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@WAbbeyChoir

1 year

Introducing to the world our coronation choir featuring: 👑 @WAbbeyChoir 👑 The Choir of His Majesty's Chapel Royal, St James's Palace 👑 Choristers from @TruroCathChoir 👑 Choristers from @MethodyBelfast 👑 An octet from @mco_london @wabbey #Coronation

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Choir of Westminster Abbey

@WAbbeyChoir

2 years

We loved singing at A Service of Celebration for Commonwealth Day today @wabbey @KensingtonRoyal #CommonwealthDay

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@WAbbeyChoir

2 years

A particularly poignant Christmas for us here @wabbey as we bid a very fond farewell to James O'Donnell, Organist and Master of the Choristers for the past 23 years #farewell

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Choir of Westminster Abbey

@WAbbeyChoir

4 years

152 days since we sang our last service, we’re thrilled to be back @wabbey rehearsing Byrd’s Mass for 3 voices for this morning’s Eucharist. For now we’re fewer in number, socially distanced & remote from the congregation but it’s wonderful to be back and singing together again.

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Choir of Westminster Abbey

@WAbbeyChoir

3 years

Wishing a very happy 10th wedding anniversary to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge @kensingtonroyal 🍾 👰🏽 ❤️ [📸 - some of our choristers on the day of the wedding]

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Choir of Westminster Abbey

@WAbbeyChoir

5 years

We're looking forward to @anthonyfjoshua , @alexandramusic , @AbassOneDrum , @SuliBreakz and @CraigDavid joining us for the service, as well as representatives of the 54 countries and 2.4 billion citizens of the Commonwealth #CommonwealthDay

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Choir of Westminster Abbey

@WAbbeyChoir

2 years

A very warm welcome to our new Organist and Master of Choristers here @wabbey , Andrew Nethsingha, who starts this week #welcome

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Choir of Westminster Abbey

@WAbbeyChoir

2 years

🎄 Join us on @ITV this evening at 7pm for Royal Carols: Together at Christmas. If you're not based in the UK, follow @wabbey for updates during the broadcast #royalcarols 🎄

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Choir of Westminster Abbey

@WAbbeyChoir

4 years

"I don't sing because I'm happy. I'm happy because I sing" Words from the American philosopher and pyschologist, William James.

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Choir of Westminster Abbey

@WAbbeyChoir

2 years

🎈 🎈 🎈 Happy Birthday Ralph Vaughan Williams! Born OTD 150 years ago in Down Ampney, Gloucestershire #vaughanwilliams 🎈 🎈 🎈

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Choir of Westminster Abbey

@WAbbeyChoir

4 years

A very big welcome back to our choristers and a very happy start to full choir term here @wabbey . Hooray! #singing

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Choir of Westminster Abbey

@WAbbeyChoir

2 years

We're singing Handel and Stanford at the annual Judges' Service today @wabbey , to mark the opening of the Legal Year in England and Wales ⚖️ 🎵

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Choir of Westminster Abbey

@WAbbeyChoir

2 years

Now, now that the sun hath veil’d his light And bid the world goodnight; To the soft bed my body I dispose, But where shall my soul repose? Words from Purcell's An Evening Hymn - the anthem at today's Evensong at 5pm sung by our choristers #evensong

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Choir of Westminster Abbey

@WAbbeyChoir

2 years

The original quire stalls @wabbey were replaced in the 18th century and again by the stalls you see today in 1848. The black and white marble floor dates from 1677 #quirestalls

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Choir of Westminster Abbey

@WAbbeyChoir

4 years

A very Happy Easter from all @wabbey #easter

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Choir of Westminster Abbey

@WAbbeyChoir

1 year

🎶 The final few spaces remain for our upcoming post-Coronation Chorister Experience Day on Saturday 20 May. Explore our choir school and sing in the choir for Evensong. More details and how to register here: 🎶

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Choir of Westminster Abbey

@WAbbeyChoir

2 years

😁 Smiles all round here @wabbey on International Day of Happiness [📸 from this year's Commonwealth Day Service] #happy

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Choir of Westminster Abbey

@WAbbeyChoir

2 years

We're delighted to be singing in today's Royal Carol Service and a warm welcome to @wabbey to @MelanieCmusic , @AlfieBoe , @CraigDavid , @AlexisFfrench and @SamanthaBarks #RoyalCarols #TogetheratChristmas

