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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.



 

AUGUST |

 

Friday 29 August | 20.00 | Free
Brave New Worlds |
International Conference on Women's Work in Music 2025 Concert

The Fifth International Conference on Women’s Work in Music aims to both celebrate the achievements of women musicians, and to critically explore and discuss the changing contexts of women’s work in music on the international stage. This is the first of three performances presented by Trinity Laban as part of the conference, exploring themes and music addressed during the conference programme. The concert is free and open at all at St Alfege Church, Greenwich.

Performers will include Gabriella Dall’Olio (harp), Graham Devine (guitar), The Holtag String Quartet, and Zoë Martlew (cello).

PROGRAMME |

Grace Williams | Hiraeth
Pearl Chertok | Around the Clock Suite
Thea Musgrave | Soliloquy for guitar and tape
Caroline Shaw | Entr’acte
Elizabeth Maconchy | String Quartet No.1
Zoë Martlew | G-lude 

For further information, please click here




SEPTEMBER |

 

Sunday 21 September | 19.30 | Ticketed
Thomas Tallis Society Choir | A Celebration of Flower Songs


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Eamonn Dougan | Director

Flowers have long inspired poets and composers alike, their fleeting beauty capturing the essence of nature’s wonder. In this programme, we bring together two exquisite cycles of choral flower songs, written nearly half a century apart but united by their lyrical charm.

Benjamin Britten’s Five Flower Songs (1950) are sparkling vignettes, each set to poetry celebrating different aspects of the natural world — from the playfulness of blossoms stirred by the breeze, to the poignant reflection on life’s transience. With his hallmark clarity and wit, Britten paints each scene with finely crafted textures and rhythmic vitality.

Eric Whitacre’s Three Flower Songs (1997), by contrast, drape the listener in lush, shimmering harmonies. Inspired by the poetry of Emily Dickinson and others, Whitacre’s settings transform words into soundscapes that are at once intimate and expansive, as though the blossoms themselves were singing.

Together, these works invite us to listen with fresh ears — to hear the garden in bloom, and to celebrate the timeless connection between nature, poetry, and song.

Tickets (£16.17/£10.78) available online (via TicketSource) or on the door.


Friday 26 September | 19.30 | Ticketed
St Paul’s Sinfonia
Symphonic Pioneers & the Modern Recorder | Haydn to Arnold


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Andrew Morley | Conductor
Hassan Marzban | Recorder

PROGRAMME |

Haydn | Symphony No. 61
Arnold | Recorder Concerto
Jacob | Suite for Recorder
Schubert | Symphony No. 3

Tickets (£20/£15) are available online (via Eventbrite) or on the door.




OCTOBER |

 

Friday 17 October | 19.30 | Ticketed
St Paul’s Sinfonia
Strauss II Bicentenary | Philip Cashian & Sibelius Symphony No. 1


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Andrew Morley | Conductor
Michael Foyle | Violin

PROGRAMME |

Johann Strauss II | Die Fledermaus overture
Sibelius | Karelia Suite
Philip Cashian | Violin Concerto
Sibelius | Symphony No. 1

Tickets (£20/£15) are available online (via Eventbrite) or on the door.


Wednesday 22 October | 19.00 | Ticketed
Loudspeaker Orchestra | Celebrating Boulez

PROGRAMME | TBC

Please refer to the Loudspeaker Orchestra website for details, as they become available.




NOVEMBER |

 

Saturday 1 November | 19.30 | Ticketed 
Thomas Tallis Society Choir | A 60th Anniversary Celebration

Eamonn Dougan | Director

Further details to follow - for more information, please click here.


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


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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.



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JANUARY |

 

Friday 16 January | 19.30 | Ticketed
St Paul’s Sinfonia |
In the Light of Apollo | Britten, Beethoven & Mozart ‘Haffner’


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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


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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


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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


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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


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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.


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