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 June 2024 | ||
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| Fourth Sunday after Trinity | ||
| 11.15am | Sung Eucharist with Confirmation | Quire |
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey, St Margaret's Choristers, and members of St Margaret's Consort | Vaughan Williams Mass in G minor Preacher: The Right Reverend Graeme Knowles CVO Honorary Assistant Bishop, Diocese of Ely |
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| 3.00pm | Evensong | Quire |
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey | Lloyd View me, Lord, a work of thine Preacher: The Reverend Dr James Hawkey Canon in Residence |
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| Monday, 24th June 2024 | ||
| The Birth of St John the Baptist | ||
| 5.00pm | Evensong | Quire |
| sung by the Choristers | plainsong O lux beata Trinitas |
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| Tuesday, 25th June 2024 | ||
| 5.00pm | Evensong | Quire, entry via the North Door |
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey; attended by HE The High Commissioner for Mozambique | Palestrina Exaltabo te Domine |
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| Thursday, 27th June 2024 | ||
| St Cyril, Bishop of Alexandria, teacher of the faith, 444 | ||
| 5.00pm | Evensong | Quire |
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey; attended by the Acting High Commissioner for the Seychelles | Palestrina Exaltabo te Domine |
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| Friday, 28th June 2024 | ||
| St Irenaeus, Bishop of Lyon, teacher of the faith, c 202 | ||
| 5.00pm | Sung Eucharist of St Peter | Quire |
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey | MacMillan Mass of St Edward the Confessor Preacher: The Very Reverend Dr David Hoyle KCVO MBE Dean of Westminster |
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| Saturday, 29th June 2024 | ||
| ST PETER, APOSTLE, MARTYR, AND PATRON OF WESTMINSTER ABBEY | ||
| 5.00pm | Evensong | Quire |
| sung by the Lay Vicars | plainsong O lux beata Trinitas |
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