Concerts at St Alfege Church
Alongside our regular lunchtime recital series, St Alfege Church hosts a busy schedule of external concerts and events throughout the year. Though a calendar view of all creative events for the year can be found here, this page will be regularly updated with details of upcoming programmes.
If you have any comments, queries, or ideas about creative events at St Alfege Church, do not hesitate to get in contact with Rhian Davies, Concerts and Recitals Coordinator.
NOVEMBER |
Sunday 3 November | 15.00 | Free
Royal Greenwich Brass Band Concert |
Stephen Maw | Conductor
Ali Hancorn | Trumpet
PROGRAMME |
Bramwell Coles | Under two Flags
Joseph Canteloube (arr. Goff Richards) | The Shepherds’ Song
Alexander Goedicke (arr. William Broughton) | Concert Etude
James Curnow | A Psalm of Praise
Wilfred Heaton | My Treasure
Sir Dean Goffin | Symphony of Thanksgiving
Entry is free, but donations are welcome.
Saturday 9 Novemebr | 19.30 | Ticketed
Thomas Tallis Society Choir |
Eamonn Dougan | Director
A Polychoral Extravaganza building on the success of last year’s event, focussing on Italian composers including Palestrina and Pacelli – con instrumenti.
Tickets (£15/£10) available online (via TicketSource) or on the door.
Friday 15 November | 19.30 | Ticketed
St Paul’s Sinfonia |
The Good and the Great! | Boyle, Glière & Schubert’s Ninth
Nivanthi Karunaratne | French Horn
Andrew Morley | Conductor
PROGRAMME |
Ina Boyle | Wild Geese
Glière | Horn Concerto
Schubert | Symphony No. 9
Tickets (£20/£15) available online (via Eventbrite) or on the door.
DECEMBER |
Sunday 1 December | 14.00 | Free
Royal Greenwich Brass Band | Christmas Concert
Entry is free, but donations are welcome.
Saturday 7 December | 19.30 | Free
Blackheath Centre for Singing | A Baltic & Scandinavian Choral Christmas
Hear BCS Sing for Pleasure Choir and Chamber Choir perform Baltic and Scandinavian works by Ola Gjeilo, Eriks Ešenvalds, Arvo Pärt and more.
Tickets (£15, Under-12s Free) available online (via the organisation’s website) or on the door.
Friday 13 December | 19.30 | Ticketed
St Paul’s Sinfonia |
St. Paul’s Festive Baroque | Vivaldi, Bach & Corelli
Hannah Robinson | Bassoon
Andrew Morley | Conductor
PROGRAMME |
J.S. Bach | Brandenburg Concerto No. 3
Vivaldi | Bassoon Concerto in E minor
Villa-Lobos | Ciranda das Sete Notas
Telemann | Concerto for 3 violins
Corelli | Christmas Concerto
Tickets (£20/£15) available online (via Eventbrite) or on the door.
Sunday 15 December | 19.30 | Ticketed
Thomas Tallis Society Choir |
Eamonn Dougan | Director
Respighi – Lauda per la Nativita del Signore – with woodwind and piano. Christmas motets and carols.
Tickets (£15/£10) available online (via TicketSource) or on the door.
2025 |
JANUARY |
Friday 17 January | 19.30 | Ticketed
St Paul’s Sinfonia |
Resonant Strings | Elgar, Copland & Schoenberg
Naomi Thomas | Clarinet
Andrew Morley | Conductor
PROGRAMME |
Elgar | Serenade for Strings
Schoenberg | Notturno
Copland | Clarinet Concerto
A. Coleridge-Taylor | Suite for Strings
Elgar | Introduction and Allegro
Tickets (£20/£15) available online (via Eventbrite) or on the door.
FEBRUARY |
Friday 21 February | 19.30 | Ticketed
St Paul’s Sinfonia |
Myths and Echoes | Aho, Beethoven & Sibelius Lemminkäinen
Huw Wiggin | Soprano Saxophone
Andrew Morley | Conductor
PROGRAMME |
Beethoven | Symphony No. 1
Kalevi Aho | Concerto for Soprano Saxophone
Sibelius | Lemminkainen Suite
Tickets (£20/£15) available online (via Eventbrite) or on the door.
MARCH |
Friday 21 March | 19.30 | Ticketed
St Paul’s Sinfonia |
Forces of Fate and Destiny | With Vieuxtemps & Beethoven
Ofer Falk | Violin
Andrew Morley | Conductor
PROGRAMME |
Mendelssohn-Hensel | Overture in C
Stephen Montague | Snakebite
Vieuxtemps | Violin Concerto No. 4
Beethoven | Symphony No. 5
Tickets (£20/£15) available online (via Eventbrite) or on the door.
Saturday 29 March | 19.30 | Ticketed
Centre for Young Musicians (CYM) | Annual Concert
Tickets available online (via the organisation’s website).
APRIL |
Saturday 5 April | 19.00 | Ticketed
Greenwich Chamber Orchestra |
Tickets available online or on the door.
Friday 25 April | 19.30 | Ticketed
St Paul’s Sinfonia |
Symphonic Frontiers | Haydn, Wallace & Beethoven
Andrew Morley | Conductor
PROGRAMME |
Haydn | Symphony No. 9
David Wallace | Symphony No. 1
Gossec | Symphonie à 17 parties
Sibelius | Symphony No. 7
Tickets (£20/£15) available online (via Eventbrite) or on the door.
MAY |
JUNE |
Friday 20 June | 19.30 | Ticketed
St Paul’s Sinfonia |
Anniversary Concert | Featuring Shostakovich Symphony No. 1
Ben Newlove | Organ
Andrew Morley | Conductor
PROGRAMME |
Adrian Sutton | Saps and Sinews
Poulenc | Organ Concerto
Arnold | Organ Concerto
Shostakovich | Symphony No. 1
Tickets (£20/£15) available online (via Eventbrite) or on the door.
We look forward to welcoming you to St Alfege Church soon.
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