Concerts and Recitals
at St Alban the Martyr

There are normally a number of concerts and recitals at St Alban the Martyr throughout the year.

Our programme is gradually resetablishing after the disruption caused by Covid-19.

Forthcoming Concerts:

4:00 p.m. 14th February 2026

Still Life: Early Baroque Fantasy

A concert of early-seventeenth-century music performed on period instruments by Música d’Outrora, featuring music from their acclaimed debut album Still Life, recorded last year here in the wonderful acoustic of our church.

You can view a video about the making of the album in our church here: https://youtu.be/76fMzyI52ds?list=RD76fMzyI52ds (after a couple of adverts).

The programme traces the fantastic style ( stylus phantasticus) across its main centres – from the brilliance of Venice (Castello, Strozzi) and Naples (Kapsberger) to the expressive depth of Vienna (Schmelzer) and Lübeck (Buxtehude).

Música d’Outrora is an early music ensemble founded in 2022 by Galician conductor and harpsichordist Pablo Devigo. Based internationally, the group specializes in 17th-century Italian repertoire, with particular focus on the stylus phantasticus, a compositional style that privileged freedom, fantasy, and dramatic contrasts.

Performers:Asako Ueda – violin & theorbo
Timothy Lin – viola da gamba & cello
Pablo Devigo – harpsichord, chamber organ & artistic direction
Louis Moisan – baroque guitar & theorbo
Chun-Yuan – lirone / violone

Duration approximately 90 minutes (including a 20-minute interval)

This event is in aid of our church Organ Fund.

Regular tickets cost £20 with some free tickets available for students valid with student identification shown at the door.

Booking through Eventbrite.

Pearson Church Organists Concerts 2026

Following the success of the Pearson Church Organists Concert Series of 2025, we are pleased to announce the 2026 series, starting in March.
Lunchtime concerts are on the 4th Sunday weekend of every month, usually at 1.00 – 1.45 p.m. These are all free admission with a retiring collection for the St Alban's Organ Restoration Appeal.
We need to raise £100,000 to preserve our organ for future generations and to ensure that we can continue to provide an excellent standard of music.
A simple buffet will be available in St Patrick’s room, following each lunchtime concert.

Saturday March 21st — 3.00 p.m. Andrew Scott (St Michael & All Angels, Croydon and Director of Harrison & Harrison Organ Builders, Durham)

Saturday April 25th — 1.00 p.m. Keith Dale (Queen Mary’s School, Thirsk) Former Organ Scholar at St Alban’s

Saturday May 23rd — 1.00 p.m. Iain Simcock (Director of Schola Gregoriana of Cambridge) Former Organist at St Alban’s

Saturday June 27th — 3.00 p.m. Tim Hone (St George’s Church, Cullercoates)

Saturday July 25th — 1.00 p.m. Tom Stockwell (St Augustine, Kilburn)

Saturday August 22nd — 1.00 p.m. John Butt (Musical Director, Dunedin Consort) Former Organist at St Alban’s

Saturday September 19th — 7.30 p.m. Ticketed Event. David Briggs (Cathedral St John the Divine, New York) Former Organist at St Alban’s

Saturday September 26th — 1.00 p.m. James Lancelot (Tewkesbury Abbey) James’s father was Assistant Priest at St Patrick’s church and James frequently played for services at both St Patrick’s and St Alban’s churches).

Saturday October 24th — 1.00 p.m. Angela Sones (St Alban's Church, Conybere Street)

We hope to add more concerts, so do check back here regularly, or if you would like to be added to a list to be notified of musical events at the church, send an e-mail to info@saintalban.co.uk.

Past Concerts

Here is a recording of a short classical song recital by Salwan Cartwright-Shamoon accompanied on the piano by Xizi Zhang at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday 18th September 2021.

More details and the programme are here: http://www.saintalban.co.uk/news/2021/09/09/classical-song-recital/.