21st International Carillon Festival Music Program

TWENTY-FIRST

international carillon festival MARCH 3-11, 2012

Welcome to OUR TWENTY-fIRST International Carillon Festival Thank you for joining us in celebrating one of the world’s greatest carillons, the Bok Singing Tower. With performances by world-renowned carillonneurs, enjoy a renaissance of this most unique musical instrument through debut performances of new compositions and music performed throughout the 500 year history of the carillon.

Experience the beauty of our Olmsted landscaped gardens overlooking natural areas surrounded by rolling hills of fragrant citrus.

What is a carillon?

to the clappers by vertical and

A carillon is a musical

horizontal wires.

instrument consisting of at least 23 cast bronze bells that are precisely tuned and arranged in chromatic progression so that music in any key can be played. Unlike other types of bells, carillon bells are fixed in a frame—the bells do not move.

Instead, the clappers inside strike the bells to produce a considerable range of sounds up to five or six octaves. Because of its weight and size, the carillon is one of the largest of all instruments. A carillon is played from a keyboard on which the keys are depressed by the player’s closed hands and feet. The keys are connected

OUR Singing Tower Carillon The carillon at Bok Tower Gardens has 60 bells ranging in weight from 16 pounds to nearly 12 tons. The instrument was designed and built in 1928

by John Taylor Bellfoundry, Ltd. of Loughborough, England which still makes bells today. There are four carillons in Florida, approximately 200 in North America and 600 throughout the world.

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hoW is carillon mUsic Written anD plaYeD?

and dissonant combinations

Although carillon music looks

the presence of a minor-third

are sometimes reversed in carillon music to account for

like piano music, the treble clef is usually played by the hands and the bass clef by the feet. The carillon’s action is mechanical, which allows the performer to control the dynamics (loud and soft) by the force of the strike. There is no mechanism to dampen the sound after a bell is struck. Because carillon bells are rich in overtones, the consonant

overtone in each bell.

hoW are the bells tUneD? Carillon bells are tuned just after they are cast and before they are installed. A bell is placed on a lathe and metal is carefully removed from the various heights of the inside wall of the bell. If tuned correctly, the bells

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1. The four largest bells arrive by train in Lake Wales.

2. A representative from Taylor Bellfoundry holds a model of the carillon bells.

3. Anton Brees, our first carillonneur performing on the Singing Tower’s keyboard.

4. In building the Singing Tower, Mr. Bok did not want his name as part of the title or for it to appear physically on the building. It appears only on the largest carillon bell as part of the inscription.

never have to be re-tuned.

special membership offer Buy one ticket, get one free. Sign up for a new, gift or upgraded Sustainer level membership or higher, and receive one free ticket with purchase of one ticket to the Mix & Mingle Moonlight Reception on March 6. Sustainer level members and higher receive an invitation for two to a Founder’s Room Tour!

Sign up today at the Information Desk or call 863.734.1233 for more information.

the gUest carillonneUrs Bok Tower Gardens welcomes six leading guest carillonneurs who will debut world premiere performances of four original compositions. These carillonneurs represent a variety of backgrounds and members of the Guild of Carillonneurs in North America, all dedicated to promoting the awareness and enjoyment of music for the carillon.

Dennis cUrrY is carillonneur and associate music director at Kirk in the Hills, in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. He studied carillon with Dr. Frederick Marriott, and became a carillonneur member of the Guild of Carillonneurs in North America in 1989 where he served as president and member of the board of directors and as juror on the Guild’s Student Examination Committee. He was a member of the Executive Committee of the World Carillon Federation (WCF), serving as its treasurer and vice-president. He has hosted two Congresses of the GCNA and a WCF World Congress. A carillon recitalist in the USA, Europe and Asia, Dennis also has performed in several prestigious international carillon festivals. This is his second appearance at our International Carillon Festival.

sUe bergren is an assistant carillonneur at the Millennium Carillon in Naperville, Illinois.

She studied carillon with Wylie Crawford and Karel Keldermans, became a carillonneur member of the Guild of Carillonneurs in North America (GCNA) in 2004 where she currently serves as co-editor for its newsletter and is a member on the board of directors, and is music editor and owner of American Carillon Music Editions. She has a Master of Music degree in Organ Performance from Northern Illinois University and is organist at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church in Naperville.

