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Friday Lunchtime Concert and Tour

  • Alexander McGaffin Tower 11205 Euclid Avenue Cleveland, OH, 44106 United States (map)

A Lunchtime carillon concert. Bring a lunch, a lawn chair or blanket and a friend. Pick up a program at the base of the tower or online. Free. Free Parking.
This concert will be repeated on Sunday morning at 11 a.m.

Program
A Visit to Eighteenth Century Belgium
I
Leuven
Matthias van den Gheyn (1722-1785)
Preludio No. 2
Aria
Menuet

II
Antwerp
J. H. Fiocco (arr. W. Westcott)
Adagio

    III
Antwerp
From the Carillon Notebook of
Johannes de Gruytters (1721-1785)
Preludium (#82)
Menuet (#115,116)
“het Carillion Van Dunkerke” (#156)
Gavotta vivace (#95)
“par Couprin” (#96)

We are lucky to have manuscript notebooks from the 18th century containing the compositions and arrangements the carillonneurs often played.

 Before each selection, a bell will toll the program number
Meet at the Euclid Avenue tower entrance following the concert for a tour.

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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