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, 13th October 2024 | |||||
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| Twentieth Sunday after Trinity | |||||
| THE TRANSLATION OF ST EDWARD THE CONFESSOR, KING, 1163, 1269 | |||||
| 10.00am | Matins | Quire | |||
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey | Martin Responses |
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| 11.15am | Sung Eucharist | Quire | |||
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey; attended by The King's Scholars of Westminster School | MacMillan Mass of St Edward the Confessor Preacher: The Reverend Dr James Hawkey Canon Theologian and Almoner |
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| 3.00pm | Evensong | Quire | |||
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey | Mudd Let thy merciful ears, O Lord Preacher: The Right Reverend Anthony Ball 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 Ralph Godsall Priest Vicar |
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| Monday, 14th October 2024 | |||||
| Octave of the Translation of St Edward the Confessor | |||||
| 5.00pm | Evensong | Quire | |||
| sung by the Choristers | plainsong Te lucis ante terminum |
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| Tuesday, 15th October 2024 | |||||
| Octave of the Translation of St Edward the Confessor | |||||
| 5.00pm | Evensong | Quire | |||
| sung by the Choirs of Westminster Abbey and Westminster Cathedral | plainsong Iste confessor Domini |
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| Wednesday, 16th October 2024 | |||||
| Octave of the Translation of St Edward the Confessor | |||||
| 5.00pm | Evensong | Quire | |||
| sung by the St Margaret's Choristers and Consort | Thalben-Ball I would find thee |
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| Thursday, 17th October 2024 | |||||
| Octave of the Translation of St Edward the Confessor | |||||
| 5.00pm | Evensong | Quire | |||
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey | Mendelssohn Herr Gott, du bist unsre Zuflucht |
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| Friday, 18th October 2024 | |||||
| Octave of the Translation of St Edward the Confessor | |||||
| 5.00pm | Evensong | Quire | |||
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey | Mendelssohn Herr Gott du bist unsre Zuflucht |
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| Saturday, 19th October 2024 | |||||
| Octave of the Translation of St Edward the Confessor | |||||
| 11.15am | Festival Eucharist | Quire | |||
| sung by the Westminster Abbey Special Service Choir | Rheinberger Mass in E flat 'Cantus Missae' Preacher: The Right Reverend Dr Andrew Rumsey Bishop of Ramsbury, Diocese of Salisbury |
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| 3.00pm | First Evensong of the Dedication of Westminster Abbey | Quire | |||
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey and St Margaret's Choristers and Consort | This service will be live-streamed Bruckner Locus iste a Deo factus est |
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