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.

2025 - Fifty Years of Lunchtime Concerts at St Matthew's

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

     Béla Kovács - Hommage à M. De Falla 
     Johannes Brahms - Clarinet Sonata Op. 120 no. 1
     Olivier Messiaen - Abîme des Oiseaux from Quartet for the End of Time
     Darius Milhaud - Scaramouche, reduction for clarinet and piano

30 January - City of London Freemen's School
Director of Music - Anthony Merryweather

This concert will include solos and also chamber music, including a string trio who reached the final of the national Pro Corda chamber music competition this year.
     The programme will be available on the day of performance.

6 February - Song Recital
Zhanna Kemp (soprano)

13 February - Viola Recital
Yohei Nakajima

20 February - Piano Recital
Yoko Ono

     WA Mozart - Fantasie in C minor, K. 475
     Alexander Scriabin - Prelude and Nocturne for the Left Hand, Op. 9
     Frédéric Chopin - Prelude in E minor, Op. 28 no. 4, Nocturne in F sharp major, Op. 15 no. 2
     Maurice Ravel - Miroirs:  3. Une barque sur l’océan, 4. Alborada del gracioso

27 February - Flute and Piano Recital
Karen Wong Ka Wing (flute), Weng Soon Tee (piano)

     Franz Schubert - Introduction and Variations on 'Trockne Blumen' for Flute and Piano, D.802
     Sergei Prokofiev - Flute Sonata in D, Op. 94

6 March - Piano Recital
Kyle Nash-Baker

13 March - Violin and Piano Recital
Emilia de Geer (violin), Timothy Chua (piano)

20 March - Voices, Flute and Guitar
Sylvia Akagi and Peter Golden

27 March - 'Cello and Piano Recital
Siriol Hugh-Jones ('cello), Anya Kolesnik (piano)

3 April - The Alionor Piano Trio
Ioana Voicu-Arnăuţoiu (violin), Alan Thomas ('cello), Norman MacSween (piano)

10 April - Saxophone Ensemble
Debbie King and Friends  

The Summer Season of Lunchtime Concerts will begin on 1st May