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

All services|Organ recitals
16th - 22nd November 2025
Sunday, 16th November 2025
Second Sunday before Advent
10.00am Matins Quire
sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey

Morley Responses
Gibbons The Short Service
Buxtehude Toccata in F
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11.15am Sung Eucharist Quire
sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey

Tye Missa Euge bone
Tallis If ye love me
Mendelssohn Allegro vivace e maestoso (Sonata IV)

Preacher: The Reverend Professor Katherine Sonderegger William Meade Chair in Systematic Theology, Virginia Theological Seminary, USA
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3.00pm Evensong Quire
sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey

Gibbons Almighty and everlasting God
Morley Responses
Howells The Gloucester Service
Holst A Hymne to Christ
Howells Psalm Prelude Set 2 no 1

Preacher: The Reverend Dr Melanie Marshall Associate Priest, St Mary Magdalen, Oxford
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6.00pm Sung Eucharist St Margaret's Church
sung by the St Margaret's Choristers

Rheinberger Missa puerorum
Britten As Dew in Aprille
Vivaldi Laudamus te
Whitlock Paean

Preacher: The Reverend Helena Bickley-Percival Sacrist
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Monday, 17th November 2025
St Hugh, Bishop of Lincoln, 1200
The Accession of Elizabeth I, founder of this Collegiate Church of St Peter, 1558
5.00pm Evensong Quire
sung by the Lay Vicars of Westminster Abbey

Bullock Evening Service on the 8th tone
Elgar Seek him that maketh the seven stars
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Tuesday, 18th November 2025
St Elizabeth of Hungary, Princess of Thuringia, philanthropist, 1231
5.00pm Evensong Quire
sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey Radcliffe God be in my head
Clucas Responses
Sumsion Evening Service in G
Parry My soul, there is a country
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Wednesday, 19th November 2025
St Hilda, Abbess of Whitby, 680
5.00pm Evensong Quire
sung by the St Margaret's Choristers and Consort

Tallis If ye love me, keep my commandments
Leighton Responses
Dyson Evening Service in D
Wheeler Alleluia! I heard a voice
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Thursday, 20th November 2025
St Edmund, King of the East Angles, martyr, 869
5.00pm Evensong Quire
sung by the Lay Vicars of Westminster Abbey

plainsong Deus tuorum militum
plainsong Responses
Guerrero Magnificat quinti toni
Quinney Nunc dimittis tertii toni
Palestrina Hic est vere martyr
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Friday, 21st November 2025
5.00pm Evensong Quire
sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey

Radcliffe God be in my head
Clucas Responses
Byrd The Third Service
Philips Jubilate Deo omnis terra
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Saturday, 22nd November 2025
St Cecilia, martyr at Rome, c 230
5.00pm First Evensong of Christ the King Quire
sung by the Lay Vicars of Westminster Abbey

Poulenc Seigneur, je vous en prie
Rose Responses
Ives The Westminster Service
Palestrina Cantantibus organis
Langlais Acclamations carolingiennes
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Everyone is welcome at these services, free of charge. Security checks are in place upon entry.