Organ Recital
The 2025 Truro Cathedral Organ Recital Series welcomes first-rate organists to play Truro’s acclaimed Father Willis Organ. This recital will be live-streamed on this page at 13:10 and our YouTube channel
This week, we welcome Pavlos Triantaris as our recitalist.
Programme
Prelude (Foccata) and Fugue XXXV in D minor, BWV 565 by Johann ebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)
Folk tune - from the Five Short Pieces by Percy William Whitlock (1903 - 1946)
Dancing with my shadow - from the Fantasy Suite "The Smile of La Gioconda", Op. 22 by Manos Hadjidakis (1925 - 1994)
Cathedrals - from Suite No. 4 Op. 55 by Louis Victor Jules Vierne (1870 - 1937)
Communion (from the Low Mass for the Departed, Op. 62) by Louis Victor Jules Vierne (1870 - 1937)
Sortie on Ite Missa est, Op. 36 No. 12 by Charles Paul Florimond Quel (1873 - 1931)
Bio
Pavlos Triantaris has been studying the pipe organ since his first acquaintance with the king of instruments at age 19 in his homeland, Greece, with consequent appointments including the Hellenic premiere of Louis Vierne’s Missa Solemnis. Having relocated to Bristol in 2017, he held his first DoM position in Henleaze, and later, organ scholarships at the parish churches of Chingford and Brentwood. His organ instructor is Christos Paraskevopoulos (student of Nicholas Kynaston), and past tutors have included Jonathan Price. As of June 2025, he is Director of Music at St. Swithin’s Cathedral of the Traditional Anglican Church (Lincoln city) and the Poscimur travelling choir.
He has given recitals at King’s Lynn Minster, St. Mary Redcliffe, Sherborne Abbey, and numerous other venues, and is active as freelance organist, and in the Organists’ Associations of Bristol and Lincolnshire. His activity also includes compositional projects, from small-scale works such as hymns and chants, to more recent work including a Lied with lyrics from Prof. Tolkien, and a Concert Rhapsody for orchestra.
Pavlos’ free-time endeavours rarely find him away from the exploration of the English countryside, or literature (with a particular proclivity for C.S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien).
Live-stream
The series runs from March to October and each recital lasts around 45 minutes. There is no charge to attend or listen to these concerts, and the cathedral only asks that if you are able, you consider making a donation - the income generated by the generosity of both the audience and artists (who play for free) directly supports music at the cathedral and the ability to continue to offer such community events.
Truro Cathedral is a registered charity number 1207821 and relies on public donations to meet costs. Truro Cathedral welcomes regular or single donations from its supporters.
To give regularly by Direct Debit, please use the Parish Giving Scheme
Single donations can be made through the cathedral website
Popular donations are £5/person