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!
Posterboard
Month 
Week 
Day 
Agenda 
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. [...]
Concert: The Cygnus Trio
Thu 8 June 2023 @ 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm
Lunch time music with the Cygnus Trio Javier Montañana, violin Hannah Lewis, cello Cesar Saura, piano Enrique Fenández Arbós: Tres Piezas en estilo Español J. [...]
Concert: An-Ting 安婷 (piano)
Thu 22 June 2023 @ 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm
Lunch time music with An-Ting 安婷 (piano) (Pieces not attributed to another composer are by An-Ting 安婷) Fantasia Fantasia (by Orlando Gibbons) The Jolly Frog [...]
Concert: Yuki Negishi (piano)
Thu 6 July 2023 @ 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm
Lunch time music with Yuki Negishi (piano) Mozart: Sonata in C major, K.545 Debussy: Two Arabesques Rachmaninoff: Preludes Op. 23 Nos. 4 & 5 Beethoven: Bagatelles, [...]
Summer Lunchtime Concert
Thu 13 July 2023 @ 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm
For details of the summer lunchtime concerts, see here: http://harrowsummermusic.co.uk/
Summer Lunchtime Concert
Thu 20 July 2023 @ 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm
For details of the summer lunchtime concerts, see here: http://harrowsummermusic.co.uk/
Summer Lunchtime Concert
Thu 27 July 2023 @ 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm
For details of the summer lunchtime concerts, see here: http://harrowsummermusic.co.uk/
Summer Lunchtime Concert
Thu 3 August 2023 @ 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm
For details of the summer lunchtime concerts, see here: http://harrowsummermusic.co.uk/
Summer Lunchtime Concert
Thu 10 August 2023 @ 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm
For details of the summer lunchtime concerts, see here: http://harrowsummermusic.co.uk/
Summer Lunchtime Concert
Thu 17 August 2023 @ 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm
For details of the summer lunchtime concerts, see here: http://harrowsummermusic.co.uk/
Summer Lunchtime Concert
Thu 24 August 2023 @ 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm
For details of the summer lunchtime concerts, see here: http://harrowsummermusic.co.uk/
Summer Lunchtime Concert
Thu 31 August 2023 @ 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm
For details of the summer lunchtime concerts, see here: http://harrowsummermusic.co.uk/
Summer Lunchtime Concert
Thu 7 September 2023 @ 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm
For details of the summer lunchtime concerts, see here: http://harrowsummermusic.co.uk/
Summer Lunchtime Concert
Thu 14 September 2023 @ 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm
For details of the summer lunchtime concerts, see here: http://harrowsummermusic.co.uk/
Concert: Clare Deniz (cello) and Yoon Seok Shin (piano)
Thu 21 September 2023 @ 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm
Lunch time music with Clare Deniz (cello) and Yoon Seok Shin (piano) Ludwig van Beethoven: Seven Variations on the duet theme Bei Männern welche Liebe [...]