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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.
Book tickets for Black History Month, Tue 8 Oct, 7.30pm, conversation with Revd Dr Ayla Lepine about history, racial justice today and the complexity and challenge of St James’s parish history.
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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Thursday 14 December 7.30pm
Join Sonoro to celebrate the joy of Christmas, with festive choral favourites, new settings of traditional texts, and beautiful arrangements of familiar melodies. Featuring music by Rutter, Howells, McDowall, Lauridsen, and the world premiere of ‘Winter Nights’ by Michael Higgins.
Getting here
We are at 197 Piccadilly London W1J 9LL between Piccadilly and Jermyn Street, about 200 yards from Piccadilly Circus.
Access
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
Carol Barnett – Angelus ad virginem
William Mathias – A babe is born
arr. John Rutter – Wexford Carol
Herbert Howells – A spotless Rose
Cecilia McDowall – There is no rose
Martin Bussey – Balulalow
Adolphus Hailstork – The Lamb
arr. Robert Lucas Pearsall – In dulci jubilo
Michael Higgins – Winter nights (world premiere)
Bob Chilcott – Nova! nova!
arr. Suzzie Vango – Gaudete
Stephen Dodgson – Winter
Morten Lauridsen – O magnum mysterium
Becky McGlade – In the bleak midwinter
Jamie W. Hall – Lisa’s Carol
Libby Croad – The First Noel
arr. Michael Higgins – Away in a manger
Adolphe Adam – O holy night
arr. Stuart Nicholson – I saw three ships
Ticket prices
Gallery £22, Side Aisles £36, Centre Nave £42, Gallery Premium £60, (Under 18s £10). An EarlyBird Discount of 20% will be applied to all tickets booked before 1 December 2023.
The Premium ticket includes an invitation to the afternoon rehearsal and a pre-concert reception, plus a complimentary programme.
Under 18s – £10 (or £8 with EarlyBird discount)
