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

Spring Season 2026

29 January - Piano Recital
Lin Xu-Zhang

Franz Schubert - Allegretto in C minor, D. 915;
12 Deutsche Ländler, D. 790;
Piano Sonata in C minor, D. 958

5 February - Song Recital
Caroline Goodwin (soprano), Juliet Chaplin (piano)

Francesca Caccini - Per la più vaga e bella

Carolina Bellavittoria - Padre Nostro

Florence Price - Song to the dark Virgin

Samuel Coleridge Taylor - Until

Avril (Gwendoline) Coleridge Taylor - Mr. Sun

Fairy Lullaby - Amy Beach.

Cécile Chaminade - Danse Creole (piano solo)

Carolina Bellavittoria - Appressatevi a Dio

Samuel Coleridge Taylor - Low Breathing Winds

Betty Roe - For a Soldier

Lillian Ray - The Sunshine of your Smile

Amy Beach - Three Browning Songs: The Year’s at the Spring; Ah Love, but a day; I send my heart up to thee

Plus – an encore in Hawaiian!

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

Songs by Johannes Brahms and Clara Schumann arranged for piano trio by Francois Saint-Yves and Stephen Carroll-Turner.
Robert Schumann - Piano Trio in D minor op. 63

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

Peter Ashbourne - From - Fi Mi Love Have Lion Heart: Long time gal; Liza; Banyan Tree; Fi Mi Love Have Lion Heart; Nobody’s Business.
Lawrence Ball - Cathedral.

Joseph Canteloube - From - Chants d’Auvergne: La Delaisssado; Lour Coucut; Brezairola; Chut Chut.
Manuel de Falla - Siete Canciones Populares Españolas: El Paño Moruno; Seguidilla Murciana; Asturiana; Jota; Nana; Canción; Polo.

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)

The programme will be presented at their recital

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

Summer Season 

16th April - Reigate Winds
Daniel Emson-Jukes (bassoon), Gemma Emson-Jukes (flute), Hara Kostogianni (piano)

23rd April - Piano Recital
Yoko Ono

30th April - Violin and Piano Recital
Litsa Tunnah (violin), James Francis Brown (piano)

7th May - Viola Recital
Yohei Nakajima

14th May - Piano Recital
Cristiana Achim

21st May - Cello and Piano Recital
Clare Deniz (cello), Yoon-Seok Shin (piano)

28th May - Piano Recital
Andrew Garrido

4th June - Darenth Diversions
Claire Dillon and Friends - Violin, Cello and Piano

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

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

25th June - Piano Recital
Kyle Nash-Baker

2nd July - Song Recital
Lisa Byrnes (soprano)

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 - Violin Recital
David Way

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

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