Concerts at St Peter's
St Peter's Church is a popular venue for a variety of daytime recitals and evening concerts.
There are regular concerts by a range of different performers including chamber choirs, orchestras and individual recitalists. St Peter's is also one of the venues for the biennial St Albans International Organ Festival and Competitions.
Following completion of our building work to replace the nave floor we are now able to take bookings for concerts for 2026/ 2027. The church is a beautiful, light space ideal for concerts and performances and now has flexible seating to accommodate up to 300 people in the nave.
We hold Lunchtime recitals on Wednesday at 1pm every week during term time and these raise money for Rennie Grove Peace Hospice Care. More information available here.
If you would like more information about holding a concert at St Peter's please contact Carolyn in the church office on c.alexander@stpeterschurch.uk.com
Upcoming Concerts
Friday 16 October at 7.30pm
Organ Concert
Tomyr Warcaba-Wood
Marking 20 years since the installation of the
Mander Organ at St Peter's Church.
Bar serving drinks during the interval and after the concert.
Tickets from the church office or on the door£15 adults/ under 18's free
Profits to support music at St Peter's.
Saturday 17 October at 5.30pm
International Organ Festival Recital
Hugh Rowlands
Come along for an hour of music by Matthew Martin, Nadia Boulanger, Robert
Schumann,
Judith Weir, Vivaldi arr Js Bach and Franz Listz, performed by the Assistant Organist
at New College, Oxford.
Entrance free; donations invited to support future events. organfestival.com
Saturday 24 October at 7.30pm
JLM Artists Presents
Angela Brownridge
Piano Recital
Concerto in the Italian Style JS Bach
Pour le Piano Debussy
Sonata in A Minor, D 537 Schubert
Polonaise in C-sharp Minor, Op.26, No.1 Chopin
Polonaise in A Major, Op.40, No. 1 'Millitary' Chopin
Polonaise in B-flat Major, Op.71, No.2 Chopin
Tickets £25 (*concessions £10)
*details at online booking
Available from https://brownridgemusic.eventbrite.co.uk
Distinguished international pianist Angela Brownridge performs a programme
of music by J S Bach, Debussy, Schubert & Chopin.The New York Times
described her as "one of the world's finest pianists." The Guardian remarked "...true genius. Her performances were passionate, rhapsodic and totally compelling. She is a marvellously exciting artist with a strong sense of musical structure.” French music critic Adrian Quanier noted her as “A pianist of the highest echelon.”
Saturday 31 October at 7pm
Pierre Villette 100 - A centenary celebration
Holst Singers
Stephen Layton MBE
Edward Picton-Turberville (organ & piano)
The Holst Singers and Stephen Layton MBE celebrate the centenary of Pierre Villette
with an evening exploring the richness and colour of French choral music. Villette’s
motets combine flowing melodies with sumptuous harmonies, creating music of
remarkable warmth and intimacy. This selection offers an opportunity to discover a
distinctive composer whose work deserves to be heard more widely.
Alongside Villette’s music, the programme features the UK premiere of David Briggs’s
Mass for men’s voices and organ, with Edward Picton-Turbervill joining the choir on
organ and piano. Franck’s Panis Angelicus and Fauré’s Cantique de Jean Racine
bring familiar favourites to the evening, while Lili Boulanger’s Hymne au soleil offers
a vivid contrast to the programme’s sacred works.
Tickets £35/£25 from www.holstsingers.com
Thursday 5 November 6 & 8pm and Saturday 7 November 3 and 5pm
Continuing their 40th anniversary celebrations
St Albans Chamber Opera presents
Dido and Aeneas
Dido and Aeneas was SACO’s first opera back in 1987 and we are delighted that
David Ireson, the conductor of those performances, will be conducting this new
production directed by Janet Podd with David Podd, harpsichord, and the SACO
Orchestra.
The cast includes:
James Schouten - Aeneas
Bonnie Liu - Dido
Phoebe Edwards - Belinda
Adrienne Walters - Second Woman
Deborah Holborn - Sorceress
Katerina Oikonomou - First Witch
Isobel Hughes - Second Witch
Andrew Currall - Sailor
Dido, Queen of Carthage, and the Trojan hero, Aeneas, fall deeply in love after
a storm brings him to her city. Despite their intense bond, the gods order
Aeneas to abandon Carthage and sail to Italy to fulfil his divine destiny of
founding a new empire. Devastated and feeling deeply betrayed when he
prepares to leave, Dido refuses his offers to stay, curses his future, and takes
her own life.
Tickets £18 (full time education £10)
