Regular services
Evensong
This service follows the traditional pattern in The Book of Common Prayer and consists of choral music (psalms, canticles, and anthems) from the rich Anglican musical tradition, scripture readings, and prayers.
When
See the calendar below for upcoming Evensong services.
Where
The Quire. Entry is via the Great West Door.
Evensong times
Sunday, 23rd March 2025 | ||||||||
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Third Sunday of Lent | ||||||||
3.00pm | Evensong with Presentation of a Surplice | Quire | ||||||
sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey | Ferguson It was in that train Preacher: The Reverend Mark Birch MVO Canon in Residence |
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Monday, 24th March 2025 | ||||||||
Oscar Romero, Archbishop of San Salvador, martyr, 1980 | ||||||||
Elizabeth I, Queen of England, founder of the College of St Peter at Westminster, 1603 | ||||||||
5.00pm | First Evensong of the Annunciation of Our Lord to the Blessed Virgin Mary | Quire | ||||||
sung by the Lay Vicars of Westminster Abbey; attended by HE The High Commissioner for Pakistan | plainsong Ave Maris Stella |
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Wednesday, 26th March 2025 | ||||||||
5.00pm | Evensong | Quire | ||||||
sung by the St Margaret's Choristers and Consort; attended by HE The High Commissioner for Bangladesh | Tallis O nata lux de lumine |
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Thursday, 27th March 2025 | ||||||||
5.00pm | Evensong | Quire | ||||||
sung by the Lay Vicars of Westminster Abbey | plainsong Audi benigne Conditor |
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Friday, 28th March 2025 | ||||||||
5.00pm | Evensong | Quire | ||||||
sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey | attr Farrant Lord, for thy tender mercy's sake |
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Saturday, 29th March 2025 | ||||||||
5.00pm | Evensong | Quire | ||||||
sung by the Lay Vicars of Westminster Abbey | Martin Justorum animae in manu Dei sunt |
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