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Tower Inside the Singing Tower Clock Music DAILY CARILLON MUSIC Architect: Milton B. Medary (Philadelphia) Announcing the hour strike: April 22-24, 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? (Loughborough, England) Members at the Donor level and above can view the Founder's Room on one of four Adaptations for carillon of melodies or of music written for Size: 60 bronze bells tours conducted each year. other instruments have been made by the recitalist, except for those arrangers identified by the following: Bell weight: Smallest bell at 16 lbs. * Anton Brees 863-676-1408 - Lake Wales, FL Largest bell at 11+ tons (10+ metric tons) Total of 63+ tons (57+ metric tons) www.boktowergardens.org Monday at 1:00 p.m. Tuesday at 1:00 p.m. Wednesday at 1:00 p.m. Alex Johnson Live performance by Alex Johnson Live performance by Alex Johnson Live performance by Alex Johnson Singing Tower Carillon Fellow Music from Across Europe Greetings from the Carillon Repertoire Baroque Selection Alex Johnson grew up in a suburb Je Te Veux – Gnossienne No. 1 – Gnossienne No. 5 Motorhythmia Neil Thornock (b. 1977) Preludio No. 3 Matthias vanden Gheyn (1721-1785) of Dallas, Texas where he began his Music For An Early Spring Morning Romantic Selection musical training with piano at the age Entry of the Gladiators Julius Fučík (1872-1916) K. Cosaert (b. 1963) Notule No. 1 & Image No. 2 E. Allard (1915-1976) of eight. Orchestral and marching percussion became Ständchen, D 889 (Serenade) F. Schubert (1797-1828) Elégie Vasily Kalinnikov (1866-1901) his interest by age 10 and he flourished in his high “O mio babbino caro” Giac. Puccini (1858-1924) Contemporary Selection school band and percussion program. He describes his Farewell from the Carillon Repertoire Motorhythmia Niel Thornock (b. 1977) percussion training– the kinesthetic awareness of how Music of Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849) Suite No. 1 for Carillon John Courter (1942-2010) Elegy Roy Hamlin Johnson (b. 1929) changes in muscle tension affect the sound produced – Mazurka, Op. 68, No. 3 1. Fantasia Octatonica as important when he began to study the carillon as an Music for an Early Spring Morning K. Cosaert (b. Nocturne, Op. 9, No. 2 2. Sonorities undergraduate. 1963)) 3. Toccata Festevole “I didn’t know what the word carillon was before beginning school at the University of Rochester, but I Monday at 3:00 p.m. almost instantly became attached to the instrument,” he Live performance by Alex Johnson Tuesday at 3:00 p.m. shared. Live performance by Alex Johnson Wednesday at 3:00 p.m. Baroque Selection Live performance by Alex Johnson Preludio No. 3 Matthias vanden Gheyn (1721-1785) Contemporary Carillon Repertoire and Spanish Music Three Hymns Romantic Selection Chartres (for carillon) Roy Hamlin Johnson (b. 1929) Prelude on: Joyful, Joyful L. H. Whipple (1920-2005) Geert D’hollander Resident Carillonneur Notule No. 1 & Image No. 2 E. Allard (1915-1976) Habenera (from Carmen) Georges Bizet (1838-1875) Slane Traditional Irish Maanacht (from The Cathedral, for carillon) arr. L. H. Whipple Contemporary Selection A. Meulemans (1884-1966) Simple Gifts Joseph Brackett (1797-1882) Elegy Roy Hamlin Johnson (b. 1929) B e l g i a n - A m e r i c a n c o m p o s e r a n d Verano Porteño (for instrumental ensemble) arr. M. Myhre carillonneur Geert D’hollander Romantic Astor Piazzola(1921-1992) A Waltz and a Prelude was named Bok Tower Gardens’ fourth full-time Mazurka, op. 68, no. 3 Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849) Reflexies (for carillon) Jacques Maassen(1947-2013) On the San Antonio River Robert Byrnes (b. 1949) carillonneur in October 2012. He has studied, Nocturne, op. 9, no. 2 Leyenda (for piano) Isaac Albéniz (1860-1909) Preludio No. 5 Matthias van den Gheyn (1721-1785) performed, taught, arranged and composed Baroque Three Folk Songs carillon music for more than 35 years. Preludio No. 5 Matthias vanden Gheyn (1721-1785) Shenandoah Traditional American Geert has held permanent and guest teaching Scarborough Fair Traditional English positions of carillon performance and composition arr. W. Westcott at the Royal Carillon School in Mechelen, Belgium, Low Bridge, Everybody Down Th. S. Allen (1876-1919) the Dutch Carillon School in Amersfoort and at the To Conclude University College Roosevelt in Middelburg, both in The Second Waltz Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) The Netherlands. From 1997-1999, Geert was the Praeludium (Suite for Lute No. 2) J. S. Bach (1685-1750) Carillonneur and Professor of Carillon at the University of California at Berkeley, succeeding Ronald Barnes..