The busiest promoter of classical music in Ipswich

St Mary-le-Tower offers two series of lunchtime concerts a year, from May to October and in December, leading up to Christmas. Each concert begins at 1.10pm and finishes at c. 1.55pm. Concerts feature a variety of instrumentalists, singers and ensembles offering a varied programme of music throughout each series.

Light refreshments consisting of tea, coffee, rolls and biscuits are offered from 12.20pm.

3rd May: Andrew Leach, piano Janáček: Sonata & Liszt: Première Année de Pèlerinage – Suisse (selection)

10th May: Poppy Walshaw, cello J S Bach: Suite in D minor & C major

17th May: Nicholas Wearne, organ Including Bairstow: Sonata

24th May Christine Stephenson, piano Mussorgsky:Pictures at an exhibition

31st May: Brenda Dyke, flute & Christopher Moore, piano J S Bach, Widor & Roussel

7th June: Esther Kim, violin & Alasdair Macaskill, piano Dubugnon, Elger, Kreisler & Prokoviev

14th June: William Baldry, organ Music to celebrate the Queen’s 90th Birthday

21st June: FESTIVAL RECITAL In Verse and Voice Shakespeare in song

28th June: Duke Dobing, flute & Caroline Finlay, piano J S Bach, Dutilleux & Reineck

5th July: Jill Jenkins, piano Ragtime!

12th July: Benjamin Nicholas, organ J S Bach, Buxtehude & Messiaen

19th July: Catherine Myerscough, violin Music for solo violin. J S Bach & Reger

26th July: Christopher Borrett, bass & William Baldry, piano Butterworth: A Shropshire Lad and works by Ireland & Warlock

2nd August: Laura Camell, medieval violin Live improvisations on melodies by Hildegard von Bingham & Machaut

9th August: Sokolowski Trio Mendelssohn: Piano Trio in D minor

16th August: Jonathan Hanley, tenor & Ben Horden, piano Haydn & Beethoven

23rd August: Kate Symonds-Joy, mezzo soprano & Joseph Ramadan, piano “Greek Myths & Legends”. Haydn: Arianna a Naxos

30th August: Clare Deniz, cello & Alan Brown, piano Reger, Schuman & R Strauss

6th September: Zoë Brookshaw, soprano & David Brookshaw, piano Walton: Three Sitwell Songs

13th September: Kathryn Parry, violin & Andrew Leach, piano Tchailovsky: Souvenir d’un lieu cher, Brahms: Sonata in A major & Bissell: Sirens

20th September: Gelachter Trio Mozart, Auric, Elgar & Gershwin

27th September: Martin Ellis, organ Karg-Elert, Peeters, Vierne & Brabanter

4th October: Deben Jazz Fats Waller, Gershwin and more

11th October: Simon Ponsford, countertenor & Richard Leach, piano Handel, Dowland & Purcell

18th October: Guy Cutting, tenor & HannahEly, piano Britten: Winter Words & Finzi: Let us Garlands Bring