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💖 A very Happy Wedding Anniversary to the Prince and Princess of Wales, who were married @wabbey OTD 12 years ago @KensingtonRoyal #anniversary 💖

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Choir of Westminster Abbey

@WAbbeyChoir

3 years

🎄 🎄 We're looking forward to Royal Carols: Together at Christmas on @itv on Christmas Eve at 7.30pm with some festive carols by us alongside performances by @leonalewis , @IamTomWalker , @elliegoulding and more! #royalcarols 🎄 🎄

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Choir of Westminster Abbey

@WAbbeyChoir

2 years

At Evensong at 5pm today we are giving thanks for the life and work of Simon Preston CBE, Organist and Master of the Choristers here @wabbey from 1981 to 1987. We're singing music by Howells, Purcell and Parry, with organ music by Bach, Franck and Messiaen #evensong

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Choir of Westminster Abbey

@WAbbeyChoir

2 years

Our friends from @wcchoir are joining us for Evensong here @wabbey on Wednesday at 5pm. Music by Palestrina, Victoria and Vaughan Williams and all welcome #jointevensong

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Choir of Westminster Abbey

@WAbbeyChoir

2 years

⭐ 🎈 Happy Birthday Herbert Howells, born OTD in Gloucestershire in 1892! 🎈 ⭐

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Choir of Westminster Abbey

@WAbbeyChoir

2 years

A very warm welcome to all those @wabbey today for our annual Commonwealth Day Service #CommonwealthDay

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Choir of Westminster Abbey

@WAbbeyChoir

5 years

⭐ Last week we celebrated James O'Donnell's twentieth anniversary as Organist and Master of the Choristers here @wabbey , pictured here with his Sub-Organists from over the years #twentyyears ⭐

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Choir of Westminster Abbey

@WAbbeyChoir

7 months

We loved singing at the Service of Celebration here @wabbey for #CommonwealthDay today. Catch up here:

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Choir of Westminster Abbey

@WAbbeyChoir

5 years

"Now we are come to the sun's hour of rest, the lights of evening round us shine" Hear Wood's 'Hail, gladdening light' as our anthem at Evensong this evening at 5pm here @wabbey

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Choir of Westminster Abbey

@WAbbeyChoir

3 years

🎉 🎈 🎂 Happy Birthday Herbert Howells. Born OTD in Lydney, Gloucestershire in 1892 🎂 🎈 🎉

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Choir of Westminster Abbey

@WAbbeyChoir

4 years

"Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything." Plato

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Choir of Westminster Abbey

@WAbbeyChoir

3 years

Our Organ Scholar, Charles Maxtone-Smith, gives a free Sunday Organ Recital this evening at 5pm @wabbey . No tickets required and free entry #organrecital

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Choir of Westminster Abbey

@WAbbeyChoir

3 years

🎄 If you can't be with us in person this Christmas, we're delighted to share that our Service of Lessons and Carols on 23rd December and Christmas Midnight Mass on 24th December will be streamed live. Full details and how to tune in here: 🎄

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Choir of Westminster Abbey

@WAbbeyChoir

2 years

Tomorrow James O'Donnell gives his final organ recital as Organist and Master of the Choristers here @wabbey before his departure on Christmas Day. All very welcome to join us at 5pm #organrecital #farewell

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Choir of Westminster Abbey

@WAbbeyChoir

2 years

A very warm welcome to our friends from @wcchoir and @StPaulsChoir this morning for our joint St Cecilia Service with @helpmusicians @nicomuhly #stcecilia

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Choir of Westminster Abbey

@WAbbeyChoir

2 years

Bravo to our friends @StPaulsChoir and the choir of the Chapel Royal for a fantastic service of thanksgiving this morning #platinumjubilee

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Choir of Westminster Abbey

@WAbbeyChoir

2 years

Today, on the first Sunday of Lent, we're singing music by Purcell, Byrd, Rheinberger, Jackson and Sumsion. Full details here:

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Choir of Westminster Abbey

@WAbbeyChoir

3 years

Rehearsals under way here @wabbey for today's service marking the centenary of the Royal British Legion #RBL100

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Choir of Westminster Abbey

@WAbbeyChoir

6 years

A glorious glimpse of rehearsals for our concert tonight at the Frauenkirche in Dresden #tour #festive

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Choir of Westminster Abbey

@WAbbeyChoir

3 years

🎈 🎂 Happy Birthday to both John Blow and Handel, both born OTD in 1649 and 1685 respectively. Visit their memorials here @wabbey in Musicians' Aisle and Poets' Corner 🎂 🎈 #composers

