Music at St Stephen Walbrook - not to be missed!

 

One of the great joys of being at St Stephen Walbrook is the quality of music that can be enjoyed. The next few days, however, are of particular note.

Tonight, the Italian classical pianist Claudio Crismani is in concert at 7.00pm. On this his second visit to St Stephen Walbrook, Claudio will play a selection of works by Bartok and Chopin on a Fazioli piano. Free admission with a retiring collection in aid of St Stephen Walbrook. For the full programme and a biography click here.

On Thursday at 12.45pm St Stephen's Voices will lead worship at our regular lunchtime Eucharist. The celebrant and preacher will be The Revd Sally Muggeridge.

Then, on Friday, we will enjoy not one, but two, Organ Recitals with the second being given by The Rt Hon The Lord Mayor, Alderman Dr Andrew Parmley.

At 12.30pm, as part of our regular programme of Friday lunchtime Organ Recitals, David Chan will perform a programme including pieces by Bach, Langlais, Wesley and Widor, among others. David Ho-Yi Chan is a young composer, conductor and organist born in Hong Kong whose music seeks to enrich the beauty of simplicity. Click here for more about David and his recital.

At 5.30pm, as the fourth in our new series of Free Music Recitals on the last Friday of the month (St Stephen's Serenades), The Lord Mayor will perform a programme which includes:

• Prelude and Fugue in F minor, BWV 534 Johann Sebastian Bach 1685-1750
• Voluntary III in C William Boyce 1711–1779
• Toccatina Pietro Yon 1886–1943
• Carillon-Sortie Henri Mulet 1878–1967
• Psalm Prelude, Set 1, No 1 Herbert Howells 1892–1983
• Sortie in E Louis-James-Alfred Lefébure-Wely 1817- 1869

As with all our events, all are most welcome. More information about The Lord Mayor's recital can be found by clicking here.

Those visiting will also be able to view 'Crucifixions: Francis Bacon' which ends on Friday when we close at 4.00pm. Catalogues for the exhibition are available, priced £10, with a donation coming to St Stephen Walbrook. Exhibition information can be found by clicking here.

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Claudio Crismani plays Franz Liszt, Csardas Macabre 2.

Listen to the quiet voice

'Dominique Lawalrée (b. 1954) is a composer born and based in Brussels. First Meeting is Lawalrée's first archival release to date ... In this collection the listener finds the sounds of piano, synthesizers, percussion, Wurlitzer, organ, and voice, all performed by Lawalrée. Using these tools Dominique creates miniature themes that gallop across the speakers in slow motion, stretching our normal sense of dynamics and color, effortlessly widening the stereo plane. On “Musique Satieerique,” Dominique pays homage to the influence of Satie with simple repeated piano figures and a lush field of organs and flutes. And on other selections, like “La Maison Des 5 Elements,” he takes a more wistful, ambient approach,layering keyboard lines, and invoking found/tape sounds to create a hypnogogic world of his own. Childlike in its playfulness and surreal to the bone, the music spins like a carousel placed inside the Rothko Chapel. Lawalrée’s sense of timbre, tone, and overarching composition is like an impression of a home movie whose charm lies in its knowledge of intimacy, shared by few. An incantation of innocence.'

'With most of his output underpinned by strong spiritual tendencies, his music is an escape, a relentless search for inner space and serenity.'

'A keyboardist, he has given hundreds of concerts of his music in a dozen countries. A church musician, he is the initiator of Liturgical Music Festival in Rixensart.

He has published several books and is a renowned speaker. A music teacher, he has taught in secondary school and at the university. He produces 17 shows a month on RCF Brussels and Liege.

His music is widely heard in the film “Khadak”, which received a “Golden Lion” in Venice in 2006.'

'Lawalrée now spends his time playing piano and organ in church on a weekly basis, his musical focus having turned for the liturgical over the past two decades.'

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Dominique Lawalrée - Listen to the quiet voice.

Evensong & Garden Party for the Feast of the Transfiguration

We're delighted to invite you to our annual Evensong and Garden Party at St Stephen Walbrook which this year takes place on

MONDAY 8th AUGUST at 6.00pm.

The Garden Party takes place on the Feast of the Transfiguration, beginning with Choral Evensong at 6.00pm. The service will last about 50 minutes and be led by Revd. Jonathan Evens. The music, sung by the St Stephen Walbrook Choir, is Howells in G, the anthem will be Edgar Bainton's 'And I Saw a New Heaven' and the organist will be Joe Sentance.

This will be followed by the Garden Party at which drinks and snacks will be served and you are encouraged to bring guests with you. There is no charge for the event but, for purposes of catering, we do need to know if you are coming so please let us know in one of the following ways:

By email: Send an email to office@ststephenwalbrook.net
By telephone: 020 7626 9000
By post: The Administrator, St Stephen's Church, 39 Walbrook, London EC4N 8BN.

And further ahead:

Thursday 1st and Friday, 2nd September 10.00am - 4.00pm AN EXHIBITION OF GLASS

This free exhibition of glass artwork is organised in conjunction with the Worshipful Company of Glass Sellers and is a project for the 350th Anniversary of the Great Fire of London.

We look forward to seeing you soon.

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Bruce Springsteen - Fire.gre

Midnight Mass by Candlelight

Come and join us at St Stephen Walbrook for... 

  

The Midnight Mass by Candlelight 

Christmas Eve at 11.30pm

with the Choir of St Stephen Walbrook and Joe Sentance on the organ

All welcome! Followed by mince pies and hot drinks

Best wishes for a blessed Christmas and New Year

with much thanks for all your support, involvement and interest 

in St Stephen Walbrook over the past year

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Hector Berlioz - The Shepherd's Farewell.