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, 23rd August 2026 | |||||
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| Twelfth Sunday after Trinity | |||||
| 11.15am | Sung Eucharist | High Altar | |||
| sung by Exultate | Vierne Messe solennelle Preacher: The Reverend Helena Bickley-Percival Sacrist |
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| View Order of Service | |||||
| 3.00pm | Evensong | Quire | |||
| sung by Exultate | Shephard Responses Preacher: The Reverend David Stanton Canon in Residence |
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| Monday, 24th August 2026 | |||||
| St Bartholomew the Apostle | |||||
| 5.00pm | Evensong | Quire | |||
| sung by Inner Voices | Ayleward Responses |
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| Tuesday, 25th August 2026 | |||||
| 5.00pm | Evensong | Quire | |||
| sung by the Chapel Choir of Hatfield College, Durham | Leighton Responses |
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| Thursday, 27th August 2026 | |||||
| St Monica, mother of St Augustine of Hippo, 387 | |||||
| 5.00pm | Evensong | Quire | |||
| sung by the King Charles Singers | Radcliffe Responses |
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| Friday, 28th August 2026 | |||||
| St Augustine of Hippo, bishop, teacher of the faith, 430 | |||||
| 5.00pm | Evensong | Quire | |||
| sung by the King Charles Singers; attended by the Chargé d'Affaires of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago | Radcliffe Responses |
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| Saturday, 29th August 2026 | |||||
| The Beheading of St John the Baptist | |||||
| 5.00pm | Evensong | Quire | |||
| sung by the Choir of St Barnabas, Dulwich | Trendell Responses |
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| View Order of Service | |||||
