Luton Music Club

27/08/2026

MUSIC ON MONDAYS. 31st Aug 2026. 7.30pm. St Mary's Church, Luton. Doors open from 7pm.

Our next concert will feature piano duets performed by Clíodna Shanahan and Simon Callaghan, and also by Ruiqi Fang and Markus Sadler. The eight pieces to be played are taken from those submitted for the 2025 Clements prize, a competition organised by London's Conway Hall for composers under the age of 35. These pieces are the ones that received the most votes from the audience. Our audience will be invited to cast their own votes on these compositions to see how they compare with the judging last year. In addition there will be music by Schubert, Rachmaninov and Saint-Saëns. https://www.lutonmusic.org.uk/events/cliodna-shanahan-simon-callaghan-piano-duet/

Clíodna Shanahan & Simon Callaghan (piano duet) Date: 31st August 2026 Time: 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm Location: St Mary's Church Luton LU1 3JF Simon Callaghan Clíodna Shanahan PROGRAMME The programme will feature entrants for the 2025 Clements Prize, a biennial composition competition organised by London...

10/08/2026

TWO DAYS TIME. Free entry with a retiring collection. You have to be there to witness the singing and performance skills of these young people.

MONDAY 17th August. St Mary's Church, Luton. 7.30pm.

It's time once again for the annual Bedfordshire Youth Opera Gala. Young singers from Bedfordshire offer a wide-ranging concert programme of operatic highlights. This programme will include music by Mozart, Mascagni, Sullivan and Sondheim. The Gala offers a showcase for the finest emerging musical talent in our area –FREE ENTRY WITH A RETIRING COLLECTION to raise money for Bedfordshire Youth Opera. Guest stars Rachel Nicholls (soprano) and Daniel Norman (tenor). The evening will be presented by Ellen Roff. More details at https://www.lutonmusic.org.uk/events/bedfordshire-youth-opera-gala-3/

31/07/2026

TONIGHT! It will be cooler in this beautiful ancient church than outside. And the seating is very comfortable.

MONDAY 3rd August. St Mary's Church, Luton. 7.30pm. Doors open from 7pm. Tickets at £18 per adult are available on the door. Under 18s - free admission. No need to book as St Mary's is a spacious church with plenty of comfortable seats.

Actress Joanna David will return to read a short story by Katherine Mansfield, entitled 'Her First Ball'. Before this there will be music by Chopin, Scarlatti, Röntgen, Cockcroft and Moszkowski. After the interval there will be a welcome performance of Richard Sisson's score illustrating 'Her First Ball'.

Musicians performing throughout this event are Jonathan Radford (saxophone), Shirley Turner (violin), Peter Mallinson (viola), Michael Atkinson (cello), Beverley Jones (double bass), Leo Little & Richard Sisson (piano duet).

16/07/2026

TONIGHT. We would love to see you at this concert.

MUSIC ON MONDAYS. 20th JULY. ST MARY'S CHURCH, LUTON.
The unusual combination of saxophone, harp and piano will play music by Bach, Morricone, Gershwin and Piazzolla. Tickets on the door. No need to book as there is plenty of comfortable seating in the church. £18 per adult. Under 18s in F/T education - free admission. Doors open from 7pm, concert starts at 7.30pm. Interval with refreshments. https://www.lutonmusic.org.uk/events/huw-wiggin-saxophone-oliver-wass-harp-simon-callaghan-piano/

02/07/2026

TONIGHT. ST MARY'S CHURCH, LUTON.

It's going to be another sweltering day and evening so why not cool down in Luton's beautiful church of St Mary. As it is an ancient church it will be COOL. It's also very comfortable - no hard pews here! Details of tonight's concert below. No need to book - just pay on the door.

Music on Mondays' next concert on Monday 6th July will be another under the title ‘Stars of the Future’, in which we showcase exceptional young musicians who are at the beginning of their careers as performing artists. Reynold Yang (clarinet), Zhijing Wu (cello) and Ruiqi Fang (piano) are all outstanding students at the Royal College of Music and the concert will also include lutenist Toby Carr who will present a new programme called Softest Thunder. This will be performed by candlelight. For more details please follow this link. https://www.lutonmusic.org.uk/events/stars-of-the-future-2/

The concert will take place at our usual venue of St Mary's Church, Luton and will start at 7.30pm with doors open from 7pm. Tickets at £18 per adult may be purchased on the door. Under 18s in full-time education - free admittance.

Stars of the Future Date: 6th July 2026 Time: 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm Location: St Mary's Church Luton LU1 3JF Ruiqi Fang, Zhijing Wu & Reynold Yang This concert is another in our series ‘Stars of the Future’, in which we showcase younger musicians who are at the beginning of what will surely be consi...

20/06/2026

TONIGHT
If you need somewhere very cool and comfortable this evening come to our concert this evening in St Mary's Church, Luton.

