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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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St James’s hosts inclusive services and a cultural programme. We seek to be a welcoming space for people to reflect, create and debate.
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St James's Church 197 Piccadilly London W1J 9LL
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Wednesday 22 April 1.10pm
A varied voice and piano recital presented by students from the Royal College of Music.
Online streaming
This concert will be streamed live on our YouTube channel at 1:10pm.
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Whether £5 or any amount you’re able to give. Donations can be made in cash in the basket on your way out, or by tap donation at the machines at our exits. Your generosity helps support our cultural events and charitable services. Thank you.
Free admission | Donations welcome
Programme
Gabriel Fauré Au bord de l’eau, Op.8: No.1 Les Berceaux, Op.23: No.1
Claude Debussy Ariettes oubliées: 1. C’est l’extase langoureuse 4. Chevaux de bois 5. Green
Jacques Offenbach The Doll Song / Les oiseaux dans la charmille – Les Contes d’Hoffmann
Franz Schubert Am See, D.746 Heimliches Lieben, D.922
Edvard Grieg Sechs Lieder: 1. Zur Rosenzeit 2. Ein traum
Giuseppe Verdi Caro Nome – Rigoletto
Jiping Zhao Guan Ju关雎
St James’s is grateful for the generous support of Rolex for this music programme.
Artist Bio
Soprano Penglei Liang has just gained her Master’s degree in Performance with distinction at the Royal College of Music, supported by the Audrey Sacher Award, where she studied with Jeffrey Stewart and Bryan Evans MBE. She also holds a Master’s degree in Musicology from the University of Edinburgh.
Penglei debuted as a soloist in Orff’s Carmina Burana in Oxford, and has since appeared as the soloist in Rossini’s Petite Messe Solennelle, Saint-Saëns’ Oratorio de Noël in London and Aylesbury. She performed as the soloist at the Silk Road Concert supported by the Chinese Embassy. Operatic roles include Laoula (L’étoile), Elmira (Sosarme), Hélène (Véronique) and Elisetta (Il Matrimonio Segreto). Penglei joined the Grasmere Song 2025 with scholarship, where she had masterclass with Sir Thomas Allen. She participated in the RCM Song Plus Program, and received a masterclass with Pumeza Matshikiza. Her ensemble and chorus performances include Holst’s The Planets at the 2024 BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall, Madama Butterfly at St. John’s Smith Square, and Le Nozze di Figaro with the RCM Opera Studio. Penglei is invited as a concert soloist at the Great Malvern Festival of Singing in summer 2026.
Yiwei Deng is a London-based Chinese collaborative pianist. A recent Artist Diploma graduate from the RCM and previously MPerf (Distinction) at Guildhall, she completed her Bachelor’s at the Central Conservatory in Beijing. Now a Graduate Fellow at Royal Holloway, her highlights include winning the 2025 Ashburnham English Song Award with soprano Eve Pearson Maxwell and being selected for the Oxford International Song Festival. She refined her artistry with Markus Hadulla, Gordon Back, and Ralf Gothóni.
Presented in association with Royal College of Music
