Lunchtime Music

Lunchtime Concerts are held every Thursday at 1.10pm and last for approximately 40 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

Autumn Season

24th September - Piano Recital
Mihály Győrfi

Béla Bartók (1881-1945) - Sonata for Piano, Sz. 80

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) - Piano Sonata in B-flat Major, K. 333

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893), arr. Mihály Győrfi - Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36

III. Scherzo. Pizzicato ostinato - Allegro

1st October - Reigate Grammar School
Solo performers

8th October -  Godfrey Searle Choir and Polyphony

15th October - Violin and Piano Recital
Ioana Voicu-Arnautoiu (violin), Manuela Giosa (piano)

Clara Schumann – Romance no. 1 op. 22 for violin and piano

Franz Schubert – Litaney auf das Fest Alle Seelen (transcription for viola and piano)

Mikhail Glinka – Larghetto ma non troppo, from the viola and piano sonata in D minor

Johannes Brahms - Hungarian Dance no. 6 (transcription for violin and piano)

George Enescu – Nocturne for violin and piano

Béla Bartók – Andante for violin and piano

Edward Elgar – Sospiri for violin and piano

Robert Schumann – 3 Fantasiestücke op. 73 for piano and violin 

22nd October - The Elegia Consort
Kathy Holloway, Sarah Dewhurst, Sasha Salinasova (sopranos), Paul Houston (tenor), and Andrew Storey (piano) 

Solveig's Song:
An exploration of classical songs from Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland

29th October - River City Saxes
Debbie King and Friends

Johan Lofving

12th November - Voices and Piano
Helen Hardwick (soprano)
Philip Robinson (tenor)
Warren Shattles (piano)

19th November - Cello and Piano Recital
Siriol Hugh-Jones (cello)
Kevin Allen (piano)

26th November - Guitar Recital
Fiona Harrison

3rd December - Hazelwood School
Solo performers

10th December - Piano Recital
Raymond Wui Man Yiu

17th December - Oboe and Piano Recital
Matthew Draper (oboe)
Anya Kolesnik (piano) 

The Spring Season of Lunchtime Concerts will begin on Thursday, 7th January 2027