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welcome to the twenty second international festival

Thank you for joining us what is a carillon? in celebrating one of the world’s greatest , A carillon is a musical instrument consisting of at least 23 cast bronze that are precisely tuned and the Singing Tower. With arranged in chromatic progression so that in any performances by world- key can be played. Unlike other types of bells, carillon renowned carillonneurs, bells are fixed in a frame—the bells do not move. Instead, the clappers inside strike the bells to produce a enjoy a renaissance of considerable range of sounds up to five or six octaves. this most unique musical Because of its weight and size, the carillon is the largest instrument through debut of all instruments. A carillon is played from a keyboard on which the keys are depressed by the player’s closed performances of hands and feet. The keys are connected to the clappers new compositions by vertical and horizontal wires. and music performed throughout the 500-year about our carillon history of the carillon. The carillon at Bok Tower Gardens has 60 bells ranging in weight from 16 pounds to nearly 12 tons. Following each The instrument was designed and built in performance, guest 1928 by John Taylor Bellfoundry, Ltd. of carillonneurs will greet visitors near Loughborough, England which still the Information makes bells today. There are three Booth to carillons in Florida, approximately discuss their performance, 200 in North America and 600 answer questions throughout the world. about the carillon and pose for pictures. dissonant combinations how is carillon are sometimes reversed in music written carillon music to account and played? for the presence of a minor-third overtone in each . Although carillon music looks like music, the treble clef is usually how are the played by the hands and the bass clef by the feet. bells tuned? The carillon’s action is mechanical, which allows Carillon bells are tuned the performer to control just after they are cast and the dynamics (loud and before they are installed. soft) by the force of A bell is placed on a lathe the strike. There is no and metal is carefully mechanism to dampen removed from the various the sound after a bell is heights of the inside wall of struck. Because carillon the bell. Bells only have to bells are rich in overtones, be re-tuned approximately the consonant and once every 300 years.

MEET GEERT D’HOLLANDER Resident Carillonneur at Bok Tower Gardens

Geert D’hollander was for carillon or composition. named Bok Tower Gardens’ fourth full-time carillonneur In 1997, Geert succeeded in October 2012 and is Ronald Barnes as University one of the finest in the Carillonist and Professor of “Jef Denyn” world. He has studied piano, Carillon at the Department in Mechelen, , choral and of Music at UC Berkeley. In and city carillonneur of the orchestral direction, fugue, 2008, he was awarded the historical instruments of and composition at the Royal “Berkeley Medal of Honors” Antwerp Cathedral, the belfry Conservatory in Antwerp, for “Distinguished Service of Ghent, and the Basilica of , and carillon at the to the Carillon.” Until 2012, Lier (Belgium). He frequently Royal Carillon School in when Geert moved to Lake gives master classes in Europe Mechelen, Belgium. He was , he was the carillon and the U.S. and performs all first prize winner in more than composition teacher at the over the world. Royal Carillon School 30 international competitions XX% Total Recycled Fiber

XX% Total Recycled Fiber 5M/CTP/0314 MEET THE GUEST CARILLONNEURS

Bok Tower Gardens welcomes four emerging guest carillonneurs who will debut world premiere performances on the Singing Tower carillon during this year’s festival. The selected are all first-time festival participants who are considered leading world performers among their peers.

TIFFANY NG BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA Performances made possible by Margaret and William Burns

Tiffany Ng has played more A student of Geert Berkeley than 80 concerts in 11 D’hollander at the Royal where countries, including the Carillon School “Jef Denyn” she opening recital of the 2008 in Belgium, Tiffany graduated teaches World Carillon Federation magna cum laude in 2006. In performance Post-Congress Festival in the following years, she revived and carillon history through Lommel, Belgium. An energetic the years-silent carillon at the DeCal program. She has proponent of multi-media the University of Rochester, taught master classes and carillon performance, she serving as Instructor of private lessons at institutions has premiered over a dozen Carillon and successfully including Yale University pieces for acoustic carillon and training a successor to carry and Roosevelt Academy in for carillon utilizing real-time on the program. She now The . electronic sounds. serves as Associate Carillonist of the University of California,

TOM VAN PEER LOKEREN, BELGIUM Performances made possible by Pat and Jones

Tom Van Peer a modern Belgian work from No. 1 for carillon. Tom is an is the City the Belgian Society of Authors, accomplished for Carillonneur of and Publishers both piano and carillon, and Lokeren, Belgium. He (SABAM). has performed in 10 countries. received his carillon diploma magna cum laude at the Royal In 2002, Tom was awarded In 2009, in honor of the Carillon School “Jef Denyn” The Outstanding Young People golden wedding anniversary in Mechelen, Belgium in 1998. (TOYP) Award in the “personal of Belgium’s King and Queen, That same year, he won the development” category for Tom was invited to play the prestigious International his striking musical merit, carillon at the Royal Palace of Queen Fabiola Contest for despite his visual impairment. . carillon, as well as the prize In 2003, he won a ‘Young for the best interpretation of Talent’ prize with his Nocturne JEREMY CHESMAN SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI Performances made possible by Margaret and Frank Hunt II

