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

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

Matty Oxtoby, piano, will play a selection from these works:
Sergei Rachmaninov - Elegie Op.3 No.1 and Prelude in D major Op 23 No 4
Claude Debussy - 2 of the 3 Estampes (Soiree dans Granade and Jardins sous la pluie)
Frederic Chopin - Nocturne Op.15 No.2 
Franz Liszt - Hungarian Rhapsody No. 11

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
Mitra Alice Tham


13 November - The Elegia Consort
Sasha Salinasova (soprano), Kathleen Holloway (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