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the merry month of may
THURSDAY 1ST MAY
ASCENSION DAY
6.30pm ASCENSION DAY EUCHARIST
FRIDAY 2ND MAY
1.10pm
Rebecca Clarke - Morpheus
Elgar - Canto Populare
Benjamin Dale - Phantasy
ARUN MENON viola
DANIEL SMITH piano
4.30pm
A programme of instrumental music
by Leroy Anderson, Marvin Hamlisch,
John Williams, and Eric Coates.
TRELLEBORGS MUSIKKAR
This concert is free although there will be a
retiring collection.
SATURDAY 3RD MAY 7.30pm
A Recital for Peace
J.S. Bach, Scarlatti, Albeniz,
Dodgson, Sculthorpe, Williams
and music from Venezuela
celebrating MANA’s 25th anniversary year.
JOHN WILLIAMS guitar
Guest speaker: Jeremy Corbyn MP
Tickets: £20, £15 (£15, £10 concs)
Box Office: 020 8455 1030
SUNDAY 4TH MAY |
SEVENTH SUNDAY OF EASTER
9.15am EUCHARIST
11.00am PARISH EUCHARIST
Preacher: The Revd Meg Johnson
1.30pm AWAKENING TO GOD
Open discussion group in the Church Hall
5.00pm EVENING PRAYER
MONDAY 5TH MAY
Bank Holiday – Church closed
TUESDAY 6TH MAY
8.30am EUCHARIST
1.05pm EUCHARIST with short talk
6.00pm MEDITATION AND PRAYER FOR HEALING
7.00pm ALTERNATIVES The Healing Power of Flower Essences
Speaker: Ian White
WEDNESDAY 7TH MAY
1.10pm
JAL & AJSW Recital Series
Rachmaninov – Preludes
3rd mvt. Symphony No.2 (arr. Matsumoto)
18th Variation from Paganini Rhapsody (arr. Matsumoto)
SAYAKA MATSUMOTO piano
THURSDAY 8TH MAY
7.30pm
A concert of music by Gabrieli through to
Malcolm Arnold including Vaughan Williams’
Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis and Five Mystical Songs.
BEDFORD SCHOOL CHAMBER ORCHESTRA,
CHAPEL CHOIR, BRASS ENSEMBLE AND
CHAMBER MUSIC GROUPS
Tickets: £6 (£3 schoolchildren)
Box Office: 020 7381 0441
FRIDAY 9TH MAY
1.10pm Royal College of Music Recital
Beethoven – Piano Trio Op.1, No.1
Ravel – Piano Trio
HELENA RUINARD violin
VERITY HARDING cello
MIAOMIAO YU piano
7.30pm
Bernstein - Chichester Psalms
Lauridsen - O Magnum Mysterium, Lux Aeterna
Copeland - Three motets
Barber - 12th Night
VIVAMUS Chamber Choir
Tickets: £15 (£10 concs)
Box Office: 07956 629256
or sarahjamal@hotmail.co.uk
SATURDAY 10TH MAY
7.30pm
Monteverdi - Beatus Vir, Ave Maris Stella
Cavelli - Salve Regina
Haydn - Little Organ Mass
Mozart - Regina Coeli in C K276
Hewitt Jones - Sepmparergon (London Premiere)
Foggitt - Stabat Mater (World Premiere)
LONDON CHAMBER CONSORT
Peter Foggitt - director
Sound diffusion: Thomas Hewitt Jones
with Flora Wellesley Wesley (dance)
Tickets: £10 (£7 concs)
Box Office: 020 7381 0441
SUNDAY 11TH MAY |
PENTECOST
9.15am EUCHARIST
11.00am PARISH EUCHARIST
Preacher: The Revd Hugh Valentine
1.00pm LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL AND
TRANSGENDERED GROUP
1.30pm LABYRINTH WALK
An opportunity for meditation and walking the
St James’s labyrinth
5.00pm EVENING PRAYER
6.30pm UNITED SERVICE FOR PENTECOST
‘Spirit of Solidarity’Preacher: The Revd Charles Hedley
Join other Churches Together in Westminster for Pentecost
which, this year, coincides with the start of Christian Aid Week.
MONDAY 12TH MAY
1.10pm Music in Hospitals
Tartini (arr. Jacob) - Concertino
Martinů - Sonatina
Finzi - Five Bagatelles
Malcolm Arnold - Sonatina
JANET SPOTSWOOD clarinet
MARK SMITH piano
7.00pm ALTERNATIVES
Creative Leadership |Speaker: Lynne Franks
TUESDAY 13TH MAY
8.30am EUCHARIST
1.05pm EUCHARIST with short talk
6.00pm MEDITATION AND PRAYER FOR HEALING
WEDNESDAY 14TH MAY
1.10pm Cellisimo
Beethoven - Sonata for Cello and Piano Op.102 No.2 in D major
Franck - Sonata for Cello and Piano in A major
ANNA MENZIES cello
ANDREW DUNLOP piano
7.00pm Eat Your Own Ears presents
BILL CALLAHAN (Smog)
plus special guests
Tickets: £15 advance (booking fee)
Box Office: 08700 600 100 / 0870 264 3333
www.ticketweb.co.uk / www.seetickets.com
THURSDAY 15TH MAY
6.30pm JULIAN GROUP
7.30pm Paul Maurice - Tableaux de Provence
Grella-Mozejko - Moondown
Charrière - Tranquillo-agitato
Cordero Charles - Soul Mates (World Premiere)
Milhaud - Scaramouche
Mettraux - Lied
VIRGINIE FALQUET piano
LAURENT ESTOPPEY saxophone
Box Office: 020 7381 0441
FRIDAY 16TH MAY
1.10pm Beethoven - Quartet, Op.18, No.4 in C minor
Ravel - Quartet in F major
BARBIROLLI QUARTET
SATURDAY 17TH MAY
11.00am Memorial service for Epilepsy Bereaved
7.30pm Vivaldi - Four Seasons (by candlelight)
Bach - Brandenburg Concerto No.3
Handel - Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
Handel - Concerto Grosso Op.6, No.4.
