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).)
Posterboard
Month 
Week 
Day 
Agenda 
Summer Lunchtime Concert
Thu 11 August 2022 @ 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm
For details of the summer lunchtime concerts, see here: http://harrowsummermusic.co.uk/
Summer Lunchtime Concert
Thu 18 August 2022 @ 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm
For details of the summer lunchtime concerts, see here: http://harrowsummermusic.co.uk/
Summer Lunchtime Concert
Thu 25 August 2022 @ 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm
For details of the summer lunchtime concerts, see here: http://harrowsummermusic.co.uk/
Summer Lunchtime Concert
Thu 1 September 2022 @ 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm
For details of the summer lunchtime concerts, see here: http://harrowsummermusic.co.uk/
Summer Lunchtime Concert
Thu 8 September 2022 @ 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm
For details of the summer lunchtime concerts, see here: http://harrowsummermusic.co.uk/
Church open for prayer and signing book of condolence
Fri 9 September 2022 @ 8:00 am – 8:00 pm
Following the death of HM Queen Elizabeth II, St John’s will be open from 8 am to 8 pm on Friday 9 September for quiet [...]
Church open for prayer and signing book of condolence
Sat 10 September 2022 @ 9:00 am – 3:00 pm
Following the death of HM Queen Elizabeth II, St John’s will be open from 9 am to 3 pm on Saturday 10 September for quiet [...]
Summer Lunchtime Concert
Thu 15 September 2022 @ 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm
For details of the summer lunchtime concerts, see here: http://harrowsummermusic.co.uk/
Concert: Warren Mailley-Smith (piano)
Thu 22 September 2022 @ 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm
Lunch time music with Warren Mailley-Smith (piano) Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 21 in C major, Op. 53: “Waldstein” Chopin: Souvenir de Paganini Chopin: Minute Waltz [...]
Concert: Nigel Blomiley (cello) and Jessica Zhu (piano)
Thu 6 October 2022 @ 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm
Lunch time music with Nigel Blomiley (cello) and Jessica Zhu (piano) Beethoven: Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 4 in C major, Op. 102 No. [...]
Concert: The Max Bruch Trio (piano/clarinet/viola)
Thu 20 October 2022 @ 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm
Lunch time music with the Max Bruch Trio Alison Eales (piano) Mark Lacey (clarinet) Robert Puzey (viola) Bruch: Eight Pieces for Clarinet, Viola and Piano, [...]
Concert: Odinn Baldvinsson (flute) and Mayumi Iida (piano)
Thu 3 November 2022 @ 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm
Lunch time music with Odinn Baldvinsson (flute) and Mayumi Iida (piano) Georges Enesco: Cantabile and Presto John Rutter: Antique Suite Philippe Gaubert: Nocturne and Allegro [...]
Concert: Ivan Hovorun (piano)
Thu 17 November 2022 @ 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 [...]
Concert: The Nonesuch Orchestra
Thu 1 December 2022 @ 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
Concert: Christmas Music with Adrienne Walters (soprano)
Thu 15 December 2022 @ 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm
Christmas Music with Adrienne Walters (soprano), including carols for the audience to sing
Harrow Philharmonic Choir: Family Carol Concert
Sat 17 December 2022 @ 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. [...]
Concert: Dominic John (piano)
Thu 19 January 2023 @ 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 [...]
Concert: John MacDomnic (trumpet) and Adrian Boynton (piano/organ)
Thu 2 February 2023 @ 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 [...]
Concert: Patrick Hemmerlé (piano)
Thu 16 February 2023 @ 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 [...]
Concert: Nicola Tait (cello) and Mina Miletic (piano)
Thu 2 March 2023 @ 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm
Lunch time music with Nicola Tait (cello) and Mina Miletic (piano) Dvořák: Slavonic Dance in A major Op. 46, No. 3 Dvořák: Slavonic Dance in [...]
Concert: Niel du Preez (piano)
Thu 16 March 2023 @ 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm
Lunch time music with Niel du Preez (piano) J S Bach: English Suite No. 4 in F major, BWV 809 Chopin: Nocturne in E minor, [...]
Concert: Dominika Rosiek (violin) and Miho Sanou (piano)
Thu 30 March 2023 @ 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm
Lunch time music with Dominika Rosiek (violin) and Miho Sanou (piano) Beethoven: Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 4, Op. 23 Ch. Dancla: Moderato cantabile, [...]
Maundy Thursday Communion
Thu 6 April 2023 @ 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm
“Maundy” comes from the Latin for “commandment” (like “mandate”). At the Last Supper (on the night before his crucifixion on Good Friday) Jesus told his [...]
Good Friday walk of witness
Fri 7 April 2023 @ 10:30 am – 11:45 am
Central Harrow church members walk with a large wooden cross from Harrow Baptist Church in College Road through the streets to St John’s, where we [...]
Good Friday meditation
Fri 7 April 2023 @ 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Join us to pray about the events of Good Friday and what it means for us today.
Stainer’s Crucifixion
Fri 7 April 2023 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
The Choir of St John’s, with other local singers, will perform The Crucifixion, by John Stainer, on Good Friday, 7 April, at 7 pm. Leaving [...]
Concert: Sarah Gait (cello) and Steven Neugarten (piano)
Thu 27 April 2023 @ 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm
Lunch time music with Sarah Gait (cello) and Steven Neugarten (piano) Schumann: Adagio and Allegro Glière: Selections from 12 Album Leaves for Cello and Piano Op. 51 [...]
Concert: Phillip Dyson (piano)
Thu 11 May 2023 @ 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm
Lunch time music with Phillip Dyson (piano) Schumann: Papillons, Op. 2 Chopin: Nocturne, Op. 9 No. 2; Etude, Op. 25 No. 1 Billy Mayerl: Sleepy [...]
Annual Meeting of Parishioners/Annual Parochial Church Meeting 2023
Sun 21 May 2023 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
We will be holding our Annual Meeting of Parishioners to elect Churchwardens and our Annual Parochial Church Meeting in St John’s at about 11 am [...]
Concert: Diana Brekalo (piano)
Thu 25 May 2023 @ 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm
Lunch time music with Diana Brekalo (piano) Fanny Mendelssohn: January and February from “The Year” Lily Boulanger: Trois morceaux pour piano S. Rachmaninov: Études tableaux, Op. [...]