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Bach Band at St James

Locality: Woolloomooloo

Phone: +61 2 8227 1300

Address: Level 1 169-171 Phillip Street 2000 Woolloomooloo, NSW, Australia

Website: http://sjks.org.au/bach-at-st-james/

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25.01.2022 Sunday 12 January 10am First Orchestral Mass for 2020 - Biber! Please join us x https://m.facebook.com/events/460829337940047

25.01.2022 This Sunday 14 March at @St James' Church, King St 4pm Bach Evensong with Alto Cantata BWV 54 - soloist, Steph Dillon, with Bach Band at St James: Stephen Freeman, Meg Cohen, violins, Cecile Ross, Nicole Forsyth, violas, Annika Stagg, cello & Titus Grenyer, organ, Warren Trevelyan-Jones, director. Free entry, as this is a service, but donations welcome. We are also continuing the livestream - here on facebook or on www.sjks.org.au

24.01.2022 We're happy to be playing our first 'live' concert since March this Weds 9 Sept 1.15pm both live and on livestream via the link below. Tickets just $10, link below with proceeds towards supporting the continuation of livestreaming this series, the musicians, and music making in Sydney. A much reduced Bach Band this time, and missing Stephen Freeman, but Meg Cohen, violin, Annika Stagg, cello & I promise exquisite solo miniatures of the baroque...Please join us x

24.01.2022 Next Weds 14 Oct 1.15pm !

24.01.2022 St James' Church, King Street, Sydney are thrilled to relaunch their Wednesday Lunchtime Concert series with a recital given by pianist Vatche Jambazian ! The concert will be Livestreamed AND can be attended (limited numbers) in the Church. Programme: Andrew Howes - Bird Songs Sergei Prokofiev - Piano Sonata no.3 Op.28 ... Charge: $10 per person - proceeds go to the performer and towards the costs of livestreaming. Please click on: https://www.sjks.org.au/product/vatche-jambezian-5-august/ The concert will also be available for viewing online, either live or any time up to the following Sunday. The concert is open to the public but advance online registration is recommended. Patrons can attend in person and purchase a ticket at the door, but there will be a limit on the number of people allowed in the church and contact details must be given for COVID-19 contact tracing, as a condition of entry. The concert will also be available for viewing online, either live or any time up to the following Sunday.

23.01.2022 This Sunday 16 Feb, 4pm Bach Cantata Evensong Gleichwie der Regen und Schnee vom Himmel fallt (BWV 18) with FOUR (thats right 4!) VIOLAS! Come along and hear a very lovely dark toned cantata appropriately about rain and snow for the beginning of 2020’s Bach Evensong year. With the ever superb Choir of St James directed by Warren Trevelyan-Jones, BachBand@StJames for this service are: Nicole Forsyth, Rosemary Curtin, Ken Milton & Tara Hashambhoy (viola) Annika Stagg, cello,... Serena Lim, bass & Alistair Nelson, organ All welcome, free. https://www.sjks.org.au/music/cantata-series/ See more

23.01.2022 TODAY 1.15pm - Ticket link below for in person seats or online to watch live or for up to 7 days later. Don't miss this!

23.01.2022 Advent 1 celebrated with our friends Choir of St James' King Street, Sydney Advent Carol Service - one of the loveliest carol services of the season. You'll need to book on the link below, as this is VERY popular in normal times, let alone Covid limited seating. All welcome, and free, although donations encouraged.

22.01.2022 We had to share the beauty of our friends Choir of St James' King Street, Sydney singing from yesterday's Liturgy of the Cross. Here are the motets as seperate tracks.

21.01.2022 Sadly, due the current pandemic regulations, the Wardens of the Parish of St James King St have issued this notice: All concerts (including Wednesday lunchtime, the Saturday series and externally organised concerts) have been cancelled or, if possible, rescheduled to a much later date. We hope to reschedule this concert at a later date in 2020. Stay safe at home everyone, and stay well!

20.01.2022 It is with great sadness that due to current advice from NSW Health, we have decided to postpone this concert to a later date when the covid situation in Sydney has settled down. If you have already bought tickets, please contact the Parish Office of St James King St on 8227 1300 A really fab Australian music concert Weds 19 Aug 1.15pm St James' Church King Street Sydney. All proceeds go towards the musicians and towards continuation of livestreaming. Just $10 on the link bel...ow Ephemeral Time Woodthrush from Songbirdsongs (1974-80) by John Luther Adams Ephemeral Time by Keyna Wilkins Conference of the Birds (2001) by Christine Draeger Distances for six widely-spaced flutes (2020) by Tim Munro. https://www.sjks.org.au/event/ephemeral-time/ Admission: $10 Time, distance and solitude are concepts we have all been reflecting on during these times of lockdown and social distancing. This concert features 6 flute players spaced around the beautiful St James Church, reaching out to connect, listen and make music. It offers a chance to contemplate what connects us to nature and each other through works that explore birdsong, time and separation. With Flautists: Phoebe Bognar Chloe Chung Christine Draeger Lamorna Nightingale Jessica Scott Keyna Wilkins Tickets available from Monday morning, to attend in person or to watch online. Click here for further details: https://www.sjks.org.au/event/ephemeral-time/ Admission: $10

20.01.2022 Our friends Choir of St James' King Street, Sydney singing the Reproaches for Good Friday by VIctoria, from yesterdays Liturgy of the Cross.

