Tower Inside the Singing Tower Clock Music DAILY CARILLON ... · Prelude No. 6 M. Vanden Gheyn (...
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Is the Tower ever open to the Public? Members at the Donor level and above can view the Founder's Room on one of four tours conducted each year. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1. Founder’s Room 2. Chao Research Center (Archives) 3. Maintenance Workshop 4. Anton Brees Carillon Library 5. Carillonneur’s Studio 6. Keyboard Room 7. Carillon (60 bells) Architect: Milton B. Medary (Philadelphia) Purpose: To house the carillon; serve as a centerpiece for the Gardens; the private use of the Bok family Built: 1927-1929 Height: 205 feet (62.5 meters) Weight: 5,500 tons (5,000 metric tons) Structure: Steel frame with brick walls; outer facing of pink and gray Georgia marble and Florida coquina, a limestone of shell and coral fragments Foundation: 118 reinforced concrete piles, 13-24 feet (4-7 meters) underground with a concrete cap of 2.5 feet (0.8 meter) Sculpture: Lee Lawrie (New York City); herons at the top, eagles at the base of the bellchamber; all sculptures were carved on-site Colorful Grilles near the top: Ceramic tiles designed by J.H. Dulles Allen (Philadelphia) Brass Door and Wrought-iron Gates with Birds: Samuel Yellin (Philadelphia); depicts the Biblical story of Creation Inscription under the Sundial: is Singing Tower with its adjacent Sanctuary was dedicated and presented to the American people by Calvin Coolidge, President of the United States, February 1, 1929. Bellfounder: John Taylor Bellfounders, Ltd. (Loughborough, England) Size: 60 bronze bells Bell weight: Smallest bell at 16 lbs. Largest bell at 11+ tons (10+ metric tons) Total of 63+ tons (57+ metric tons) Inside the Singing Tower Tower Carillon 863-676-1408 - Lake Wales, FL www.boktowergardens.org DAILY CARILLON MUSIC March 28-31, 2019 Carillon Concerts at 1:00 and 3:00 p.m. Clock Music Announcing the hour strike: Lake Wales Nocturne (excerpt) Johan Franco 9:00 Prelude Johann Sebastian Bach 9:30 Sarabande (for carillon) Benoit Franssen 10:00 Somber Pavane (for carillon) Ronald Barnes 10:30 Andante Joseph H. Fiocco 11:00 Spring Morning (for carillon) Geert D’hollander Sorrowing 11:30 Andante (for carillon) Ronald Barnes 12:00 Prelude VI (for carillon) Matthias vanden Gheyn 12:30 Chaconne * Auguste Durant 1:00 CONCERT 2:00 Dreaming (for carillon) Geert D’hollander 2:30 Andante (for carillon) Ioannes de Gruijtters 3:00 CONCERT 4:00 Waltz Edvard Grieg 4:30 Cortege (for carillon) John Courter 5:00 La Volta William Byrd 5:30 Solveig’s Song * Edvard Grieg Adaptations for carillon of melodies or of music written for other instruments have been made by the recitalist, except for those arrangers identified by the following: * Anton Brees
Transcript of Tower Inside the Singing Tower Clock Music DAILY CARILLON ... · Prelude No. 6 M. Vanden Gheyn (...
Is the Tower ever open to the Public?Members at the Donor level and above can view the Founder's Room on one of four
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1. Founder’s Room2. Chao Research Center
(Archives)3. Maintenance Workshop
4. Anton Brees Carillon Library
5. Carillonneur’s Studio6. Keyboard Room7. Carillon (60 bells)
Architect: Milton B. Medary (Philadelphia)
Purpose: To house the carillon; serve as a centerpiece for the Gardens; the private use of the Bok family
Built: 1927-1929
Height: 205 feet (62.5 meters)
Weight: 5,500 tons (5,000 metric tons)
Structure: Steel frame with brick walls; outer facing of pink and gray Georgia marble and Florida coquina, a limestone of shell and coral fragments
Foundation: 118 reinforced concrete piles, 13-24 feet (4-7 meters) underground with a concrete cap of 2.5 feet (0.8 meter)
Sculpture: Lee Lawrie (New York City); herons at the top, eagles at the base of the bellchamber; all sculptures were carved on-site
Colorful Grilles near the top: Ceramic tiles designed by J.H. Dulles Allen (Philadelphia)
Brass Door and Wrought-iron Gates with Birds: Samuel Yellin (Philadelphia); depicts the Biblical story of Creation
Inscription under the Sundial: This Singing Tower with its adjacent Sanctuary was dedicated and presented to the American people by Calvin Coolidge, President of the United States, February 1, 1929.
Bellfounder: John Taylor Bellfounders, Ltd. (Loughborough, England)
Size: 60 bronze bells
Bell weight: Smallest bell at 16 lbs. Largest bell at 11+ tons (10+ metric tons) Total of 63+ tons (57+ metric tons)
Inside the Singing TowerTower
Carillon
863-676-1408 - Lake Wales, FL
www.boktowergardens.org
DAILY CARILLON MUSICMarch 28-31, 2019
Carillon Concerts at 1:00 and 3:00 p.m.
