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.
MARCH |
Sunday 2 March | 15.00 | Free
Royal Greenwich Brass Band Concert |
Stephen Maw | Conductor
Iris Rushbrooke | Cornet
James Kelly | Soprano Cornet
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 Alaska High School Music Departments Concert|
Gwendolyn Brazier | Conductor
Lucas Clooten | Conductor
Sunnifa Deehr | Conductor
Join these talented young musicians from Alaska, USA for a multi-ensemble performance as part of their international tour.
Classical, spiritual, and jazz music for choir, orchestra, and band. A musical feast for all tastes!
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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