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.
JANUARY |
| EXTRA LUNCHTIME RECITAL |
Relocated from the Old Royal Naval College Chapel
Friday 30 January | 13.05 | Free
Trinity Laban Brass Department |
Richard Henry | Director
Matilda Lloyd | Trumpet Soloist
PROGRAMME |
David Sutton Anderson | Processional
Traditional (arr. Mnozil Brass) | Murztalermarsch
Stephen Dodgson | Suite for Brass Septet
ii. Allegro con moto
Malcolm Arnold | Brass Quintet No.1
ii. Chaconne (Allegro con moto)
Oskar Böhme | Sextet for Brass
iii. Andante cantabile
Ernesto Julio de Nazareth (arr. Jock MacKenzie) | Three Brazillian Choros
Caleb Hudson | Rose White Elegy
Mark Lockheart | Highforce
Chris Wilcox | Riff Off
Saturday 31 January | 13.05 | Free
Calm Amidst the Chaos |
Martin Evans | Pianist/Composer
rarescale |
Carla Rees | Bass Flute
Sarah Watts | Bass Clarinet
Dominic Murcott | Electronics
A recital of introspective music exploring themes of existence, meaning, conflict, peace, and joy.
Calm Amidst the Chaos serves as a metaphor for maintaining inner peace and balance despite life's often chaotic and uncertain situations, highlighting the human capacity for resilience and a deep-seated tranquillity that can be found within.
The purpose is to create a setting where audience members can reflect on their individual reactions to the music within a calming, peaceful and accessible space, allowing them to temporarily set aside the turmoil of the outside world and connect with mindfulness.
Supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England.
PROGRAMME |
Martin Evans | Dreaming (for piano)
Martin Evans | Calm Amidst the Chaos (for bass flute, bass clarinet, and electronics)
Martin Evans | Entwined (for piano)
Martin Evans | For the Sake of Being (for bass flute and electronics)
Martin Evans | The Inevitable Goodbye (for piano)
Martin Evans | Inner Voices (for piano)
Martin Evans | Elegy for the Living (for bass flute, bass clarinet, and electronics)
Martin Evans | Nocturne (for piano)
Martin Evans | Conversation (for piano, bass flute, bass clarinet)
FEBRUARY |
| EXTRA LUNCHTIME RECITAL |
Wednesday 4 February | 13.05 | Free
Cutty Sark Collective | Folk Ensemble
Thursday 5 February | 13.05 | Free
Trinity Laban Chamber Musicians |
Pianist Felicia Toni performs a concert including Mozart’s Piano Quartet No. 1 with Christina Shuetz, violin, Dana Goncear, viola, and Yuwei Chen.
| EXTRA LUNCHTIME RECITAL |
Relocated from the Old Royal Naval College Chapel
Friday 6 February | 13.05 | Free
Trinity Laban Guitar Department |
Graham Devine | Head of Harp
Leo Gaizauskas | Guitar
Jim Bennett | Guitar
Savio-Kevin Lubega | Guitar
Gene Raymond | Guitar
Yiolanda Loizou | Guitar
PROGRAMME |
Fernando Sor | Etude Op. 6, No. 11
Agustin Barrios | Una limosna por el amor de Dios
Dionisio Aguado | Fandango Varié, Op. 16
Joaquin Malats | Serenata Española
Carlo Domeniconi | Variations on an Anatolian Folk Song, Op. 15
Francisco Tarrega | Recuerdos de la Alhambra
Isaac Albeniz | Asturias (Leyenda)
Saturday 7 February | 13.05 | Free
Dover Community Youth Choir |
Charles Spanner | Conductor
Chris Lockyer | Organist
Eric Bosshard | Cello
PROGRAMME |
Wesley | Blessed be the God and Father
Ireland | Greater love hath no man
Franck | Panis Angelicus
Saint-Saëns | The Swan from The Carnival of the Animals
Vaughan Williams | Let All the World in Every Corner Sing
Finzi | God is Gone Up
Welsh Traditional | The Ash Grove
Handel | The Hornpipe from Water Music
Handel | O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion from Messiah
Handel | Hallelujah Chorus from Messiah
| EXTRA LUNCHTIME RECITAL |
Relocated from the Old Royal Naval College Chapel
Tuesday 10 February | 13.05 | Free
Trinity Laban CoLab Projects | Week 1
Richard Crabtree staff contemporary solo viola concert during CoLab.