Jeremy Netherlands, , Belgium D’hollander at the Royal Chesman, and , where he played Carillon School of Belgium. AAGO, a recital of American music at A specialist in American ChM, University the National Palace in Mafra music, Jeremy has premiered Carillonist and Assistant on the European Union’s day works by Steven Sodders Professor of Music, is a of for the events of and Augustus O. Hill. He graduate of the University September 11. has lectured on American of Michigan where he was carillon music in Belgium and the first person to earn a As a fellow of the Belgian at congresses of the Guild Master of Music degree in American Educational of Carillonneurs in North carillon performance. He Foundation, he studied America. He is also working has performed throughout carillon with Eddy Mariën on a book about the carillon the United States, The and composition with Geert in American universities.

MONIKA KAZMIERCZAK GDANSK, POLAND Performances made possible by Friends of Bok Tower Gardens

Monika Kaźmierczak is the Netherlands where she in choral City Carillonneur of Gdansk, obtained her bachelor’s degree conducting Poland. She studied piano at in 2004 and master’s degree and is the the State Academy of Music in 2005. conductor of the in Gdansk and obtained a Gdansk Citizens’ master’s degree in music In 2007, Monika was offered Choir. Monika undertook theory from the Gdansk the Cultural Scholarship of several concert tours with Conservatory in 2003. She was the City of Gdansk and was the Hevelius Brass Ensemble selected for the prestigious able to take extensive master (carillon and brass) and is Huyghens International classes with Geert D’hollander considered one of the best Scholarship, enabling her to at the Royal Carillon School in female carillonneurs in the study carillon at the Dutch Mechelen, Belgium. In addition, world. Carillon School in Amersfoort, she obtained a master’s degree

The 2014 festival features “New Music On Old Bells,” a musical departure celebrating contemporary music on the carillon. Carillonneurs will perform selections from important American composers, digitally-synthesized music with live bells, new compositions, and several world premieres. Led by the Gardens’ acclaimed carillonneur Geert D’hollander, these accomplished guest artists are pioneering new sounds on the carillon. MARCH 8, 1:00 PM MARCH 8, 3:00 PM Geert D’hollander Jeremy Chesman

A Peaceful Start Easter Dawning (1992) George Crumb Adagio Johann S. Bach (b. 1929) (from the “ nach (1685-1750) Italienischen Gusto” BWV 971) From Serenade I (1978) Intrada Ronald Barnes Two Chaconnes Sicilienne (1927-1977) for 1 Johann Kaspar F. Fischer Milonga (1656-1746) for carillon (2010) Geert D’hollander Music for Carillon No. 1 (1961) John Cage (b. 1965) (Graph) (1912-1992)

A WORLD PREMIERE The Phantom of From Ludus Modalis II (2013-’14) the Opera Medley 1 Andrew Lloyd Webber (duet with Tiffany Ng) Geert D’hollander (b. 1948) (b. 1965) The Phantom of the Opera I. Playful Syncopes All I Ask of You II. Broken Colors Music of the Night III. A Little Carousel IV. Reflecting on Thoughts Passacaglia (1953) Jos Lerinckx V. Toccatina (1920-2000)

Improvisation Adaptations for carillon (identified by footnotes): 1. John Courter Adaptations for carillon (identified by footnotes): 1. Bernard Winsemius

George Crumb’s score John Cage wrote several to Easter Dawning pieces for carillon that are looks formidable for the still considered quite avant- The jewel of Bach’s Italian Ludus Modalis II is performer. Sometimes the garde. Many of them have Concerto is the second a collection of ten notation is more difficult novel notational practices, movement, Adagio. It sings intermediate carillon than it needs to be. This such as writing the musical like a beautiful aria over a studies for kids. It was adds a certain amount of score tracing the grain on highly organized sequential commissioned by the tension to the performance. a piece of wood. Music for bass which constantly Royal Carillon School in The piece is structured Carillon No. 1 is notated repeats the same rhythmic Mechelen, Belgium. Each around a few musical as a graph with dots. figure. study has its own technical gestures that appear in Each block on the graph and musical challenge various keys and exploit the represents a certain number A chaconne is a musical and character. Some are harmonics of the carillon. of seconds, and the dots form, usually based on fast, some are slow and indicate relative pitch. In the same repeated bass- melancholic, or light and Ronald Barnes’ Serenade is this way, each performance line, which offers the singing, but they’re all easy a major work of the 20th- can be expected to be composer an outline for to listen to and so much century American carillon significantly different. Luckily variations. Today, the two fun to perform, even more repertoire. Today’s recital for the performer, wrong chaconnes take us through so because they’re duets. features four of its six notes are impossible. a continuous “rainbow of movements, but begins and musical expression,” even ends with the same themes. Andrew Lloyd Webber’s though their harmonies In between the outer The Phantom of the Opera couldn’t be in greater movements are two dances: was a popular musical that contrast. a slow sicilienne, with its has enjoyed recent interest characteristic rhythm, with the release of a movie and an upbeat milonga, a version. The recital will popular dance from South end with work by Flemish America. composer Jos Lerinckx. MARCH 9, 1:00 PM MARCH 9, 3:00 PM Monika KaZmierczak Tiffany Ng

