Events
To all friends of St Stephen Walbrook ...
ANNUAL GARDEN PARTY
This year’s Friends Garden Party will be on August 6th, following a Choral Evensong at 6pm.
We promised the Friends of St Stephen Walbrook that as well as regular newsletters there would be events throughout the year for the St Stephen family. The Garden party is our Summer event and the popular Carol Service and Reception on December 17th is our Christmas gathering.
In the New Year the St Valentine Dinner with entertainment will be in 2009 on Wednesday February 18th.
We very much hope to see you on August 6th and if you would like more invitations please do not hesitate to contact me. Rather than posting replies, do feel free to email, at martin.sargeant@london.anglican.org, if that is more convenient.
Martin Sargeant
Friday Organ Recitals
Each Friday at 12.30pm
July
- 4th - Mark Williams
- 11th - Ruaraidh Sutherland
- 18th - Geoff Tuson
- 25th - Richard Pilliner
August
- 1st - Charles Wooler
- 8th - Susan Dingle
- 22nd - Stephen Barber
- 29th - Richard Hobson
Recitals are free and you are welcome to bring your lunch.
There will be a retiring collection
Music
Organist, Joe Sentence
Joseph Sentance read music at Trinity College, Dublin and law at Peterhouse, Cambridge. From 1978 to 1995 he was closely associated with the music at the Chapels Royal, H.M.Tower of London, initially as Assistant Organist, then as Master of the Music. He is currently Organist and Director of Music at Sherborne Abbey and divides his time between London and Dorset. He and his wife run the Friday recital series at St Stephen's and work closely with Emma Corke in developing the musical ministry of the church.
Choir Director, Emma Corke
After reading History and Philosophy of Science at Newnham College, Cambridge, Emma Corke's post-graduate studies included the Else Meyer-Lismann Opera Workshop and Federico's Davia's workshops. Operatic roles have included Cenerentola (Rossini), Cherubino and Leonora (Fidelio). She sang in the Oratory choir from 1981 to 1996, and with the BBC Singers between 1982 and 1998. She has frequently sung abroad, especially in France, recording for television as well as radio. She joined the choir of St Stephen's in 1997, becoming Director in 2002.
The Choir
The choir that sings every Thursday for Eucharist at St Stephen Walbrook is a consort of four professional singers. We sing an unaccompanied mass setting, generally of the seventeenth century, and a motet (as well as a congregational hymn). This however is only one aspect of our wide repertoire. On other occasions (and in other places) we sing in operas and oratorios and give recitals, with music ranging from Josquin to Gershwin via Verdi. Some of this finds its way into the church from time to time, for example at weddings. We pride ourselves on our versatility and on being able to reach high standards of performance in anything that we undertake.
