Westminster Abbey stages Mozart concert on 30 September
Published on 09/27/2026 at 12:16 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWS
Westminster Abbey will host the Mozart Requiem and Allegri Miserere concert in London on 30 September 2026. The programme marks the debut at the Abbey of the St Margaret’s Choristers, who will perform with the English Concert in the church’s Gothic interior.
The event falls within the current visitor calendar for the United Kingdom landmark. It offers a date-specific reason to see the building as a working church and concert venue, while its usual visiting arrangements do not apply on the concert evening.
Mozart and Allegri meet Westminster Abbey on 30 September
The concert begins at 7pm on Wednesday 30 September 2026, with doors opening at 6.30pm. The programme places Allegri’s Miserere mei, Mozart’s Ave verum corpus, Haydn’s Salve Regina in E and Mozart’s Requiem in that order, followed by a 15-minute interval before the performance ends at about 8.45pm.
The St Margaret’s Choristers will be accompanied by the English Concert, with Greg Morris conducting and Emma Walshe singing soprano. The official concert programme and access details identify the performance as the choristers’ debut concert in the Abbey. The group comprises 24 girls aged 11 to 17 from schools across London.
The musical link between the two headline works is part of the programme’s structure. Allegri’s Miserere was copied from memory by the young Mozart after he heard it in Rome in 1770, while the Requiem belongs to the final period of Mozart’s life and was completed by his pupil Franz Süssmayr.
Gothic architecture frames the 30 September concert
The present Gothic building dates mainly from the reign of Henry III. In 1245, the king began replacing the eastern part of the eleventh-century church founded by Edward the Confessor, while the new shrine received Edward’s bones on 13 October 1269.
The church’s architecture therefore predates the music by centuries, but the concert’s sacred programme fits its continuing use for worship and cultural events. The Abbey has the highest Gothic vault in England, reaching nearly 102 feet, and its structure includes pointed arches, ribbed vaulting, rose windows and flying buttresses, as described by the Abbey’s architectural history.
Westminster Abbey stands beside the River Thames in central London. Together with the Palace of Westminster and St Margaret’s Church, it forms the UNESCO World Heritage property inscribed in 1987. UNESCO records the Abbey as the place where monarchs have been crowned, married and buried, as well as a working church that maintains daily worship.
That long religious function gives the September concert a precise setting: Mozart’s sacred works will be performed inside a church whose present Gothic fabric began under Henry III and whose role has remained connected to ceremony, worship and national memory. The venue is not simply a concert hall, but an active place of worship within a protected historic ensemble.
Visiting Westminster Abbey: what travellers from Western Europe should know
- The Mozart Requiem and Allegri Miserere concert takes place at Westminster Abbey on Wednesday 30 September 2026, from 7pm to about 8.45pm. Doors open at 6.30pm.
- Concert entry is through the Great West Door. The church is not open for general visiting on the evening of 30 September 2026, so the concert does not provide ordinary self-guided access.
- The venue is in central London beside the River Thames, within the UNESCO World Heritage property that also includes the Palace of Westminster and St Margaret’s Church.
- Seats are arranged by zones rather than individually reserved places. Photography, filming and sound recording are not permitted at the Abbey concerts.
- Visitors should expect security checks at entry, and large items such as suitcases, large backpacks and folding bicycles are not allowed inside.
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Frequently asked questions about Westminster Abbey
When does the Mozart Requiem and Allegri Miserere concert take place at Westminster Abbey?
The concert takes place on 30 September 2026. Doors open at 6.30pm and the performance begins at 7pm.
What is Westminster Abbey?
It is a working Gothic church in London and part of the UNESCO World Heritage property containing the Palace of Westminster and St Margaret’s Church. The present building dates mainly from the reign of Henry III.
Where is Westminster Abbey and how do you get there?
Westminster Abbey is in central London beside the River Thames. Concert entry on 30 September 2026 is through the Great West Door.
