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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 4 July 11am till 6pm
A joyful Pride celebration with drag DJs, food and drink, face painting, arts and crafts, all hosted alongside the Pride in London Parade route.
Saturday 4 July 6.30pm
An opportunity for the LGBTQIA+ community and allies to gather in the heart of the city, in the middle of London Pride for a celebratory church service.
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.
St James’s strives to advocate for earth justice and to develop deeper connections with nature.
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
We strive to be a Eucharist-centred, diverse and inclusive Christian community promoting life in abundance, wellbeing and dignity for all.
St James’s Piccadilly has been at the heart of its community since 1684. We invite you to play your part in securing this historic place for generations to come.
It costs £5,000 each day to keep the doors of St James’s open to all who already need us.
A reimagined St James’s realised. A redesigned garden, courtyard and new building capacity—all fully accessible— will provide beautiful spaces for all as well as improving our environmental performance.
Whether shooting a blockbuster TV series or creating a unique corporate event, every hire at St James’s helps our works within the community.
St James's Church 197 Piccadilly London W1J 9LL
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Friday 3 July 1.10pm
Alexander is a collaborative pianist, repetiteur and composer based in London, studying as a repetiteur at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.
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
Rebecca Clarke: 2 Songs no. 1 and 2: ‘Shy One’ and ‘The Cloths of Heaven’ A Dream The Seal Man
Schubert: Frühlingsglaube D. 686b
Strauss: Morgen op. 27 no. 4
Quilter: Love’s Philosophy, op. 3 no. 1
Rachmaninov 6 Romances op. 4 no. 4
Artist Bio
Alexander is a collaborative pianist, repetiteur and composer based in London, studying as a repetiteur at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. While there he has worked on and performed in Britten’s Owen Wingrave, and the autumn Opera Scenes. He is a recipient of a Helpmusicians Sybil Tutton Opera award and a beneficiary of Margery & Frederick Steven Wright Eisinger Award as facilitation for his studies. He has recently completed a course at the Georg Solti Accademia, culminating in a performance of Arias and Scenes at the Fondazione Giorgio Cini in Venice. He has also performed as a song pianist at Milton Court Concert hall among other venues. Before coming to Guildhall, he worked for Opera North as their Learning and Engagement Accompanist. As a composer, Alex has had pieces performed by the Royal Northern Sinfonia and the Oxford Philharmonic.
Presented in association with Guildhall School of Music and Drama
