Truro Cathedral
Monday 03 - Sunday 09 August 2026
Information last updated on 30 June 2026
Next visit: Truro Cathedral -> 3rd-9th August 2026
Information last updated on 30 June 2026
This is our annual summer week residency.
Members: sign up on Muzodo
Non-members: contact Ed
Those not attending the whole week have the days they wish to sing in brackets after their name. If this information is wrong, please email Ed.
Those shown with an ** are required to attend the weekenders' rehearsal on Friday/Saturday (see schedule below).
Sopranos
Rachael
Debs
Anna
Barbara
Elizabeth
Janet
Joan
Kate
Penelope (Weds-Fri)
Altos
Sylvia
Jill
Anne
Jane K
Jane O
Sue R
Carrie
Clare
Pat E (Mon-Fri)
Tenors
Peter B
David Hu
David L
Alan
Graham S
Ashley
Geoff Wh
Peter Wo
David E (Thurs-Sun)**
Basses
John B
George
Chris J
John R
Chris S
Geoff Wa
Mark E (Tues-Sun)
Nigel B (Fri-Sun)**
Mark H (Thurs-Sun)**
The below is for general guidance at the moment. We will confirm nearer the time, but the current plan is to rehearse in the afternoon, with significant breaks to rest our voices. There will be an extra rehearsal for weekender's to catch up on the Friday/Saturday. A weekender is anyone joining us from Thursday.
Our dumb day (a non-singing day) will be on Saturday.
Monday 3rd August
1400-1600 Rehearsal (Song School)
1630-1715 Run through in stalls
1730-1830 Evensong
Tuesday 4th August
1000-1100 Guided tour of cathedral (optional)
1300-1330 AGM (optional)
1345-1600 Rehearsal (Song School, with break)
1630-1715 Run through in stalls
1730-1830 Evensong
Wednesday 5th August
1000-1045 Cathedral treasures tour (optional)
1400-1600 Rehearsal (Song School)
1630-1715 Run through in stalls
1730-1830 Festal Evensong
Thursday 6th August (Transfiguration)
1400-1600 Rehearsal (Song School)
1630-1715 Run through in stalls
1730-1830 Festal Eucharist
Friday 7th August
1000-1045 Stained glass window tour (optional)
1300-1400 Weekenders' rehearsal (Song School)*
1400-1600 Rehearsal (Song School)
1630-1715 Run through in stalls
1730-1830 Evensong
Saturday 8th August
We will not sing a service this day. There will not be a rehearsal for those who have been with us all week. There may be an extra rehearsal for those joining us only for the weekend (time tbc).
The annual choir meal will take place on Saturday evening (see below for more information).
Sunday 9th August
0900-0930 Run through in stalls
1000-1115 Choral Eucharist
1430-1530 Run through in stalls
1600-1700 Choral Evensong
*This rehearsal is compulsory for those joining us at the weekend only (with an asterix after their name above). Other members may choose to attend if they wish.
Information to follow...
Responses for the week:
Monday 3rd August
Mendelssohn, Verleih uns Frieden (ESM 30, in English)
Psalm 18:1-19
Tuesday 4th August
Foster, Oh, for a closer walk with God
Psalm 23
Wednesday 5th August
Buxtehude, Magnificat (ESM 12)
Psalm 28
Thursday 6th August (Transfiguration)
Friday 7th August
Bruckner, Os justi (ESM 10)
Psalm 37:1-11
Saturday 8th August - Dumb day
Sunday 9th August: Eucharist
Harwood in Ab
Rossini, O salutaris hostia (ESM 42)
Responsorial psalm
Sunday 9th August: Evensong
Kelly in C
Rheinberger, Abendlied (ESM 40)
Where available the music above is linked to online scores. You are reminded that no time will be spent in rehearsal note bashing music made available in advance.
St Mary's Street
Truro
TR1 2AF
There are regular bus and train services to Truro from all around Cornwall. There is even a passenger ferry service Falmouth and St Mawes.
It is apparent that accommodation in Truro in August is quite expensive.
We have now been offered self catering accommodation at Truro High School for Girls. This will be at a cost of £61 per person per night for a single en-suite room including the usual breakfast supplies.
For more detailed information visit the accommodation page
We will hold the usual choir meal on the evening of Saturday 8th August.
The venue will be the Thomas Daniell, Infirmary Hill, Truro, GB TR1 2JA . We will enjoy a two course meal of a Starter and Main Course for £35 per person.
I did eat there and the portions were large so I am confident we will not leave hungry!
As the venue produces seasonal menus the choices, of which there will be 3 per course, are not yet available. A pre-order of two weeks is required and once the menu is agreed I will email everyone attending Truro.
The appearance of the choir is important: it gets noticed and affects how we come across.
The choir provides cassocks, surplices and whites. If you have yours at home, please be sure to bring them with you. If you haven’t done so already and this is your first time with Harsnett, please let Ed Sutton know your approximate height and build.
Please wear quiet black shoes and dark trousers and socks or tights as these may show under your cassock. Academical hoods and RSCM medals may be worn during Evensong. They are not worn at the Eucharist.
You will be given a cardboard wallet containing the week’s music. It would greatly help if you kept all the music in the wallet when not in use. Please ensure that any markings you make on your copy are made in pencil only.
Harsnett borrows a great deal of music from various sources. Their willingness to lend to us for free depends on us returning it promptly, intact, and with our pencil markings removed. You may keep music you have downloaded or, if you wish, donate it to the choir library.
For services, we carry music in red hardback folders. If you have one of these, please remember to bring it with you. If you do not have one, they will be available. Please return both folders and all music before you leave.
Where available, online versions of sheet music are linked from the 'music' section above.
Once the music list has been agreed, Ed will create a Spotify playlist and provide video recordings below. Please bear in mind that the sheet music and recordings linked from here may differ subtly to our own version on the day.
If you have any questions, please contact Ed.
Radcliffe responses, part 1
Radcliffe responses, part 2
Wood in D, Magnificat
Wood in D, Nunc dimittis
Mendelssohn, Verleih uns Frieden
Moeran in D, Magnificat
Moeran in D, Nunc dimittis
Buxtehude, Magnificat
Victoria, Nunc dimittis a4
Tallis, O nata lux
Darke in E, Gloria
Darke in E, Sanctus
Darke in E, Benedictus
Darke in E, Agnus Dei
Wood, Hail, gladdening light
Palestrina, Magnificat Prima Toni a4
Palestrina, Nunc dimittis a4
Bruckner, Os justi
Mendelssohn, Heilig
Harwood in Ab, Gloria
Harwood in Ab, Sanctus & Benedictus
Harwood in Ab, Agnus Dei
Rossini, O salutaris hostia
Kelly in C, Magnificat
Kelly in C, Nunc dimittis
Rheinberger, Abendleid