This is her first appearance at our International Carillon Festival.

george gregorY has been organist and carillonneur at Central Christian Church in San Antonio, Texas, since 1958. George has been an active member in the GCNA for many years, having served on the Student Examinations Committee, the board of directors and as editor of the Guild’s scholarly journal, Bulletin. He received the Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Tulsa and the Master of Music degree from The University of Texas at Austin. For 39 years, he was Professor of Music at San Antonio College, where he taught organ, cello, harp, music theory and Renaissance instruments. This is his second appearance at our International Carillon Festival.

Geert D’hollander studied, among others, piano, chamber music, choral- and orchestral direction, fugue and composition at the Royal Conservatory in Antwerp (Belgium), and carillon at the Royal Carillon School in Mechelen (Belgium).

He was first prize winner in about 30 international competitions for carillon and/or composition. In 1997 he succeeded Ronald Barnes as University Carillonist and Professor of Carillon at the Department of Music at UC Berkeley. In 2008 he was awarded the “Berkeley Medal of Honors” for “Distinguished Service to the Carillon.” Currently, he is the carillon composition teacher at the Royal Carillon School in Mechelen in Belgium. This is his fifth appearance at our International Carillon Festival.

Malgosia Fiebig is the city carillonneur of Utrecht and Nijmegen in The Netherlands. She studied at the Music Academy of Gdansk in Poland, where she earned a Master of Music in Organ Performance and Choral Conducting. After following a carillon course by Gert Oldenbeuving she became the first carillonneur of St. Catherine’s Church in Gdansk after 60 years of silence. In 2001 she was appointed a second carillon in the City Hall Tower in the heart of Gdansk. In 2004 she moved to The Netherlands and a year later received a Bachelor of Music in Carillon Performance with Arie Abbenes at the Dutch Carillon School. She has won several first prizes at international carillon competitions and performs regularly in Europe and the United States. This is her first appearance at our International Carillon Festival.

Julianne Vanden Wyngaard began her study in the carillon in 1994 when she was accepted to the Netherlands Carillon School in Amersfoort where she studied with Todd Fair and Bernard Winsemius. She is a carillonneur member of the GCNA and received the First Diploma in 2000 from the NCS in Amersfoort.

She performs on the two carillons at Grand Valley State University. She began her musical study at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and Michigan State University. She joined the faculty at GVSU in 1967 as a piano studio teacher.

She was a department chair and associate dean at GVSU’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences until 2005. This is her first appearance at our International Carillon Festival.

SATURDAY, MARCH 3

SUNDAY, MARCH 4

11 a.m. • Malgosia Fiebig

11 a.m. • George Gregory

Chaconne in F

Johann Kasper Ferdinand Fischer Arr. Bernard Winsemius

Wachet auf, BWV 645 Johann S. Bach (Sleepers, Wake, for Night is Flying) Arr. Bernard Winsemius Music for Twilight Serendipity Frolic Dance of the Fireflies Stargazing

Frank Della Penna

Lo Spagnoletto (The Little Spaniard)

Mrs. Nordan’s Alborada

16th century Spanish Ronald Barnes

Amemonos de Corazon Traditional (Let Us Truly Love One Another) Arr. Carol Anne Taylor Spring Ceremony and Song

John Knox World Premiere

1 p.m. • Geert D’hollander North-American Poetry Slow Dance A Somber Pavan

Roy H. Johnson Ronald Barnes

Fly Me to the Moon

Bart Howard

Two Pieces The Bells of Cuzco Tango

Alice Gomez

1 p.m. • Malgosia Fiebig

Encounters Geert D’hollander Mozart meets Satie (Amadeopédie) Mozart meets Prokofiev (Amadeus and the Wolf)

Military March op. 51, no 1

Manuscripts from the Brees Library The Death of Ase Edward Grieg Anitra’s Dance Arr. Joseph Callaerts

Waltz, op. 64, no 2

Frédéric Chopin Arr. Malgosia Fiebig

Polonaise, op. 40, no 1

Frédéric Chopin Arr. Joseph Callaerts

3 p.m. • Sue Bergren Festive Fanfare for Carillon

John Courter

Springfield Counterpoints Prelude, Nocturne, Fugue Wiegenliedchen (Little Cradle Song) Marche alla Turque (Turkish March)

