Events
FEAST OF THE TRANSFIGURATION
- Thursday August 6th, 6p.m.
- Choral Evensong
Sung by the St Stephen Walbrook Choir and followed by a Garden Party for the Friends of St Stephen Walbrook.
Holy Week Lectures 2009
A PDF copy of these lectures is now available.
Friday Organ Recitals
Each Friday at 12.30pm
Recitals are free and you are welcome to bring your lunch.
There will be a retiring collection
Music
Organist, Joe Sentance
Joseph Sentance was born in 1955 and, from 1978-1995 was closely involved with the music at the Chapels Royal, H.M.Tower of London, first as Assistant Organist and latterly as Master of the Music. Until 2007 he was Director of Music at Sherborne Abbey in Dorset. He has been associated with St Stephen's Walbrook since 1987 and works closely with the Director of Music, Emma Corke, in developing the musical mission of the church. Joe is a Fellow of the Royal College of Organists and is also a barrister, having read law at Peterhouse, Cambridge.
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.
