Services & times

See a complete list of the Abbey's upcoming choral services and organ recitals.

You are also able to see our calendar for the weeks ahead and view orders of service for selected services.

 

This week's services

29th September - 5th October 2024
Sunday, 29th September 2024
Eighteenth Sunday after Trinity
8.00am Holy Communion Nave
The Book of Common Prayer; said
10.00am Matins Quire
sung by the Westminster Abbey Special Service Choir

Ayleward Responses
Tomkins Te Deum (Third Service)
Clérambault Grand plein jeu and Fugue (Suite du premier ton)

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11.15am Sung Eucharist Quire
sung by the Westminster Abbey Special Service Choir

Guerrero Missa Surge propera
Tallis O sacrum convivium
Buxtehude Praeludium in D minor

Preacher: The Reverend Mark Birch MVO Precentor

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3.00pm Evensong Quire
sung by the Westminster Abbey Special Service Choir

Tye Give almes of thy goods
Ayleward Responses
Wise in E flat
Britten Hymn to St Cecilia (part of the Voice and Verse season)
Parry Fugue in G

Preacher: The Reverend Dr James Hawkey Canon in Residence

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5.00pm Organ Recital Nave
given by Mario Ciferri

Tournemire trans Duruflé Improvisation sur le Te Deum
Pierné Prélude (Trois Pièces Op 29)
Schmidt Prelude and Fugue in D 'Hallelujah'
Bach Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier BWV 731
Vierne Final (Symphonie I Op 14)

6.00pm Sung Eucharist St Margaret's Church
sung by the St Margaret's Choristers

Chaminade Messe pour deux voix égales
Parry He delivered the poor in his affliction
Bach Prelude in G

Preacher: The Reverend Mark Birch MVO Precentor

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Monday, 30th September 2024
ST MICHAEL AND ALL ANGELS
7.30am Morning Prayer Quire
said
8.00am Holy Communion St Faith's Chapel
said
12.30pm Holy Communion Nave
said
4.00pm Evening Prayer St Faith's Chapel
said
5.00pm Sung Eucharist Quire
sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey

This service will be live-streamed

Tye Missa Euge bone
Vaughan Williams O taste and see
Dupré Allegro deciso (Évocation)

Preacher: The Reverend Dan Warnke Priest Vicar

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Tuesday, 1st October 2024
Anthony Ashley Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury, social reformer, 1885
Thérèse of Lisieux, religious, 1897
7.30am Morning Prayer St Faith's Chapel, cloister entrance
said
8.00am Holy Communion St Faith's Chapel, cloister entrance
said
5.00pm Evensong Quire
sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey; attended by HE The High Commissioner for Cyprus

Purcell Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts
Byrd Responses
Vivanco Magnificat octavi toni
plainsong Nunc dimittis octavi toni
Purcell They that go down to the sea in ships

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Wednesday, 2nd October 2024
7.30am Morning Prayer Quire
said
8.00am Holy Communion Chapel of the Holy Name
said
12.30pm Holy Communion Nave
said
5.00pm Evening Prayer Quire
said
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Thursday, 3rd October 2024
George Bell, Bishop of Chichester, ecumenist, peacemaker, 1958
7.30am Morning Prayer Quire
said
8.00am Holy Communion St Faith's Chapel
said
12.30pm Holy Communion Nave
said
5.00pm Evensong Quire
sung by the Choristers

plainsong Lucis Creator optime
plainsong Responses
Moore Second Service
Haydn Benedictus (Missa brevis Sancti Joannis de Deo)

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Friday, 4th October 2024
St Francis of Assisi, friar, deacon, founder of the Friars Minor, 1226
7.30am Morning Prayer Quire
said
8.00am Holy Communion St Faith's Chapel
said
12.30pm Holy Communion Nave
said
5.00pm Evensong Quire
sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey

Purcell Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts
Byrd Responses
Farrant Short Service
Holst A Hymne to Christ

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Saturday, 5th October 2024
8.00am Holy Communion St Faith's Chapel
said
8.40am Morning Prayer St Faith's Chapel
said
3.00pm Evensong Quire
part of the Chorister Experience Day; sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey

Vaughan Williams The Call
Byrd Responses
Stanford in C
Farrington Rejoice
Dubois Toccata

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Everyone is welcome at these services, free of charge.

Service times and locations may change at short notice. Security checks are in place upon entry.