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.
FEBRUARY |
Saturday 15 February | 19.00 | Ticketed
The Holst Singers |
Heavenly Light | Romantic Sacred Music
Stephen Layton | Director
PROGRAMME |
Rheinberger | Missa in G, "St.Crucis"
Cornelius | 3 Psalmlieder
Mendelssohn | Zum Abendsegen, Der Hunderste Psalm
Liszt | Die Seligkeiten
Cornelius | Die Vätergruft
Cornelius | Weihnachtslieder
Rheinberger | Geistliche Chöre
Tickets (£35/£25/£15) available online here or on the door.
Sunday 16 February | 14.30 | Free
Resonance of Voice | The Sound from China
PROGRAMME |
Huanzhi Li | Spring Festival Overture
Xueshi Zhou | Peach Blossoms
Huan Liu | The Phoenix Flies
Yan Li | Green Jade Table: Lantern Festival Night
Long Yu | The Ornamented Zither
Xuanbin Cao | Farewell Sigh
Jianzhong Wang/Guang Ren | Colourful Clouds Chasing the Moon
Jiaqing Lin | On the Other Side of the Water
Qing Liu | Song of the Yue
Yi Zhou | Phoenix Hairpin
Long Wang | When Will the Spring Flowers and Autumn Moon End?
Ningwu Du | Jasmine Flower
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.
Saturday 22 February | 19.00 | Free
The Opera Makers | Hopes & Fears
A semi-staged reawakening of our poignant opera, Hopes & Fears, created in collaboration with Shine Cancer Support.
Based on the music of Debussy, this new opera explores the experiences of those living with cancer.
**** – The Stage
“Bringing light and shade to such a painful subject is difficult, but Hopes & Fears often succeeds.”
This is a free, un-ticketed event.
There will be a retiring collection in aid of the Andy Armistead Fund.
For further information about The Opera Makers and the project, please click here.
MARCH |
Sunday 3 March | 15.00 | Free
Royal Greenwich Brass Band Concert |
Stephen Maw | Conductor
PROGRAMME |
Meyerbeer (arr. Albert Jakeway) | Coronation March
Delibes (arr. Philip Sparke) | Flower Duet from Lakmé
Suppé (arr. Lorriman) | Overture – Morning, Noon, and Night in Vienna
Arnold (arr. Emerson) | Three Sea Shanties
Tchaikovsky (arr. RSA) | None but the Lonely Heart
Verdi (arr. Frank Wright) | Overture – La forza del destino (The Force of Destiny)
Entry is free, but donations are welcome.
Saturday 8 March | 19.30 | Ticketed
Thomas Tallis Society | Howells Requiem
Eamonn Dougan | Director
Beautiful and contemplative music outpouring penitence by composers from the 16th to the 21st centuries will be included in the Thomas Tallis Society Choir’s concert on Saturday 8 March. The mainly unaccompanied programme with music by Charpentier, Dove, Lobo, Briggs, Purcell, Leighton, and Pärt will conclude with Herbert Howells' deeply moving Requiem, written in 1933 but not published until 1980, three years before his death.
The choir, directed by Eamonn Dougan, will also be joined by violin and piano in performances of sonatas by Heinrich Biber.
Tickets (£16/£12) available online (via TicketSource) or on the door.
Tuesday 11 March | 19.00 | Free
Fairbanks High School Choir Concert |
Join these talented young musicians from Ohio, USA for a choral concert as part of their international tour.
Entry is free, but donations are welcome.
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.
APRIL |
Saturday 5 April | 19.00 | Ticketed
Greenwich Chamber Orchestra | Mozart and Beethoven
David Cutts | Conductor
Gonzalo Acosta | Leader
Mikhail Kaploukhii | Soloist
PROGRAMME |
Beethoven | Overture to The Creatures of Prometheus, Op. 43
Mozart | Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K. 466
Mozart | Overture to Così fan tutte, K. 588
Beethoven | Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 36
Tickets (£15) available online (via Eventbrite) 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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