John Knox Robert Schumann Arr. Elizabeth Vitu

Wolfgang A. Mozart Arr. Karel Keldermans

Marizapalas (A Spanish Dance) 17th century

Arr. Ronald Barnes Paraphrase on The Irish Carol

Ronald Barnes

Bellbook II, no 3

Tales from the Vienna Woods

Franz Schubert Arr. Leen ‘t Hart Peter Vermeersch

Johann Strauss, Jr. Arr. Wim Franken

3 p.m. • Geert D’hollander Improvisation on Folies d’Espagne

Arcangelo Corelli

North-American Poetry Introduction and Sicilienne Ronald Barnes Ode to St. Rombouts Johan Franco

Manuscript from the Brees Library España Emmanuel Chabrier

Arr. Joseph Callaerts Two Poems for Children Day-Dreaming Drawing Circles

Geert D’hollander

MONDAY, MARCH 5

TUESDAY, MARCH 6

1 p.m. • Sue Bergren

1 p.m. • Malgosia Fiebig

Concerto Grosso I Allegro

Ronald Barnes

Valse-Caprice

John Knox

Waltz

Peter I. Tchaikovsky (from the Opera Eugene Onegin) Arr. Ronald Barnes Australiana

Milford Myhre

A Shaker Melody ‘Tis a Gift to be Simple

Doug Gefvert

3 p.m. • George Gregory and Julianne Vanden Wyngaard Two Pieces Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart La Ci Darem La Mano Arr. William De Turk (from Don Giovanni) Minuet (from Eine Kleine Nachtmusik) Andante Cantabile From A Summer Serenade Promenade Siciliana

Ronald Barnes Geert D’hollander

Sonata for Carillon

Eric Swiggers

Menuet, op. 14, no 1 Ignacy J. Paderewski (from Humoresques de Concert) Arr. Gijsbert Kok Prelude no 1

Robert Lannoy

Alla Turca – Allegretto Wolfgang A. Mozart (from Sonata for Piano, KV 331) Arr. Bernard Winsemius

3 p.m. • Dennis Curry Introduction

Aimé Lombaert

Les Cloches (The Bells)

Nicolas le Bègue Arr. Émilien Allard

Hymn Preludes for the Kirk Geert D’hollander Let All Things Now Living (Ash Grove)

Evocation John Courter Scottish Triptych John Knox Dorian Rhapsody (Martyrs) Cathedral Ruins (Elgin) Toccata Pentatonica (Blessing and Honor)

World Premiere

The Stars and Stripes Forever John Philip Sousa

Arr. Milford Myhre

DAILY CLOCK MUSIC 9:00 For the Beauty of the Earth

9:30 Try to Remember (Fantasticks) 10:00 La Barriera - Balletto

Conrad Kocher H. Schmidt Fabritio Caroso

10:30 Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes 11:00 Chartres for Carillon

11:30 Vienna, City of My Dreams

12:00 Rhythm Dance for Carillon 12:30 How Great Thou Art

English

French Hymn R. Sieczynski Staf Nees anon. Swedish

1:00 CONCERT 2:00 Habanera

2:30 Vive La Canadienne 3:00 CONCERT

Georges Bizet anon. French-Canadian

4:00 America, the Beautiful

4:30 Go ‘Way From My Window 5:00 Berceuse (Cradle Song)

Samuel A. Ward Appalachian Anatole Liadow

5:30 Lament (Design No. 3) for Carillon M. Myhre

TUESDAY, MARCH 6

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7

Moonlight Concert 7:30 p.m. • Geert D’hollander

1 p.m. • Dennis Curry

Romance in the Air Improvisation on “Blue Moon” Salon Music Salut d’Amour, op.12 Edward Elgar

Arr. Geert D’hollander Blumenlied Gustav Lange (The Flower Song) Arr. Bert Augustus Donauwellen (The Waves of the Danube)

Ivan J. Ivanovici Arr. Peter Bremer

A “Zen” Intermezzo Haru no Umi Michio Miyagi (The Sea in Spring) Arr. Geert D’hollander Compositions by the Recitalist A Sweet Soft Samba & Irish Air (from A Swinging Suite) Dreaming (from Ludus Modalis, a Study in Ravel Style) Flourish no. II “Serene” (from Four Flourishes) An Opera Selection Una Futriva Lagrima Gaetano Donizetti (from L’Elisir d’Amore) Arr. Geert D’hollander Three Gershwin Songs Arr. Geert D’hollander The Man I Love Someone to Watch Over Me ‘S Wonderful

special ticketed event

Mix & Mingle Reception 8:30 p.m. in the Visitor Center

Following the Moonlight Concert enjoy a reception to meet the guest carillonneurs performing during our week-long Festival. $25 per person. Reservations required.

