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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
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.
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Wednesday 1 October 1.10pm
Passionate about connecting with audience members from all backgrounds, the Cordelia Quartet has established itself as a versatile ensemble capable of performing repertoire from a diverse array of periods and genres.
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
L. v Beethoven: String Quartet in C Minor, Op. 18 No. 4
1. Allegro ma non tanto 2. Andante scherzoso quasi allegretto 3. Menuetto: Allegretto 4. Allegro – Prestissimo
D. Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 3 in F Major, Op. 73
1. Allegretto 2. Moderato con moto 3. Allegro non troppo 4. Adagio 5. Moderato
St James’s is grateful for the generous support of Rolex for this music programme.
Artist bio
Passionate about connecting with audience members from all backgrounds, the Cordelia Quartet has established itself as a versatile ensemble capable of performing repertoire from a diverse array of periods and genres. The group comprises postgraduate and undergraduate students from the Royal College of Music who hail from four different countries in North America, Europe, and the Middle East. Since making its concert debut at the Royal College of Music Museum in February of 2025, the group has gone on to perform at St. Mary Abbots Church in Kensington, and has future engagements scheduled with the St. James’s Piccadilly Lunchtime Concert Series, Westminster Music Library, St. Paul’s Church in Bedford, St. John’s Church in Fulham, and St. James’s, Sussex Gardens in Paddington. At the College, the Quartet receives regular coaching from Simon Rowland-Jones, Ben Hancox (Sacconi Quartet), Paul Cassidy (Brodsky Quartet) and members of the Piatti Quartet. The name of the quartet is in dedication to the youngest daughter of Shakespeare’s King Lear, a strong female character of conviction and magnanimity of spirit.
Presented in Association with Royal College of Music