Gdańsk Seeing Sonorities Gdańsk was a very powerful harbor city, with rich These diverse pieces are united by their strong visual history and culture, especially in the 16th and 17th elements, ranging from the web interface by which centuries. The city had a carillon already in 1561, cast the audience composes polartide in real-time to by Johannes Moor of Brabant. In this program, music pieces inspired by paintings or written for film. from my city will be presented. polartide Suite of Polish An interactive art installation by Greg Niemeyer, Renaissance Dances Anonymous Chris Chafe, Perrin Meyer, Rama Gottfried (from the Gdańsk Lute Tablature) (17th century) Florida’s first crowd-sourced carillon event.

Resonet in laudibus Petrus de Drusina Air and Fanfare (2012) Andrew V. Ly (b. 1985) (15??-1611) Two Pieces After Fantasia a 3 Paul Siefert Caspar David Friedrich Anthony Skilbeck (1586-1666) Der Einsame Baum (The Lone Tree) (1947-2013) Waldinneres Bei Mondschein Two Polonaises Johann Gottlieb Goldberg (Inside the Forest by Moonlight) (from “24 Polonaises in All Keys”) (1727-1756) Amelia’s Waltz 1 Yann Tiersen (b. 1970) Aria 1 (from the “” (1685-1750) Image No. 2 (1959) E. Allard (1915-1977) BWV 988) Adaptations for carillon (identified by footnotes): Romance 2 Friedrich Wilhelm Markull 1. Liesbeth Janssens (from “Douze Morceaux (1816-1887) Caractéristiques Op. 82”) polartide: see handout for participation instructions. A NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE Pulsar B0329+54 Agnieszka Stulgińska Air, a tranquil meditation that runs into turbulence, segues (2011, for carillon and tape) (b. 1978) into a Fanfare that unfolds with scintillating rhythmic energy. This is composer Andrew Ly’s first work for carillon, commissioned by Ng for her Danish debuts in Suite of Polish Aalborg and Copenhagen. Renaissance Dances 3 Anonymous (from the Oliwa Organ Tablature) (ca. 1619) Visit the following URLs (represented as QR codes) to see images of the two paintings that Anthony Skilbeck Adaptations for carillon (identified by footnotes): so hauntingly evoked through sound in Two Pieces After 1. Gideon Bodden 2. Wojciech Lauer 3. Fabian Stanisz Caspar David Friedrich.

This performance is in memory of Anthony Skilbeck.

Johann Gottlieb Goldberg clock at St. Catherine’s was a talented virtuoso Church in Gdańsk —the harpsichordist born in first one in the world, and Gdańsk. His teacher was the most accurate. Pulsars Johann Sebastian Bach, who are dying stars which vibrate dedicated to him his famous in a very regular ratio. Goldberg Variations. Agnieszka uses transformed sounds of the pulsars in her Pulsar B0329+54 was composition. In the carillon Der Einsame Waldinneres a comission for the score, a sequence of digits is Baum (1822) bei Mondschein inauguration of the pulsar used as a theme. (1823-1830) MARCH 10, 1:00 PM MARCH 10, 3:00 PM Tiffany Ng Tom Van Peer

New Sonorities Romantic Compositions and Jazz Improvisations Tiffany Sketches (2007, for carillon and live electronics) Paul Coleman TWO NORTH-AMERICAN PREMIERES I. untitled (b. 1974) Sonata in Romantic Style II. untitled (2011, for carillon) Tom Van Peer III. Dissipating (b. 1975) Allegro Moderato Reflections of a Lowcountry Andrew S. Allen Andante Marshland (2008) (b. 1985) Allegro

And they shall beat their swords into Tribute to Camille Saint-Saens plowshares (2012) (2013, for carillon) Tom Van Peer

Barber’s Dozen (2008, for Improvisation on Jazz Standards metallophones and electronics) Matthew Barber My Funny Valentine Richard Rodgers (duet with Geert D’hollander) (b. 1980) (from the film “Babes in Arms”) (1902-1979) Summertime George Gershwin A WORLD PREMIERE (from the opera “Porgy and Bess”) (1898-1937) Future Calendars (2013) Jeffrey R. Treviño (b. 1983)

