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.
You can also tune in on your computer, tablet, or smart phone through our YouTube channel

Keiran Cantilina
Church of the Covenant

Program

Scenes from the Circle           Joey Brink 

1. The Happy Dinosaur—The Cleveland Museum of Natural History

2. Test Flight—The Crawford Auto Aviation Museum

3. Shattered Symmetry—The Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA)

4. Night Passing the Earth to Day—Wade Park

5. Jubilant Bells—The Church of the Covenant

 

The Wanderer Suite      Geert D’hollander

1.  Processional, The Church of the Covenant,  Canto Religioso

       Promenade I—A vigorous Walk to the Museum of Modern Art- Energetic

2. Reflections—The Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA)-Dynamic

     Promenade II—Up to Severance Hall-Energetic

3. Un Altro Bell Canto—A Passionate Opera Moment at Severance Hall-Smoothly Singing

     Promenade III—A Walk to the Cleveland Museum of Art-Energetic

4. In Memoria Aeterna—The Egyptian Collection at The Cleveland Museum of Art-Slow and Very Pensive

     Promenade IV—Last Stop: The CWRU Peter B. Lewis Building-Energetic

5. Whimsical Undulations—The Case Western Reserve University Peter B. Lewis Building by Frank Gehry-Freely
      Promenade V—Back to the Church of the Covenant-Energetic

6. Recessional—Church of the Covenant—Canto Religioso

Notes on the Compositions

Within the Cleveland Museum of Natural History resides Haplocanthosaurus delfsi, the

dinosaur affectionately known as "Happy". The dinosaur was discovered by a Yale

Alum in The state of Colorado and is the only one of its kind discovered and preserved

in its entirety anywhere in the world. The Happy Dinosaur conveys an imagined day

in the life of Happy The Dinosaur, millions of years ago.

The Crawford Auto Aviation Museum houses one of the early engines that the Wright

brothers used to fly their earliest planes. The music in Test Flight represents a test flight

in such a plane, beginning with attempts at takeoff, eventual liftoff, cruising, and a

successful landing.

Designed by architect Farshid Moussavi, the glass building of the Museum of

Contemporary Art is often used as a mirror by passers-by. With a hexagonal base and a

square top, the building’s slanted walls and unusual angles send reflections askew,

reflecting a rather abstract and impressionist image of the surrounding city. Shattered

Symmetry imagines a timelapse of the city, through the lens of the mirrored walls.

Night Passing the Earth to Day is the name of a bronze sculpture in Wade Park by

artist Frank L Jirouch. The cast-bronze sculpture depicts two figures holding up the

Earth, each figure seeming to struggle under the weight of the world. Night’s gaze is

cast down as she passes the Earth to Day. The music here aims to capture the emotion

of these two figures, as they meet each day to share their burden.

Jubilant Bells is a joyful and festive work that celebrates the rededication of the

McGaffin carillon at the Church of the Covenant. This movement draws inspiration

from composer John Courter’s Toccata Festevole, an energetic and jubilant finale to his

Suite No. 1. As in Courter’s work, a light rhythmic motif anchors the music and sets the

backdrop for a sweeping melody in the bass bells to emerge.----Joey Brink

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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