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

Summer Season 

4th June - Darenth Diversions
Claire Dillon – Violin, Isabel Pearce – Oboe, Cor Anglais & Piano, Nancy Sargeant – Oboe & Piano

Traditional, arr. Danny Kingsmill – Danny Boy, Old Irish Air

Johann Christoff Pepusch (1667-1752) – Sonata in Bb major

Lamont Kennaway (1899-1972) – Watersmeet

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) – Trio Sonata in G

John Williams (b. 1932) – Schindler’s List

Michael Head (1900-1976) – Three Hill Songs

John Williams (b. 1941) – Cavatina

Nigel Hess (b. 1953) – Ladies in Lavender

Thomas A Johnson (1908-1989) – Rumba

George Gershwin (1898-1937) – A Foggy Day & Lady be Good 

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

Anon - Prelude
Francesco da Milano (1497-1543) - Fantasia 61
John Dowland (1563-1626) - Fortune, my Foe
Giovanni Zamboni (1664-1721) - Alemanda, Sarabanda and Ceccona
Francisco Tárrega (1852-1909) – Lágrima
João Pernambuco (1883-1947) – The Sound of Bells
Foscarini (fl. 1600-1647) – Passacaglio in A minor
François le Cocq (fl. 1685-1729) - Chaconne

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

All my Trials – traditional
Dark eyes – traditional/Golden
Olive tree – Lampert/Springfield
Victoria Station 1 p.m. – Golden
Cinema Paradiso – Morricone/Golden
Carpe Diem – Golden
Farrier – Golden
When love is here – Golden
Greensleeves – traditional
Vincent – McLean
Bridge over troubled water – Simon
Those were the days – Fomin / Raskin

25th June - Piano Recital
Kyle Nash-Baker and Raymond Wui Man Yiu

2nd July - Piano Recital
Mitra Alice Tham and Alice Chua

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 - Viola Recital
David Way (viola) and Friends

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

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