The Sunday service and principal Mass of the week with choral music, incense, sermon. Refreshments served after Mass.

Low Mass in the Lady Chapel of St Stephen’s

Doors & refreshments from 12 noon. Piano. Free entry, all welcome.

Piano recital. Doors open 12.30pm

20 minutes of beautiful chant and prayer at the end of the working day.

Recital by James Gough (St John the Evangelist, Upper Norwood). Free admission. Refreshments from 10.30am. All welcome.

Henri Busser (1872-1973) - Marche de fête
César Franck (1822-1890) - Pastorale
Ian Venables (*1955) - Rhapsody in memoriam Herbert Howells
Alexandre Guilmant (1837-1911) - Organ Sonata No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 80
i.) Allegro appassionato
ii.) Adagio con molt' espressione
iii.) Scherzo: Allegro
iv.) Recitativo
v.) Choral et Fugue: Allegro

James Gough is a highly sought-after recitalist and the Director of Music at St John the Evangelist, Upper Norwood. In 2009 James completed a Master’s degree in Organ Performance at the Royal Academy of Music, where his principal organ teacher was Nicolas Kynaston. During his time at the Academy James completed the FRCO diploma, and was the recipient of several Academy prizes.

As a recitalist, James has played the complete works of J.S. Bach and César Franck, and performed at some of the UK’s most prestigious venues including St Paul’s Cathedral, Westminster Abbey, Westminster Cathedral, The Temple Church and Bath Abbey. Further afield James has given several recitals in France, Switzerland, Germany, Denmark and Sweden, and recent performances have included visits to St Giles Cathedral Edinburgh, Montpellier Cathedral, St Jaan’s s’Hertogenbosch, Rocca Massima Italy, the Lucerne Festival in Switzerland, the Herforder Orgelsommer in Germany and the Dulwich Festival of Music in London. Forthcoming recitals are planned for St Ouen, Rouen, Johanniskirche, Saarbrücken, Zadar Cathedral, and Bergen Cathedral, as well as several across the UK including King’s College, Cambridge and Glasgow Cathedral.

James recorded the Trio Sonatas of J. S. Bach at Clifton Cathedral, which was released on the Naxos label in 2024. This project came about following a collaboration with Dame Gillian Weir who gave a talk on the sonatas as part of the project.

He has held positions at Southwark Cathedral, St Martin-in-the-Fields, St Bride’s, Fleet Street, Wells Cathedral and St Matthew’s, Westminster, Alongside a busy performance career, James teaches the organ at the Royal College of Music Junior Department, Westminster Abbey Choir School, and Westminster School.

Recital by Simon Lole (St Mary's Swanage). Free admission. Refreshments from 10.30am. All welcome.

The first event in our two-day Michaelmas Festival which continues at 4pm with Choral Evensong.

The second of four events during our inaugural Michaelmas Festival weekend.

Tomkins responses
Second service (Gibbons)
My beloved spake (Greenhow)

Director of Music: Nigel Groome
Organist: Geoffrey Morgan
Sung by St Stephen's Festival Choir

Mass for five voices (Byrd)
Factum est silentium (Dering)

Director of Music: Nigel Groome

Organist: Geoffrey Morgan

Sung by St Stephen's Festival Choir

This Mass is part of our inaugural Michaelmas Festival which spans Saturday and Sunday, concluding with Sunday Choral Evensong at 4pm.

Caesar responses
Wood in F (Collegium Regale)
Hail gladdening light (Wood)

Director of Music: Nigel Groome
Organist: Geoffrey Morgan
Sung by St Stephen's Festival Choir

The concluding event of our two-day Michaelmas Festival.

Recital by Jacob Costard (Clare College Cambridge). Free admission. Refreshments from 10.30am. All welcome.

Recital by our own director of music Nigel Groome. Free admission. Refreshments from 10.30am. All welcome.