Preamble

If at the end of this work we are going to undertake we get good results, we will be able to say what I think it would be a great fact: "This organ is a monument which is due to the generosity of a lot of people who have demonstrated to be fond of their culture and their community, due to the love to their town and making honour to their history".

Many times in life we make proposals and make truly efforts to obtain things which can appear as a hard adventure and nearly a utopia. But History is not written by mediocre people, neither cowards, neither people who never take a risk in order to never fail or never loose anything. With these attitudes there would never have been artists, neither heroes, and enterprises would never success in their deals in the world of economy, neither it would ever be created masterpieces, neither bold instruments with the capacity to move emotions, to enrich, to move triumphal impressions or to overcome any difficulty. Even in the world of the live of faith to reach perfection, to improve oneself, to reach sanctity of life or the sublimity of the liturgy which is an approach to God and it help us to understand that our Almighty God is next to us.

Will this time be the proper time to retake the interest of the town in which was born Joan Baptista Cabanilles i Barbera to make the proposal to build a new organ he would like to play in his parish?

We have no idea if it is the proper time, but we know that it can be the proper time in which, from the consensus and the enthusiasm of a lot of people, a lot of institutions, a lot of enterprises and associations, and even more, a lot of persons and families, we can make it possible in this time.

From now, it will be possible that in each spring, in each autumn, winter or summer, we will be able to enjoy concerts cycles and famous organists and melomaniacs will be able to visit us from each point of our geography. At the same time, we will be able to make true the words written in the Constitution “Sacrosantum Concilium”, about the Sacred Liturgy in the chapter VI: “Have in great love, in the Latin Church, the Organ of Pipes, as an instrument of traditional music, the sound of which can give a notable splendour to the ecclesiastic ceremonies and powerfully rise spirits towards God and towards the celestial entities” (Const. “Sacrosantum Concilium”, ch. VI).

The Basilica of Apostle Saint James in Algemesí is an exceptional model of well cared and celebrated liturgy with all the possible dignity and solemnity, as a result of lots of years of work, very careful preparation, noble experience and mature community which is conscious and celebrate the great events of the Faith knowing Who deals with, What is dealt and How is dealt. With all this charge of cultural elements where are unified architecture (a magnificent temple), painting and sculptural works, gold works, literature (not only the Word of God, but also other texts collected in three languages: Latin, Catalan and Castilian), music (traditional, Gregorian or polyphonic) and all the other elements which are in service of the Faith which profess to the God of Jesus Christ who by means of  the Saint Spirit continues making His Salvation in this town, in this community and in those persons who live a life of love with a simple spirit and humble heart, and they know where have put their hope. 

Mossén Josep Maria Taverner

Rector of the Parish of Saint James Apostle in Algemesí