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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
We’re marking Black History Month with a very special concert series, offering a curated journey across genres, from classical and Latin music to spoken word.
Tuesday 27 October 7pm
World renowned choir The Sixteen perform some of the finest choral music of the Portuguese and English Renaissance.
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 aim to be a place where you can belong. We have a unique history, and the beauty of our building is widely known. Our community commits to faith in action: social and environmental justice; creativity. and the arts
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 £5,000 each day to keep the doors of St James’s open to all who already need us.
A reimagined St James’s realised. A redesigned garden, courtyard and new building capacity—all fully accessible— will provide beautiful spaces for all as well as improving our environmental performance.
Whether shooting a blockbuster TV series or creating a unique corporate event, every hire at St James’s helps our works within the community.
St James's Church 197 Piccadilly London W1J 9LL
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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.
Experience the extraordinary sound of The Sixteen as the world-renowned choir performs a programme of some of the finest choral music of the Portuguese and English Renaissance.
Featuring works by Francisco Lôbo, Tomás Luis de Victoria, William Byrd, William Harris, Charles Villiers Stanford and Hubert Parry, the programme explores music written for All Saints and All Souls, from the luminous polyphony of the Renaissance to Parry’s deeply moving Lord, let me know mine end.
The concert continues The Sixteen’s new partnership with St James’s Church, Piccadilly, bringing exceptional choral music into our historic setting.
Programme
Lôbo Introitus from Missa pro defunctis a8 Lôbo Kyrie from Missa pro defunctis a8 Victoria O quam gloriosum Lôbo Gradual from Missa pro defunctis a8 Victoria Versa est in luctum Lôbo Offertorium from Missa pro defunctis a8 Lôbo Sanctus from Missa pro defunctis a8 Lôbo Agnus Dei from Missa pro defunctis a8 Lôbo Sanctus from Missa pro defunctis a8 Lôbo Communio from Missa pro defunctis a8 Byrd Gaudeamus omnes (Gradualia for All Saints) Harris Bring us, O Lord God Byrd Beati mundo corde (Gradualia for All Saints) Lôbo Versa est in luctum Byrd Timete Dominum (Gradualia for All Saints) Stanford Beati quorum via Byrd Iustorum animae (Gradualia for All Saints) Parry Lord, let me know mine end from The Songs of Farewell