The Sonata in a Romantic voices, the soprano and According to Paul Coleman, 2008. It is scored for any Style is not written in the alto.The composition “Tiffany Sketches is a combination of acoustic the common, traditional concludes with a festive, collection of short pieces metal instruments and a romantic carillon style, but joyful Allegro. that exploit the unique computer that generates is inspired on the romantic harmonic spectrum of synthesized bell sounds. piano music of Chopin, Liszt The Tribute to Camille the carillon, for which Humans play through a and Fauré. The sonata is a Saint-Saens is a prominent any notion of traditional slow series of simple chord tribute to these magnificent, virtuosic composition that consonance and dissonance changes over the course classic masters. shows off the possibilities is problematic.” In this of the piece, while the of the carillon—and the special electro-acoustic computer is programmed The first movement,Allegro performer. After a short, performance, electronic with somewhat more Moderato, alternates lyrical powerful introduction, we’ll sounds will be generated in complex guidelines for passages with mighty hear an AA-BA form (A real-time. its musical creations. The virtuosity. In the second being a minor key and B a resulting music is much movement, you’ll hear a major key). The phrase And they shall like a slowly changing dialogue between two beat their swords into landscape.” (Matthew plowshares is inscribed at Barber) the foot of Memorial Tower at North Carolina State In 2013, North Korea University, a monument to released its new phone, the those alumni killed in World Arirang, named for the folk War I. The ongoing “Finish song of the same name. the [Bell] Tower” campaign Treviño composed Future is raising funds to install a Calendars as a prolation cast-bell carillon alongside canon in three different the electronic chime that simultaneous tempi on the has long sounded from the theme of Arirang, with the tower’s loudspeakers. fastest statement in the treble bells and the slowest “I composed Barber’s statement in the bass. Dozen for Tiffany Ng in MARCH 11, 1:00 PM MARCH 11, 3:00 PM Jeremy Chesman Monika KaZmierczak

The Tuning of the Sky (1979) Richard Felciano Poland (b. 1930) This program presents the beauty of Polish music.

Six Treatments Preludium 1 Jan Podbielski for Carillon (2002) Stephen Rush (from the Warsaw Organ Tablature) (1680?-1730?) (b. 1958) First Treatment Polish dances 2 Maria Szymanowska Tilted Waltz Polonaise & Mazurka (1789-1831) Cloud Bowls River Teeth Mazurka op. 50 nr 1 2 Karol Szymanowski Homage to Ives (1882-1937) Bolts A NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE Fairytale (1998) Kristiaan van Ingelgem Kujawiak (2010) Magdalena Cynk-Mikołajewska (on the Name “Fabiola”) (b. 1944) (Homage to Chopin) (b. 1968)

Polish songs 3 Mieczysław Karłowicz Jumper Rally (2004) Paul Takahashi Don’t Cry over Me, Princess (1876-1909) (b. 1967) Love Poems Where the First Stars Shine Over the Sky

Folk Melodies 4 Witold Lutosławski Oh, my Johnny (1913-1994) The recital begins, like The listener hears both There is a Path any good concert, with a the original carillon sound tuning. Richard Felciano’s and its treatment. In some The Lime-tree in The Tuning of the Sky is a movements, the carillon minimalistic piece. Sections plays a duet with itself. Polish film music Wojciech Kilar are repeated several times In other movements, the Waltz (from The Promised Land) (1932-2013) before a small change carillon simply plays long Polonaise (from Sir Thaddeus) is added. The repetition notes and the focus is on sets up an expectation in the sound of the treatment. A NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE the ear, giving the small Agnieszka Stulgińska change a greater impact. Queen Fabiola of Belgium Pulsar B0329+54 (b. 1978) As the piece progresses, it sponsors an international (2011, for carillon and tape) becomes larger and more carillon competition every complex. five years. Kristiaan van Adaptations for carillon (identified by footnotes): Ingelgem based the theme 1. Fabian Stanisz 2. Christiaan Winter After that, we hear another of this work, heard at the 3. R. Kłoczko 4. Magdalena Cynck novel compositional very beginning, on the technique. In Stephen letters of the name Fabiola. Rush’s Six Treatments, the Kujawiak, an original Pulsar B0329+54 was sound of the carillon is We’ll end with a piece composition for carillon, was a commission for the processed via microphone inspired by a Romanian written in 2010 by the Polish inauguration of the pulsar by a computer. The folk dance by Japanese- composer and my personal clock at St. Catherine’s sound is transformed and Belgian accordionist and friend, Magdalena Cynk, on Church in Gdańsk —the broadcast over speakers. carillonneur, Paul Takahashi. the occasion of the 150th first one in the world, and anniversary of Chopin’s the most accurate. Pulsars death (National Chopin are dying stars which vibrate Year in Poland). The title is a in a very regular ratio. folk dance from the Kujawy Agnieszka uses transformed region, melancholic and quite sounds of the pulsars in her slow. composition. In the carillon score, a sequence of digits is used as a theme. MARCH 12, 1:00 PM MARCH 12, 3:00 PM Jeremy Chesman Monika KaZmierczak

Homage to Bok Tower Belgium In this program, original contemporary carillon Prelude on compositions of my favorite Belgian composers will “The King’s Majesty” (1968) Milford Myhre be presented. Belgium is the country where the (b. 1931) carillon culture began over 500 years ago.

