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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 cultural 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
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St James's Church 197 Piccadilly London W1J 9LL
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Friday 16 February 1.10pm
Presented in association with Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance
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.
String Quartet Andrew John Liddell (violin) Chloë Meade (violin) Laura Moisey-Gray (viola) Annie Hodgson (cello)
Programme
I. Lady Macbeth Monologue
Verdi La Luce Langue from Macbeth Alison Bauld Banquo’s
II. Flames on Greenland: where love and conflicts collide
Mahler Wo Die Schönen trompeten blasen from Des Knaben Wunderhorn Muriel Herbert I hear an Army charging
III. German Lieder
Clara Schumann Ich stand in dunk Ken träumen Clara Schumann Sie Liebten sich beide Clara Schumann Loreley
IV. French Music
Poulenc Improvisations for solo piano II Assez Animé III Presto très sec VII Modéré sans lenteur
Ernest Chausson Chanson Perpetuelle for string quartet, piano and mezzo-soprano
Salome ChungKwan Siu is a Hong Kong mezzo-soprano based in London. Graduated with distinction this year from Master of Music in Performance in Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, she is a proud Eva Malpass Scholar under the guidance of Linda Hirst, Mary Wiegold and Andrew-Matthews Owen
Lucas Cunha is a 20 year old pianist based in London. He studied at the Royal College of Music Junior Department for three years under Yekaterina Lebedeva, and was regarded as one of the “department’s best pianists”.