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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.
Sunday 6 April 6.30pm St Pancras Church
Join the music scholars of St James’s, Piccadilly as they celebrate women composers throughout the ages.
Wednesday 16 April 6:30pm
In this special collaboration for Holy Week, St James’s Piccadilly brings together the music of composer Rachel Chaplin and spoken word presented by The Revd Lucy Winkett.
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 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.
The work of St James’s, it costs us £5,000 per day to enable us to keep our doors open to all who need us.
New walkways, a restored courtyard and re-landscaped gardens will provide fully accessible, beautiful spaces for everyone to enjoy as well as improving our environmental performance.
St James's Church 197 Piccadilly London W1J 9LL
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Sun 10 Nov 6.30pm
Polyphony from the maestri of the 16th– & 17th-century Polish Royal Court
The Sixteen
Eamonn Dougan – 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
Enhancing lives with exhilarating performances of beautiful music, The Sixteen is one of the foremost British choirs. It brings music from the Renaissance and subsequent eras to ever wider audiences.
The fourth and final main concert of the ‘Joy & Devotion’ Festival 2024 centres on music performed in the Polish Royal Court in the 16th and 17th centuries. As well as Polish composers such as Gorczycki (1665-1734) and Bartłomiej Pękiel (1601-1670), this concert features music by various Italian composers including Palestrina (1525-1594).
Grzegorz Gerwazy Gorczycki (1665-1734) – O rex gloriae
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-1594) – Pulchra es, amica mea
Giovanni Francesco Anerio (1567-1630) – Missa Pulchra Es: Kyrie & Gloria
Grzegorz Gerwazy Gorczycki – Rorate caeli (II) Bartłomiej Pękiel (1633-1670) – O adoranda Trinitas
Asprillio Pacelli (1569-1623) – Beati estis
Vincenzo Bertolusi (1550-1608) – Ego flos campi Bartłomiej Pękiel – Ave Maria Vincenzo Bertolusi – Osculetur me
Giovanni Francesco Anerio – Salve Regina
Luca Marenzio (1553-1599) – Iniquos odio habui Luca Marenzio – Missa super Iniquos odio habui: Credo
Gregorz Gerwazy Gorczycki – Sepulto Domine
Luca Marenzio – Jubilate Deo Bartłomiej Pękiel – Resonet in laudibus Marcin Mielczewski (1600-1651) – Jubilate Deo
Vincenzo Bertolusi – Ave verum corpus
You can read about The Sixteen here: https://thesixteen.com/
You can read more about the Adam Mickiewicz Institute, who support the ‘Joy & Devotion’ Festival, here: https://culture.pl/en
