Lunchtime Music
Weekly Concerts at St Matthew’s
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
3 July - Piano Recital
Raymond Wui Man Yiu
Raymond Yiu - Prelude and Fugue
Maurice Ravel - Rigaudon (from Le Tombeau de Couperin)
Sergei Prokofiev - Sonata No. 7 in B♭ major, Op. 83
Franz Liszt - Ballade No. 2 in B minor, S171
Johannes Brahms - Intermezzo in A major, Op. 118 No. 2
10 July - "LIPS" Wind Quintet
Caroline Welsh (flute), Dan Elson (oboe), Charlotte Wooley (clarinet), Matthew Sackman (horn), Rick Yoder (bassoon)
Alexander von Zemlinsky - Humoreske
Jacques
Féréol Mazas, arr John Cook - Suite for wind quintet
Paquito
d'Rivera - Aires Tropicales:
1. Alborada
2. Son
3. Vals Venezolano
4. Habanera
5. Dizzyness (To Dizzy Gillespie)
6. Contradanza (To Ernesto Lecuona)
17 July - Piano Recital
Cristiana Achim
24 July - Flute and Piano Recital
Nadine André (piano)
31 July - Piano Recital
Ophelia Gordon
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 - Flute and Piano Recital
Karen Wong (flute), Weng Soon Tee (piano)
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