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We offer daily services and a creative programme of talks, events and concerts. We seek to be a welcoming space for people to reflect, create and debate.
We are delighted to announce that from 6 Jan until early Apr 2025, work will take place to reinstate the church’s South Door onto Jermyn Street, part of Sir Christopher Wren’s original design.
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.
New walkways, a restored courtyard and re-landscaped gardens will provide fully accessible, beautiful spaces for everyone to enjoy as well as improving our environmental performance.
St James's Church 197 Piccadilly London W1J 9LL
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Sat 9 Nov 7.30pm
Holst Singers
Stephen Layton – conductor
Rupert Jeffcoat – organ
The ‘Joy & Devotion’ Festival brings the beauty of Polish sacred music to London audiences. A centuries’ old, storied tradition is brought to life in the sublime acoustic of St James’s Piccadilly as some of the foremost British choirs perform timeless music to uplift and inspire. Having taken place each year since 2021, the fourth edition of the Festival is a special, expanded edition which, for the first time, features four choirs rather than three.
St James’s aspires to be a place where all can belong, and where every person’s gifts and identities are welcome and celebrated. We are working to improve the experience at St James’s in the church building and the online community. We have step-free access from the courtyard to the church, and a toilet for disabled people. The courtyard and Redemption Roasters coffee shop are wheelchair accessible. If you have special access requirements (e.g. wheelchair users) please contact concerts@sjp.org.uk
Holst Singers is one of the most acclaimed UK choirs working today. Renowned for its dramatic and engaging performances, the choir has made a range of recordings and tours regularly.
The third choral concert of the 2024 ‘Joy & Devotion’ Festival focuses on the music of Grzegorz Gerwazy Gorczycki (1665-1734), Aleksander Jan Szopa (b. 1997) and Festival director, Paweł Łukaszewski (b. 1968). Gorczycki was known as the ‘Polish Handel’ because he was one of the Baroque giant’s contemporaries and produced a similarly prolific quantity of music. Aleksander Jan Szopa is one of the most eminent young organists and composers living today, and Paweł Łukaszewski is known for his extensive choral music output. This concert presents some of their most important music.
Paweł Łukaszewski (b. 1968) – Antiphonae: O Sapientia
Grzegorz Gerwazy Gorczycki (c. 1665 – 1734) – Missa Rorate: Kyrie
Paweł Łukaszewski – Antiphonae: O Adonai
Grzegorz Gerwazy Gorczycki – Missa Rorate: Gloria
Paweł Łukaszewski – Antiphonae: O radix Jesse
Aleksander Jan Szopa (b. 1997) – The Transfigurations of Jesus for organ
Grzegorz Gerwazy Gorczycki – Missa Rorate: Sanctus
Paweł Łukaszewski – Antiphonae: O clavis David
Grzegorz Gerwazy Gorczycki – Missa Rorate: Benedictus
Paweł Łukaszewski – Antiphonae: O Oriens
Aleksander Jan Szopa – Fantasia “Veni creator Spiritus” for organ
Paweł Łukaszewski – Antiphonae: O Rex gentium
Grzegorz Gerwazy Gorczycki – Missa Rorate: Agnus Dei
Paweł Łukaszewski – Antiphonae: O Emmanuel
You can read about Holst Singers here: https://www.holstsingers.com/
You can read more about the Adam Mickiewicz Institute, who support the ‘Joy & Devotion’ Festival, here: https://culture.pl/en