Three carillon Three Canzoni (1973) Werner Van Cleemput compositions (1931) Moderato (1930-2006) (1910-1981) Andantino Legend Allegretto Dirge Allegro Two Poems For Children (2004) Geert D’hollander Day-Dreaming (b. 1965) Tree Modes (1995) Amy Michelle Black Drawing Circles Japanese Flowering Quince (b. 1971) Weeping Willow “Een Aangename Voois” Southern Magnolia (A Lovely Melody, 2002) Geert D’hollander I’ve been thinking so long (b. 1965) Three Etudes (1988) Stephen Rush Batavia Etude I: Slowly, almost lost (b. 1958) My happy heart is smiling Etude II: Paced, almost hurried Etude III: With drive 3 Sonneries and 1 Encore (1973) Alla breve Werner Van Cleemput Impromptu Ferdinand Timmermans Adagio (1930-2006) (Homage à Chopin) (1891-1967) Vivace Mouvement perpétuel (perpetual motion)

This program was designed of tree with a different to honor the tradition of musical scale to give the In Three Canzoni, the first of the piece. The three Bok Tower to the carillon right arboreal impression. carillon piece Werner movements use different art in America. It begins Van Cleemput wrote, fragments of the song. with a composition by Stephen Rush is a the composer explores former carillonneur, Milford composer who teaches at the carillon, its melodical 3 Sonneries and 1 Encore Myhre, on the hymn tune the . qualities, and its rhythmical was awarded at the King’s Majesty. This piece The carillon at that possibilities. Mechelen International sounds best on the full bass school is a sister carillon Carillon Composition sound of Taylor bells. to Bok Tower, as a Taylor Two Poems For Children (Belgium, 1973). A sonnerie instrument of similar size. by Bok Tower Garden’s is a kind of signal. The first The three pieces by Samuel This composition was an carillonneur Geert one, Alla breve, uses an Barber are also well- “etude” or study for the D’hollander was awarded obsessive, strong rhythmical suited for this instrument composer on how to write at the International pattern. The second one, because Samuel Barber for the carillon, and is Composition Contest Adagio, alternates melodical was in residence at Bok loosely based on themes ‘Johan Franco’ (US, 2004). qualities with more Tower Gardens while he from Mozart’s A-Major rhythmical passages. The was a student at the Curtis . With Een Aangename Voois Vivace is rather fast and Institute of Music. (“A Lovely Melody”), Geert joyful, but harmonically very Our program of homages D’hollander won first prize complex. The Encore is a In a nod to the botanical ends with an homage to at the International Carillon traditional tonal perpetuum gardens, each movement of Chopin. Competition in Hoorn (The mobile (to ease the Tree Modes pairs a variety Netherlands, 2002). The listeners again) and can be composition is based on an repeated on and on. old Dutch song, which will be played at the beginning MARCH 13, 1:00 PM MARCH 13, 3:00 PM Tiffany Ng Tom Van Peer

A New Baroque Romantic Compositions and Jazz Improvisations Blessing and Honor Geert D’hollander and Glory and Power (b. 1965) A NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE (from “Hymn Preludes for the Kirk”, 2011) Four Preludes in a Sentimental Way Tom Van Peer (2012, for carillon) (b. 1975) Chorale Elizabeth A. Kelly (from “Intervals”, 2007) (b. 1982) Nr. 1 D Minor Nr. 2 C Major The Carillonneur Nr. 3 G Major (on a poem by Nicholas Hogan) Jun Sung Kang Nr. 4 D Minor Introit—Gradual—Kyrie (b. 1983) Gloria—Credo Percussum Impressions of Andalusia (2009, for carillon) Tom Van Peer A WORLD PREMIERE Enfilade Jeffrey R. Treviño (b. 1983) Ferviente Melancólico Pealing Fire (2004) Libby Larsen (b. 1950) Bravoura