For information and tickets: 863.734.1222

Six Short Pieces for Guitar Fernando Sor Allemande - Musette Arr. Beverly Buchanan Pastorale - Andante French Song - Soliloquy

Morning Has Broken (Bunessan) Arr. Milford Myhre Two Southern Hymns Arr. Dennis Curry Shall We Gather at the River?

Robert Lowrey What Wondrous Love is This? William Walker Hymn Preludes for the Kirk Geert D’hollander Blessings and Honor and Glory and Power (O quanta qualia) A Medley of Gershwin Songs Somebody Loves Me The Man I Love Fascinating Rhythm

Arr. John Courter

3 p.m. • Geert D’hollander Music from the Low Countries Sonata VII for Violin Jean-Baptiste Loeillet of Ghent Largo Arr. Geert D’hollander Allegro Largo Affetuoso Improvisation on a Disney Song (in Classical Style) Compositions by the Recitalist from Ludus Modalis (Ten Short Studies for the Intermediate Degree) Spring Morning Sorrowing Encore A Romantic Note to Conclude The Merry Widow Waltz Franz Lehár Arr. Geert D’hollander

THURSDAY, MARCH 8

FRIDAY, MARCH 9

1 p.m. • Malgosia Fiebig

1 p.m. • Sue Bergren

Mazurka, op. 33, no 2

Frédéric Chopin Arr. Malgosia Fiebig

Variations on There Was a Snow-White Bird

Albert Gerken

Prelude, op. 28, no 15

Frédéric Chopin Arr. Richard von Grabow

English Folk Song Prelude on The Keeper

Ronald Barnes

Toccata for Carillon, op. 45

Leo Samama

Nocturne Ennis Fruhauf (from Perspectives for Carillon)

William Tell Potpourri Gioachino A. Rossini

Arr. Joseph Callaerts

3 p.m. • Dennis Curry O Light Most Blessed (O lux beatissima)

John Courter

Sarabande

Johann S. Bach (from Cello Suite VI, BWV 1012) Arr. Ronald Barnes Hymn Preludes for the Kirk Geert D’hollander The King of Love My Shepherd Is (St. Columba)

Triptych of Martin Luther Hymns Ennis Fruhauf Three Verses on ‘Aus Tiefer Not’ (Out of the Depths) World Premiere Two Ancient Hymns Arr. Dennis Curry Humbly We Adore Thee (Adoro te devote) Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence (Picardy)

Stardust Hoagy Carmichael

Arr. Sally Slade Warner

Paraphrase on a Melody by Widor William De Turk Where Cool Waters Run…

John Knox

Suite in Popular Style for Carillon John Courter Ragtime Bells Ballads Blues for Bells The Winners (March for Carillon)

3 p.m. • George Gregory and Julianne Vanden Wyngaard Classical Country Dances No. 1, Allegretto No. 3, Allegro No. 6, Finale, Allegro The Cowboy’s Lament

Ronald Barnes

American Folksong Arr. Frank Della Penna

Sarabande

Ronald Barnes

Folk Songs Barb’ra Allen Billy Boy

Ronald Barnes

Parade of the Tin Soldiers Leon Jessel

Arr. William De Turk

MEET THE GUEST CARILLONNEURS! Following each performance, guest carillonneurs will greet visitors near the Information Booth to discuss their performance, answer questions about the carillon and to pose for pictures.

SATURDAY, MARCH 10 11 a.m. • George Gregory Poe Suite – The Bells Robert Kleinschmdt Silver Bells (Hear the sledges with the bells) Golden Bells (Hear the mellow wedding bells) Iron Bells (Hear the tolling of the bells) Scottish Folk Song Preludes Ronald Barnes A Rosebud by My Early Walk We’ll Meet Beside the Dusky Glen Sketch No. 1

Ronald Barnes

Tango for Tom

Alice Gomez

Variation Searching for a Theme Wiener Blut

(Viennese Blood)

3 p.m. Malgosia Fiebig Passacaglia (from Perspectives for Carillon)

Ennis Fruhauf

Adagio Wolfgang A. Mozart (from Piano Concerto, no 23 KV 488) Arr. Klaas de Haan Waltz, op. 69 no 2