17.01.2022 The motet Selig Sind die Toten by Heinrich Schütz sung by our friends Choir of St James' King Street, Sydney during yesterday's Liturgy of the Cross.

16.01.2022 @St James' Church, King Street, Sydney Wednesday Lunchtime Recitals kick off again on Sept 2, 1.15pm with a beautiful recital from soprano Susannah Lawergren "Another Dawn" featuring Australian music from Ross Edwards, Elena Kats-Chernin and others. Tickets just $10 supporting the musicians, and keeping our livestream going. Tickets in the link below - limited seats in the church, and online.

16.01.2022 Bach Band's Meg Cohen & The Muffat Collective's Anthony Hamad are St James' Church, Sydney Lunchtime Recitalists this Wednesday 23 Sept 1.15pm. Tickets only $10 for both online and 'in person' limited seating in the church. All proceeds support the musicians, and the continued livestreaming of concerts at St James.

15.01.2022 An absolutely gorgeous Christmas service if you have small people of primary or early childhood age. St James' Church, King Street, Sydney Christingle service at 6pm on Christmas Eve is of child friendly length, with lots of lights, singing and a celebration of a unique old Christmas tradition for children - the making of the Christingle. Please join us.

13.01.2022 And finally the anthem Drop, Drop Slow Tears by Orlando Gibbons, sung by our friends Choir of St James' King Street, Sydney directed by Warren Trevelyan-Jones during yesterday's Liturgy of the Cross. More beautiful music for Easter Sunday coming up tomorrow.

12.01.2022 Tonight's Advent Carol Service at St James, with our friends the Choir of St James, directed by Warren Trevelyan-Jones. A very beautiful way to begin a season of listening hope...Enjoy x

10.01.2022 Our friends Choir of St James' King Street, Sydney are thrilled to announce their first online concert, to be streamed next Thursday. It is a fantastic and varied programme. All details are below, so please put it in your diary now, share this with as many people as you can, and consider supporting them financially through their GoFundMe campaign (below( so that they can bring you more high quality performances.

07.01.2022 Our friends Choir of St James' King Street, Sydney sing the most exquisite Nine Lessons and Carols Service this Sunday 22nd Dec 7.30pm. This is the choir that everyone else in Sydney draws their singers from - come and hear them at home first! Free, but donations are always very welcome.

07.01.2022 Choir of St James Alumnus Owen Elsley is now in Cambridge singing with Kings College Choir - there is a link in this post for all those outside the UK who would like to hear their famous Nine Lessons & Carols Service

06.01.2022 So lovely to be back in @St James King St rehearsing for our first ‘live’ livestream concert. Today 1.15pm online & to watch later. J.S Bach, Telemann & De La Guerre. If you would like to hear us in person there are limited tickets-covd-safe spacing-in the church. All proceeds towards continuing the livestream & to help Sydney’s musicians at this time https://www.sjks.org.au/event/bachbandstjames/

03.01.2022 BachBand and many others haven’t been able to perform our series of liturgical Bach Cantatas this year due to the pandemic, but Bach’s music finds a way. We’re very happy to announce the release of Australian baritone @davidgreco’s solo album of the Bass Cantatas of JS Bach on the @abcclassics label. The disc features some of the stunning Cantatas and arias we’ve performed at St James over the course of these last few years. Buy and stream the album here: https://ABCMusic.lnk.to/BachCantatas

03.01.2022 We're performing next week!!!!

03.01.2022 Our wonderful BachBand@StJames organist Alistair Nelson features in 2 beautiful meditations from Brahms especially for Holy Week. Enjoy & peace be with you all x

02.01.2022 Next up in St James' Church King Street Sydney Wednesday Lunchtime recitals is Alistair Nelson, organ. Alistair is the brilliant organist for St James, and a treat to her him solo. All proceed from this series go towards supporting the musicians and continuing the live stream. Tickets in the link below just $10 for both livestream, and limited in person seating in the church.

01.01.2022 Our friends the Choir of St James have a really lovely week of music for Holy Week including this lunchtime concert on Weds; Tallis, Schitz, Vasks & more. The full service list for Holy Week is on St James website here with increased capacity in the chirch and also streamed online as usual https://www.sjks.org.au/music/whats-on/

01.01.2022 Alto luciousness from @Steph Dillon this afternoon with Bach Cantata BWV 54 Wiederstehe doch der Sunde, and of course from @The Choir Of St James, BachBand & @Warren Trevelyan-Jones & organists Callum Knox & Titus Grenyer.