Tower Inside the Singing Tower Clock Music DAILY CARILLON MUSIC
Architect: Milton B. Medary (Philadelphia) Announcing the hour strike: June 13-15, 2019 Lake Wales Nocturne (excerpt) Purpose: To house the carillon; serve as a Johan Franco centerpiece for the Gardens; the private Carillon Concerts at 1:00 and 3:00 p.m. use of the Bok family 9:00 Prelude Johann Sebastian Bach Built: 1927-1929 7 9:30 Sarabande (for carillon) Benoit Franssen Height: 205 feet (62.5 meters) 10:00 Somber Pavane (for carillon) Ronald Barnes Weight: 5,500 tons (5,000 metric tons) 6 10:30 Andante Joseph H. Fiocco Structure: Steel frame with brick walls; outer facing 5 of pink and gray Georgia marble and 11:00 Spring Morning (for carillon) Geert D’hollander Florida coquina, a limestone of shell and 4 coral fragments Sorrowing Foundation: 118 reinforced concrete piles, 13-24 feet 11:30 Andante (for carillon) Ronald Barnes (4-7 meters) underground with a concrete 3 cap of 2.5 feet (0.8 meter) 12:00 Prelude VI (for carillon) Matthias vanden Gheyn Sculpture: Lee Lawrie (New York City); herons at the top, eagles at the base of the bellchamber; 12:30 Chaconne * Auguste Durant all sculptures were carved on-site CONCERT Colorful Grilles near the top: 1:00 Ceramic tiles designed by J.H. Dulles 2 Allen (Philadelphia) 2:00 Dreaming (for carillon) Geert D’hollander
Brass Door and Wrought-iron Gates with Birds: 1 2:30 Andante (for carillon) Ioannes de Gruijtters Samuel Yellin (Philadelphia); depicts the Biblical story of Creation 3:00 CONCERT 1. Founder’s Room 4. Anton Brees Carillon Inscription under the Sundial: Library This Singing Tower with its adjacent 2. Chao Research Center 4:00 Waltz Edvard Grieg Sanctuary was dedicated and presented (Archives) 5. Carillonneur’s Studio to the American people by Calvin 3. Maintenance Workshop 6. Keyboard Room 4:30 Cortege (for carillon) John Courter Coolidge, President of the United States, 7. Carillon (60 bells) February 1, 1929. 5:00 La Volta William Byrd
Carillon 5:30 Solveig’s Song * Edvard Grieg
Bellfounder: John Taylor Bellfounders, Ltd. Is the Tower ever open to the Public? Adaptations for carillon of melodies or of music written for (Loughborough, England) Members at the Donor level and above can other instruments have been made by the recitalist, except view the Founder's Room on one of four for those arrangers identified by the following: Size: 60 bronze bells tours conducted each year. * Anton Brees Bell weight: Smallest bell at 16 lbs. 863-676-1408 - Lake Wales, FL Largest bell at 11+ tons (10+ metric tons) Total of 63+ tons (57+ metric tons) www.boktowergardens.org Thursday at 8:30 a.m. Thursday at 11:15 a.m. Friday at 9:00 a.m. Saturday at 1:00 p.m. GCNA Advancement Recital No. 8 ACME New Music Recital Class of 1979 & 2018 Recital Historic recording by William De Turk
Prelude Composed by the candidate Pizzicati Leo Delibes (1836-1891) Toccata No. 10 Johan Franco (1908-1988) Sonnerie (from Serenade II for carillon) R. Barnes From A Simple Suite Ronald Barnes (1927-1997) Arranged and performed by Carlo van Ulft From French Suite No. 2 Johann S. Bach (1685-1750) commissioned in 1979 by Bok Tower Gardens Toccata Lirica Allemande arr. A. McCrady Je Te Veux Erik Satie (1866-1925) dedicated to M. Myhre & Nellie Lee Bok Gavotte Pastorale Leon Henry (1888-1955) Rotation Gary White (b. 1937) Arranged and performed by Alex Johnson Hattem Groove Kenneth Theunissen Variations on “When Jesus Wept” O, Thou Beautiful Swallow Émilien Allard Serenata Española Joaquín Malats (1872-1912) W. Billings (1746-1800) dedicated to Nellie Lee Bok, 1970 Arranged and performed by Wesley Arai arr. A. McCrady American Music Paraphrase on The King’s Majesty M. Myhre (b. 1931) (arr. M. Myhre) Thursday at 9:00 a.m. Do You Know the Muffin Man? GCNA Advancement Recital No. 9 Performed by Dr. Andrea McCrady Simple Gifts Shaker Hymn Composed and performed by Lee Cobb To a Wild Rose Edward MacDowell Fantasy on a Russian Folksong Frank Steijns (b. 1970) From Pictures at an Exhibition From Violin Partita No. 3, BWV 1006 Listen to the Mockingbird Richard Milburn Intrada Col Aria John Courter (1942-2010) M. Mussorgsky (1839-1881) J. S. Bach (1685-1750) Higher Ground Charles H. Gabriel From A Simple Suite Ronald Barnes (1927-1997) Promenade arr. Scott Hummel Prelude arr. Barnes / A. Johnson Ragtime Bells John Courter Toccata Lirica Performed by Tim Sleep Elegy Roy Hamlin Johnson (b. 1929) From Gregorian Triptych John Courter From “Glassworks” Philip Glass (b. 1937) The Music of March: A Civil Rights CarillonCollection Dies Irae Closing arr. A. Johnson Saturday at 3:00 p.m. Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me ‘Round Performed by Alex Johnson Historic recording by Milford Myhre Traditional Thursday at 10:45 a.m. Freedom is a Constant Struggle Roberta Slavit Prelude & Fugue on Old 104th (1988) Ronald Barnes GCNA Advancement Recital No. 10 Which Side Are You On? Florence Reece arr. J. Wang, Y. J. Jackson & J. Brink Friday at 11:30 a.m. Folksongs from Abroad (arr. M. Myhre) Guest Recital John Gouwens In My Father’s Garden France (Touraine) From A Carillon Book for the Liturgical Year Performed by Tiffany Ng Loch Lomond Scotland Salzburg H. Johnson (b. 1929) Moonflower Faeries O Light Most Blessed John Courter (1941-2010) Muss I Denn Germany (Bavaria) Julia Florida A. B. Mangore (1885-1944) Composed and performed by Joey Brink arr. M. J. Disler Rustic Landscape John Pozdro (1923-2009) Music from Spain Leuvens Preludio John Gouwens (b. 1957) El Vito (dance) Andalusia From A Carillon Book for the Liturgical Year Milagro Dave Grusin (b. 1934) arr. Sally S. Warner Chartres Roy H. Johnson (b. 1929) arr. Gouwens Amelia’s Story Catalonia Fantasia on “Die Winter is Verganghen” Prelude, Adagio, and Fugue, Op. 15 John Gouwens arr. N. Yepes B. J. Franssen (1893-1978) Variations On O Filii Et Filiae, Op. 4 John Gouwens French Opera Music Habanera (from Carmen) Georges Bizet arr. M. Myhre