Sunday Services 10 am, 6 pm
Events & Concerts
General Information
Welcome to our Events and Concerts area. Here, you can find out about what’s happening at St. John’s.
If you are looking for information on our worship, please visit our Worship Services area, where you can find our service times, styles, and locations. Any variations from the regular pattern appear on this page.
Other activities include our Welcome Centre on Wednesdays and Saturdays from 12 noon to 3 pm (run jointly with Our Lady & St Thomas RC Church), and on Fridays from 12 noon to 2 pm the church is open for private prayer.
Concerts
St John’s Church has held fortnightly lunch-time concerts since 1975. Concerts are held on alternate Thursdays throughout most of the year with breaks at Christmas, Easter and the summer. Please check this calendar for the next few dates (and programmes, when available).
Light refreshments are available from 11.45am and the concert begins at 12.30pm. There is usually an interval and the concert finishes at around 1.45pm.
Admission is free but there is a collection on the way out to cover expenses. Please come and join us!
(Please note that the Summer Concerts between Thursday 13 July and Thursday 14 September have been organised separately: (details here).)
Agenda
Posterboard 
Month 
Week 
Day November 2022 – February 2023
Nov
17
Thu
Nov 17 @ 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm
Lunch time music with Ivan Hovorun (piano)
Robert Schumann: Kreisleriana, Op. 16
Mendelssohn: Variations sérieuses, Op. 54
Arturo Márquez: Danzón No. 2
Joaquín Rodrigo: Adagio del Concierto de Aranjuez
Vladimir Horowitz Carmen Variations
Nov
27
Sun
Nov 27 @ 3:30 pm – 5:30 pm
Messy Church is church for all ages with a difference. Join us for crafts, songs, stories, food, and to explore the Christian faith together! Messy Church is a free event, but donations are welcome. We normally meet once a month on a Sunday afternoon.
Dec
1
Thu
Dec 1 @ 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm
Lunch time music with the Nonesuch Orchestra
Janáček: Suite for String Orchestra
Thea Musgrave: Aurora for string orchestra
Britten: Simple Symphony, Op. 4
Dec
15
Thu
Dec 15 @ 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm
Christmas Music with Adrienne Walters (soprano), including carols for the audience to sing
Dec
17
Sat
Dec 17 @ 4:30 pm – 5:45 pm
All welcome at Harrow Philharmonic Choir‘s Family Carol Concert. Adults £5 (on door); children free. Conductor: John Wyatt. Also featuring brass ensemble and handbell ringers.
Jan
19
Thu
Jan 19 @ 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm
Lunch time music with Dominic John (piano)
Bach/Busoni: Chaconne, BWV1004
Haydn: Sonata in D, Hob. 37
Chopin: Ballade No. 2 in F major, Op. 38
Alberto Ginastera: Suite de Danzas Criollas, Op. 2
Schumann: Papillons, Op. 2
George Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue (piano transcription)
Jan
29
Sun
Jan 29 @ 3:30 pm – 5:30 pm
Messy Church is church for all ages with a difference. Join us for crafts, songs, stories, food, and to explore the Christian faith together! Messy Church is a free event, but donations are welcome. We normally meet once a month on a Sunday afternoon.
Feb
2
Thu
Feb 2 @ 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm
Lunch time music with John MacDomnic (trumpet) and Adrian Boynton (piano/organ)
Purcell: Sonata in D
Alan Hovhaness: Prayer of St Gregory
Henrick Andriessen: Themes and Variations
Hummel: Trumpet Concerto in E flat
Eugène Bozzi: Badinage
Leroy Anderson: A Trumpeter’s Lullaby; Bugler’s Holiday
Mushel: Toccata
Gershwin: Three Preludes
Jean-Baptiste Arban: Fantasia Brillante
Feb
16
Thu
Feb 16 @ 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm
Lunch time music with Patrick Hemmerlé (piano)
Bach: Prelude and Fugue 24 in B minor
Franck: Prelude Choral et Fugue
Liszt: Sonata in B minor
Feb
26
Sun
Feb 26 @ 3:30 pm – 5:30 pm
Messy Church is church for all ages with a difference. Join us for crafts, songs, stories, food, and to explore the Christian faith together! Messy Church is a free event, but donations are welcome. We normally meet once a month on a Sunday afternoon.