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.

Weekly Lunchtime Concerts at St Matthew's since 1975

Spring Season 2026

26 February - Clarinet and Piano Recital
Kyle Nash-Baker (piano) and Hannah Hever (clarinet)

J S Bach - French Suite No. 1 in D minor
Gerald Finzi - 5 Bagatelles Op. 23
Johannes Brahms - Sonata for Clarinet and Piano, Op. 120 No. 2 in E flat major
Claude Debussy - Premiere Rhapsody

5 March - City of London Freemen's School
Anthony Merryweather (Director of Music)

The pupils will present  a number of solo items and chamber music, including pieces by Schubert and Dvorak.
Full programmes will be presented at the recital.

12 March - Piano Recital
Alvin Moisey

Diaghilev Presents:
Tchaikovsky arr. Pabst/Hough - Sleeping Beauty Paraphrase
Constant Lambert arr. Moisey - Siciliana from "Pomona"
Claude Debussy arr. Borwick - Prelude à l'Après-midi d'un Faune
Igor Stravinsky arr. Stravinsky - Three Movements from Petrushka

19 March - The Galliard Trio
Andrew Morris (flute), Martin White (oboe), Alec Forshaw (piano and bassoon)

26th March - The Elegia Consort
Sarah Dewhurst (soprano), Paul Houston (tenor), Fergus Byett (piano)

A presentation of French poems, set to music by Fauré, Duparc and Chausson.

Summer Season 

16th April - Reigate Winds
Daniel Emson-Jukes (bassoon), Gemma Emson-Jukes (flute), Hara Kostogianni (piano)

23rd April - Piano Recital
Yoko Ono

30th April - Violin and Piano Recital
Litsa Tunnah (violin), James Francis Brown (piano)

7th May - Viola Recital
Yohei Nakajima

14th May - Piano Recital
Cristiana Achim

21st May - Cello and Piano Recital
Clare Deniz (cello), Yoon-Seok Shin (piano)

28th May - Piano Recital
Andrew Garrido

4th June - Darenth Diversions
Claire Dillon and Friends - Violin, Cello and Piano

11th June - Baroque Music Recital
Matthew Nisbet - Theorbo, Baroque Guitar and Archlute

18th June - Voice, Flute and Guitar Recital
Peter Golden and Sylvia Akagi

25th June - Piano Recital
Kyle Nash-Baker

2nd July - Song Recital
Lisa Byrnes (soprano)

9th July - Cello and Piano Recital
Emilia De Geer (cello), Jo Giovani (piano)

16th July - Clarinet and Piano Recital
Linda Atkinson (clarinet), Anya Kolesnik (piano)

23rd July - Violin Recital
David Way

30th July - King's Clarinets
Debbie King and Friends

The Autumn Season of Lunchtime Concerts will begin on Thursday, 3rd September 2026