retable, and many more objects, in real life. High above the Abbey floor, come face to face with the Abbey’s greatest treasures covering over 1,000 years of faith and history. Along with worship, examine objects that teach us about the building of Westminster Abbey, its role in national memory and its relationship with royalty.
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St Edward the Confessor chalice
Visit the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Galleries to see the prayer book of Lady Margaret Beaufort, and many more objects, in real life. High above the Abbey floor, come face to face with the Abbey’s greatest treasures covering over 1,000 years of faith and history. Along with worship, examine objects that teach us about the building of Westminster Abbey, its role in national memory and its relationship with royalty.
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St Edward the Confessor chalice
Visit the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Galleries to see Prince William and Catherine Middleton's marriage licence, and many more objects, in real life. High above the Abbey floor, come face to face with the Abbey’s greatest treasures covering over 1,000 years of faith and history. Along with worship, examine objects that teach us about the building of Westminster Abbey, its role in national memory and its relationship with royalty.