The illustrious musician D’Arcy Trinkwon is one of the outstanding artists of his generation,
whose fervour and passion embody that of the true Romantic virtuoso in the service of their art.
He is also one of the few organists who has followed their career solely at the organ.
"His splendid, but nevertheless subtle virtuosity combined with considerable artistic integrity
to demonstrate that he is one of the really great artists of his genre.”
MUNICH MERKUR
“Trinkwon’s sartorial flamboyance... is almost determinedly at odds with his demeanour when playing;
he is focused, facially undemonstrative, and utterly commanding."
MUSIC WEB INTERNATIONAL
A musician of scholarship, he combines an intuitive sensitivity for the organ with an encyclopaedic knowledge of his craft, and he commands one of the most extensive repertoires of any artist before the public - a part of which is reflected in the unparalleled scope of his YouTube channel.
Respected for his dedication to the organ as a concert instrument as much as his independence of spirit, he has devoted his career to revealing the beauties (and mysteries) of the organ and its music to as wide an audience as possible without musical compromise and with a sense of occasion befitting the 'King of Instruments'.
"The supremely gifted organ virtuoso D’Arcy Trinkwon...
His subtle yet magisterial command of the instrument was spell-binding:
he knows no technical difficulties and his playing was in total accord.”
THE ORGAN
"So much infectious joy radiates from his performance that purists could suffer severe pangs of guilt."
ORGANISTS’ REVIEW
"Phenomenal virtuosity."
ROSALINDE HAAS
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LEEDS CATHEDRAL 22 November 2021
WIDOR Symphonie No.7 in A minor: I - II - VI RINCK Theme & Variations on “Ah, vous dirai-je, Maman” DUKAS The Sorcerer’s Apprentice JACOB Les heures bourguignonnes: VIII. Sous le noyer D'ANTALFFY-ZSIROS Festa Bucolica Leeds International Concert Season leedsconcertseason.co.uk |
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Greatly inspired by Demessieux's legacy and remarkable playing since first being drawn to the organ, D’Arcy has also contributed greatly to the renewed interest in her compositions. In 1994 he gave the first complete performance of her famous Six Etudes (other than the composer herself and her pupil Pierre Labric). Subsequently he has given numerous performances and remains one of a handful
of organists to have played the set complete in concert.
Many performances of her works - including some of the Etudes - 4 can be heard in several versions of his performances on his YouTube channel.
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A new Toccata...
In January D'Arcy received a new toccata from the French composer Thierry Pallesco and was honoured to receive its dedication. He has previously given the UK premier's of Pallesco's Le salut messianique and Vers toi, Seigneur, j’élève mon âme at Worth Abbey in 2018. https://tpallesco.wixsite.com/ |
A new Suite...
In 2020 Michael Maxwell Steer completed a virtuoso Suite whose genesis owes itself to a meeting in 2017, and whose composition ran alongside the Brexit controversy. It reflects the ardent Francophile passions and influences of both composer and D'Arcy, both of whom were choristers of Allan Wicks at Canterbury, albeit at different times. A virtuoso work of movements - Lyonesse and Variations - illuminate new vistas in technique, drama, colour and texture. |
2020.... 52nd International Organ Festival of Piacenza: September 2020
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BONNET Variations de Concert
BACH Chorale BWV731 & Prelude & Fugue in D BWV532 LISZT Fantasia & Fugue on BACH Arranged by Jean Guillou GUILMANT Allegro in F# minor VIERNE Naïades Search YouTube also for DARCY PIACENZA BOSSI DARCY PIACENZA ANDRIESSEN |
"A Sublime concert.
The music always reigns" were the words of a master as great as he is in love with music, and yet so straight-forward as to be able to take the audience by the hand and lead them to a concert worthy of the biggest stages. D'Arcy Trinkwon's concert on the Lingiardi organ of San Savino can be described with one word: SUBLIME! One of the masters among the world organists, he puts his culture and mastery at the service of the public and transports it gently and without pressure, but with intensity and charisma, towards the knowledge of an instrument as great as it is complicated in its grandeur and variety of sounds." PIACENZAMUSICPRIDE "A refined concert at the International Organ Week in San Savino. It is not new for the International Organ Week to host authentic big names in the world organ. Over the years it has welcomed the "crème" of organists: the Ciampi Group invited D'Arcy Trinkwon, an English virtuoso of outstanding class, to launch the 52nd festival the other evening in the Basilica of San Savino. A warm person and British aplomb and refinement, the organist presented an intense programme of virtuosity and poetry. D'Arcy was very elegant with his rather baroque look, a green damask silk shirt, black trousers and patent leather shoes. When his hands plunged onto the Lingiardi instrument, all the refinement and mastery of touch was evident, a caress that enhanced the most insidious and angular pieces and flatters the character of the instrument... The audience was enraptured by Franz Liszt's Fantasia & Fuga on the name of BACH in the arrangement of Jean Guillou." LIBERTÀ |
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A feast of Gallic virtuosity Having performed series in both 2018 (César Franck & the Sainte-Clotilde Tradition) and 2019 (Brahms - Schumann - Mendelssohn - Liszt), D'Arcy was to return to Arundel in 2020 to present a celebration of the French virtuoso tradition. Inspired as a starting point by the 150th anniversary of Vierne (1870-1937), each of the four concerts was to present each of the four major works of his pupil Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986). The programmes were also to mark the centenary of Rolande Falcinelli (1920-2020). This remarkable musician - virtuoso performer, composer and pedagogue - remains largely an unsung heroine. In 1954 she succeeded her teacher Dupré as Professor of Organ at the Paris Conservatoire, a post she held until 1986. The series was cancelled due to Corona Virus |
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2020 also saw the deaths of three outstanding organists who had each been D'Arcy's mentors at different stages of his development: Jennifer Bate,
Jane Parker-Smith and Odile Pierre. He wished to pay heartfelt tributes to two of these towering artists: they were published in Choir & Organ.
Jennifer Bate Jane Parker-Smith
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“Music is a moral law. It gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, a charm to sadness, and life to everything.
It is the essence of order, and leads to all that is good, just and beautiful, of which it is the invisible,
but nevertheless dazzling, passionate, and eternal form.”
PLATO
“To send light into the darkness of men's hearts - such is the duty of the artist.”
SCHUMANN
"A musician cannot move unless he too is moved."
C. P. E. BACH
"Every composer and musician writes and makes music in the very likeness of himself."
HINDEMITH
“To be able to grasp the substance of the music itself is to be willing to begin a never-ending search.”
DANIEL BARENBOIM