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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.
Come and celebrate the hope and light that Christmas brings each winter
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 creative 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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Wednesday 27 March 1.10pm
Presented in association with Royal Overseas League, works to include Schumann, Chausson and Martinu.
Emile Souvagie
Emile Souvagie is the principal clarinettist of Opera Ballet Flanders and a member of the Verbier Festival Orchestra. In 2023, he won the Gold Medal in the Royal Over-Seas League’s Annual Music Competition. Last season he was an academist with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in Amsterdam. In that capacity he worked together with conductors including Klaus Mäkelä, Maxim Emelyamchev, Barbara Hannigan, Daniel Harding and Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
Hamish Brown
Hamish Brown is a British pianist, arranger, composer and conductor based in London, UK. An award-winning and versatile artist, Hamish has performed as a vocal accompanist, chamber musician orchestral pianist and soloist at numerous prestigious venues across the UK and abroad.
Programme:
Robert Schumann – Fantasy Pieces Op.73 (I. Zart und mit Ausdruck – II. Lebhaft, Leicht – III. Rasch und mit Feuer)
Alban Berg – 4 Stücke (I. Mäßig II. Sehr Langsam III. Sehr Rasch IV. Langsam)
Ernest Chausson – Andante et Allegro
Bohuslav Martinu – Clarinet Sonatina
Leonard Bernstein – Clarinet Sonata (I. Grazioso, II. Andantino – Vivace e leggiero)
