Magical Tones In St Mary's

by Miroslava Jurcik

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Magical Tones In St Mary's

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Miroslava Jurcik

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Photograph - Photograph

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Splendour of Venice concert at St. Mary's Cathedral in Sydney and showing the man creating the magical tones of the organ.
The cathedral currently possesses four independent organs: Whitehouse 1942, Sharp 1960, Bellsham 1985 and Létourneau 1999 (in the pic).
From St Mary's website : Archbishop Polding acquired a fine organ for the first St Mary's. Built by Bevington & Son in London, with a case designed by A.W.N. Pugin, this 34 stop, 2 manual and pedal instrument was the largest in Australia when it arrived in 1841. It was destroyed in the tragic cathedral fire of 1865. The first pipe organ in the present Cathedral was built by C J Jackson of Sydney in 1874, had 26 stops, and was demolished in 1959. The organ in the gallery over the main doors is by Whitehouse Bros. of Brisbane, dating from 1942. It is a 26 stop, 2 manual & pedal instrument.
The organ in the Lady Chapel, whose pipes are in the triforium above the sanctuary, is by R W Sharp of Sydney, and dates from 1960. It had long been desired to provide organs well suited to the great size and diverse musical needs of St Mary's. In 1997, the Canadian organ builders, Orgues LeTourneau, were commissioned to build a large new organ to be located in the west transept. This splendid 46 stop instrument was installed and blessed just prior to Christmas, 1999.

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