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Sunday Morning Concert and Open Tower

A Sunday morning carillon concert. Bring a lawn chair or blanket and a friend. Pick up a program at the base of the tower or online. Free. Free Parking.

The tower is open to visitors during the concert. Enter by the Euclid Avenue tower entrance.

Patrick Macoska, Guest Carillonneur

Program

I
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Sinfonia for the Carillons

II
Three Hymns, arr. Milford Myhre (b. 1932)
O Rest in the Lord
Swing Low Sweet Chariot
How Great Thou Art

III
Ronald Barnes(1927-1997)
Paraphrase on a Siciliana of Pasquale Ricci

IV
W. A Mozart (1756-1791)    arr. Bernard Winsemius
Adagio from Quartet KV 172
                                        
V
John Courter (1941-2010)
Gaudi’s Chimneys
The Undulating Chimneys of Casa Batllo
The Mushroom Chimneys of Park Guell
The Geometric Chimneys of Guell Palace

 Before each selection, a bell will toll the program number

The Friends of the McGaffin Carillon appreciates the support of The Leonard Krieger Fund of the Cleveland Foundation and the Ohio Arts Council.
 
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