Thursday 12 February | 13.05 | Free
NO CONCERT |
Saturday 14 February | 13.05 | Free
Calum Ward | Piano
PROGRAMME |
Debussy | Preludes
i. Danseuses de Delphes
ii. Voiles
Chopin | Ballade No. 4 in F minor, Op. 52
Ravel | Pavane pour une infante défunte
Chopin | Nocturne in C Minor, Op. 48, No. 1
Janáček | On an Overgrown Path
x. Sýček neodletěl! (The Barn Owl Has Not Flown Away!)
vii. Dobrou noc! (Good Night!)
| EXTRA LUNCHTIME RECITAL |
Relocated from the Old Royal Naval College Chapel
Tuesday 17 February | 13.05 | Free
Trinity Laban CoLab Projects | Week 2
Luke Purbrick Jazz Octet during CoLab.
Thursday 19 February | 13.05 | Free
Trinity Laban CoLab Projects | Week 2
Alumni and staff members feature during Trinity Laban’s CoLab fortnight.
Saturday 21 February | 13.05 | Free
TBC |
Thursday 26 February | 13.05 | Free
Trinity Laban Keyboard & Voice Festival 2026 | Homelands & Paths
Lucas Saraiva Cunha | Piano
Xinuyue Chang | Piano
Felix Ottaway O’ Mahony | Piano
Ana-Maria Ilie | Piano
PROGRAMME |
Bartok | Three Burlesques, Op. 8c, Sz. 47, BB 55
i. Quarrel. Presto
ii. A little tipsy. Allegretto
iii. Molto vivo, capriccioso
Dan Zhaoyi | Longing
Bartók | Six Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm from Mikrokosmos (Volume VI), Sz. 107, BB 105
Janacek | Sonata 1.X.1905, “From the Street”
i. Foreboding (Předtucha) – Con moto
ii. Death (Smrt) – Adagio
Manuel de Falla | Ritual Fire Dance from El amor brujo
| EXTRA LUNCHTIME RECITAL |
Relocated from the Old Royal Naval College Chapel
Friday 27 February | 13.05 | Free
Carducci String Quartet | Carne Ensemble in Residence
Saturday 28 February | 13.05 | Free
Alique Khambatta | Piano
MARCH |
| EXTRA LUNCHTIME RECITAL |
Relocated from the Old Royal Naval College Chapel
Tuesday 3 March | 13.05 | Free
Trinity Laban Keyboard & Voice Festival 2026 | Forests and Wilderness
Daria Balan | Piano
Tobenna Onyirioha | Piano
Felicia Toni | Piano
PROGRAMME |
Beethoven | Piano Sonata No. 21 in C Major, Op.53 “Waldstein”
i. Allegro con brio
Weber (transcribed by Alkan) | Chœur Barcarolle d’Obéron
Ravel | Une barque sur l’océan from Miroirs
Schumann | Waldszenen, Op. 82
i. Eintritt (Entry)
ii. Jäger auf der Lauer (Hunters on the Lookout)
iii. Einsame Blumen (Lonely Flowers)
iv. Verrufene Stelle (Haunted Place)
v. Freundliche Landschaft (Friendly Landscape)
vi. Herberge (Wayside Inn)
vii. Vogel als Prophet (Bird as Prophet)
viii. Jagdlied (Hunting Song)
ix. Abschied (Farewell)
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
Rachmaninov | Six Romances
i. Oh No, I Beg You, Forsake Me Not!
