Lunchtime Live!

All Saints' is host to Northampton's only regular lunchtime recital series. In recent years, the series has been expanded to include a diverse range of musicians beyond that of organ music, such as singers, chamber musicians and pianists.

The series has become renowned in Northamptonshire and beyond for attracting musicians of the highest calibre to perform vocally, on various wind and string instruments, and on either the piano, the Walker Gallery Organ, the Hill & Son and Norman & Beard Chancel Organ, and our Walker Chapel Organ.

No booking is required to attend a recital, and there is no ticket charge. At the end of a recital, a collection is taken for our music programme. Lunchtime Live! recitals are usually held on the first Thursday of each month at 1:10pm, excepting only January and August.

Our bistro is open for lunches and light refreshments before, during, of after all our lunchtime recitals!

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2024

Our current season of Lunchtime Live! started on Thursday 5th September 2024. Entrance is free with a retiring collection for the Friends of All Saints' Music. The Lunchtime Live! series lineup has now been confirmed for the second half of 2024. With performances by James Woodrow, Sounds Historical, Oona Lowther, Polina Chaika, Slate Quartet, and our very own Director of Music, Jem Lowther.

Lunchtime live season finale

Thursday 5th December 2024 at 1:10pm

Our final Lunchtime Live! of the season is a recital with Jem Lowther on the organ accompanying the cellist Oona Lowther. All are welcome!.

Programme:

Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986) Chant Donné
Joseph Jongen (1873-1953), Humoresque
Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924), Sicilienne from Pelléas et Mélisande
César Franck (1822-1890), Prélude, Fugue et Variation
Charles-Marie Widor (1844-1937), Organ Symphony no. 6 iv. Cantabile v. Finale (organ solo)
Louis Vierne (1870-1937), Le Soir
Jean Langlais (1907-1991), Ligne (cello solo)
Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986), Méditation