Clock MusicAnnouncing the hour strike: Lake Wales Nocturne (excerpt) Johan Franco
9:00 Prelude Johann Sebastian Bach
9:30 Sarabande (for carillon) Benoit Franssen
10:00 Somber Pavane (for carillon) Ronald Barnes
10:30 Andante Joseph H. Fiocco
11:00 Spring Morning (for carillon) Geert D’hollander Sorrowing
11:30 Andante (for carillon) Ronald Barnes
12:00 Prelude VI (for carillon) Matthias vanden Gheyn
12:30 Chaconne * Auguste Durant
1:00 CONCERT
2:00 Dreaming (for carillon) Geert D’hollander
2:30 Andante (for carillon) Ioannes de Gruijtters
3:00 CONCERT
4:00 Waltz Edvard Grieg
4:30 Cortege (for carillon) John Courter
5:00 La Volta William Byrd
5:30 Solveig’s Song * Edvard Grieg
Adaptations for carillon of melodies or of music written for other instruments have been made by the recitalist, except for those arrangers identified by the following:
* Anton Brees
Thursday at 1:00 p.m. Live performance by Geert D’hollander
Music from the Baroque EraPrelude in E Flat Major J. S. Bach (1685-1750)Sonata in F Major Ioannes Berghuis (1724-1801) Allegro Espressivo – Cantabile
Improvisation
Two compositions by the performer“Anzac Echoes” (2015) G. D’hollander (b. 1965)“Take a break” (2011)
Thursday at 3:00 p.m. Live performance by Geert D’hollander
Prelude No. 6 M. Vanden Gheyn ( 1721-1785)
Romantic Belgian Carillon Music“Campanella” Geo Clement (1922-1967)”Suite Archaique” Rigaudon – Pavane – Menuet
Manuscripts from the Tower (arr. A. Brees)“The Old Refrain” Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962)“A Little Girl’s Song” Auguste Dupont (1827-1890)
Improvisation
Friday at 1:00 p.m.Live performance by Geert D’hollander
North-American Carillon Music“Hear the Tolling of the Bells”
R. Kleinschmidt (1910-1959) (fromthe2ndSuite,“TheBells”,1934)“Paraphrase” Ronald Barnes (1927-1997) (onaSicilianaofPasqualeRicci,1984) “Ode to St. Rombouts” (1982) J. Franco (1908-1988)
British Carillon MusicPartita III, “The Harmony of Zion” (1989)
J. Knox (b. 1932)
Improvisation
Friday at 3:00 p.m.Live performance by Geert D’hollander
Carillon Music by Ronald Barnes (1927-1997) Prelude and Fugue on “Old 104” (1988) A Somber Pavan (1984) (writtentothememoryofNellieLeeBok,1901-1984)
Music from the Romantic Era After a Dream Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924) (from 3 Melodies, Op. 7 for voice and piano) The Valley of Bells Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)(from“Miroirs”,forpiano) arr. Anna-Maria ReverteMelody (No.3) Edward Grieg (1843-1907) (fromLyricalPiecesOp.47,forpiano)
Improvisation
Saturday at 1:00 p.m. Live performance by Geert D’hollander
Italian TemperamentConcerto (fromtheAntwerpCarillonBook,1746)
A. Vivaldi (1678-1741) Allegro – Largo – Allegro
A Composition by the PerformerPrelude, Choral and Fugue G. D’hollander (b. 1965) (on ‘R.O.N. B.A.R.N.E.S.’)
Salon MusicWaves of the Danube Ion Ivanovici (1845-1902)Salut d’Amour(1888) Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
Improvisation
Saturday at 3:00 p.m. Live performance by Geert D’hollander
Introduction and Sicilienne (1981) Ronald Barnes(1927-1997)
Romantic Music from the Belgium Carillon SchoolPrelude, Folksong & Ballad Staf Nees (1901-1965) (from“SuiteforCarillon”,1951) The Kings’ Two Children (1952)
Jos Lerinckx (1920-2000)(themeand6variationsbasedonanoldFlemishfolksong)
A Contemporary Carillon Composition“Bellbook II”(1991) Peter Vermeersch (b. 1959)
Improvisation
Sunday at 1:00 p.m.Live performance by Geert D’hollander
Eighteen Century Carillon MusicVictoria, Victoria (Antwerp,1728) AnonymousCecilia (Leuven, ca.1755) AnonymousSiciliana (Antwerp,1746) I. de Gruijtters (1709-1772)
Romantic Music from Norway Melody(LyricalPiecesOp.47No.3)
Edward Grieg (1843-1907)Anitra’s Dance (from Peer Gynt)
Improvisation
Sunday at 3:00 p.m.Live performance by Geert D’hollander
English Baroque MusicSuite in D Minor for Harpsichord
G. Fr. Händel (1685-1759)arr. B. Winsemius
Allemanda Courante Sarabanda I & II Ciacona
Carillon Music by Ronald Barnes (1927-1997) A Somber Pavan (1984) Paraphrase on a Siciliana of Pasquale Ricci (1984)
Improvisation
Geert D'hollander was named Bok Tower Gardens' fourth full-time carillonneur in October 2012
and is one of the finest in the world. He has studied piano, chamber music, choral and orchestral direction, fugue, and composition at the Royal Conservatory in Antwerp, Belgium, and carillon at the Royal Carillon School in Mechelen, Belgium. He has taken first prize in more than 30 international competitions for carillon or composition.
In 1997, Geert succeeded Ronald Barnes as University Carillonist and Professor of Carillon at the Department of Music at UC Berkeley. In 2008, he was awarded the "Berkeley Medal" for "Distinguished Service to the Carillon." Until 2012, when Geert moved to Florida, he was the carillon composition teacher at the Royal Carillon School "Jef Denyn" in Mechelen.
and city carillonneur of the historical instruments of Antwerp Cathedral, the belfry of Ghent, and the basilica of Lier (Belgium). He frequently gives master classes in Europe and the U.S. and performs all over the world.
Geert D'hollanderResident Carillonneur
