Choral services
Sung prayer has been offered in Westminster Abbey nearly every day for over a thousand years. Today, services are sung daily during term time by the world-renowned Choir of Westminster Abbey, and by visiting choirs when the Abbey Choir is in recess.
The music sung ranges from Gregorian chant dating from the first millennium to contemporary music and encompasses the remarkable richness and variety of the Anglican choral tradition.
This week's choral services
| Sunday, 10th May 2026 | |||||
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| Sixth Sunday of Easter | |||||
| 10.00am | Matins | Quire | |||
| sung by the Lay Vicars of Westminster Abbey | Tallis Responses |
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| 11.15am | Sung Eucharist | High Altar | |||
| sung by the Lay Vicars of Westminster Abbey | Sheppard Frences Mass Preacher: The Reverend Mark Birch MVO Canon Rector |
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| 3.00pm | Evensong | Quire | |||
| sung by the Lay Vicars of Westminster Abbey | plainsong Aurora lucis rutilat Preacher: The Reverend Dr James Hawkey Canon in Residence |
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| 6.00pm | Sung Eucharist | St Margaret's Church | |||
| sung by the St Margaret's Choristers and Consort | Mozart Missa brevis in D Preacher: The Reverend Mark Birch MVO Canon Rector |
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| Monday, 11th May 2026 | |||||
| 5.00pm | Evensong | Quire | |||
| sung by the Lay Vicars of Westminster Abbey | plainsong Ad coenam Agni providi |
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| Wednesday, 13th May 2026 | |||||
| Florence Nightingale, nurse, social reformer | |||||
| 5.00pm | First Evensong of Ascension Day | Quire | |||
| sung by the St Margaret's Choristers and Consort | Tallis O nata lux de lumine |
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| Thursday, 14th May 2026 | |||||
| Ascension Day | |||||
| 5.00pm | Sung Eucharist | High Altar | |||
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey | Byrd Mass for four voices Preacher: The Very Reverend Dr David Hoyle KCVO MBE Dean of Westminster |
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| Friday, 15th May 2026 | |||||
| St Matthias the Apostle | |||||
| 5.00pm | Evensong | Quire | |||
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey | Byrd Psallite Domino |
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| Saturday, 16th May 2026 | |||||
| 5.00pm | Evensong | Quire | |||
| part of the Chorister Experience Day; sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey | Vaughan Williams The Call |
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