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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
Tuesday 1 September – end of October
Losing Identity explores the silent grief and resilience of women fleeing Ethiopia and Eritrea across the Mediterranean Sea in unsafe, overcrowded boats.
Monday 7 September 1.10pm
Anna Cooper (soprano) and Robert Nicholas (baritone) present Menotti’s opera, The Telephone, directed by Harrison Knights and musical directed by Michael Haslam (pianist).
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 aim to be a place where you can belong. We have a unique history, and the beauty of our building is widely known. Our community commits to faith in action: social and environmental justice; creativity. and the arts
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 £5,000 each day to keep the doors of St James’s open to all who already 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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Wednesday 12 August 1.10pm
‘Out of the night’ : exploring melancholic music from the 1500s to the present day. Featuring music by John Dowland, Henry Purcell, J S Bach, John Tavener and Errollyn Wallen.
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
Henry Purcell (1659-1695) – Dido’s lament Errollyn Wallen (b.1958)- Lavinia Tobias Hume (1569-1645)- The spirit of Gambo Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber (1644-1704) – passacaglia John Tavener (1944-2013) – Out of the night Joseph Graydon – Iver Alex Groves – Single Form (Sarabande) Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) – Sarabande from cello suite no.2 in D minor John Dowland (1563-1626) – Lachrimae pavane J. S. Bach – Prelude from cello suite no.6 in D major
Artist Bio
‘Demon fiddler’ (ArtsDesk) Dominic Stokes has established himself as one of London’s leading young contemporary artists. Working as a violist, composer, actor, and director on equally high levels, his passion for contemporary arts has led him to work with groups at the forefront of the new-music scene, such as the Riot Ensemble, “The supergroup of top soloists playing new music”, Manchester Camerata, 12 Ensemble, Ligeti Quartet, EXAUDI, and Explore Ensemble, with multiple appearances as a soloist and in ensemble on SWRKultur (DE), npoklassiek (NL), SRF 2 Kultur (CH), and BBC radios 3 and 4 (UK). As a highly gifted soloist and ensemble musician, Dominic has performed music new and old in many of Europe’s highest profile festivals, such as la biennale di Venezia (IT), Dartington, Aldeburgh and Lake District music festivals (UK), alongside the Montreux jazz festival, Lucerne festival (CH), WEIT WEINGARTEN! (DE), and Spor Festival (DK). In addition he has shared the stage with some of our lifetime’s most prolific practitioners, including Irvine Arditti , Timothy Ridout, and Jacob Collier, and has worked with composers such as Michael Finnissy, Dobrinka Tabakova, Anna Thorvalsdottir and Ben Nobuto, premiering chamber and solo works in some of the UK’s most prestigious venues, such as the Wigmore Hall, King’s place, and the Barbican centre. Dominic is the founder and director of Rothko collective, an award-winning new music group who have commissioned over 25 new works, given multiple highly acclaimed performances across the UK and Europe, in Cafe OTO, and as part of the Venice Biennale. They have recorded and released music in collaboration with NonClassical, STATE51, Apartment House, and the label Another Timbre
Presented in association with Music Lessons Marylebone.
