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

Autumn Season

20 November - Violin Recital
Karolina Csáthy

JS Bach - Partita No. 2 in D minor for solo violin, BWV1004
Niccolò Paganini - Caprices Op. 1, No 21
Fritz Kreisler - Recitativo and Scherzo Caprice

27 November - Piano Recital
Ben Norris

James Francis Brown - Ingworth

Ludwig van Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 23 in F Minor, Appassionata

Felix Mendelssohn - Song Without Words, Op. 38 No. 2 in C minor, Lost Happiness
Frederick Chopin - Ballade No.4 in F minor

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

Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Trio No. 4 in B flat major Op. 11. Gassenhauer

Antonin Dvořák – Piano Trio No. 4 in E minor Op. 90. Dumky

11 December - Piano Recital
Kyle Nash-Baker

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


      2026


8 January - Flute and Piano Recital
Anna Kondrashina (flute), Pavel Timofeyevsky (piano)

15 January - Clarinet and Piano Recital
Matthew Wilsher (clarinet), Joseph Cummings (piano)

22 January - Dunottar School Pupils
Laura Channell (Director of Music), Emily Pettet

29 January - Piano Recital
Lin Xu-Zhang

5 February - Song Recital
Caroline Goodwin (soprano), Zhanna Kemp (piano)

12 February - The Kelleth Piano Trio
Rachel Ellis (violin), Siriol Hugh-Jones (cello ), Stephen Carroll-Turner (piano)

19 February - Song Recital
Alice Bishop (soprano), Marion Lea (piano)

26 February - Kyle Nash-Baker and Friends
Kyle Nash-Baker (piano) with Clarinet and Cello

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

12 March - Piano Recital
Alvin Moisey

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

26th March - The Elegia Consort
Paul Houston (tenor), Andrew Storey (piano) and Friends

The Summer Season of Lunchtime Concerts will begin on Thursday, 16th April 2026