Lunchtime Recital Series |
Thursdays and Saturdays | 13:05 | Free Entry
St Alfege Church presents free lunchtime recitals every Thursday and Saturday at 13:05.
We have a close and longstanding relationship with Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance and many of these concerts are performed by students from the institution, particularly on Thursdays.
Our Saturday programmes tend to draw from a wider net, showcasing a variety of local, national, and international talent that encompasses many genres and disciplines.
The musical and artistic journey of this historic building spans many centuries; as The Heart of Greenwich, the St Alfege Church team is committed to being vibrant stewards of this ongoing story for artists and audiences alike. We welcome new ideas, feedback, and thoughts on how we might better serve the artistic needs of this community.
If you are interested in performing in this series, if you wish to propose a concert/event outside of this series, or if you are interested in engaging creatively with the church in any other way, we would be very happy to discuss your proposed performance/idea and the suitability of St Alfege Church as a venue with you.
Please contact Rhian Davies, our Concerts and Recitals Coordinator, for further information.
JANUARY |
| EXTRA LUNCHTIME RECITAL |
Relocated from the Old Royal Naval College Chapel
Friday 30 January | 13.05 | Free
Trinity Laban Brass Department |
Richard Henry | Director
Matilda Lloyd | Trumpet Soloist
PROGRAMME |
David Sutton Anderson | Processional
Traditional (arr. Mnozil Brass) | Murztalermarsch
Stephen Dodgson | Suite for Brass Septet
ii. Allegro con moto
Malcolm Arnold | Brass Quintet No.1
ii. Chaconne (Allegro con moto)
Oskar Böhme | Sextet for Brass
iii. Andante cantabile
Ernesto Julio de Nazareth (arr. Jock MacKenzie) | Three Brazillian Choros
Caleb Hudson | Rose White Elegy
Mark Lockheart | Highforce
Chris Wilcox | Riff Off
Saturday 31 January | 13.05 | Free
Calm Amidst the Chaos |
Martin Evans | Pianist/Composer
rarescale |
Carla Rees | Bass Flute
Sarah Watts | Bass Clarinet
Dominic Murcott | Electronics
A recital of introspective music exploring themes of existence, meaning, conflict, peace, and joy.
Calm Amidst the Chaos serves as a metaphor for maintaining inner peace and balance despite life's often chaotic and uncertain situations, highlighting the human capacity for resilience and a deep-seated tranquillity that can be found within.
The purpose is to create a setting where audience members can reflect on their individual reactions to the music within a calming, peaceful and accessible space, allowing them to temporarily set aside the turmoil of the outside world and connect with mindfulness.
Supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England.
PROGRAMME |
Martin Evans | Dreaming (for piano)
Martin Evans | Calm Amidst the Chaos (for bass flute, bass clarinet, and electronics)
Martin Evans | Entwined (for piano)
Martin Evans | For the Sake of Being (for bass flute and electronics)
Martin Evans | The Inevitable Goodbye (for piano)
Martin Evans | Inner Voices (for piano)
Martin Evans | Elegy for the Living (for bass flute, bass clarinet, and electronics)
Martin Evans | Nocturne (for piano)
Martin Evans | Conversation (for piano, bass flute, bass clarinet)
FEBRUARY |
| EXTRA LUNCHTIME RECITAL |
Wednesday 4 February | 13.05 | Free
Cutty Sark Collective | Folk Ensemble
Tom Hughes | Guitar
Catherine McCardel | Violin
Isaac Williams | Violin
Imogen Lim | Viola
Laurie Glass | Double Bass
Louis Suc | Bodhran
PROGRAMME |
Jay Ungar | Ashokan Farewell
Dave Richardson | Calliope House
