Music at Lunchtime, the lunchtime concert series that has been running at the Spire Church (and, before that, Farnham United Reformed Church) for a number of years, is about to be rested for a little while.

The former United Reformed Church building is to be extensively remodelled and once that is done there will be an opportunity of relaunching the series.

The final concert of the existing series was given by students from Lord Wandsworth College on February 2. The first performer was Freya Green, who played Carl Bohm’s Sarabande in G minor. Freya made a great impact with her arresting opening followed by varied dynamics through the piece: a finely judged musical performance.

Will Vinecombe (treble) sang Someday from The Hunchback of Notre Dame, by Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz. Although he started rather softly, Will managed to catch the acoustics of the building and made them work for him, giving a very satisfactory account of the song.

Angus Memmett followed, giving a fluent and efficient performance of a Page d’Album of Debussy. Then Grace Gadsby gave a flute solo, Somewhere, from Bernstein’s West Side Story. Grace coped well with a difficult piece of music.

Another pair of pieces which cannot have been easy were Minuets 1 & 2 from Bach’s Suite no. 1 in G major BWV 1007, written for solo cello and played by Oscar Takvor, who nevertheless met the challenges presented by Johann Sebastian seemingly with ease.

Lexi Shelton has a rather quiet voice and sang her song, I’m Yours, by Ella Henderson, in a popular style, quite fetchingly. Then Amelia Ralls played a descriptive piece, Early Autumn, by Ralph Burns, on the saxophone. Lulu Donovan sang Poor Wandering One from The Pirates of Penzance by Gilbert and Sullivan – a well projected, virtuoso performance with coloratura passages: “Take any heart – take mine!”

Another pop song followed: Jess Bettesworth sang She used to be mine, by Sara Bareilles. It is quite a quiet song and really needs a microphone to project it, but Jess conveyed the essential feeling of the song and characterised the words.

For something completely different, Millie Boyden gave us some Brahms: the second movement of his Sonata in E minor. The movement consisted of a light-hearted section repeated after a more sober middle section and Millie caught the mood of the movement very well.

After Edwin Rolles, the organiser of the series of concerts, thanked the students and their director of music, Lauren Lane, and her deputy, Aaron Parker, Lauren spoke of her appreciation of the welcome offered by the Spire Church and said how much they were looking forward to their next visit once circumstances made that possible.