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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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Friday 19 May 7.30pm
The charismatic and versatile lyric soprano returns to St James’s for a captivating voice and piano recital.
Getting here
We are at 197 Piccadilly London W1J 9LL between Piccadilly and Jermyn Street, about 200 yards from Piccadilly Circus.
Part of Piccadilly Piano Festival at St James’s.
Doors 7pm. Event 7:30pm-8:45pm with short interval.
Access
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
British lyric soprano Nadine Benjamin is a charismatic and versatile artist who is in increasing demand on both the operatic stage and the concert platform. She is also developing renown as a recitalist, particularly associated with Verdi, Strauss and contemporary American song.
Nadine Benjamin, Soprano Jan Rautio, Piano & Borja Gomez Ferrer, Tenor and Mezzo Spoken text read by Grainne Gillis
Amy Beach Three Shakespeare Songs O Mistress Mine Take, O take those lips away Fairy Lullaby
Giuseppe Verdi “Macbeth” Prelude
William Shakespeare Sonnet XVIII & O Wretched State! Hamlet
Borja Mariño Sonnet XVIII (World Premiere) A Prayer for a Goddess (World Premiere)
Robert Schumann The Poet Speaks
William Shakespeare Sonnet 34 and 77
Jan Rautio Why didst thou Promise (World Premiere) Thy glass will show thee (World Premiere)
Giuseppe Verdi Otello Act I duet Gia nella notte densa Act III Aria Dio mi potevi scagliar Act IV Willow Song and Ave Maria
