Lunchtime Recital Series |
Thursdays and Saturdays | 13:05 | Free Entry
St Alfege Church presents free lunchtime recitals every Thursday and Saturday at 13:05.
We have a close and longstanding relationship with Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance and many of these concerts are performed by students from the institution, particularly on Thursdays.
Our Saturday programmes tend to draw from a wider net, showcasing a variety of local, national, and international talent that encompasses many genres and disciplines.
The musical and artistic journey of this historic building spans many centuries; as The Heart of Greenwich, the St Alfege Church team is committed to being vibrant stewards of this ongoing story for artists and audiences alike. We welcome new ideas, feedback, and thoughts on how we might better serve the artistic needs of this community.
If you are interested in performing in this series, if you wish to propose a concert/event outside of this series, or if you are interested in engaging creatively with the church in any other way, we would be very happy to discuss your proposed performance/idea and the suitability of St Alfege Church as a venue with you.
Please contact Rhian Davies, our Concerts and Recitals Coordinator, for further information.
MARCH |
Thursday 5 March | 13.05 | Free
Trinity Laban Keyboard & Voice Festival 2026 | Romance & Wonderland
Ilona Nastase | Voice
Daria Balan | Piano
David Balica | Piano
PROGRAMME |
Enescu | Sept Chansons de Clément Marot, Op. 15
i. Estrene à Anne
ii. Languir me fais
iii. Aux damoyselles paresseuses d'escrire à leurs amys
iv. Estrene de la rose
v. Present de couleur blanche
vi. Changeons propos, c'est trop chanté d'amours
vii. Du confict en douleur
Chopin | Etude Op. 25, No. 7
David Balica | Linea Temporis
George Stephănescu | O rămâi
Sabin Pautza | Din vise dragi, poeme
Eugen Doga | Pasăre cu pene-albastre
Eugen Doga | Te știam numai din nume
Saturday 7 March | 13.05 | Free
Pearce Faucher | Piano
PROGRAMME |
J.S. Bach | Prelude and Fugue in G-sharp minor, BWV 863
J.S. Bach | Prelude and Fugue in B major, BWV 868
Mozart | Adagio in B minor, K. 540
Haydn | Sonata in C Major, Hob.XVI:35
Liszt | Hungarian Rhapsody “Héroïde-élégiaque" in E Minor, S.244/5
Thursday 12 March | 13.05 | Free
Trinity Laban Sinfonia Strings |
Nic Pendlebury | Conductor
Isabel Eberhardt | Harp
PROGRAMME |
Elena Kats-Chernin | Blue Rose
Edward Elgar | Sospiri
Joseph Phibbs | Notturno for Harp and Strings
Billy James (World Premier: Trinity Laban Student Commission) | And Squeezing
Dag Wirén | Serenade for String
i. Preludium
ii. Andante Espressivo
iv. Marcia
Saturday 14 March | 13.05 | Free
Leo Gaizauskas | Guitar
Andres Miranda | Guitar
PROGRAMME |
Abel Fleury | Milonga Del Ayer
Walter Heinz | Chamamenmi
Angel Villoldo | El Choclo
Astor Piazzolla | Lo Que Vendrá
Gutiérrez | Alma Llanera
Andrés Miranda | Mestizaje
Agustín Barrios | La Catedral
Agustín Bardi | El Gallo Ciego
Atahualpa Yupanqui | La Cacharpaya
Astor Piazzolla | Libertango
Thursday 19 March | 13.05 | Free
Philip Jones Brass Competition |
PROGRAMME |
Parakeet Brass |
Morley Calvert | Suite from the Monteregian Hills
Marche
Chanson Mélancolique
Valse Ridicule
Caleb Hudson | White Rose Elegy
John Cheetham | Scherzo
Meridia Brass |
Jim Parker | The Golden Section
i. Le Dejeuner sur l’herbe
ii. La Parade du Cirque
Maschwitz/Sherwin (arr. Jack Gale) | A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square
Bernstein (arr. Jack Gale) | Three Movements from West Side Story (Suite for Brass Quintet)
Tonight
America
Somewhere
122 Trumpet Quartet |
