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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.



Nowhere in Europe or indeed the world have I played in a building that has better acoustics. They are absolutely perfect!
— Sir Yehudi Menhuin
Giving a solo recital at All Saints in the 1980s


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.


2026 / 2027


Our Lunchtime Live! series resumed in September with our friend Polina Chaika, violin, who performed alongside Jem Lowther on the piano.

Upcoming Recitals


Thursday 5th November 2026 at 1:10pm
Lunchtime Live returns with Jem Lowther, our Director of Music will be giving the second in a trio of “Back to Bach” recitals, presenting new repertoire by the great man on the church's three pipe organs. Free to enter, with a retiring collection for the Friends of All Saints' Music.


Past Recitals


Thursday 1st October 2026 at 1:10pm
Lunchtime Live! continues where our recently returned Director of Music will be giving the first in a trio of “Back to Bach” recitals, presenting new repertoire by the great man on the church's three pipe organs. Free to enter, with a retiring collection for the Friends of All Saints' Music.
Thursday 3rd September 2026 at 1:10pm
Lunchtime Live! will return in September when our friend Polina Chaika will be performing on the violin alongside Jem Lowther on the piano. Free to enter, with a retiring collection.

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