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Choir of Westminster Abbey

@WAbbeyChoir

1 year

The renowned composer, Henry Purcell, is buried in the North Choir Aisle here @wabbey . He was Organist here from 1679 to his death in 1695 #purcell #AbbeyMusicians

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Choir of Westminster Abbey

@WAbbeyChoir

2 years

📯 📯 NEW CANTICLES ALERT 📯 📯 We are giving the world premiere performance of canticles by @ErrollynWallen at Evensong today at 5pm @wabbey . All welcome! #newmusic

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Choir of Westminster Abbey

@WAbbeyChoir

3 years

🎂 🎈 Happy Birthday Dame Judi Dench! Pictured here with our Special Service Choir at the Peter Hall Memorial Service in 2018 #throwbackthursday 🎈 🎂

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Choir of Westminster Abbey

@WAbbeyChoir

4 years

Ralph Vaughan Williams died OTD in 1958 and is buried, with his wife Ursula, in Musicians' Aisle @wabbey #vaughanwilliams

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Choir of Westminster Abbey

@WAbbeyChoir

5 years

It's been a wonderful and busy term here @wabbey with concerts, special services and over 100 choral services. Hands up if you're ready for a holiday?!

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Choir of Westminster Abbey

@WAbbeyChoir

2 years

'Let all the world in ev'ry corner sing: My God and King.' Words by George Herbert set to music by Vaughan Williams as our anthem at Evensong today at 5pm. 📸 of the George Herbert window here @wabbey in St George's Chapel.

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Choir of Westminster Abbey

@WAbbeyChoir

4 years

⭐ 🎈 🎂 Happy Birthday Benjamin Britten, born on this day in Lowestoft in Suffolk in 1913 🎂 🎈 ⭐

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Choir of Westminster Abbey

@WAbbeyChoir

2 years

We are very saddened to hear the news that our friend and former colleague Simon Preston passed away last week. Simon was Organist and Master of the Choristers here @wabbey from 1981-87, having been Sub-Organist 1962-67. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family.

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Choir of Westminster Abbey

@WAbbeyChoir

5 years

⭐🎄🎅👼 A very Merry Christmas from us all @wabbey 👼🎅🎄⭐

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Choir of Westminster Abbey

@WAbbeyChoir

2 years

We're live on @BBCOne on Monday from 14:15 for A Celebration for Commonwealth Day and we're singing music by Britten and Boyle #commonwealth [📸 photo from last year's service]

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Choir of Westminster Abbey

@WAbbeyChoir

2 years

Our Assistant Organist, Matthew Jorysz, gives a free Sunday organ recital at 5pm today. Free entry and all welcome #organrecital

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Choir of Westminster Abbey

@WAbbeyChoir

4 years

Some of the music which we are singing here @WAbbey today #eucharist #evensong

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Choir of Westminster Abbey

@WAbbeyChoir

4 years

We're delighted to be singing regular services from today, with our choristers joining us later this week. Check here for full service details and times: #singing

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Choir of Westminster Abbey

@WAbbeyChoir

3 years

A very fond farewell to our leaving choristers today, pictured here on the roof @wabbey #farewell

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Choir of Westminster Abbey

@WAbbeyChoir

5 years

A very Happy Easter from the Choir of Westminster Abbey & a very Happy Birthday from us all to HM The Queen! #easter

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Choir of Westminster Abbey

@WAbbeyChoir

4 years

⭐ 🎈 🎂 Happy Birthday Herbert Howells, born on this day in Lydney in Gloucestershire in 1892 🎂 🎈 ⭐

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Choir of Westminster Abbey

@WAbbeyChoir

5 years

Welcome back to our choristers for our first full choir service of the term: Evensong today at 3pm with music by Mendelssohn, Wood and Radcliffe #evensong #choristers #welovesinging

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Choir of Westminster Abbey

@WAbbeyChoir

1 year

"Westminster Abbey is full of stories and history; from bar one Howells transports us to a world of secrets, dreams and imagination." A quote from @ANethsingha describing the Westminster Service by Howells, which we're singing today at Evensong @wabbey at 5pm #howells 🎵

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Choir of Westminster Abbey

@WAbbeyChoir

4 years

This weekend, we bid a very fond farewell to our organ scholar, Alex Hamilton. We're so grateful for all he has done over his two years @wabbey and wish him well for the future #farewell

