A Lunchtime carillon concert. Free. Free Parking in the lot in front of the tower on Euclid Avenue also along Bellflower Rd behind the tower, a great place to hear the concert.
Friday concerts happen through November 22.
George Leggiero, University Circle Carillonneur
Todays program presents a few carillonneur who were also composers and arrangers and were important in the 20th century revival of the carillon art in Europe and North America. Jef Denijn almost single-handedly revived the carillon in Belgium with his weekly carillon concerts in Mechelen where he founded a carillon school. Ronald Barnes was an American carillonneur who wrote an extensive repertoire of music for the instrument and did a great deal to expand the musical styles of carillon music. Leen t’ Hart was the long-time director of the Dutch Carillon School and composed and arranged extensively. Albert Gerken was carillonneur at the University of Kansas with a reputation as a performer, teacher, and arranger. Géo Clément was a carillonneur, composer and professor of carillon in Mons, Belgium.
I
Jef Denijn (1862-1941)
Preludium in g
II
Ronald Barnes (1927-1997)
Introduction and Sicilienne for Carillon (1981)
III
Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)
arr. Leen ‘t Hart (1920-1992)
”Caro nome, che il mio con,” Rigoletto
”La donna é mobilie,” Rigoletto
”Libiamo…..,” Traviata
IV
Albert Gerken (1937- )
Pastel in Bronze (1976)
V
Géo Clément (1902-1969)
Sonatina for Carillon
Allegro moderato
Andante sostenuto
Allegretto grazioso
Before each section a bell will toll the number in the program
The carillon can be heard from the grounds around the tower including the Case Western Reserve Campus behind the tower away from the Euclid Avenue traffic noise. Concerts are rain or shine and your car is also a place to hear the concert. Horn honking is an accepted form of applause at the end of the program.
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