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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
Tuesday 1 September – end of October
Losing Identity explores the silent grief and resilience of women fleeing Ethiopia and Eritrea across the Mediterranean Sea in unsafe, overcrowded boats.
Monday 7 September 1.10pm
Anna Cooper (soprano) and Robert Nicholas (baritone) present Menotti’s opera, The Telephone, directed by Harrison Knights and musical directed by Michael Haslam (pianist).
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 27 June 12.30pm
This recital presents a big range of music from baroque, through a Brazilian fusion with Bach, to 20th century works.
Online streaming
This concert will be streamed live on our YouTube channel at 12.30pm.
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Free admission | Donations welcome
This lunchtime recital presents a big range of music from baroque, through a Brazilian fusion with Bach, to some 20th century most beautiful works from American and Czech composers. This programme is full of satisfying harmonies, lyrical and nostalgic melodies, and lively music inspired by Eastern-European folk tunes, all in one concert.
Programme:
Hanna Woźniak – Flautist
Hanna Woźniak is a flautist from Warsaw in Poland, currently based in London. This year she is finishing her Master’s Degree as the Worshipful Company of Needlemakers named scholar, on the Orchestral Artistry Course at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, studying with Philippa Davies, Gareth Davies, Christopher Green, and Ian Clarke. Hanna’s first steps in the professional world involve performing in the Queen Elizabeth’s Hall in Southbank, in the Barbican with Sir Simon Rattle, with the London Symphony Orchestra, with the Royal Ballet and Opera in Covent Garden, and with the Oxford Philharmonic.
Hanna enjoys playing the alto flute and piccolo as well as the concert flute, and is a keen chamber musician performing in all sorts of ensembles – from a woodwind quintet to a jazz big band orchestra. During her studies at Guildhall, she got involved with the LSO Discovery department enjoying its outreach programme, especially the Next Generation and LSO Create projects. Hanna is a winner of the 2025 Guildhall Flute Prize sponsored by Just Flutes.
Iain Clarke – Pianist
Iain is originally from the Isle of Arran in Scotland and works around London, the UK, and internationally as a collaborative and orchestral pianist. Notable chamber partnerships include saxophonist Richard Scholfield and flautist Maria Filippova. His orchestral work sees him perform regularly on piano and celesta with orchestras including the Philharmonia, LPO, RPO, LSO, London Concert Orchestra and RSNO in major concert venues around the UK as well as on tours in Europe and the USA. He regularly accompanies for masterclasses with major wind soloists, recently including Adam Walker, Jaques Tys, Anthony McGill, Theo Plath and Valentine Michaud. He is a regular accompanist at the RCM and GSMD, and held the accompanist fellowship position at the RCM from 2022-2024 with their wind and brass departments. His debut album recording of the Concerto for Two Pianos and Wind Quintet by Malcolm Williamson was released in May 2025. Away from music, Iain is a keen distance runner, enjoys cooking, baking, and travelling – including an extensive solo road-trip around California in April 2025.
Miriam Alperovich – Bassoonist
Miriam Alperovich is in the final year of the Orchestral Artistry course at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, under Daniel Jamieson, Richard Ion, and Helen Storey. Miriam completed her Bachelor of Music Performance at Sydney Conservatorium of Music, and is working as a freelance bassoonist and music teacher in Sydney and London. Miriam is a Britten-Pears Young Artist for the 2026-2027 season, and is a City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Resident in July 2026, under Edward Gardner.