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Choir of Westminster Abbey

@WAbbeyChoir

1 year

Join us for Eucharist for Ascension Day here @wabbey this afternoon at 5pm. We're singing Frank Martin's Mass for double choir and Stanford's Coelos ascendit hodie #ascension

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Choir of Westminster Abbey

@WAbbeyChoir

3 years

Henry Purcell died OTD in 1695 at his home on Marsham Street, Westminster #purcell

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Choir of Westminster Abbey

@WAbbeyChoir

5 years

A memorial to Edward Elgar, who died on this day in 1934, can be found in Musicians' Aisle here @wabbey #elgar

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Choir of Westminster Abbey

@WAbbeyChoir

7 months

🎈🎈🎈 HAPPY BIRTHDAY HANDEL! Born OTD in 1685 #Handel 🎈🎈🎈

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Choir of Westminster Abbey

@WAbbeyChoir

5 months

Welcome back to our choristers who return today for their summer term here @wabbeychoirsch . They are singing Evensong here @wabbey at 5pm - all welcome #evensong

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Choir of Westminster Abbey

@WAbbeyChoir

11 months

We enjoyed a great Chorister Experience here @wabbey a few weeks ago, exploring the Abbey, the Choir School and singing at Evensong. More details about our unique Choir School here:

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Choir of Westminster Abbey

@WAbbeyChoir

3 years

Join us this afternoon at 4pm for our Advent Liturgy, for a candle-lit service of hymns, readings and anthems. No tickets required and all welcome @wabbey #advent

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Choir of Westminster Abbey

@WAbbeyChoir

5 years

🎈 🎂 ⭐ Happy Birthday Charles Villiers Stanford - born on this day in 1852 ⭐ 🎂 🎈

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Choir of Westminster Abbey

@WAbbeyChoir

4 years

⭐ 🎈 🎂 Happy Birthday Sir Charles Villiers Stanford, born on this day in Dublin in 1852 🎂 🎈 ⭐ #stanford

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Choir of Westminster Abbey

@WAbbeyChoir

2 years

Join us for Eucharist today for St Edward @wabbey at 5pm, with a mass composed for us earlier this year by @jamesmacm #newmusic

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Choir of Westminster Abbey

@WAbbeyChoir

4 years

⭐ 🎈 🎂 Happy Birthday Ralph Vaughan Williams, born on this day in Down Ampney in Gloucestershire in 1872 🎂 🎈 ⭐ #vaughanwilliams

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Choir of Westminster Abbey

@WAbbeyChoir

1 year

A fantastic Chorister Experience here @wabbey at the weekend, welcoming 12 boys to look around the Abbey and @WAbbeyChoirSch and join the choir for Evensong. More information about upcoming events here:

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@WAbbeyChoir

2 years

If you missed it live earlier this week, don't forget to catch up with this year's Commonwealth Service, available on @BBCiPlayer here: #CommonwealthDay

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Choir of Westminster Abbey

@WAbbeyChoir

6 years

We've got a jam-packed few days lined up, full of fantastic musical offerings. Do join us - full details of all our services over the next few days can found be on our website here -

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@WAbbeyChoir

1 year

⭐ Happy Birthday Charles Villiers Stanford. Born OTD in 1852 in Dublin! ⭐

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Choir of Westminster Abbey

@WAbbeyChoir

6 months

George Frideric Handel was buried #OTD in 1759 here @wabbey . The funeral was attended by over 3000 people and sung by the Abbey Choir, St Paul's Cathedral and the Chapel Royal #handel

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Choir of Westminster Abbey

@WAbbeyChoir

2 years

🎈 🎈 A very Happy Birthday to Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, from us all! 🎈 🎈

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Choir of Westminster Abbey

@WAbbeyChoir

2 years

A very fond farewell to our seven leaving choristers as they move on to pastures new. Here are some of them pictured on their Abbey roof tour #farewell

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Choir of Westminster Abbey

@WAbbeyChoir

6 years

We sing our last services of the term today here at @wabbey , ending with #Evensong at 3pm with music by Howells, Tallis & Parry. We will also say farewell to our oldest #choristers , & wish them luck as they take their next steps forward in life! #AbbeyChoristers #MusicAtTheAbbey

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Choir of Westminster Abbey

@WAbbeyChoir

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🎈 🎈 🎈 A very Happy Birthday to Edward Elgar, born OTD in 1857 #elgar 🎈 🎈 🎈

