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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.
Revd Dr Ayla Lepine met with curator and art historian Alayo Akinkugbe for a conversation about justice, beauty and hope expressed in Che Lovelace’s paintings and Cugoano’s memorial.
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. This is a place for everyone who’s wondering about life’s big questions and striving for a better world.
We host a year-round cultural programme encompassing music, visual art and spoken word, drawing on St James’s rich cultural history including artists, writers and musicians Mary Beale, Mary Delany, William Blake, Ottobah Cugoano and Leopold Stokowski.
We try to put our faith into action by educating ourselves and speaking out on issues of injustice, especially concerning refugees, asylum, earth and racial justice, and LGBTQ+ issues.
We aspire to be a home where everyone can belong. We’re known locally and globally for our unique history and beauty, as well as faith in action, creativity and the arts, and a commitment to social and environmental justice.
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 us £3,500 per day to enable us to keep our doors open to all who need us
Your donation will help us restore our garden in Piccadilly as part of The Wren Project, making it possible for us to welcome over 300,000 people from all faiths and walks of life seeking tranquillity and inspiration each year.
St James's Church 197 Piccadilly London W1J 9LL
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St James’s Music Scholars held their inaugural Christmas Concert featuring vocal and instrumental music by Avril Coleridge-Taylor, J.S. Bach, Poulenc, Warlock, Maddalena Casulana and Britten.
O Magnum Mysterium—Poulenc (1899-1963) 3’30” Choir The Shepherd—Avril Coleridge Taylor (1903-1998)—William and Oscar 3′ and Piano from A Ceremony of Carols—Benjamin Britten (1913-1976): There Is No Rose (words: anon (15th century)) Emilia, Lily, Venetia (2’30”) and Piano That Yongë Child (words: anon (15th century)) Lily (2′) and Piano This Little Babe (words: Robert Southwell 1595) Emilia, Lily, Venetia (1’30”) and Piano Trio Sonata No.8 in G minor—GF Handel (1685-1755) Sydney, William C-M & organ 10′ from Christus—Mendelssohn (1809-1847) (in English) (6’30”) with piano/organ, violin and cello When Jesus, Our Lord (Recit)—Lily Say, Where Is He Born? (Trio)—William, Harry, Oscar There Shall A Star From Jacob—Chorus No One Is Alone from Into The Woods by Stephen Sondheim (1930-2021)—Harry and piano ?add violin and cello 3′ Quem Vidistis Pastores Dicite—Poulenc 2’30” Choir
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Videntes Stellam—Poulenc 3’15” Choir Vergnügen Und Lust—JS Bach (1685-1750) (from BWV 197)—Emilia, Sydney, William C-M, Organ 3’30” Cello piece 5′ William from Christmas Oratorio—(Bach) 40 Duet (Emilia, Oscar), Sydney, William C-M, Organ 2′ 41 Aria—Ich Will Nur Dir Zu Ehren (William), Sydney, William C-M, Organ 5’30” 42 Chorale (Choir), Sydney, William C-M, Organ 2’30” Sabina —Andrew Norman (b.1979) for solo violin—Sydney 8′ Bethlehem Down—Peter Warlock (1894-1930) and Bruce Blunt (1899-1957) 4′ Choir Winter Wonderland—Dick Smith and Felix Bernard (1934) Venetia and Piano 3′ Hodie Christus Natus Est—Poulenc 2’15” Choir