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
Alan Bowman
Dayton and Mariemont, OH
Program
Ronald Barnes (1927-1997)
Prelude
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…a Baroque era transcription for the carillon
Matthias Vanden Gheyn (1721–1785), arr. L. Rombouts
Sonata for violin and continuo, no. 12
I. Aria – allegro
II. Siciliano – largo
III. Aria – presto
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…a Classical era transcription for the carillon
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827), arr. K. Van Assche
Adagio cantabile (from Piano Sonata “Pathétique” No. 8, Op. 13)
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…a Romantic era transcription for the carillon
Isaac Albeniz (1860-1909), arr. A. Gerken
Leyenda (Legend) from Suite Espagnole, No. 5, "Asturias"
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…sacred repertoire written for the carillon
Jos D’hollander (b. 1934)
Triptych on Gregorian Themes
I. Prelude – Fantasy on Kyrie “Orbis Factor”
II. “Ascendit Deus”
III. Allegro giocoso on “Ave, Maris Stella”
Geert D’hollander (b. 1965)
Let All Things Now Living (ASH GROVE)
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…Popular classics
Georges Bizet (1838-1875), arr. E. Uten
From the opera “Carmen”
Toreador Song
Habanera
Charlie Chaplin (1889-1977), arr. A. Bowman
Smile (from "Modern Times", 1936)
Harold Arlen (1905-1986), arr. A. Bowman
Over the Rainbow (from "The Wizard of Oz", 1939)
Paul McCartney (b. 1942), arr. U. Rasmussen
When I'm Sixty-Four (from "Yellow Submarine", 1968)
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906–1975), arr. F. Steijns
The Second Waltz
Alan Bowman
Alan Bowman is Carillonneur at Carillon Historical Park in Dayton, Ohio, and at the Mary M. Emery Memorial Carillon in Mariemont, Ohio.
Alan received his bachelor’s degree in Systems Analysis with a minor in Piano Performance from Miami University (1988, Oxford, Ohio), and a Master of Music degree with a major in Organ Performance from Florida Atlantic University (2005, Boca Raton, Florida). He worked in Florida for 25 years as a director of music in Lutheran, Anglican, and Roman Catholic churches.
In 2023 Alan received his diploma from the Royal Carillon School “Jef Denyn” in Mechelen, Belgium and performed concerts in Belgium, The Netherlands, Germany, Ireland and the U.S. He has served as Blanchard Carillon Fellow at Bok Tower Gardens in Lake Wales, Florida (2023/24, 2025), and is a Carillonneur Member of the Guild of Carillonneurs in North America (GCNA).
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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