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

Summer Season 

19 June - The Elegia Consort
Bethan Jackson (soprano), Angela Goodall (mezzo-soprano),
Paul Houston (tenor), Andrew Storey (piano)

Edward German - It is the Merry Month of May (Merrie England)
Giacomo Puccini - O Mio Babbino Caro (Gianni Schicchi)
Stanislao Gastaldon - Musica Proibita
Gaetano Donizetti - Esulti Pur la Barbara (L’Elisir d’Amore)
Richard Wagner - Winterstürme (Die Walküre)
Edvard Grieg - I Love Thee
Jerome Kern - You are Love (Show Boat)
Franz Liszt - Widmung (after Robert Schumann)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Sull’Aria (Le Nozze di Figaro)
Giacomo Puccini - Vissi d’Arte (Tosca)
Sir Francesco Paolo Tosti - Ideale
Robert Schumann - In der Nacht
Felix Mendelssohn - Ich wollte mein Lieb’
Wofgang Amadeus Mozart - Soave sia il Vento (Così Fan Tutte)

26 June - The River City Saxes

Debbie King (soprano sax), Chris Hooker (tenor sax), Graham Pinder (alto sax), Christopher Frost (baritone sax)

River City Saxes is a saxophone quartet that plays music ranging from classical and contemporary works to light music and swing.  Formed in October 2008, the quartet has fulfilled many engagements across London and Surrey, and is currently presenting a series of lunchtime recitals in London and Surrey churches

This programme will encompass music from the early 16th century to the present time, and will include arrangements and original compositions by William Byrd; Thomas Morley; Caryl Florio; George Gershwin; Fred Hartley; and the first performance of a piece by the Quartet's baritone sax player, Christopher Frost.

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)

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