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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
Monday 3 August 1.10pm
Soprano Talia Lieberman presents a journey of arias and song exploring love, longing and loss, from Vivaldi and Handel through to Poulenc, Satie and beyond.
Friday 21 August 1.10pm
Rebekah Yinuo Tan was born in August 2006 in Shanghai. Inspired to become a concert pianist after hearing Chopin’s music in a live concert when she was 7, she started taking formal piano lessons half a year later with Zijie Wu.
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.
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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.
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St James's Church 197 Piccadilly London W1J 9LL
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Sunday 23 August 7pm
Enjoy the talents of our amazing young music scholars as they showcase their concerto movements with orchestra.
Programme
Purcell – Chacony Bach – Brandenburg Concertos (movements from 2, 3 and 6) Mozart – Violin and Piano Concerto Movements
Interval
Beethoven – Piano Concertos 1&2 (selected movements) Britten – Simple Symphony
The Gibden Scholars Summer Music Festival is an international course where talented students from around the world travel to Wells to work together for a week and perform. We have a particular focus on concerto movements which the students can then perform with orchestra. As a part of the festival the students also take part in the Euroasia international Music Competition. The winners will be performing their concerto movement in the Grand Final Concert at St James’s.
Our team of amazing professors include Michael Bochmann, Peter Adams, Yulia Chaplina, Tom Martin, Eloise Riddell, Matthew Gibbon, Madoka Maxwell and Angus Gibbon. They will be leading the concert having worked wonders with the students all week.