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Choir of Westminster Abbey

@WAbbeyChoir

5 years

⭐ Rehearsals sounding magnificent here @wabbey this evening for our concert of Handel & Bach tomorrow. Final few tickets available: ⭐

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@WAbbeyChoir

4 years

Henry Purcell, Organist at @wabbey from 1679, died OTD at his home in Westminster in 1695 #purcell

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Choir of Westminster Abbey

@WAbbeyChoir

6 years

Today was Chorister Experience Day! We had a great time welcoming 11 boys to see the Abbey, join rehearsals and sing Evensong with the choir here @wabbey #ilovesinging #choristers #choir #singing

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Choir of Westminster Abbey

@WAbbeyChoir

5 years

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them. #RemembranceSunday

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Choir of Westminster Abbey

@WAbbeyChoir

2 years

"I love singing with all my friends and, also, I like the fact that when people come to listen, they really enjoy it!" A quote from one of our choristers about why they love singing here @wabbey #welovesinging

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Choir of Westminster Abbey

@WAbbeyChoir

5 years

Vaughan Williams died on this day in 1958 and his ashes are buried here @wabbey in Musicians' Aisle #vaughanwilliams

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Choir of Westminster Abbey

@WAbbeyChoir

4 years

👑 🎈 A very Happy Birthday from us all to HM The Queen! 🎈 👑

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Choir of Westminster Abbey

@WAbbeyChoir

2 years

Music by Tallis, Byrd, Mundy and Palestrina at services here @wabbey today. Full details here:

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Choir of Westminster Abbey

@WAbbeyChoir

6 years

The ashes of Herbert Howells are buried in the north choir aisle here @wabbey and we're singing his Collegium Regale Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis at Evensong today at 3pm #howells #collreg

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Choir of Westminster Abbey

@WAbbeyChoir

5 years

⭐⭐ A very Happy Birthday to the Duke of Cambridge today! @royalfamily 🎈🎂

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Choir of Westminster Abbey

@WAbbeyChoir

2 years

Join us for Eucharist today at 5pm here @wabbey to celebrate St Michael and All Angels #michaelmas

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Choir of Westminster Abbey

@WAbbeyChoir

3 years

A jam packed last few days of term @wabbey with music by Farrant, Purcell, Stanford, Gray, Harris, Howells, Vierne, Tippett and Parry #welovesinging

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Choir of Westminster Abbey

@WAbbeyChoir

4 years

🎁 🎈 🎉 A very happy birthday to @johnmrutter from us all. Have a glorious day! 🎉 🎈 🎁

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Choir of Westminster Abbey

@WAbbeyChoir

5 years

A really fantastic Chorister Experience @wabbey today #welovesinging #choristers

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Choir of Westminster Abbey

@WAbbeyChoir

4 years

O come, let us adore him, Christ the Lord. #ocomeallyefaithful

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Choir of Westminster Abbey

@WAbbeyChoir

4 years

We're looking forward to singing music by Tallis, Byrd, Victoria, Vento and Monte at Eucharist and Evensong here @wabbey tomorrow #singing

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Choir of Westminster Abbey

@WAbbeyChoir

2 years

Our next Chorister Experience is on Saturday 24th September - ideal for boys aged 6 - 8 who just love singing! More info here:

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Choir of Westminster Abbey

@WAbbeyChoir

6 years

Rehearsals sounding glorious for this afternoon's Choral Evensong, live on @BBCRadio3 from @wabbey . Do tune in from 3.30pm: 🎵 🎶 #howells #joubert #clucas #tallis

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Choir of Westminster Abbey

@WAbbeyChoir

2 years

Thank you to all the visiting choirs who have sung services here @wabbey over the summer #thankyou

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Choir of Westminster Abbey

@WAbbeyChoir

2 years

We recently enjoyed a fantastic Chorister Experience here @wabbey , with organ tours, exploring the Abbey, football, trying on robes and joining the choir for Evensong #choristerexperience

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Choir of Westminster Abbey

@WAbbeyChoir

2 years

Fantastic to be joined by @jamesmacm yesterday for the world premiere of his new 'Mass of St Edward the Confessor' here @wabbey on St Peter's Day #newmusic

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Choir of Westminster Abbey

@WAbbeyChoir

2 years

We're looking for a new Bass Lay Vicar, to start in March 2023. Join us! Full details, application pack and how to apply here:

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Choir of Westminster Abbey

@WAbbeyChoir

6 years

#Advent is nearly here! You can find out more about what services and events are happening around Advent & in the run up to Christmas on the @wabbey website here:

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