Lunchtime Music

Lunchtime Concerts are held every Thursday at 1.10pm and last 40-50 minutes. Everyone is welcome.  Entry is free, but a minimum donation of £5 per person is suggested to cover expenses.

St Matthew’s concerts have been a weekly feature of this church since 1975. There are some 45 concerts a year with short breaks at Christmas, Easter and in August. The programme ranges from early music, instrumental and chamber music, choirs and soloists to jazz. The music is performed to a high standard by professionals from home and abroad, students from the London conservatoires, schools and talented amateurs.

This page is updated regularly as details of forthcoming concerts become available.  For further information, please contact Chris Roulston at chrisr@stmatthews-redhill.org.uk.

1975-2025 - Fifty Years of Lunchtime Concerts at St Matthew's

Summer Season 

17 July - Piano Recital
Cristiana Achim

Sobhan Afsarian - Album for the Young: Beginning, Chaharmezrab, Whisper

Tomás Brantmayer - El Mar de Lejos

Cristiana Achim - Little Cloud Passing By

Sobhan Afsarian - Album for the Young: Sea

Cristiana Achim - Song from Maramureș

Sobhan Afsarian - Album for the Young: Endless, Homeland

Aaron Copland/Leonard Bernstein - El Salón Mexico

24 July - Flute and Piano Recital
Rebecca Guy (flute), Nadine Cavaciuti (piano)

Gaetano Donizetti - Sonata for flute and piano
Carl Reinecke - Ballade in D minor, Op. 288
Eldin Burton - Sonatina for flute and piano
Hamilton Harty - In Ireland, fantasy for flute and piano

31 July - Piano Recital
Ophelia Gordon

Nikolai Kapustin:

Big Band Sounds, Op.46

Selection from 24 Preludes in Jazz Style, Op. 53

Paraphrase on Aquarela do Brazil, Op. 118 

Andante, Op. 58
Concert Etudes, Op. 40

This concert will be followed by the end-of-season party

Autumn Season

4 September - Guitar Recital
Paul Gregory

11 September - Reigate Grammar School
Young Musician of the Year Winner

18 September - Woodwind Recital - CATIL Quintet
Alex Ho (flute), Charis Lai (oboe), Isabella Ward Ackland (horn), 
Thaïs Bordes (bassoon), Lily Payne (clarinet)

25 September - Jazz Recital
The Dixieland Stompers

2 October - Reigate Grammar School
School solo Performers


9 October - Choral Recital
Godfrey Searle Choir and Polyphony


16 October - Piano Recital
Peter de Souza


23 October - Medieval and Renaissance Music
Faronel - Ruth Force, David Force, Michael Withers 


30 October - Guitar and Violin Recital
Paul Gregory (guitar), Andrew Sherwood (piano)


6 November - Piano Recital
Simon Watterton


13 November - The Elegia Consort
Bethan Jackson (soprano), Angela Goodall (mezzo-soprano)
Paul Houston (tenor), Andrew Storey (piano)

20 November - Violin Recital
Karolina Csathy

27 November - Piano Recital
Ben Norris

4 December - Alionor Trio
Ioana Voicu-Arnăuţoiu (violin), Alan Thomas ('cello), Norman MacSween (piano)

11 December - Piano Recital
Kyle Nash-Baker

18 December - Reigate Winds
Daniel Emson-Jukes (bassoon), Gemma Emson-Jukes (flute), Hara Kostogianni (piano)

The Spring Season of Lunchtime Concerts will begin on Thursday, 8th January 2026