Improvisation The five brief movements be heard as very a gradual On a Jazz Theme: ‘Whisper not’ Benny Golson of Kang’s The Carillonneur, crescendo. At least, this is (b. 1929) in the form of a mass, the performer’s take on are each generated from Enfilade, a challenge to a a three-note chromatic ’s ability to play motif. The finalCredo utterly unpredictable music A major change in my life, lot of tempo changes. brings the piece to an while maintaining utmost starting as a teacher at The last one has a vibrant, end with startling physical focus. the Royal Carillon School passionate character. and rhythmic intensity. in Mechelen, Belgium, Kang took inspiration Celebrated American motivated me to write Travelling through Andalusia from Rochester-based composer Libby Larsen’s a new carillon piece. and getting to know the poet Nicholas Hogan’s Pealing Fire begins with Motivating people to make Spanish inspired reminiscence on his visit an evocation of joyously and enjoy music is one of me to write Impressions to the carillon of the tolling bells. A startling the most rewarded things of Andalusia. The almost University of Rochester tritone modulation then in life. classical composition is with Tiffany Ng. introduces the Latin hymn strongly influenced by the Veni creator Spiritus Each prelude has its own striking Flamenco music. Listening to Enfilade is like (“Come Creator Spirit”), distinctive character. The The Ferviente is like a observing a rotating gem often sung in Gregorian first one is very dramatic joyful Spanish dance, the that continually changes chant in church. This with a climax in the middle. Melancólico is mourning, shape; the same pattern of hymn recurs throughout The second one is slow and the Bravoura flares up facets never quite repeats. the piece, sometimes and subtle with beautiful like fireworks! The piece opens with its overtly and sometimes singing lines. Prelude No.3 main theme, which is then barely detectable in the is rhythmical and has a hidden within a series of high bells or in a middle relentlessly descending voice. The indication harmonies, each unique, “Wild Tintinnabulation!” that are occasionally directs the performer’s punctuated by a sonority interpretation of a cadenza so beautiful that it evokes that happens twice, a glimmer in the gem that suggesting the spirit in fades, never be experienced which the piece should be again. The piece may also played and enjoyed. MARCH 13, 7:30 PM MARCH 14, 1:00 PM Monika KaZmierczak Tom Van Peer

Moonlight Concert TWO NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERES Music associated with night... Sonata ‘Castellanus’(2013) Tom Van Peer (b. 1975) From Piano to Bells Rondo Adagio sostenuto 1 Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) Largo (from the Moonlight Sonata Op. 27 No. 2) Presto Claire de Lune 2 (1862-1918) (“Moonlight”, from the Suite Bergamasque) Variations on a Theme of Corelli (2012) Tom Van Peer Scary Night Music Toccata Octofonica & Aria Hexafonica Henk Badings Improvisation (from Suite No. 2 for Carillon) (1907-1987) on Spanish (Flamenco) Music Vocalise Wojciech Kilar (from “Dracula”) (1932-2013) Lullaby Krzysztof Komeda (from “Rosemary’s Baby”) (1931-1969) The motivation to write Rachmaninov’s Variations the Sonata Castellanus is on a Theme of Corelli my passion for the weather. (1931, based on “La Gregorian Triptych (1988, for carillon) John Courter Requiem Aeternam (1941-2010) I like dreaming about the Folia”) inspired me to clouds that I don’t see, but write something similar Dies Irae (“Totentantz”) that exist in my imagination. for carillon. I wrote five In Paradisum I know all the different variations on that well- types and know what they known theme. The first one Dreamy night music look like. Eventually, they is an ornamentation of the Where the First Stars Shine Over the Sky 3 M. Karłowicz start to live on their own melody, the second one is a (1876-1909) and inspired me to start rhythmical dance, the third Two Poems For Children (2004) Geert D’hollander writing. one has a singing character, Day-Dreaming (b. 1965) the fourth variation is in a Drawing Circles The Rondo is ceremonial, major key, and the last one the Largo melancholic, the is fast and virtuosic. last movement, Presto, has A NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE hasting character. Permatomas (Transparent) Algirdas Klova (2011, for carillon) (b. 1958)

Nocturnes 2 Nocturnes 4 John Field (1782-1837) BECOME A MEMBER Nocturne op. 37 nr 1 5 Frederic Chopin (1810-1849) There’s something new to discover in Popular Music “Night selections” every season at Bok Tower Gardens, Moon River (1961) Henry Mancini so you’ll want to visit again and again. (from “Breakfast at Tiffany’s”) (1924-1994) Become a Member today and you’ll get Fly Me to the Moon (1954) Bart Howard (from “Hello, Dolly”) (1915-2004) a whole year’s worth of benefits, as well Fiddler on the Roof (1964) Jerry Bock as the knowledge that you are preserving (1928-2010) and sustaining the Gardens for future generations. Adaptations for carillon (identified by footnotes): 1. Wojciech Lauer 2. Staf Nees 3. Rafał Kłoczko 4. Arie Abbenes Find out how you can apply today’s 5. Leen ‘t Hart admission fees toward a membership by visiting us in the Visitor Center! MARCH 14, 3:00 PM MARCH 15, 1:00 PM Geert D’hollander Tom Van Peer

