Events at Truro Cathedral
The Cathedral holds a wide range of both religious and secular events. We welcome all to attend. If you would like to go on our Events database to receive events information please use the Contact Us button to give us your details.
Please click here for pdf lising of Summer Events 2010
Inspire Cornwall Appeal
The £4m Inspire Cornwall fundraising appeal is one which seeks to open up access to Cathedral resources and facilities to the community. This will be achieved through heritage, education, music & art, and nature.
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To find out more visit the Inspire Cornwall website
James MacMillan and Cathedral Choir to give Benson Lecture Saturday 9th October 2010
Considered to be the greatest living British composer of his generation, James MacMillan has produced a wide range of work, both secular and religious, both instrumental and choral. His Roman Catholic faith, Scottish heritage and vivid social conscience all play a significant role in his musical composition and his lecture will explore these themes. Truro Cathedral Choir will help to illustrate the lecture by performing a number of his works.
"What I'm trying to find is the communicative core in music, and that can be done just as well in modernist noises as in common chords. And just because I'm a religious composer doesn't mean the conflict and stress you get in modernism isn't relevant, in fact it's the reverse. For me religious faith is rooted in the mess of real life, and my music has to be true to that experience." James MacMillan
The 2010 Benson Lecture takes place at Truro Cathedral on Saturday 9th October starting at 7.30pm. Entry is by ticket only. Free tickets can be obtained by sending a SAE to Truro Cathedral Office, 14 St Mary’s St, Truro, TR1 2AF.
A pre-lecture supper will be served in the Cathedral restaurant from 6pm. Reservations must be made in advance on 01872 245011.
A DVD of the lecture will be available later in the year by writing to the above address. A suggested donation of £5 + stamps to the value of £1 for the DVD would be gratefully appreciated. For more information see www.trurocathedral.org.uk
To find out more clicke here for his Agents website and here for his musical publisher's website
IF I Can Dream Service with Johnny Cowling
All tickets for the Elvis Gospel Service on August 15th have been allocated and distributed. There are no more tickets available. There is a waiting list for any returned tickets. Send an SAE to Truro Cathedral Office, 14 St Mary's Street, TRURO, TR1 2AF.
Events at the Cathedral Summer 2010
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This calendar is published as a guide to activities and events happening at the Cathedral in the Summer of 2010. These events may be subject to alteration. For up-to-date information about events please contact the Cathedral Office (01872 276782) or use this website. If you would like to join our events mailing list for regular updates about events at the Cathedral please send an email by clicking here.
JULY |
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Monday 5
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10 – 5pm |
Truro Cathedral Calendar Exhibition Stunning photographic images from our new fundraising calendar. Free |
Friday 23 |
1.10pm |
Peter Heginbotham (Sheffield) free lunchtime organ recital
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Tuesday 27 |
7pm |
Transition Truro - Pearson Room |
Friday 30 |
1.10pm |
Simon Morley (Florida) free lunchtime organ recital |
Saturday 31 |
1.30pm |
Free lunchtime concert by 2nd Rossendale Scout Group Band |
AUGUST
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Monday 2
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7.30pm |
St Endellion Festival Concert The St Endellion Summer Festival's annual concert in the cathedral will include performances of Bach's Magnificat, Tchaikovsky's Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture and Poulenc's Gloria. Alongside the festival's chorus and orchestra the soloists will be Rachel Nicholls, Ruby Hughes, Kathyrn McAdam Mark Padmore and Matthew Brook. Tickets from HFC 01872 262466. |
Wednesday 4
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2.30pm |
East London Chorus informal concert.
East London Chorus is one of the most enterprising and talented choirs in the London region, performing a dynamic and challenging repertoire. Free all welcome. Programme |
Friday 6 |
1.10pm |
Simon Jacobs (Florida) free lunchtime organ recital |
Friday 6 |
tbc |
Jacquie Perry Poetry Reading around her paintings in the Pearson Room. Tickets £10 to include refreshments.
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Wednesday 11
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10.00am |
Friends' Coffee Morning in the Pearson Room (10-11.30am) All welcome |
Friday 13 |
1.10pm |
Paul Walton (Bristol Cathedral) free lunchtime organ recital |
Sunday 15 |
10am |
Sunday Eucharist celebrating the patronal festival of the Blessed Virgin Mary |
Sunday 15 |
6.30pm |
If I Can Dream………Elvis Anniversary Service with Johnny Cowling and the Sweet Inspirations. Johnny Cowling again performs the Gospel Music of Elvis Presley.
THIS SERVICE IS NOW FULL, ALL TICKETS HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED |
Friday 20 |
1.10pm |
Stephen Binnington free lunchtime organ recital |
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7pm |
Inspired by a Spire
Jackie Perry brings her own brand of
art and poetry to this magical evening supporting Inspire Cornwall.
Tickets £10 from the Cathedral Office, 01872
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Saturday 21 |
7.30pm |
Evening Organ Recital by Nathan Laube Exciting young American talent with lightening fingers and feet. Nathan will perform dazzling arrangements of Rossini’s ‘William Tell Overture’ and ‘Die Fledermaus’ by Strauss. Tickets £10 (students £7.50, U18 free) from Hall For Cornwall tel: 01872 262466 or www.hallforcornwall.co.uk. |
Thursday 26
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1pm
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Informal lunchtime piano recital given by Charles Timberlake Charles’ gentle, reflective music and unique style of playing brings a sense of deep inner peace into the heart of the listener. Free |
Friday 27 |
1.10pm |
John Sharples free lunchtime organ recital
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Monday 30 |
9.30am |
BANK HOLIDAY Cathedral opens at 9.30am |
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SEPTEMBER |
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Friday 3 |
1.10pm |
David Bednall (Bristol Cathedral) free lunchtime organ recital |
Wednesday 8 |
From 10am |
Friends' Coffee Morning in the Pearson Room (10-11.30am) All welcome |
Friday 10 |
1.10pm |
Ben Giddens (Magdalen College Oxford) free lunchtime organ recital |
Saturday 11 |
9-5pm |
Cornish wrasslin' on the Cathedral Green Traditional Cornish sport including stalls, food and drink. |
Thursday 16 |
7.30pm for 8pm start |
‘Would God let us destroy the world? ’a Truro Theological lecture given by Very Revd Dr Christopher Lewis, Dean of Christ Church, Oxford in the Chapter House. £4 on the door.
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Friday 17 |
1.10pm |
Philip Davey (Truro Methodist Church) free lunchtime organ recital |
Friday 17 |
2.10pm |
Northampton Male Voice Choir informal concert |
Saturday 18 |
9am |
Local Ministry Day |
Monday 20 |
5.30pm |
Solemn First Evensong of Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist |
Friday 24 |
9-5pm |
Kate Walters Art Exhibition ink wash images that are in response to the works of St Francis of Assisi. Free (until 8 Oct). |
Friday 24 |
1.10pm |
Clive Ellison (Cornwall) free lunchtime organ recital |
Saturday 25 |
7.30pm
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Service of Thanksgiving celebrating the 150th Anniversary of the Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution. In association with Cornwall Young Farmers Club. |
Sunday 26
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2pm
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‘Year of the Seafarer Service’ paying tribute to the dangerous risks that seafarers take on our behalf and to acknowledge their unique contribution to society. All welcome. |
Tuesday 28
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5.30pm
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Solemn First Evensong of Michael and All Angels
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