Frédéric Chopin Arr. Anne Kroeze

Unrequited Love Paul Lincke

Arr. Bernard Winsemius

John Knox Johann Strauss Arr. Ira Schroeder

1 p.m. • Sue Bergren Gaudi’s Chimneys John Courter The Undulating Chimneys of Casa Batlló The Mushroom Chimneys of Park Güell The Geometric Chimneys of Güell Palace Waltzes, Opus 9, Set II

Franz Schubert Arr. Ronald Barnes

Señor Don Gato Spanish/Mexican Folksong

Arr. Lee Cobb The Swan

Camille Saint-Saens (from The Carnival of the Animals) Arr. Wendell Westcott Capriccio 3 Toy Symphony

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Ronald Barnes Leopold Mozart Arr. Ronald Barnes

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SUNDAY, MARCH 11 11 a.m. • Geert D’hollander Music from the Low Countries Suite IV for Harpsichord Dieudonné Raick Allemande Arr. Geert D’hollander Andante Improvisation on a Child Song (in Contemporary Style) Salon Music Fascination Fidenco Marchetti

Arr. Bernard Winsemius El Choclo

Ángel Villoldo

Arr. Arie Abbenes Ciacona

Geert D’hollander

1 p.m. • George Gregory Pavan and Gaillarde

published by Attaingnant in 1529

Schön Rosmarin (Lovely Rosemary)

Fritz Kreisler

Butterfly Dancer

Karel Keldermans

3 p.m. • Dennis Curry Ave Maris Stella (Hail Star of the Sea)

David Briggs

Adagio

Johann S. Bach (from Toccata, Adagio & Fugue in A minor, BWV 564)

Hymn Preludes for the Kirk Geert D’hollander Be Thou My Vision (Slane) Number 2 (from Children’s Songs)

Chick Corea

Two African-American Spirituals Swing Low, Sweet Chariot Arr. Dennis Curry Were You There?

Con te partirò Francesco Sartori (Time to Say Goodbye) Arr. Ann-Kirstine Christiansen

Galactic Dancers Alice Gomez (Astronomers discover waltzing black holes) World Premiere Three Folk Songs Go ‘Way From My Window Denise Hjemstaven Variants On the San Antonio River

Milford Myhre Alice Gomez Theron Kirk Robert Byrnes

What’s inside the Singing Tower?

1. Founder’s Room 2. Chao Research Center (Archives) 3. Maintenance Workshop

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Anton Brees Carillon Library Carillonneur’s Studio Keyboard Room Carillon (60 bells)

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Carillon Festival Events Hidden Garden Melodies March 3, 4, 10, 11 from noon – 4 p.m. East Glade Enjoy Belgian, Polish and American-inspired music selections as you explore the Gardens special ticketed event

Live at the Gardens: Curtis On Tour Sunday, March 4 at 7:30 p.m. Visitor Center Founded by Edward Bok’s wife, Mary Louise Curtis Bok, musicians from the Curtis Institute of Music will return for the first time in 80 years to perform Paganini’s last guitar quartet and other selections. $25 per person. Reservations required.

Lunch & Learn

Carillon Film Series

March 5 – 9 from noon – 1:30 p.m. Singing Tower

March 6 – 9 at 10 a.m.

Visitor Center

Bring a picnic lunch to attend guided tours of the Singing Tower exterior highlighting its history, artistry, architecture and construction, followed by a halfhour carillon concert and historical artifacts display.

View educational films about bell foundry, casting, tuning and the history of the carillon.

special ticketed event

Moonlight Concert and Mix & Mingle Reception

Tuesday, March 6. Concert at 7:30 p.m. Reception at 8:30 p.m.

Singing Tower Celebrate one of the nation’s most unique musical experiences with a Moonlight Concert and reception. $25 per person. Reservations required.

Guided Garden Tours March 3 – 11 at noon and 2 p.m.

Begins at Visitor Center 45 minute tours take you from the Visitor Center fountain through the Gardens before ending at the carillon viewing area.

For information and tickets stop by the Information Desk in the Visitor Center or call 863.734.1222. * Free with admission unless otherwise noted.

Thank you to our generous sponsors Paul and Carol Collins

863.676.1408

Stella and Bronson Thayer

www.boktowergardens.org

Lake Wales, FL

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