@ St John the Evangelist Islington

'St John’s church has had a long and glorious musical tradition beginning in 1850, in the days of the Rector Canon Oakley (translator of the famous hymn ‘O come, all ye faithful’), when monthly choral and orchestral concerts were given, featuring famous artists such as Vincent and Clara Novello. In more recent years, the church organ has also featured many times on radio broadcasts and was once heard every Sunday when you turned on the television for BBC’s Songs of Praise programme: the theme music you heard was recorded on the organ at St John’s ... The organ we see and hear today was built by J.W.Walker & Sons in 1963 ... This organ from 1963 turned out to be one of the wisest purchases St John’s church has ever made. It was completely up-to-date for the time, and conceived in a style that had not been seen in this country before, but was found in Northern Europe, principally North Germany and the Netherlands.'