Handel’s Messiah at Christmas

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Sun 22 Dec 8pm

Enjoy a candlelit concert in the run-up to Christmas with a selection from Handel’s masterpiece, The Messiah.

  • 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.

  • Featuring
    The Piccadilly Sinfonietta
    Susan Parkes (Soprano) and other operatic soloist to be announced. 

    Programme 

    Handel – A selection of highlights from The Messiah 

    What’s on

    Come and celebrate the hope and light that Christmas brings each winter

    Weekday morning prayer

    Morning Prayer is said in the side chapel Mon, Tues, Thur & Fri at 8.30am, lasting 30 minutes.

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    Holding the Silence

    Thur and Fri at 12noon

    A chance to gather, share some silence, share some reflections.

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    Gonçalo Maia Caetano, guitar

    Friday 8 August 1.10pm

    Gonçalo Maia Caetano is a classical guitarist from Portugal currently doing his Advanced Diploma course at the Royal Academy of Music with professor Michael Lewin.

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    Sunday Eucharist

    Sundays at 11am

    Our main weekly gathering, with music and a warm welcome.

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    Sanctuary

    Tuesdays from 6pm

    The Sanctuary service will be held at our partner church St Pancras, Euston Road.

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    Wednesday morning Eucharist

    Held each Wednesday morning from 8.30am-9am in the side chapel

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    Tyler Hay, piano 

    Wednesday 13 August 1.10pm

    Tyler Hay was born in 1994 and first showed a prodigious talent for the piano when he won the Dennis Loveland award in Kent for his performance of Liszt’s Mephisto Waltz no 1 at the age of 11.

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    Thursday Afternoon Eucharist

    Held each Thursday from 1.10pm-1.40pm in church.

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    Yu-Chieh Lin, piano 

    Friday 15 August 1.10pm

    Taiwanese pianist Yu-Chieh Lin has won top prizes in International competitions, including the 9th International Competition of Slavic Music in Moscow.

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    Contemplative Space

    Third Friday of the month, 8-9pm on zoom.

    A space for prayer, readings and silence.

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    Vladyslav Kuznetsov, piano  

    Saturday 16 August 1.10pm

    Ukrainian composer and pianist Vladyslav Kuznetsov delivers a series of “colour” pieces – this is an album of improvisations, which have never been transcribed. 

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    St James’s Music Scholars Tour to the South of England 2025

    The singing scholars are travelling again this summer, making this their fourth UK tour. This year they are finishing off the compass by going south. The scholars will visit Portsmouth, Chichester and Winchester Cathedrals to sing a eucharist and three evensongs.

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    statue of figures dancing

    Danced Liturgy

    3rd Sunday of the Month at 1.10pm on Zoom

    A prayerful space with simple dances

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    Taize cross

    Taizé Service

    5pm on the 3rd Sunday of the Month in Church

    An hour of peaceful reflection with prayers, readings, and chants in the Taizé tradition.

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    Yang Yang Cai, piano  

    Wednesday 20 August 1.10pm

    Yang Yang (b. 1998) began her piano studies at the age of five with Noor Relijk and later continued her education under the tutelage of renowned professor Jan Wijn.

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    Elissavet Duo

    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.

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