ii. Morning
iii. In the Silence of the Secret Night
iv. Do Not Sing, My Beauty
v. Oh Thou, my Field
vi. How Long, my Friend
Chopin | Etude
David Balica | Linea Temporis
| EXTRA LUNCHTIME RECITAL |
Relocated from the Old Royal Naval College Chapel
Friday 6 March | 13.05 | Free
Trinity Laban Keyboard & Voice Festival 2026 | Federico Mompou’s Songs and Dances
Daisy Green | Piano
Felix Ottaway O’ Mahony | Piano
Daria Balan | Piano
Lucas Saraiva Cunha | Piano
Aida Rodríguez Ramos | Piano
Penelope Salvetti | Piano
Alique Khambatta | Piano
Yamato Kinoshita | Piano
Elena Riu | Piano
Manwen Gong | Piano
Beatrice Osiris | Piano
Rio Kinoshita | Piano
PROGRAMME |
Federico Mompou | Cançons i danses (Songs and Dances)
Canço 1. Quasi moderato; F-sharp major; based on La hija de Crimson (La Filla del Carmesi)
Dansa 1. Allegro non troppo; F-sharp minor - F-sharp major; based on Dansa de Castelltercol (or Castelltersol)
Canço 2. Lento; G minor; based on Dotze cavallers (Senyora Isabel)
Dansa 2. Molt amable; G major; based on Galop de cortesia
Canço 3. Modéré; 3; based on El Noi de la Mare
Dansa 3. Sardana-temps de marche; 6/8; original, salvaged from an unfinished string quartet
Canço 4. Moderat; 3/4; 1 sharp; based on A la vora de la mar (El Mariner)
Dansa 4. Viv; 1 sharp; based on Ball del Ciri
Canço 5. Lento litúrgico; C-sharp minor; 8/4
Dansa 5. Senza rigore -- Ritmado; E major; 6/4
Canço 6. Cantabile espressivo; E-flat minor; 4
Dansa 6. Ritmado; E-flat minor – B-flat major; 6/8
Canço 7. Lento; A major; 6/8; based on Muntanyes regalades
Dansa 7. Danza; A major; 3/4; based on L'Hereu Riera
Canço 8. Moderato cantabile con sentimento; G minor; 3/4; based on El testament d'Amèlia
Dansa 8. Danza; G major; 3/4; based on La filadora
Canço 9. Cantabile espressivo; E-flat major; 2/3; based on Rossinyol que vas a França
Dansa 9. Allegro; E-flat major; 3/4
Canço 10. Larghetto molto cantabile; 4
Dansa 10. Amabile; 3/4
Canço 11. Lent et majestueux - Allegro moderato; D minor; 2, leading to 6/8; based on Tema de la "Patum" de Berga
Dansa 11. Grazioso; D major; 4/4; based on Ball de l'Aliga i Turcs I cavallets
Canço 12. Molto cantabile; F-sharp minor; 3; based on La dama d'Aragó
Dansa 12. Danza; B minor (?); 3; based on La mala nova
Canço 14. Based on Petiteta l'han casada (Quan jo n’era petitet)
Dansa 14. Based on La dansa de Castelltersol (Canco del Lladre)
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 |
Join the Trinity Laban Sinfonia Strings for a lunchtime recital directed by Nic Pendelbury.
Saturday 14 March | 13.05 | Free
TBC |
Thursday 19 March | 13.05 | Free
Philip Jones Brass Competition |
A lunchtime concert featuring finalists competing for the Philip Jones Brass Competition. Adjudication will follow the concert.
Saturday 21 March | 13.05 | Free
Tallis Consort | TBC
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
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
Trinity Laban Chamber Musicians |
Saturday 11 April | 13.05 | Free
NO CONCERT |
Thursday 16 April | 13.05 | Free
Trinity Laban Chamber Musicians |
Saturday 18 April | 13.05 | Free
Lucas Saraiva Cunha | Piano
We look forward to welcoming you to St Alfege Church soon.