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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
Sunday 3 May 6pm
Soul at Saint James is a Gospel music service with the incredible, Soul Sanctuary Gospel Choir.
Friday 15 May 7pm – 9pm
An open evening where the LGBTQIA+ community and allies can ask clergy honest questions about queer and trans identities in Christian faith.
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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Saturday 2 May 11am
RIOT! presents a varied, family-friendly string trio programme with music by Dohnányi, Beethoven and Adam Summerhayes.
Relaxed Saturday Live
These 45 minute concerts are designed to be even more accessible to all. Don’t worry if your kids are prone to sing along and no need to think you need to sit bolt upright throughout when trying out this new live music experience — you’re free to wander in and out as the mood takes you.
Support our Creative Programme
Whether £5 or any amount you’re able to give. Donations can be made in cash in the basket on your way out, or by tap donation at the machines at our exits. Your generosity helps support our cultural events and charitable services. Thank you.
Free admission | Donations welcome
Programme
Serenade, OP.10 (Ernő Dohnányi) 1 Marcia: Allegro 2 Romanza : Adagio non troppo 5 Rondo (finale): Allegro Vivace
Summerhayes/Unfounded: movements 2 and 3
Beethoven String Trio No. 3 in G major, Op. 9 IV: Presto
St James’s is grateful for the generous support of Rolex for this music programme.
Artist Bio
RIOT!
RIOT! Bridging Centuries of Sound Formed in 2025, RIOT! unites three of the UK’s most adventurous chamber musicians: violinist Adam Summerhayes, violist Carmen Flores and cellist Toby White. Together they bring a fearless, vivid and deeply communicative approach to the string trio repertoire. Their concerts place time-honoured masterpieces alongside Adam’s compelling contemporary compositions, creating programmes that are immediate, gripping and emotionally direct. Adam writes with the conviction that new music should invite listeners in rather than keep them at a distance, aiming, in his words, to “captivate and to take the listener on an unavoidable journey, where not hearing the end of the piece would be as disappointing as losing your Netflix subscription mid-series.” Later this year Meridian will record and release Summerhayes’s three string trios, which RIOT! will present in performances throughout the year. At St George’s Bristol, the group performs Trio No. 1, Unfounded.
With a multiplicity of prizes, scholarships and awards to their names, RIOT! brings consummate musicianship to the stage – as well the capacity for rampant, riotous enjoyment of the joy that is classical music.
Adam Summerhayes has appeared on many of the world’s leading stages including Wigmore Hall, the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Adam performs on the Ex-Sorantin Stradivarius and the Lobkowitz Pietro Guarneri.
Carmen Flores is a remarkable violist with a deep passion for chamber music. She has been a driving force in creating innovative ways to experience and perform classical music. As a founding member of the acclaimed Villiers Quartet, she has championed British music and made several celebrated recordings on the Resonus, Naxos, Lyrita, and Somm labels. She is the Director of the Nottingham Chamber Music Festival, which celebrates the creative community and chamber music across Nottingham.
Toby White made his Wigmore Hall debut in 2019 and is recognised as a superb soloist and ensemble player across the UK and Europe.
“To die for” The Strad “Utterly compelling” BBC Music Magazine “A riveting, dramatic and even sexy listen” BBC “Intoxicating… virtuoso fiddle playing” The Times
