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 2025/ 2026. 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. 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

Saturday 12 April at 7.30pm

Hertfordshire Chamber Orchestra

Conductor - Alex Fryer

Mezzo Soprano - Annabel Kennedy

Leader - Alex Casson

Felix Mendelssohn Overture The Fair Melusine Op 32

Gustav Mahler Songs of a Wayfarer

Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No 8 in F Major Op 93emp-Luck, organ

George Vass and Naomi Jones, conductors

Tickets available from St Albans Rennie Grove Peace Shop (St Peter's Street, AL1 3EG)

Online at www.renniegrovepeace.com
Or on the door

Price £18 / £15 concessions

Saturday 26 April at 7pm

United in Harmony with Wormser Kantorei

Musical Director St Albans Chamber Choir - John Gibbons

Musical Director Wormser Kantorei - Stefan Merkelbach

Programme:
Requiem in C minor – Salieri
Flute and Harp Concerto – Mozart
Chichester Psalms – Bernstein

St Albans Chamber Choir are delighted to be welcoming their friends from Wormser Kantorei, the choir from their twin town of Worms, in Southern Germany, to join them for this concert. 2025 marks over 55 years of our joint biennial concerts, celebrating unity through the connection of music.

This concert is all about partnerships and the joy that comes from connections. Requiem in C Minor reconnects us with the work of Antonio Salieri, who was left forgotten until his portrayal as the bitter rival to Mozart in the film Amadeus in the 20th century. It is the only large scale Requiem Salieri wrote, after dedicating most of his compositions to opera and stage.

Also writing for the stage, over 100 years later, was Leonard Bernstein, famous for West Side Story, Candide and many others.

The final partnership is that of Flute and Harp in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Double Concerto. Treated as equals, the flute and harp engage in a back-and-forth dialogue, each having its time in the spotlight, yet neither dominating the piece, giving the Concerto a playful yet collaborative feel.

Soloists:

Tom Winpenny – Organ
Ruby Aspinall – Harp
Peter Robertson – Flute
Keith Crompton – Percussion

Tickets adult £18, Student £5 and Child £2

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