Pachelbel - Canon
Mozart - Salzburg Symphony No.3 in F
LONDON OCTAVE
Dietrich Bethge - director
Lorraine McAslan - violin
Tickets: £16, £12
Box Office: 020 7766 1100 or www.smitf.org
or at the door on the day from 2:30pm
SUNDAY 18TH MAY
9.15am EUCHARIST
11.00am PARISH EUCHARIST
Preacher: The Revd Charles Hedley
VAGABONDS meet after the service in a local
pub for discussion and fellowship
1.30pm DANCED LITURGY
5.00pm EVENING PRAYER in Taizé style
MONDAY 19TH MAY
1.10pm Mozart - Exsultate Jubilate K165
Schubert - Impromptu in G flat
Mendelssohn - Andante and Rondo, Capriccioso
Chopin - Waltz in A minor, Waltz in E flat
Schulz-Evler - Arabesques on a theme from the Blue Danube
JULIET ALLEN piano
HEATHER HUNTER soprano
7.00pm ALTERNATIVES
The World of Pure |Speaker: Barefoot Doctor
TUESDAY 20TH MAY
8.30am EUCHARIST
1.05pm EUCHARIST with short talk
6.00pm MEDITATION AND PRAYER FOR HEALING
WEDNESDAY 21ST MAY
1.10pm Park Lane Group Series
Works by Bach, Ysaye, Gorb, Schnittke
MIDORI SUGIYAMA violin
FRIDAY 23RD MAY
1.10pm Wagner - Siegfried Idyll
Debussy - Syrinx
Schoenberg - Chamber Symphony No.1
BLAZE
George Vass - conductor
SATURDAY 24TH MAY
7.30pm The Genius of Mozart
Concerto for flute and harp K299
German Dances K586
Adagio from Divertimento in Eb K563
Songs K520, K523
Symphony No.40 in G minor K550
PHILHARMONIA BRITANNICA
Peter Fender - conductor
Janine Byrne - flute
Daniel de-Fry - harp
Norma Ritchie - mezzo-soprano
Charlie Coldfield - Mozart
Tickets £10, (£6 concs, £2 under 19s)
Box Office: 020 7381 0441 www.ph-br.co.uk
SUNDAY 25TH MAY
9.15am EUCHARIST
11.00am PARISH EUCHARIST(with the Ministry of Laying on of Hands)
Preacher: The Revd Lindsay Meader
5.00pm EVENING PRAYER
MONDAY 26TH MAY
Bank Holiday – church opens at 6.30pm
7.00pm ALTERNATIVES
Art of Allowing |Speakers: Esther & Jerry Hicks
(sold out – no tickets available on the door)
TUESDAY 27TH MAY
8.30am EUCHARIST
1.05pm EUCHARIST with short talk
6.00pm MEDITATION AND PRAYER FOR HEALING
WEDNESDAY 28TH MAY
1.10pm Concordia Foundation
Loeillet de Gant - Sonata in A minor No.1
Griffes - Poem
Brahms - Klavierstucke Op.119, 1-4
Boehm - Elegie Op.47
Fauré - Fantaisie
EIMEAR McGEOWN flute
SEBASTIAN STANLEY piano
THURSDAY 29TH MAY
6.30pm JULIAN GROUP
FRIDAY 30TH MARCH
1.10pm Programme tbc
THOMAS RANN violin
WU QIAN piano
7.30pm Boccherini - Quintet Op. 37, No.7 (Pleyel)
Beethoven - String Trio Op.9, No.2 in C minor
Schubert - String Quintet in C major D.956
ARTHAS ENSEMBLE
Jennifer Pike - violin, Rowan Bell - violin
Tetsuumi Nagata - viola, Reinoud Ford - cello Iain Ward - cello
Tickets: £10 (£8 concs)
Box Office: 020 7381 0441
SATURDAY 31ST MAY
7.00pm Baroque Heroines
Arias and instrumental pieces from Baroque
operas and oratorios portraying the strong
female figures in works by Vivaldi and Handel.
Includes works from Vivaldi’s only surviving
oratorio, Juditha Triumphans and Handel’s Giulio Cesare.
MELOPOETICA – BAROQUE ENSEMBLE
GABRIELA DI LACCIO soprano
Melopoetica performs using period instruments.
Tickets: £15 (£12 concs)
Box Office: 020 7381 0441
www.wegottickets.com/event/28813
Email: tickets@gabrieladilaccio.com
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CARAVAN DROP IN
Crisis listening, Emotional support and Counselling
Situated on the Church garden terrace, this drop-in service is available Saturday to Monday 10.00am – 7.00pm Tuesday to Friday 11.00am – 7.00pm
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ST. JAMES’S CAFÉ PROJECT
020 7321 0633 -
Situated at the London Connection, 12 Adelaide Street, London WC2N 4HW. Day resource centre for young (16-25 years old) homeless people. Opens at 8.00 am. Director: Colin Glover