Jim Brown Recital Series

2020 Summer JIM RECITAL BROWN SERIES TUESDAY, JULY 7 TUESDAYS AT 7:00 PM, JUNE 2–AUGUST 18 7:00 PM Jim Brown began carillon study in 2001 with Wylie Crawford, the first City Carillonneur of Naperville. He earned Certification as a “Carillonneur Member” of the Guild of Carillonneurs in North America (GCNA) in June 2003 at the Guild’s annual Congress in Berea, Kentucky. Jim was named an Assistant City Carillonneur of Naperville. He holds a Bachelor of Music Education from Benedictine University in Lisle, IL and lives in Naperville and plays the Naperville Millennium Carillon regularly. 1. The Star Spangled Banner John S. Smith (c. 1773) Yankee Doodle Dandy Anonymous America the Beautiful Samuel A. Ward (1848-1903); arr. by Milford Myhre America, My Country ‘Tis of Thee Anonymous; arr by Leen ‘t Hart (1920-1992) The Battle Cry of Freedom (1862) George F. Root (1820-1895); arr. by Richard Giszczak (Rally ‘Round the Flag) 2. AMERICAN SHAKER TUNES ARR. BY RICHARD GISZCZAK The Humble Heart Mother Says Go On Dear Children Simple Gifts 3. EUROPEAN FOLK SONGS Scarborough Fair (England) arr. by Wendell Wescott On the Bridge at Avignon Variations (France) arr. by Leen ‘t Hart Come Back to Sorrento (Italy) Ernesto di Curtis arr Westcott Londonderry Air (Ireland) arr. Sally Slade Warner 4. DAYDREAMS AND STARLIGHT A Dream Is a Wish (“Cinderella”) Mack David et al arr R Giszczak The Ashokan Farewell Jay Ungar (b.1946) arr J Brown When You Wish Upon a Star (“Pinocchio”) Leigh Harline arr by R Giszczak Stardust Hoagy Carmichael (1899-1981); Arr. Sally Slade Warner Each section will be announced by the striking of bells. The number of strokes indicates the section number. Unless otherwise indicated, all arrangements are by the performer. PROGRAM NOTES Yankee Doodle dates from the Seven Years’ War, known in America as the French and Indian War, and the American Revolution. It is the state anthem of Connecticut. The Battle Cry of Freedom was written in 1862 during the Civil War and was also used as a campaign song for Lincoln’s 1864 election and other subsequent elections such as Garfield’s in 1880. Folk songs are a timeless evocation of a country or a particular city. The melody of Scarborough Fair is in the Dorian mode and typical of the middle English period. Scarborough is in North Yorkshire. Leen ‘t Hart has constructed variations On the Bridge at Avignon (Sur le Pont d’Avignon) a beloved French folk song about a dance performed under the bridge (Pont Saint-Bénézet) in Avignon dating from the 15th century. The haunting Come to Back to Sorrento evokes the beautiful town on the Bay of Naples. The Londonderry Air or Danny Boy is Ireland itself. The Ashokan Farewell, composed by American folk musician Jay Ungar in 1982 served for many years as the goodnight or farewell waltz at the annual Ashokan Fiddle & Dance Camps at the Ashokan Field Campus of SUNY New Paltz in Upstate New York run by Ungar and his wife Molly Mason who gave the tune its name. It was used as the title theme for the 1990 PBS television miniseries, The Civil War by Ken Burns. Sally Slade Warner, master arranger for the carillon, realized this clever arrangement of Stardust while at a winter carillon festival at the Bok “Singing Tower” Carillon in Lake Wales, Florida. For more Carillon information and upcoming summer concert dates, please visit www.napervilleparks.org or www.naperville-carillon.org..

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