Lunchtime at Redcliffe

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Lunchtime at Redcliffe

Autumn Season


Thursdays / 1:00pm - 2:00pm / FREE ENTRY


Join us this spring for an exciting series of free lunchtime recitals by musicians from around the world in one of England’s finest parish churches. 





17 September – Yiming Guo / Organ

Yiming Guo is an Ash Music Scholar at Imperial College London, where he studies Electrical and Electronic Engineering. He is an accompanist to the Imperial College Chamber Choir whilst studying organ at the Royal College of Music. Yiming's programme includes music by Arakelyan, Bach, Campbell, Hensel, Ireland, and Stanford.


24 September – Luca L'Erario / Piano

Luca graduated with highest honors from the Niccolò Piccinni Conservatory of Bari under the guidance of Maestro Pasquale Iannone. He has performed in Italy and abroad, including the United Kingdom and Belgium, and has given piano masterclasses in the UK. Prize winner of the Northern Lights Piano Competition (Norway), Moscow Music Competition (Russia), and Khemsiri Music Competition (China). His programme will include works by Liszt and Prokofiev.


1 October – Michael Bonaventure / Organ

Composer, organist and ever-active exponent of new and innovative music by mainly British composers. He is known for his recordings of the music of Olivier Messiaen and Paul Patterson in particular, and their music will feature in his programme. Many of his own works combine the pipe organ with electronic sounds and have been performed worldwide by many artists. He is currently based in Edinburgh.


8 October – Stephen Pinnock / Organ

Stephen has been Director of Music at Ardingly, Kings Canterbury, Millfield and Aberdeen City Music School and was one-time organist of Manchester Cathedral. His programme will include works by Guilmant, Bach, Vièrne and Messiaen.


15 October – John Keys / Organ

John Keys, Nottingham City Organist and Organist Emeritus of St Mary's Nottingham, gives a varied and colourful programme of well-loved and lesser known pieces.


22 October – Graham Alsop / Organ

Graham Alsop is Organist and Assistant Director of Music at St Mary Redcliffe Church, where he has played since 1994. He studied with Dr John Winter at Trinity College of Music junior department, before becoming the first organ scholar at Robinson College Cambridge. When not at the console, Graham works for Swindon Silicon Systems as a digital hardware designer.



29 October – Stelios Kyriakidis / Guitar

Guitarist and composer Stelios Kyriakidis has had his music featured on BBC Radio and regularly broadcast ever since. His music for guitar is a blend of varied influences such as neoclassical, folk and cinematic music. Stelios has performed in London venues such as The Green Note, Theatreship and St Bride's church, as well as at UK and international venues including the Somerset Jazz Festival, 21st Century Guitar Conference (Indianapolis), Herman Schulz Cafe (Berlin) and Spiti Art Bar (Athens).


5 November – Huw Morgan / Organ

Huw is associate director of music at All Saints, Clifton, as well as directing several choirs including Nova, the Clifton Singers and Redland Green Choir. His compositions are published by Firehead Organ Works and have been performed in venues across Europe and North America, as well as recently in Melbourne, Seoul, and Mexico City, and have featured at festivals such as Tectonics and Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival. Since 2021 he has given regular "mainly slow organ music" concerts in Bristol and beyond, championing new music and connecting new audiences and composers with the organ. This programme will include repertoire from that series, as well as a UK first performance of a piece by Olivia Kieffer and music by Elsa Barraine and Jehan Alain.


12 November – Octavo Vox / Vocal Oxtet

Octavo Vox (artistic director: Reuben West), a Bristol-based vocal octet, presents a programme of choral music ancient and modern exploring the theme of light, with works by Chesnokov, Stivori, Chydenius, Ešenvalds and more.


19 November – Alexander Wilton / Organ

Alexander Wilton is the John Birch Scholar at the Royal College of Music in London. Prior to this, he was the Sydney Nicholson Organ Scholar at Manchester Cathedral. He is also the organist at Hinde Street Methodist Church in Marylebone in London. Alexander has performed at several churches in London, as well as cathedrals including Manchester, Brentwood, and most recently St Giles' in Edinburgh. His programme includes works by Bellini, Bach and Verdi.


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