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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
Sunday 13 July at 3pm in the Southwood Garden
Join St James’s Piccadilly Music Scholars for a summer afternoon of music and refreshment as they raise essential funds for their annual summer tour.
Saturday 19 July 9am
Join us for the walk through the beautiful Hertfordshire countryside, which will take us from Harpenden to St Albans.
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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St James's Church 197 Piccadilly London W1J 9LL
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Friday 22 August 1.10pm
Lisa Archontidi-Tsaldaraki is a Greek violinist and Vitas Kai Yuen Li is a pianist, organist, and composer from Hong Kong.
Online streaming
This concert will be streamed live on our YouTube channel at 1:10pm.
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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
Sergei Prokofiev – Violin Sonata No. 2, Op. 94a
1. Moderato
2. Presto
3. Andante
4. Allegro con brio
George Enescu – Violin Sonata No. 3, Op. 25
1. Moderato malinconio
2. Andante sostenuto e misterioso
3. Allegro con brio ma non troppo mosso
St James’s is grateful for the generous support of Rolex for this music programme.
Artist bio
Lisa Archontidi-Tsaldaraki is a Greek violinist and Convivium Artist. In March 2023, she released her debut solo CD, “Rhapsody” for the Convivium Records label (distributed by Naxos UK and US), featuring an all-20th century programme.
Lisa debuted at Athens Megaron in 2023 and has performed as a guest of Sound Out on Resonance FM 104.4. In 2019, Lisa toured Germany as a soloist with the Bromley Youth Chamber Orchestra, culminating in a performance at the Neues Bach-Denkmal. Other highlights include recitals in Steinway Hall, Charlton House, Portsmouth Cathedral, Benslow ILS and two articles in the Strad.
She won top prizes at the Convimus, Primuz, Medici, and Napolinova International Competitions and won the title of Young Musician of the Year in the Rotary South-East England and Gibraltar District Competition in 2019.
Lisa has received masterclasses from James Ehnes, Ning Feng, Joel Smirnoff, Cihat Askin, Dong-Suk Kang, YuzukoHorigome, So-Ock Kim, and Lana Trotovsek.
Lisa is a postgraduate at the Royal Academy of Music (class of Rodney Friend MBE).
Vitas Kai Yuen Li is a pianist, organist, and composer from Hong Kong and is an enthusiastic chamber musician.
His upcoming engagements include a benefit concert for Ukraine alongside Ukrainian musicians, chamber musicrecitals, and various duo recitals.
He is the accompanist for several choirs in London and Hong Kong. Previously, he was the organ scholar at St. Paul’s Church, Knightsbridge, and St. Cuthbert’s Church, Philbeach Gardens.
Vitas has given performances under extraordinary circumstances. In 2024, he performed a piano recital at the National Philharmonic of Ukraine in Kyiv during an airstrike, offering music to those taking shelter. In Romania, he performed at Casa Artelor Dinu Lipatti in Bucharest to promote Romanian folk music.
As a composer, Vitas draws inspiration from Eastern European folk music. His compositions include Echoes of the Bosphorus for cello and organ, inspired by Turkish folk music and written for a Turkish cellist in response to the 2023 earthquake in Turkey.
Vitas is an undergraduate at the Royal Academy of Music.
