Compline

[DracoM]

When is R3 going to have the courage to have a MALE - maybe even live Monastic ensemble - sing Compline?

[mopsus]

Which monasteries in this country have the best choirs these days? I know that the remaining dozen or so in the community at Downside have moved to Buckfast (they'd still have a good church and organ available there of course) and for the last couple of decades or so important choral services at Downside have been sung by a mixed-voice group of local singers recruited ad hoc, quite a common arrangement. Some abbeys such as Ealing maintain choirs of men+local boys.

[DracoM]

Ampleforth?

[mopsus]

I could ask my friend who teaches there, but I believe the choir is largely made up of pupils at the school. I think you'd struggle to find a broadcastable choir consisting only of monks anywhere in the country now.