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We offer daily services and a cultural programme of talks, events and concerts. We seek to be a welcoming space for people to reflect, create and debate
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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.
St James’s hosts inclusive services and a cultural programme. We seek to be a welcoming space for people to reflect, create and debate.
St James’s is a place to explore, reflect, pray, and support all who are in need. We are a Church of England parish in the Anglican Communion.
We host a year-round creative programme encompassing music, visual art and spoken word.
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St James's Church 197 Piccadilly London W1J 9LL
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Wednesday 23 July 1.10pm
Chantefable is a performance concept invented by voice keyboard duo by soprano Mariana Rodrigues and multi-instrumentalist Andrew Cowie that blends songs and stories.
Online streaming
This concert will be streamed live on our YouTube channel at 1:10pm.
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Free admission | Donations welcome
Mariana Rodrigues (voice) & Andrew Cowie (piano)
Programme
*** – spoken poetry with improvised music
+ - vocal music
Frogs – Norman Maccaig (1910-1996)***
The poet’s life – Edward Elgar (1857-1934) +
A Chloris – Reynaldo Hahn (1874-1947) +
Ode on the Whole Duty of Parents – Francis Cornford (1886-1960) ***
Je voudrais bien ô Cloris – Anthoine Boësset (1587-1643) +
Voglio di vita – Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643) +
Tenho tantas saudades – Francisco de Lacerda (1869-1934)+
Amar – Florbela Espanca (1894 – 1930) ***
Pastoral – José Vianna da Motta (1868-1948) +
Cartas de Amor são Ridículas – Álvaro de Campos (Fernando Pessoa – 1888-1935) ***
Amores, amores – Vianna da Motta +
Olhos negros – Vianna da Motta +
My Last Word on Frogs – Norman Maccaig ***
Red is the Rose – Trad. arr. Cowie +
St. Cadoc – John Betjeman (1906-1984)***
Parting Glass – Skene Manuscript/Trad. arr. Cowie +
St James’s is grateful for the generous support of Rolex for this music programme.
Artist bios
Chantefable brings together vocal music and spoken poetry with improvised music accompanying the poetry. The improvised music draws on various genres including folk, jazz, film, and classical music, with only the text on the piano. A feature of our concert is therefore every performance is radically different, never to be heard again, and the poetry and vocal music are selected to weave a complete narrative throughout the programme. Our repertoire spans 600 years of music and text, and we are just at home presenting a full medieval programme with harpsichord as a children’s concert focused on animal stories and new music. Chantefable has featured as the closing act Bloomsbury Festival, the St. Mary le Strand International Chamber Series, and the Vilalte Festival. Information about upcoming engagements can be found online as well as through our mailing list, including our debut recital at the Royal Albert Hall in September.
Presented in association with Royal College of Music
