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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
From Sun 6 to 27 April
Breastplate will be displayed behind the altar of the Side Chapel and lit from below so that it glows from within, thereby revealing its feather-filled fragility and the talismanic contents of its pockets.
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 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.
The work of St James’s, it costs us £5,000 per day to enable us to keep our doors open to all who 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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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
INTERVAL
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