MUSIC ON MONDAYS. 22nd June. St Mary's Church, Luton. Doors open from 7pm. Concert starts at 7.30pm. Tickets on the door.
The Karolos String Trio will be joined by their good friend the guitarist Morgan Szymanski.

PROGRAMME

Antonio Vivaldi – Violin Concerto No.9 in D major RV230
Manuel M Ponce – Estrellita
Antonio Vivaldi – Guitar concerto in D major RV93
Astor Piazzolla – Histoire de Tango: Cafe 1930, Nightclub 1960 (arranged Szymanski)

INTERVAL

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Divertimento for string trio in E flat K563.

https://www.lutonmusic.org.uk/events/karolos-string-trio-morgan-szymanski-guitar/

04/06/2026

TONIGHT! We would love to see you there.

Music on Mondays. Our next concert is on 8th June and takes place in beautiful St Mary's Church, Luton. 7.30pm. Doors open from 7pm. £18 with under 18s in full-time education - free admittance.

Sarajevo-born pianist Ivana Gavrić makes a welcome return to Luton with a fascinating programme. On her last visit she offered us perfect miniatures from the Bedford-based composer Cheryl Frances-Hoad, and now she features two other remarkable female composers. Dora Pejačević is an increasingly admired Croatian composer, writing in a late Romantic idiom in the early years of the 20th Century; Cécile Chaminade was an internationally feted pianist and composer from the second half of the 19th Century – she was a particular favourite at the court of England’s Queen Victoria and her Prélude for Organ was played at that great monarch’s funeral in 1901. This will perhaps be a chance to hear less well known repertoire alongside the more familiar masterpieces by Grieg and Ravel that complete this dazzling programme.

27/05/2026

Concert. Simon Callaghan and Ben Goldscheider.

What a treat last night to attend a concert in St Mary's without wearing my winter layers! It was the perfect temperature for me. Of course, the overriding treat was hearing (and watching) such accomplished and internationally recognised artists as Simon Callaghan and Ben Goldscheider. Although previously, I have enjoyed the sound of French horns in symphony orchestras and in small ensembles I don't think I have heard the combination of a piano with a French horn, so this was of particular interest to me. Both Ben and Simon showed their musical mastery during the opening music, Bax's Horn Sonata, and in particular, Simon's fingers were just a blur for much of the time. No wonder he followed it with a less technically demanding piece, although very charming, George Dyson's My Birthday. There were no cds for sale afterwards but if you would like to hear again Huw Watkins' Lament played this time with the composer at the piano then go to https://www.bengoldscheider.com/blog/day-sixteen-huw-watkins-lament. The lengthy and hearty applause at the end of the concert might have encouraged an encore but sadly not. However, it was a pleasure to drive home before it was actually dark.

Joan, Secretary, Luton Music.


Our next concert is in two weeks time on Monday 8th June. It will be a recital by Sarajevo-born pianist Ivana Gavrić, an artist we have enjoyed before in a previous season. Ivana will play music by Dora Pejačević, Edvard Grieg, Cécile Chaminade and Maurice Ravel. I will post more details nearer the day. https://www.lutonmusic.org.uk/events/ivana-gavric/

Ivana Gavrić Date: 8th June 2026 Time: 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm Location: St Mary's Church Luton LU1 3JF Ivana Gavrić Sarajevo-born pianist Ivana Gavrić makes a welcome return to Luton with a fascinating programme. On her last visit she offered us perfect miniatures from the Bedford-based composer Chery...

19/05/2026

TONIGHT Mon 25th May.
If you would appreciate some respite from the sweltering weather then consider attending tonight's concert in St Mary's Church, Luton.

Monday 25th May. St Mary's Church, Luton. Return visits by two of Britain's eminent and likeable musicians - Pianist Simon Callaghan and French horn player Ben Goldscheider. The programme will include music by Vaughan Williams, Arnold Bax, Ruth Gipps and several other composers. https://www.lutonmusic.org.uk/events/ben-goldscheider-french-horn-simon-callaghan-piano/

St Mary's Church is a beautiful Grade 1 listed building that is almost 900 years old. It is spacious with plenty of comfortable seating. The concert will start at 7.30pm but many people arrive soon after 7pm when the doors open. An adult ticket costs £18 but under 18s in F/T education get free admission. The concert will finish around 9.30pm.

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06/05/2026

TOMORROW EVENING. 7.30pm.

MUSIC ON MONDAYS. 11th May. St Mary's Church, Luton. Car parks nearby. London Tango Quintet play music by Astor Piazzolla, Horacio Salgán, Isaac Albéniz and many others. Doors open 7pm. Concert begins at 7.30pm. No need to book as St Mary's is a spacious church and there is plenty of comfortable seating. For more details go to https://www.lutonmusic.org.uk/events/london-tango-quintet/