Croydon Minster: BBC SO Viola Duo, Free, Fri 6 Nov 1.10pm

Two violists from the BBC Symphony Orchestra are playing a free lunchtime concert in the middle of Croydon this Friday. Matthias Wiesner and Peter Mallinson perform as a viola duo at Croydon Minster on Church Street on Friday 6 November at 1.10pm.

Croydon Minster says the programme takes in works by James MacMillan, Richard Rodney Bennett, Isang Yun and Frank Bridge. Admission is free, and the Minster says donations are “gratefully received”. Its poster for the series says the money goes to Minster funds.

How the Friday recitals work

The concert is part of the Minster’s autumn series of Friday lunchtime recitals, which began on 18 September. Each one is “40 minutes of music on Fridays at 1.10pm”, according to the Minster’s poster, so a 1.10pm start should finish by about 1.50pm. The Minster’s own invitation is to “bring a packed lunch and enjoy first class music in beautiful surroundings”.

When it announced the series in August, the Minster said: “As always, our performers will include students from our local schools and London conservatoires, as well as emerging international artists.”

What is still to come this term

After Friday’s viola duo, four more recitals are left before Christmas, all on Fridays at 1.10pm and all free:

• 13 November: Nicole Wu, piano
• 20 November: Whitgift School
• 27 November: Josh Harris, piano
• 4 December: Laine Theatre Arts Choir

The earlier part of the series brought organists William Campbell and Sean Maxwell, the four-hands piano pair Chiara Naldi and Jasper van der Klis, the Mikrokosmos Guitar Duo, the Pennine Chamber Collective, pianist Paul Taylor and Trio Kairo.

Getting there

Croydon Minster is on Church Street, Croydon, CR0 1RN. The Minster’s phone number for enquiries is 020 8688 8104, and the series is listed on its Autumn 2026 lunchtime recitals page.

For more free and ticketed events this month, see our What’s On in Croydon guide.