Martin Hardiman | Joe Derrane’s
Traditional | Bridget O’Malley
Richard Thompson | Beeswing
Tom Hughes | Mum’s Polka
Aaron Horlock/Nick Goode | Lads of Deptford
Tom Hughes | Lads of Greenwich
Alan Kelly | Trip to Dingle
Thursday 5 February | 13.05 | Free
Yuliia Mats | Piano
PROGRAMME |
Schubert | Piano Sonata in A minor, D. 845
i. Moderato
Liszt | Three Concert Etudes, S. 144
iii. Un sospiro
Chopin | Fantaisie in F minor, Op. 49
| EXTRA LUNCHTIME RECITAL |
Relocated from the Old Royal Naval College Chapel
Friday 6 February | 13.05 | Free
Trinity Laban Guitar Department |
Graham Devine | Head of Harp
Leo Gaizauskas | Guitar
Jim Bennett | Guitar
Savio-Kevin Lubega | Guitar
Gene Raymond | Guitar
Yiolanda Loizou | Guitar
PROGRAMME |
Fernando Sor | Etude Op. 6, No. 11
Agustin Barrios | Una limosna por el amor de Dios
Dionisio Aguado | Fandango Varié, Op. 16
Joaquin Malats | Serenata Española
Carlo Domeniconi | Variations on an Anatolian Folk Song, Op. 15
Francisco Tarrega | Recuerdos de la Alhambra
Isaac Albeniz | Asturias (Leyenda)
Saturday 7 February | 13.05 | Free
Dover Community Youth Choir |
Charles Spanner | Conductor
Chris Lockyer | Organist
Eric Bosshard | Cello
PROGRAMME |
Wesley | Blessed be the God and Father
Ireland | Greater love hath no man
Franck | Panis Angelicus
Saint-Saëns | The Swan from The Carnival of the Animals
Vaughan Williams | Let All the World in Every Corner Sing
Finzi | God is Gone Up
Welsh Traditional | The Ash Grove
Handel | The Hornpipe from Water Music
Handel | O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion from Messiah
Handel | Hallelujah Chorus from Messiah
Thursday 12 February | 13.05 | Free
NO CONCERT |
Saturday 14 February | 13.05 | Free
Calum Ward | Piano
PROGRAMME |
Debussy | Preludes
i. Danseuses de Delphes
ii. Voiles
Chopin | Ballade No. 4 in F minor, Op. 52
Ravel | Pavane pour une infante défunte
Chopin | Nocturne in C Minor, Op. 48, No. 1
Janáček | On an Overgrown Path
x. Sýček neodletěl! (The Barn Owl Has Not Flown Away!)
vii. Dobrou noc! (Good Night!)
| EXTRA LUNCHTIME RECITAL |
Relocated from the Old Royal Naval College Chapel
Tuesday 17 February | 13.05 | Free
Luke Purbrick Ensemble |
PROGRAMME |
Will Wilson | Caterpillar Song
Charles Mingus (arr. Luke Purbrick) | A Chair In The Sky
Ellie Bradshaw | After The Rain
Luke Purbrick and Maddie Jamieson | Time by the River (feat. Maddie Jamieson)
Natty Purbrick | When My Thoughts Forget Me (feat. Clem Arnold)
Luke Purbrick | Hot Air Balloon
Thursday 19 February | 13.05 | Free
Cèlia Margalef | Piano
PROGRAMME |
J.S. Bach (arr. Kempff) | Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 645
J.S. Bach (arr. Busoni) | Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 659
J.S. Bach (arr. Kempff) | Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring, BWV 147
Karol Szymanowski | Prelude No. 1 in B minor, Op. 1
Frederic Mompou | Prelude No. 9
Karol Szymanowski | Prelude No. 2 in D minor, Op. 1
Frederic Mompou | Prelude No. 5
Karol Szymanowski | Prelude No. 8 in E-flat minor, Op. 1
Frederic Mompou | Prelude No. 6
Granados | Goyescas, Book I, Op. 11
i. El Amor y la muerte (Balada)
Albéniz | Iberia, Book III
i. El Albaicín
Saturday 21 February | 13.05 | Free
Yohei Nakajima | Viola
PROGRAMME |
J.S. Bach | Cello Suite No. 1 in G major
i. Prelude
ii. Allemande
iii. Courante
iv. Sarabande
v. Minuet I / II
vi. Gigue
Max Reger | Prelude No. 2, Op. 117
Isaac Albéniz | Recuerdos de Viaje, Op. 71
vi. Rumores de la Caleta (Malagueña)
Akira Nishimura | Fantasia on “Song of the Birds”
Pablo Casals | El cant dels ocells (Song of the Birds)
