The Thursdays at St Stephen’s recital series is currently on hold, though Will and Sarah Moule will perform a concert on Thursday 27th May as part of the St Stephen’s Festival of Arts and Faith. Keep watching the website to find out more information about future events.
Past events:
Date: 16 October 2008 @ 7:30pm
Artist(s): Florence Cooke (Violin), Daniel Tong (Piano)
The opening concert of the 2008-9 Thursdays at St Stephen’s series is given by this accomplished young duo. Florence Cooke was the Leverhulme fellow at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama from 2006-7 and Daniel Tong is a member of the London Bridge Ensemble. See Read more for full details of the programme and ticketing.
Date: 27 November 2008 @ 7:30pm
Artist(s): Kate Symonds-Joy (Mezzo-soprano), Sophie Rivlin (Cello), William Vann (Piano)
This thrilling concert combines the works of three old masters with three new pieces written by young composers working in London. All the new works have been written especially for the occasion and will be world premieres. All three artists are distinguished graduates of the Royal Academy of Music. See Read more for full details of the programme and ticketing.
Date: 15 January 2009 @ 7:30pm
Artist(s): James Gilchrist (Tenor), Robert Rice (Baritone), Rebecca Hodgetts (Soprano), William Vann (Piano)
World-renowned tenor James Gilchrist sings the world premiere of Martin Eastwood’s stunning Erotic Fragments, settings of texts from the Song of Songs. He is joined by Robert Rice and Rebecca Hodgetts for a programme of English Song, including works by Dove, Finzi, Quilter and Walton. See Read More on the concerts page for reviews and the full programme. See Read more for full details of the programme and ticketing.
Date: 19 February 2009 @ 7:30pm
Artist(s): The Nephele Ensemble: Nicola Smedley (Flute), Samantha Wickramasinghe (Violin), Cressida Wislocki (Viola), Rebecca Hewes (Cello), William Vann (Piano)
Fresh from their St David’s Hall, Cardiff debut in September 2008, the Nephele Ensemble return to St Stephen’s after their stunning concert given in the last season. They kickstart a U.K. mini-tour with a programme that includes Timothy Salter’s new Flute Quartet written for the Nepheles and Brahms’s Piano Quartet in C minor Op. 60. See Read more for full details of the programme and ticketing.
Date: 27 March 2009 @ 7:30pm
Artist(s): Caroline MacPhie (Soprano), Thomas Herford (Tenor), Julien Debreuil (Baritone), William Vann (Piano)
The distinctive Lieder and duets of two giants of German composition are performed by graduates and opera course students of the Royal Academy of Music, the Royal College of Music and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama: a thrilling exploration of the metamorphosis from Classical to Romantic. See Read more for full details of the programme and ticketing.
Date: 16 April 2009 @ 7:30pm
Artist(s): Máire Flavin (Mezzo-soprano), Nicholas Morris (Baritone), William Vann (Piano)
Máire, Nicholas and Will, all members of Aldeburgh Music’s 2007 Strauss and Mahler Lieder course at Snape Maltings, are reunited for this recital of extraordinary music by two giants of the late-Romantic Lied. Includes songs from Des Knaben Wunderhorn and the Rückert-Lieder. See Read more for full details of the programme and ticketing.
Date: 07 May 2009 @ 7:30pm
Artist(s): Elizabeth Weisberg (Soprano), Kate Symonds-Joy (Mezzo-Soprano), Daniel Joy (Tenor), Philip Tebb (Baritone), William Vann (Piano), Joseph Ramadan (Piano)
Hugo Wolf’s song settings of the poet Eduard Mörike are almost certainly his most vivid - the echoes he found in Mörike’s writing of his own personal struggles brought out a string of Lieder that veer between madness to melancholy, with buckets of poetic and compositional humour. Elizabeth, Kate, Daniel, Philip, William and Joseph perform some of the highlights of this collection, framed by quartets by Schubert, Schumann, Brahms and Wolf himself. See Read more for full details of the programme and ticketing.
Date: 04 June 2009 @ 7:30pm
Artist(s): Celeste Gattai (Soprano), Gavin Roberts (Piano)
This fascinating exploration of songs by the South American composers Villa-Lobos, Mignone and Fernandez is given by Sao Paulo-born Celeste Gattai and Gavin Roberts, her accompanist. See Read more for full details of the programme and ticketing.
Date: 26 June 2009 @ 7:30pm
Artist(s): Elisabeth Meister (Soprano), Samuel Evans (Bass-baritone), William Vann (Piano)
The 48th Opus numbers of Strauss, Schumann, Grieg and Beethoven each refer to a superb set of songs, including perhaps the most stunning song cycle of all, Schumann’s Dichterliebe. All the artists were runners-up or finalists in the Kathleen Ferrier Awards. See Read more for full details of the programme and ticketing.