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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
Saturday 23 May
A walk over spectacular Surrey heathland from Haslemere to Witley station – about 9 miles – with lunch surrounded by a paddock of horses.
Monday’s 1 June – 27 July, 6.30-7.30pm on Zoom
A new online weekly Bible series co-hosted by The Revd Lucy Winkett and The Revd Dr Ayla Lepine will explore stories of pilgrimage throughout Scripture.
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.
We offer hospitality to people going through homelessness and speak out on issues of injustice, especially concerning refugees, asylum, racial justice, and LGBTQ+ issues.
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We aim to be a place where you can belong. We have a unique history, and the beauty of our building is widely known. Our community commits to faith in action: social and environmental justice; creativity. and the arts
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It costs £5,000 each day to keep the doors of St James’s open to all who already need us.
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St James's Church 197 Piccadilly London W1J 9LL
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Friday 19 June 1.10pm
A stunning programme for piano presented by Royal Academy of Music.
Online streaming
This concert will be streamed live on our YouTube channel at 1:10pm.
Support our Creative Programme
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
Brahms – 6 Klavierstücke, Op. 118 Messiaen – Le Courlis Cendré from Catalogue d’Oiseaux Ravel – Valses Nobles et Sentimentales
Artist Bio
Harry Bowden is a 19-year-old pianist from Bolton. He has performed in multiple venues across London and the North of England, including recitals at the RNCM, Centre and Forsyth’s in Manchester. Harry began piano lessons aged 6, joining the Junior RNCM in 2022 studying piano with his long-time mentor Les Chisnall alongside organ with Simon Mercer and conducting with Juan Ortuño. During this time he has also received guidance from Peter Donohoe and Marta. After winning the 2024 JRNCM Concerto Competition he performed Liszt’s First Concerto with the JRNCM Sinfonia under Eduardo Portal. Other competition successes have included 1st prizes in the 2020 Chopin Festival in Mazovia and 2021 Cittá di Arona Competition, and 3rd prize in the 2023 Future Stars International Piano Competition.
With a particular interest in 20th and 21st century music, Harry has garnered praise for his commitment to neglected music, especially the music of Kaikhosru Sorabji, of which his playing has been described as ‘wholly idiomatic and profoundly sensitive’. Planned for the coming year are a collaboration with renowned recorder player John Turner including premieres by Robert Saxton and others, and a rare performance of excerpts from Sorabji’s Opus Clavicembalisticum. A past performance of John Ogdon’s Five Preludes received praise from the composer’s widow as having ‘real understanding and tremendous imagination’.
Harry is currently an undergraduate student at the Royal Academy of Music as a Drapers’ Company Scholar, studying with Emeritus Head of Keyboard Christopher Elton.
Presented in association with Royal College of Music
