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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.
Thur 24 Oct 6.30pm
Fact, fiction, faith: AI in an uncertain world – a conversation with Jocelyn Burnham, and Dr Shauna Concannon.
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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Fri 8 Nov 7.30pm
The Choir of King’s College London
Joseph Fort – 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
The Choir of King’s College London is one of the leading university choirs in England. It consists of thirty Choral Scholars studying a variety of subjects.
For the second ‘Joy & Devotion’ Festival concert, The Choir of King’s College London performs a set of hymns by the contemporary Polish composer, Sławomir Czarnecki (b. 1949). Czarnecki is one of the most prolific contemporary choral composers, having won numerous international competitions for his work. At this concert, audiences can enjoy his Hymn in Honour of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Queen of Poland, which epitomises the special position the Virgin Mary occupies in Polish culture.
Sławomir Czarnecki (b. 1949) – Corona Mariae – Hymni in honorem Beatae Mariae Virginis Regina Poloniae:
Antiphone Ave Maria
Hymnus Unica Victrix,
Hynmus in honorem B.M.V. de Vilno,
Hymnus in honorem B.M.V.de Monte Calvariae Zebrzydoviensis,
Hymnus in honorem B.M.V. de Piekary,
Hymnus Domina Claromontana,
Hymnus in honorem B.M.V. de Kodeń
Jan Fotek – Quattri impressioni for organ
Hymnus in honorem B.M.V. de Monte Carmelo,
Hymnus in honorem B.M.V. Immaculata,
Hymnus Domina Cracoviae
Wincenty of Kielcza (1200 – 1261) – Gaude Mater Polonia
You can read about The Choir of King’s College London here: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/choir
You can read more about the Adam Mickiewicz Institute, who support the ‘Joy & Devotion’ Festival, here: https://culture.pl/en
Thur 7 Nov 7.30pm
SANSARA Ellie Slorach – guest conductor Rupert Jeffcoat – organ
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Sat 9 Nov 1.10pm
Rupert Jeffcoat is one of the finest British organists today.
Sat 9 Nov 7.30pm
Holst Singers
Stephen Layton – conductor
Sun 10 Nov 6.30pm
Polyphony from the maestri of the 16th- & 17th-century Polish Royal Court
The Sixteen
Eamonn Dougan – conductor
