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

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

Clara Schumann - Three Romances, Op 22

Efrem Zimbalist - Concert Fantasy on the opera “The Golden Cockerel”

Claude Debussy - Sonata in G minor

George Gershwin - Three Preludes
All pieces are arranged for flute and piano by Anna Kondrashina and Pavel Timofeyevsky 

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

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

The programme will be introduced at the recital

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), 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

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
Anya Kolesnik (clarinet), Linda Atkinson (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