Music - Concerts & Recitals

The Northampton Bach Choir at St Matthew's Church

Organ recitals are held regularly at St Matthew's and recitalists of the very highest calibre and of international renown travel from far and wide to play the fine four manual 1895 Walker Organ. From May to October, a series of recitals takes place on the 4th Saturday of each month, at 4pm. A wide variety of music is performed, including vocal, instrumental, piano and organ works.

St Matthew's is also home to the Northampton Bach Choir which, with over 130 members, is the largest choir in the county. It was founded by Denys Pouncey in 1935, the then St Matthew's Director of Music, and gave its first concert in the church on Palm Sunday that year. The choir, under the Musical Direction of Simon Toyne, performs two or three concerts in St Matthew's each year; news of their concert season can be found at the Northampton Bach Choir's website.

The church also plays host to many other groups of both local and national recognition on a regular basis. These include The Swarbrick Singers, the Northampton Chamber Choir and Northamptonshire Music and Performing Arts Trust ensembles, as well as a number of professional ensembles. In September 2011, there was a BBC Radio 3 broadcast of a Choral Evensong from St Matthew's featuring the Choir of Clare College, Cambridge and including some of St Matthew's musical commissions.

Details of all forthcoming musical events at St Matthew's can be found on the forthcoming musical events page.

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