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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.
Revd Dr Ayla Lepine met with curator and art historian Alayo Akinkugbe for a conversation about justice, beauty and hope expressed in Che Lovelace’s paintings and Cugoano’s memorial.
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.
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St James's Church 197 Piccadilly London W1J 9LL
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Wednesday 28 February 7.30pm
An enchanting evening of vocal music, taking you on a journey through the night. Jervaulx Singers presents ‘The Dream’, a programme of vocal music to transport you through the night.
Getting here
We are at 197 Piccadilly London W1J 9LL between Piccadilly and Jermyn Street, about 200 yards from Piccadilly Circus.
The programme sets the evening watch with Rodney Bennett’s A Good Night; dark nightmares appear in Mäntyjärvi’s Four Shakespeare Songs; we dream in Laura Mvula’s Sing to the Moon, and a finally wake with praise to the sun in Lili Boulanger’s Hymne au Soleil. Join us for a glorious evening of music.
Programme
Beach – Dreaming
Rodney Bennett – Twinkle twinkle little star
Rodney Bennett – A Good-night
Berg – Sieben frühe lieder: 1. Nacht
Humperdinck – Sandman are and Lullaby (from Hansel & Gretel)
Rachmaninoff – Bogoroditse Devo
Mäntyjärvi – Four Shakespeare Songs
interval
Ives – Songs my Mother taught me
Ives – A night song
Whitacre – The Seal Lullaby
Harris – Bring us O lord
Purcell – Hush, no more (from Fairy Queen)
MacMillan – Who Shall Separate Us?
Mvula – Sing to the moon
Dove – I am the day
L Boulanger – Hymne au Soleil
