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The distinguished 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
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He is one of the few organists who has followed their career solely at the organ.
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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
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​“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.

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espected 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...
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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 
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"Phenomenal virtuosity."
ROSALINDE HAAS
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​   A living archive... 
    A restrospective

     An innovative project
​        of unparalleled scope


         30 years

            1000+ concerts

    

  See YouTube page   



COVID brought most musicians' professional activities to an abrupt,  complete stop. Being held in that suspension allowed time to listen and revisit a personal archive of some of his more than 1000 public recitals.

Seeking some new creative activity to promote and communicate live music was the genesis of an exciting project to share performances - particularly some less familiar repertoire - on 
YouTube. 


In addition to a vast diversity of repertoire, D’Arcy also writes of his personal relationship to each piece in the informative descriptions written to elucidate
the music to listeners.  

Some great organs of Europe are featured including the cathedrals of Westminster, St Paul’s, Canterbury, Notre-Dame, Passau, Berlin, Auxerre, Sens, Troyes; Westminster Abbey; King's College Cambridge; Notre-Dame, Saint-Sulpice, La Madeleine (Paris) and many more.  

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Recently streamed live concerts now showing on YouTube include
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Leeds Cathedral    
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22 November 2021


WIDOR Symphonie No.7 in  A minor: I - II - VI
RINCK Theme & Variations on “Ah, vous dirai-je,  Maman”
DUKAS arr. DT The Sorcerer’s Apprentice                
JACOB Les heures bourguignonnes: VIII. Sous le noyer          D'ANTALFFY-ZSIROS Festa Bucolica

Leeds International Concert Season
leedsconcertseason.co.uk

 



Freemasons Hall, London       
5 August 2021


Works of Mendelssohn, Paine, Holloway, Jongen, Roger-Ducasse, Cocker - and a dazzling display of footwork in Manari's Salve Regina. 





Earlier in the year he was also invited to contribute articles to the newsletters of both the Brighton and the Crawley & Horsham organists associations which you can read here: ​
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 and phenomenally demanding Six Etudes (other than the composer herself  and her pupil Pierre Labric).  ​Subsequently he has given numerous performances: he remains one of only a handful ​of organists to play the set 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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​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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“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