D'ARCY TRINKWON             International Concert Organist
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"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 


 
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. 

A musician of scholarship, he combines an instinctive affinity for the organ with an encyclopedic knowledge of his art 
and commands one of the most extensive repertoires of any artist before the public. 


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 that befits 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
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Alongside his concert career he is the Organist
​of Worth Abbey: 

Worth Abbey – An English Benedictine monastery in Crawley, England
Worth Abbey Parish – A parish of the Diocese of Arundel and Brighton

and Organist to the University of West Sussex:
University of Sussex - a leading, research-intensive university


  
​"So much infectious joy radiates from his performance that purists could suffer severe pangs of guilt…
                   Technical difficulties don’t exist.”
                
ORGANISTS’ REVIEW 

"Phenomenal virtuosity."
ROSALINDE HAAS
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​2020....   A year like none other...          for us all...

​After giving the opening concert in Gloucester Cathedral's  lineup of concerts, 
2020 was -  as for all  musicians - a year of cancelled engagements.  


However, in September he was able to travel to give the opening concert of the

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International Organ Festival of Piacenza
 

The event  was streamed live: watch it on YouTube
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BONNET Variations de Concert
BACH Chorale BWV731 & Prelude & Fugue in D BWV532
LISZT Fantasia & Fugue on BACH arr. 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 Cathedral to present a celebration of the French virtuoso tradition.  (Full details of previous series can be viewed in ABOUT)

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. 
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The series was regrettably also 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; both were published in ​
Choir & Organ.
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Jennifer Bate                             Jane Parker-Smith
1978                                                1984
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​There are currently more than  75 uploads... 
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and more to follow

These are all from archive of live concert performances in video or audio formats.
The repertoire spans four centuries...  

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There are also excerpts from a DVD - D'Arcy Trinkwon at Selby Abbey - recorded
as part of the project to restore the famous Hill, a project completed in 2017.

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For full details see MEDIA page 


“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


CONTACT  
Telephone     from the UK  01622 814415         
                         from outside the UK  +44 1622 814415    
E-mail             concerts @ darcytrinkwon.com   remove spaces when emailing