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 |
Saturday 1 November | 19.30 | Ticketed
Thomas Tallis Society Choir | A 60th Anniversary Celebration
Eamonn Dougan | Director
PROGRAMME |
Mozart | Venite populi, K. 260/248a
Mozart | Sancta Maria, K. 273
Mozart | Ave verum corpus, K. 618
Tallis | O Lord, give thy Holy Spirit
Tallis | If ye love me
Anna Semple | If ye love me
Tallis | Remember not, O Lord
Eoghan Desmond | Remember not, O Lord
Hessen-Kassel | Pavane zu 5 posaunen
Ahle | Höre, Gott, mein Geschrey
J.L. Bach | Sey nun wieder zufrieden, meine Seele
Knüpfer | Der Herr ist König, P. 78
Gabrieli | In ecclesiis
Tickets (£21.56/£16.17) available online (via TicketSource) or on the door.
For further information, please click here.
Sunday 2 November | 15.00 | Free
Royal Greenwich Brass Band | Autumn Concert
Stephen Maw | Conductor
PROGRAMME |
Erik Leidzen | The Invincible Army
Hamish MacCunn | Land of the Mountain and the Flood
Handel (arr. Charles Skinner) | Allegro from the Royal Fireworks
Peter Graham | Gaelforce
Sherwin (arr. Alan Fernie) | A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square
Eric Ball | Song of Courage
Entry is free, but donations are welcome.
Saturday 29 November | 19.30 | Ticketed
Blackheath Centre for Singing | Music for a Winter's Night
Joel Thomas | Director
The choirs of Blackheath Centre for Singing perform works by Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Gabriel Fauré, Francis Poulenc, Arvo Pärt, Josef Rheinberger, and more.
Tickets will be available to purchase soon from the Blackheath Centre for Singing website or on the door.
DECEMBER |
Sunday 7 December | 14.00 | Free
Royal Greenwich Brass Band | Christmas Concert
Stephen Maw | Conductor
PROGRAMME | TBC
Entry is free, but donations are welcome.
Friday 12 December | 19.30 | Ticketed
St Paul’s Sinfonia |
St Paul’s Festive Baroque | With Corelli Christmas Concerto
James Widden | Director
PROGRAMME |
J. S. Bach | Brandenburg Concerto No. 3
Vivaldi | Concerto per molti strumenti
J. S. Bach | Brandenburg Concerto No. 1
Handel | Concerto Grosso Op. 6, No. 3
Corelli | Christmas Concerto Op. 6, No. 8
Tickets (£20/£15) will be available online (via Eventbrite) or on the door - for further information, please click here.
Tuesday 16 December | 19.30 | Ticketed
Thomas Tallis Society Choir and Orchestra | Handel’s Messiah
Eamonn Dougan | Director
Emily Jennings | Soprano
Angharad Rowlands | Mezzo-soprano
Mark Wilde | Tenor
Peter Edge | Baritone
Tickets (£25.87/£17.25) available online (via TicketSource) or on the door.
For further information, please click here.
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JANUARY |
Friday 16 January | 19.30 | Ticketed
St Paul’s Sinfonia |
In the Light of Apollo | Britten, Beethoven & Mozart ‘Haffner’
Louis Schwizgebel | Piano/Director
PROGRAMME |
Britten | Young Apollo
Beethoven | Piano Concerto No 4
Mozart | Haffner Symphony
Tickets (£20/£15) will be available online (via Eventbrite) or on the door - for further information, please click here.
FEBRUARY |
Friday 20 February | 19.30 | Ticketed
St Paul’s Sinfonia |
Variations and Pursuits | St Paul’s Strings Play Britten & Wallace
Andrew Morley | Conductor
Amy Thompson | Bassoon
PROGRAMME |
Malcolm Williamson | Lento for Strings
Maconchy | Concertino for Bassoon and Strings
David Wallace | Symphony No. 3
Purcell (arr. Britten) | Chacony
Britten | Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge
Tickets (£20/£15) will be available online (via Eventbrite) or on the door - for further information, please click here.
MARCH |
Wednesday 11 March | 19.00 | Ticketed
Loudspeaker Orchestra | Celebrating the Music of Smalley
PROGRAMME | TBC
Please refer to the Loudspeaker Orchestra website for details, as they become available.
APRIL |
Friday 17 April | 19.30 | Ticketed
St Paul’s Sinfonia |
Symphonic Britten | The Cello Symphony with Haydn & Beethoven
Andrew Morley | Conductor
Guy Johnston | Cello
PROGRAMME |
Haydn | Symphony No. 62
Britten | Symphony for Cello & Orchestra, Op. 68
Beethoven | Symphony No. 4
Tickets (£20/£15) will be available online (via Eventbrite) or on the door - for further information, please click here.
MAY |
Friday 15 May | 19.30 | Ticketed
St Paul’s Sinfonia |
British Landscapes | The Sublime & the Pastoral with John Andrews
John Andrews | Conductor
Samantha Ege | Piano
PROGRAMME |
Grace Williams | Penillion
Avril Coleridge-Taylor | Piano Concerto
Vaughan Williams | Symphony No. 3
Tickets (£20/£15) will be available online (via Eventbrite) or on the door - for further information, please click here.
JUNE |
Saturday 6 June | 19.30 | Ticketed
Thomas Tallis Society Choir |
Eamonn Dougan | Director
PROGRAMME | TBC
Further details to follow – stay up to date by visiting the Thomas Tallis Society Choir website.
Friday 19 June | 19.30 | Ticketed
St Paul’s Sinfonia |
Serenades to Symphony | Williamson, Britten & Heroic Beethoven
Andrew Morley | Conductor
Guy Elliott | Tenor
Tim Jackson | Horn
PROGRAMME |
Malcolm Williamson | Serenade and Aubade
Britten | Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings, Op. 31
Beethoven | Symphony No. 3, ‘Eroica’
Tickets (£20/£15) will be available online (via Eventbrite) or on the door - for further information, please click here.
We look forward to welcoming you to St Alfege Church soon.
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