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.
2026
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.
Saturday 24 January | 15.30 | Free
St Paul’s Sinfonia | A Concert to Celebrate the Life of Gillian duCharme
James Widden | Director
PROGRAMME |
Elgar | Serenade for Strings, Op. 20
Vivaldi | The Four Seasons, Op. 8
J. S. Bach (arr. Max Reger) | Chorale Prelude "O Mensch, bewein dein Sünde groß", BWV 622
To learn more about the life of Gillian duCharme, 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 |
Saturday 7 March | 19.30 | Ticketed
Thomas Tallis Society Choir | Echoes of Our Earth
Eamonn Dougan | Director
PROGRAMME |
Copland | In the Beginning
Plus a selection of choral works by Elgar, Stanford, Tavener, and Whitacre.
Tickets (£16/£12) available online (via TicketSource) or on the door.
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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