Liturgy News
Jeremy Fletcher is a noted force in Australian Church music, moving from organ scholar at Newcastle Cathedral to Director of Music at St. Patrick’s Church Mentone, Melbourne, then Organist and Liturgy co-ordinator at New Norcia from July 2003 to December 2005. Jeremy has served on the committee of the Organ Historical Trust of Australia (OHTA) and his CD has received airplay on the ABC. Jeremy Fletcher now runs a course in Gregorian Chant in Melbourne and is the school organist at a major independent school.
About the Moser organ:
Music has always been an important part of the work of the monks of New Norcia.. When the glorious Moser pipe organ was installed in the Abbey Church in 1923 it became the centre of music making activities in New Norcia. The organ was designed in consultation with the Abbey
Organist, Dom Stephen Moreno, and built by Albert Moser of Munich. It was displayed at the German trade exhibition in Munich in 1922 before it was dismantled, packed in 24 zinc-lined cases and shipped to Australia, arriving at Fremantle on 21 April 1923. It was installed at New Norcia from April to August 1923 by Stephen Moreno, assisted by his brother Dom Henry Moreno, Dom Boniface Gomez, Dom Vincent Quindos and an aboriginal boy, Harry Weston. The opening concert was given by Stephen Moreno on Sunday 2 September 1923. The occasion also marked the fi rst time electricity was used in New Norcia. The oak casework, of elaborate neo-classical design,
incorporates five flats of non-speaking pipes and fine carvings especially on the front of the reversed console and on the pediment, at the top of the case. The instrument is of interest for the series of solo mutations on Manual II, its generous tonal structure and wide dynamic range.
About the CD : Musica Pro Organo CD
Now available at the Museum Gift Shop
Music for Organ played by
New Norcia Abbey organist, Jeremy Fletcher. Recorded in the New Norcia abbey church using the awesome1922 Moser pipe organ.
Includes... Trumpet Voluntary (Clarke),
Toccata & Fugue in d minor (Bach), Ave Maria (Schubert),
Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring (Bach), Meditation (Fr S Moreno), Fireworks Music & Hallelujah Chorus (Handel), and many more.
The music on this recording was selected not only for listener enjoyment but also to show the broad range of tone colours available on this fascinating organ. The programme includes original compositions for organ as well as arrangements of works for orchestra and other instruments.