Ryan Linham | Fanfare for Progress (2021)
Duke Ellington | Heavan
Brandt | Ländliche Bilder
i. In der Kirche
ii. Unter den Linde
iii. Beim Schmaus
Elgar (arr. Ryan Linham) | Salut d’Amour
Peacock Brass Quintet |
Malcom Arnold | Quintet for Brass
Allegro Vivace
Ralph Vaughan Williams | English Folk Song Suite
March: Seventeen Come Sunday
Intermezzo: My Bonny Boy
March: Folk Songs from Somerset
Equinox Brass |
Stephen Dodgson | Suite for Brass Septet
ii. Andante
iii. Allegro con moto
Lennon and McCartney (arr. Jock McKenzie) | Penny Lane
J Waltman | White in Blue
Traditional (arr. Mnozil Brass) | Mürztalermarsc
| EXTRA LUNCHTIME RECITAL |
Friday 20 March | 13.05 | Free
Good Grief | Recital in Aid of Cruse Bereavement Support
Anna Yule | Mezzo-soprano
Ava Reineke | Soprano
Clare Mariotti | Soprano
Dorothy Whyte-Venables | Soprano
Isaac Conibear | Baritone
Noga Levy-Rapoport | Soprano
Guo Cai | Violin
Jesse Sawyer | Piano
Paul Chilvers | Piano
PROGRAMME |
Amy Beach | Three Browning Songs
1. The year’s at the spring
2. Ah, Love, but a day
Liza Lehmann | Evensong
Vittorio Monti | Czardas
Ralph Vaughan Williams | Four Poems by Fredegond Shove
3. The New Ghost
Johannes Brahms | Vier ernste Gesänge
3. O Tod, wie bitter bist du
Giacomo Puccini | La bohème
Donde lieta usci (Mimi, Act III)
Maurice Ravel | Deux mélodies hébraïques (Two Hebrew Songs)
1. Kaddisch
Cruse Bereavement Support | Short Talk
All Performers | Improvisation
Saturday 21 March | 13.05 | Free
Requiem Aeternam |
A Recital of Devotional Church Music in Memory of Daniel Iorga
St Alfege Church Choir and Friends |
Stephen Dagg | Guest Conductor
PROGRAMME |
E. Bainton | And I saw a new heaven
C.H. Parry | Songs of Farewell
iv. There is an old belief
H. Howells | Requiem
iii. Requiem aeternam (I)
H. Howells | Nunc Dimittis from St. Paul’s Service
O. Gibbons | Drop, drop slow tears
T. Tallis | O sacrum convivium
T. Morley | Laboravi in gemitu meo
W. Byrd | Justorum animae
J.S. Bach | O Mensch, bewein dein Sünde groß
J.S. Bach | Organ Chorale Prelude, O Mensch, bewein dein Sünde groß (BWV 622)
J. Brahms | A German Requiem, Op. 45
iv. How lovely are thy dwellings fair
M. Duruflé | Requiem, Op. 9
ix. In paradisum
Thursday 26 March | 13.05 | Free
Trinity Laban Guitar Department |
A concert of solo and chamber music for guitar, curated by Graham Devine.
Saturday 28 March | 13.05 | Free
David Hanesworth | Violin
Patricia Romero | Piano
PROGRAMME |
Dvorak | Sonatina in G, Op. 100
i. Allegro risoluto
ii. Larghetto
iii. Scherzo and Trio
iv. Finale – Allegro
Brahms | Sonatina in A, Op. 100
i. Allegro amabile
ii. Andante tranquillo
iii. Allegretto grazioso (quasi andante)
Piazzolla | Historie Du Tango
Bordel – 1900
Café – 1930
Night-club – 1960
Concert d’aujourd’hui
APRIL |
Thursday 2 April | 13.05 | Free
NO CONCERT | Maundy Thursday
Saturday 4 April | 13.05 | Free
NO CONCERT | Easter Saturday
Thursday 9 April | 13.05 | Free
Aegean Duo |
A lunchtime concert from master's students, violinist Hasan Isingor and pianist Ilektra Zanella.
Saturday 11 April | 13.05 | Free
Xiang Rui | Tenor
Thursday 16 April | 13.05 | Free
Trinity Laban Harp Department |
Saturday 18 April | 13.05 | Free
Lucas Saraiva Cunha | Piano
Thursday 23 April | 13.05 | Free
Trinity Laban Opera Scenes | Concert Performance
Ahead of staged Postgraduate Opera Scenes performances, selected groups perform a lunchtime concert of excerpts at St Alfege Church.
Saturday 25 April | 13.05 | Free
Yiyue Zhu | Mezzo-soprano
Yixuan Tian | Piano
Thursday 30 April | 13.05 | Free
Trinity Laban Chamber Musicains |
We look forward to welcoming you to St Alfege Church soon.