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Preparing for the Spring Concert

For me, the month of March is going to be rather strange. Our Father Willis organ is briefly out of action as the final piece of work is carried out to be paid out of last year’s wonderful …
Cathedral welcomes the 2019 CIMCF

If a collective noun doesn’t already exist to describe a cathedral full of choirs, we may need to invent one, for this spring Truro Cathedral is thrilled to once again welcome the Cornwall …
A taste of chorister life

On Saturday 26 January we welcomed 11 boys to the cathedral for a taste of what it's like to be part of Truro Cathedral Choir in our annual 'Be A Chorister For a Day' event. The boys, all aged …
A concert of comparisons

It’s always fascinating to see how different composers respond to the same texts and this is one of the themes at the cathedral choir’s spring concert on Friday 8 March. I often find that composers …
Brexit

OK, someone has to mention it, and it might as well be me. Brexit. On a recent visit to Waterstone’s, I saw a table covered in about a dozen different books all with Brexit as its theme, some for, …
A Concert of Comfort

Through the season of Lent, the church encourages us to examine our lives as we seek forgiveness for the areas in which we fall short of what God expects. On Good Friday each year, as Lent draws to a …
'Music is something of the spirit'

A film by Truro Diocese as part of its 'Living Faith' series where Christopher Gray, Director of Music at the cathedral explores his musical vocation and how it is more than a job, but also an …
Welcoming the new bishop

Today, at the cathedral, we formally welcomed our new bishop, Philip Mounstephen, to the diocese with a wonderful service attended by over 1,000 people.

The most moving thing about the service …
Looking forward to Bishop Philip's installation on Saturday

The 16th Bishop of Truro, the Rt Revd Philip Mounstephen, will be formally welcomed to the diocese at a service at Truro Cathedral on Saturday (January 12, 2019). Hundreds of people from all walks of …