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

Summer Season 

23rd July - Viola Recital
David Way (viola), Veronica Collyer (oboe), Julie Aherne (piano)

Richard Wagner (arr. David Way) - Two Shepherd Calls from Tristan and Isolde
Sze Ying Chan - The Origin of the Dance of the Deer (first performance)
Robert Schumann - Fairy-Tale Pictures

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

W A Mozart - Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (1st movement)
Hoagy Carmichael - Two Sleepy People
George Gershwin - An American in Paris (blues theme)
Con Conrad - El Continental
George Gershwin - Summertime
Richard Rogers - Have You Met Miss Jones?
Alan Mencken - Beauty and the Beast
A Kent and S Dee - Bring Me Sunshine
Sherman and Sherman - Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Jerry Herman - Wherever He Ain't
K Badelt and H Zimmer - Pirates of the Caribbean
R Lopez and K Lopez - Let it Go (from Frozen)

... followed by the End-of-Season Party
 

Sunday, 16th August 2.30pm
Concert for the Wall Restoration Funds

John Sharples (organ), Sam Gillett (singer). Music by J S Bach, Felix Mendelssohn, Harold Darke, Denis Bédard, Scott Joplin and others.
Tickets: £15 adults, £5 children.  Refreshments will be provided.

Autumn Season

3rd September - Harp and Piano Recital
Alex Rider (harp), Anya Kolesnik (piano)

10th September - Reigate Grammar School
Young Musicians of the Year

17th September - Piano Recital
Ferrer Neus Peris

24th September - Kanklés Recital (Lithuanian harp)
Emilija Karaliute

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)

22th October - The Elegia Consort
Paul Houston and Friends

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