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, 24th September 2023 | ||
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| Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity | ||
| 10.00am | Matins | St Margaret's Church |
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey | Panufnik O hearken thou |
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| 11.15am | Sung Eucharist | Quire |
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey | Dvorák Mass in D Preacher: The Reverend Justin White Priest Vicar |
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| 3.00pm | Evensong | Quire |
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey | Panufnik O hearken thou Preacher: The Very Reverend Dr David Hoyle MBE Dean of Westminster |
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| Monday, 25th September 2023 | ||
| Lancelot Andrewes, Dean of Westminster, 1601–05, Bishop of Winchester, spiritual writer, 1626 | ||
| 5.00pm | Evensong | Quire |
| sung by the Choristers | plainsong Te lucis ante terminum |
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| Tuesday, 26th September 2023 | ||
| Wilson Carlile, founder of the Church Army, 1942 | ||
| 5.00pm | Evensong | Quire |
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey | Tye O come, ye servants of the Lord |
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| Thursday, 28th September 2023 | ||
| 5.00pm | First Evensong of St Michael and All Angels | Quire |
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey | Tye O come, ye servants of the Lord |
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| Friday, 29th September 2023 | ||
| ST MICHAEL AND ALL ANGELS | ||
| 5.00pm | Sung Eucharist | Quire |
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey | Byrd Mass for five voices Preacher: The Reverend David Stanton Sub-Dean and Canon Treasurer |
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| Saturday, 30th September 2023 | ||
| St Jerome, translator of the Scriptures, teacher of the faith, 420 | ||
| 3.00pm | Evensong | Quire |
| sung by the Lay Vicars | plainsong O lux beata Trinitas |
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