Voices – The London Festival of Architecture 2025

Church Window Mask

Friday 20 June 1.10pm

Talia and Michael will perform a programme of songs spanning the years from the building of St James’s Church in 1684 to the present.

  • LFA 2025: Voices

    Architecture is not only about creation; it’s about listening, amplifying, and intertwining the voices that make up our spaces, stories, and neighbourhoods. At present, where diverse perspectives are both essential and vulnerable, we must explore how different voices complement, contradict, and evolve together. We invite our Festival community to engage in these uncomfortable, yet necessary, questions as we rethink how architecture is understood, spoken about, and practiced.. Together, we can amplify the people and voices that have long been overlooked, create new systems and frameworks, and build more equitable spaces for all.

  • Free admission | Donations welcome

    Programme

    Includes words and music by Henry Purcell, GF Handel, William Blake, Jean Anouilh, Francis Poulenc, Richard Rogers, Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick, Robert Schumann, Stephen Schwartz, Richard Wilbur and Leonard Bernstein, that will shine a light on the relationship between architecture, music and poetry.

    St James’s is grateful for the generous support of Rolex for this music programme.

     

     

    Artist bio

    Talia Lieberman—soprano

    Talia is one of our current Singing Scholars at St James’s

    Michael Haslam—piano

    Michael is Director of Music at St James’s