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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.
We are delighted to announce that from 6 Jan until early Apr 2025, work will take place to reinstate the church’s South Door onto Jermyn Street, part of Sir Christopher Wren’s original design.
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 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.
The work of St James’s, it costs us £5,000 per day to enable us to keep our doors open to all who need us.
New walkways, a restored courtyard and re-landscaped gardens will provide fully accessible, beautiful spaces for everyone to enjoy as well as improving our environmental performance.
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”.