A Composition by the Performer A NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE “Een Schoon Liedeken” Geert D’hollander Three Nocturnes (2002) Tom Van Peer (A Lovely Tune, 2008) (b. 1965) I. Moonlight (b. 1975) Intrada – Gaillarde – Pavane – Contredance II. Indian Dream III. Candle Light From the Tower’s Archive 1 Solveig’s Song Edward Grieg Improvisation (1743-1907) In the ‘Viennesse Waltz Style’ España Emmanuel Chabrier (1841-1894) In a Jazzy Way… What a Wonderful World (1967) Georg D. Weiss A WORLD PREMIERE (composed for Louis Armstrong, (1921-2010) From Ludus Modalis II (2013-’14) with a hopeful regard to the future) (duet with Monika Kaźmierczak) Geert D’hollander (b. 1965) Georgia on my Mind (1930) Hoagy Carmichael (became the official (1899-1981) VI. Invention State Song of Georgia in 1979) VII. Rippling Water VIII. Sorry, No Time! Cry Me a River (1953) Arthur Hamelton IX. A Chromatic Canon (from the movie (b. 1926) X. Orff’s Dance ‘The Girl Can’t Help It’)

Improvisation

Adaptations for carillon (identified by footnotes): The Three Nocturnes were evoking the atmosphere of 1. Anton Brees written as opening pieces the night. The Indian Dream for the evening carillon aches for a trip to foreign, concert series at my exotic countries. In the last, carillon in Lokeren, Belgium. Candle Light, I was thinking A Lovely Tune was mourning Norwegian folk about a homey, cozy day commissioned for the melody, yet it is stunningly The first one,Moonlight , with good friends. occasion of the 16th beautiful. España, Chabrier’s is mysterious and dreamy, World Carillon Congress extraordinary rhapsody, is in Groningen (The full of excitement just like Netherlands). It is a suite an emotional Spanish dance. inspired by old dances yet using a contemporary Ludus Modalis II is musical language. The a collection of ten composition is based on intermediate carillon a 15th-century Dutch studies for kids. It was folk song. Each movement commissioned by the exploits a different Royal Carillon School in 85 years fragment of the song. Mechelen, Belgium. Each study has its own technical of history Our first carillonneur, and musical challenge Anton Brees, left us his and character. Some are Take a look at the rich history of entire musical library. Out fast, some are slow and our national historic landmark of hundreds of scores, melancholic, or light and in the Visitor Center Exhibit I picked two beautiful singing, but they’re all easy romantic pieces. Solveig’s to listen to and so much Hall. Visitors can see the orignal Song, the third movement fun to perform, even more carillon keyboard among many of Grieg’s “Peer Gynt so because they’re duets. Suite No. 2,” is nothing other items on display. more than a simple, slow MARCH 15, 3:00 PM MARCH 16, 1:00 PM Jeremy Chesman Monika KaZmierczak

Reflections Around the World

Reflexies (1975) Jacques Maassen Belgium (& East India) (1947- 2013) “Een Aangename Voois” (A Lovely Melody, 2002) I’ve been thinking so long Geert D’hollander Three Short Pieces (1968) Gary White Batavia (b. 1965) Etude (b. 1937) My happy heart is smiling Reflections Vigil Russia Waltz (1941) Aram Khachaturian Paraphrase on a (from Masquerade) (1903-1978) Theme of Pasquale Ricci (1987) Ronald Barnes (1927-1997) France The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964) Michel Legrand Reflections (b. 1932) from the Tower (1990) Emma Lou Diemer A Man and a Woman (1966) Francis Lai (b. 1927) (b. 1932)

Three Impressions TWO NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERES of Frans Hals (1969) Wim Franken (1992-2012) Lithuania The Officers of the St George Militia Company Permatomas (2011, for carillon) Algirdas Klova The Meagre Company (Transparent) (b. 1958) Regentesses of the Old Men’s Alms House Sanctus (2011, for carillon) Vakaris Laurynas Lopas (b. 1948)

Jacques Maassen was As a respite from the more Latin America a Dutch carillonneur, exotic 20th-century music, Libertango (1974) Astor Piazzolla composer, music historian, we hear a contemporary (1921-1992) and teacher who passed setting by Ronald Barnes away in 2013. His Reflexies of a theme by an Italian alternates between slow, composer from the Brazil The Girl from Ipanema Carlos Jobim solemn sections with Classical Period. (1962) regular beats and fast, (1927-1994) energetic sections with Reflections from the Tower Por Una Cabeza (1935) Carlos Gardel constantly shifting rhythms. imagines various scenes (1890-1935) from the top of a carillon Gary White’s Three Short tower. The piece lacks USA Pieces explore different melody and form, focusing Dies Irae (“Totentantz”) John Courter th aspects of 20 -century more on the impressions (from the “Gregorian Triptych,” (1941-2010) composition techniques. given by each motive. 1988, for carillon) Etude uses the non- Fiddler on the Roof Jerry Bock traditional octatonic scale, Wim Franken gave (1964) while the two sections of us his impressions on (1928-2010) Reflections play with music three paintings by the Around the World (1956) structure by being just like Dutch master, Frans Hals Harold Adamson (1906-1980) each other but upside- (Antwerp, 1580 – Haarlem, Victor Young (1900-1956) down. Vigil concludes the 1666). At the end of the set, shifting meters and work, themes from each All adaptations for carillon have been made by the rhythmic groupings. movement join together recitalist. to draw the piece to its conclusion. MARCH 16, 3:00 PM MARCH 16, 7:00 PM Tiffany Ng Geert D’hollander