J.S. Bach | Partita in D minor for solo violin, BWV 1004
v. Ciaconna
Thursday 26 February | 13.05 | Free
Trinity Laban Keyboard & Voice Festival 2026 | Homelands & Paths
Lucas Saraiva Cunha | Piano
Xinuyue Chang | Piano
Felix Ottaway O’ Mahony | Piano
Ana-Maria Ilie | Piano
PROGRAMME |
Bartok | Three Burlesques, Op. 8c, Sz. 47, BB 55
i. Quarrel. Presto
ii. A little tipsy. Allegretto
iii. Molto vivo, capriccioso
Dan Zhaoyi | Longing
Bartók | Six Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm from Mikrokosmos (Volume VI), Sz. 107, BB 105
Janacek | Sonata 1.X.1905, “From the Street”
i. Foreboding (Předtucha) – Con moto
ii. Death (Smrt) – Adagio
Manuel de Falla | Ritual Fire Dance from El amor brujo
| EXTRA LUNCHTIME RECITAL |
Relocated from the Old Royal Naval College Chapel
Friday 27 February | 13.05 | Free
Carducci String Quartet | Carne Ensemble in Residence
Matthew Denton | Violin
Michelle Fleming | Violin
Eoin Schmidt-Martin | Viola
Emma Denton | Cello
PROGRAMME |
Philip Glass | String Quartet No.3 ‘Mishima’
i. 1957: Award Montage
ii. November 25 - Ichigaya
iii. Grandmother and Kimitake
iv. 1962: Body Building
v. Blood Oath
vi. Mishima/Closing
Beethoven | String Quartet No. 9 in C major, Op. 59, No. 3
i. Andante con moto – Allegro vivace
ii. Andante con moto quasi allegretto
iii. Menuetto (Grazioso)
iv. Allegro molto
Saturday 28 February | 13.05 | Free
CANCELLED |
We apologise for any disappointment or inconvenience caused.
MARCH |
Thursday 5 March | 13.05 | Free
Trinity Laban Keyboard & Voice Festival 2026 | Romance & Wonderland
Ilona Nastase | Voice
Daria Balan | Piano
David Balica | Piano
PROGRAMME |
Enescu | Sept Chansons de Clément Marot, Op. 15
i. Estrene à Anne
ii. Languir me fais
iii. Aux damoyselles paresseuses d'escrire à leurs amys
iv. Estrene de la rose
v. Present de couleur blanche
vi. Changeons propos, c'est trop chanté d'amours
vii. Du confict en douleur
Rachmaninov | Six Romances
i. Oh No, I Beg You, Forsake Me Not!
ii. Morning
iii. In the Silence of the Secret Night
iv. Do Not Sing, My Beauty
v. Oh Thou, my Field
vi. How Long, my Friend
Chopin | Etude
David Balica | Linea Temporis
Saturday 7 March | 13.05 | Free
Pearce Faucher | Piano
PROGRAMME |
J.S. Bach | Prelude and Fugue in G-sharp minor, BWV 863
J.S. Bach | Prelude and Fugue in B major, BWV 868
Mozart | Adagio in B minor, K. 540
Haydn | Sonata in C Major, Hob.XVI:35
Liszt | Hungarian Rhapsody “Héroïde-élégiaque" in E Minor, S.244/5
Thursday 12 March | 13.05 | Free
Trinity Laban Sinfonia Strings |
Join the Trinity Laban Sinfonia Strings for a lunchtime recital directed by Nic Pendelbury.
Saturday 14 March | 13.05 | Free
Leo Gaizauskas | Guitar
Andres Miranda | Guitar
Thursday 19 March | 13.05 | Free
Philip Jones Brass Competition |
A lunchtime concert featuring finalists competing for the Philip Jones Brass Competition. Adjudication will follow the concert.
Saturday 21 March | 13.05 | Free
St Alfege Church Choir Ensemble | Members Past and Present
Stephen Dagg | Director
Thursday 26 March | 13.05 | Free
Trinity Laban Guitar Department |
A concert of solo and chamber music for guitar, curated by Graham Devine.
Saturday 28 March | 13.05 | Free
David Hanesworth | Violin
Patricia Romero | Piano
APRIL |
Thursday 2 April | 13.05 | Free
NO CONCERT | Maundy Thursday
Saturday 4 April | 13.05 | Free
NO CONCERT | Easter Saturday
Thursday 9 April | 13.05 | Free
Trinity Laban Chamber Musicians |
Saturday 11 April | 13.05 | Free
NO CONCERT |
Thursday 16 April | 13.05 | Free
Trinity Laban Chamber Musicians |
Saturday 18 April | 13.05 | Free
Lucas Saraiva Cunha | Piano
We look forward to welcoming you to St Alfege Church soon.