Watch Advent Liturgy at Westminster Abbey

A dramatic, candle-lit service of hymns, readings, and anthems. This service will reflect upon the Advent themes of judgement and of the joyful expectation of the coming of Christ. The service will be sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey and music will include:

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina - Fuit homo missus a Deo
William Byrd - Vigilate
Edward Elgar - Benedictus Dominus Deus Israel
Anton Bruckner - Virga Jesse floruit
Marcel Dupré - Le monde dans l'attente du Sauveur

This service is about moving from darkness into light. Some parts of the service may happen in darkness, and be difficult to see on camera. We invite you to listen to what you cannot see, and wait for the light to come.