Other Rhythms, Other Times St. Patrick’s Day

Tocsin (2007) Kevin Ernste Improvised Variations on Irish Folksongs (for bells and live electronics) (b. 1973) Irish Inspired Berlin Fireworks Music (1987) Richard Felciano Compositions by the Performer (b. 1930) Slane 6th Century Hymn Moses All (2013) Jeffrey R. Treviño St. Columba 6th Century Hymn (b. 1983) (from “Hymn Preludes for the Kirk,” 2009)

A WORLD PREMIERE Improvised Variations One Fell Swoop (2014) Jay Cloidt (for carillon and electronics) (b. 1949) on “O’Carolan’s Compositions” (Irish Dances, composed by Turlough O’Carolan, 1670-1738) Kevin Ernste wrote Tocsin comprising sixteenth-note for the chime of Cornell motives. University, employing Irish inspired optional loudspeakers Jeffrey Treviño gave Moses Compositions by the Performer and digital processing for All its tongue-in-cheek spatial effects. The unusual name after noticing that Irish Air notation presents the a sign on UC Berkeley’s A Crazy Ritornello carillonneur with boxed philosophy building, Moses (from “A Swinging Suite”, 2006) groups of notes. Within Hall, was missing its ‘H.’ His each box, she may play the compositional technique notes in any order, speed, comprises division variation and volume, with the goal of a cantus firmus and then of making the improvised of its inversion, ornamented performance sound “like with harmonies from his bells from many towers, composition Enfilade near and distant.” (premiered on an earlier program). This is a solo version of Richard Felciano’s Jay Cloidt first collaborated Berlin Fireworks Music, with Tiffany Ng on a commissioned by the piece for San Francisco’s City of Berlin, and is one renowned modern dance BE A PART OF OUR FUTURE... of a number of Felciano’s company ODC, which commissioned works performed Lifesaving dealing with multiple bell Maneuvers to the recorded Now is the time for you to join us as we towers or carillons in sounds of UC Berkeley’s enter the next chapter of the Gardens’ space. The premiere of carillon at the Yerba Buena history. Be both a steward of Edward Bok’s the original version for Center for the Arts in 2013. three travelling carillons Cloidt’s second piece for beautiful legacy and the key to its future. was given in 1987 as a carillon, One Fell Swoop, prelude to an hour-long is written specifically for fireworks display on the the Bok Tower carillon Your gift will help us tell a new story of the airfield of the now-closed plus amplified electronic Gardens while preserving its unique and Berlin Templehof Airport. sounds that subtly modify timeless spirit. To learn more and make a gift Berlin Fireworks Music the timbres of those bells. is a sparkling minimalist Special thanks to Geert to the campaign, visit www.boklegacy.org. piece built on a sequence D’hollander for recording of repeated modules Bok Tower’s bells for the electronic track. international carillon festival activities & events

Hidden Garden Melodies Moonlight Carillon Concert March 8, 9, 15, 16 Thursday, March 13, 7:30 p.m. Noon - 3 p.m. Singing Tower Blue Palmetto Cafe Enjoy a carillon concert by guest Enjoy impromptu music artist Monika Kaźmierczak under on the Blue Palmetto the light of the full moon. It’s a Café Terrace. Included unique opportunity to visit the with admission. Gardens after-hours and have a light dinner at the Blue Palmetto Café. $5 per person. Free for members.

Live at the Gardens! Music at Pinewood Series featuring Guest Carillonneur Lunch & Learn Wildflower Walk Sunset Tom Van Peer Guided Tour & Friday, March 14, 10 a.m. Carillon Concert Sunday, March 9, 5 p.m. Concert Sunday, March 16, 7 p.m. Pinewood Estate March 10-14 In partnership with Singing Tower Noon - 1:30 p.m. South Florida State Visiting guest artist College’s Pygmy Fringe Journey to the Emerald Tom Van Peer presents Bring a picnic lunch Tree Wildflower Festival, Isle and find your pot o’ a diverse program for and attend a special Gardens’ director gold under a canopy of piano featuring unique guided tour of the of horticulture Greg majestic live oak trees improvisations in jazz Singing Tower exterior Kramer hosts a two-mile during this magical Singing and romantic style. highlighting its history, Wildflower Walk along Tower performance by $25 per person. Limited artistry, architecture and the new Preserve Trail. Gardens’ carillonneur seating, reservations construction, followed Sponsored by the Florida Geert D’hollander. Enjoy required. by a carillon concert and Wildflower Foundation delicious food and drinks historical artifacts display. & the Florida State from the food trucks Included with admission. Wildflower license plate. that will be on hand, for Included with admission. an additional fee. $5 per person. Free for members.

Thank you to our Artist Benefactors: This event is generously sponsored in part by:

Margaret and Frank Hunt II Margaret and William Burns Pat and Don Jones

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