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, 29th January 2023 | ||
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| Fourth Sunday of Epiphany | ||
| 10.00am | Matins | Quire |
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey | Gibbons Almighty and everlasting God |
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| 11.15am | Sung Eucharist | Quire |
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey | Tallis Missa Salve intermerata Preacher: The Right Reverend Anthony Ball Canon Rector |
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| 3.00pm | Evensong with Installation of Organist and Master of the Choristers | Quire |
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey | Gibbons Almighty and everlasting God Preacher: The Reverend Canon Dr Chigor Chike Vicar, Emmanuel Church with St Peter, Forest Gate |
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| Monday, 30th January 2023 | ||
| Charles I, king, martyr, 1649 | ||
| 5.00pm | Evensong | Quire |
| sung by the Lay Vicars | Byrd Tui sunt caeli |
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| Tuesday, 31st January 2023 | ||
| John Bosco, priest, founder of the Salesian Teaching Order, 1888 | ||
| 5.00pm | Evensong | Quire |
| attended by the Honorary Consul for Nauru; sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey | Bruckner Locus iste a Deo factus est |
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| Thursday, 2nd February 2023 | ||
| CANDLEMAS: The Presentation of Christ in the Temple | ||
| 5.00pm | Sung Eucharist with the Blessing of Candles | Quire |
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey | Byrd Mass for four voices Preacher: The Reverend Mark Birch Precentor |
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| Friday, 3rd February 2023 | ||
| St Ansgar, Archbishop of Hamburg, missionary in Denmark and Sweden, 865 | ||
| 5.00pm | Evensong | Quire |
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey; attended by HE The High Commissioner for Sri Lanka | Bruckner Locus iste a Deo factus est |
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| Saturday, 4th February 2023 | ||
| Manche Masemola, martyr, 1928 | ||
| 5.00pm | Evensong | Quire |
| part of the Chorister Experience Day; sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey | Hurford Litany to the Holy Spirit |
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