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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 20 December 1.10pm
Performers are selected from amongst the talented students of the Junior Department of the Royal Academy of Music. Expect vibrant, brilliant music-making from tomorrow’s classical music stars.
Getting here
We are at 197 Piccadilly London W1J 9LL between Piccadilly and Jermyn Street, about 200 yards from Piccadilly Circus.
Online streaming
This concert will be streamed live on our YouTube channel at 1:10pm.
York Gate String Quartet (Sofia Demetriades, Mark Leung, Jemimah Davies, Finn Anderson-Hendra)
Haydn – String Quartet in C, Op. 76 No. 3 ‘Emperor’
Finn Anderson-Hendra (cello), Lynn Arnold (piano)
Popper – Hungarian Rhapsody, Op. 68
Fauré – Après un rêve
Sofia Demetriades (violin), Lynn Arnold (piano)
Wieniawski – Fantasia on Themes from Faust, Op. 20
Matthew Pinto (tenor), Lynn Arnold (piano)
Alessandro Scarlatti – L’honestà negli amore: Già il sole dal Gange
Godard – Berceuse de Jocelyn
Debussy – Le son du cor s’afflige vers les bois
Trad. arr. Britten – The Lincolnshire Poacher
Browne – To Gratiana, Dancing and Singing
