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May 2013

 

 

Wednesday, May 1, 2013; from 12:00 p.m. to 12:15 p.m.

  • O Canada
  • C’est le mai, joli mai, arranged by Leen ‘t Hart
  • Now is the Month of Maying, by Thomas Morley, arranged by Heleen van der Weel
  • The Lark in the Morn, arranged by Ronald Barnes
  • Sweet Europe, arranged by Ronald Barnes

Thursday, May 2, 2013; from 12:00 p.m. to 12:15 p.m.

  • O Canada
  • Frère Jacques et compagnie, by Twan Bearda
  • Drawing Circles, from Two Poems for Children, by Geert D’hollander
  • Music Box Dancer, by Frank Mills, arranged by Frank Law
  • Puff the Magic Dragon, by Peter Yarrow and Leonard Lipton, arranged by Beverly Buchanan

Friday, May 3, 2013; from 12:00 p.m. to 12:15 p.m.

Opening day of Tulip Festival

  • O Canada
  • When You Wore a Tulip, by P. Weinrich, arranged by Robert Lodine
  • Chanson des fleurs, arranged by Andrea McCrady
  • Du bist wie eine Blume, by Robert Schumann, arranged by Wendell Westcott
  • Tulpen uit Amsterdam, by Ralf Arne, arranged by Andrea McCrady
  • Aan de Amsterdamse Grachten, by Pieter Goemans, arranged by Andrea McCrady
  • Tiptoe through the Tulips, by Joe Burke, arranged by Richard P. Strauss

Monday, May 6, 2013; from 12:00 p.m. to 12:15 p. m

  • O Canada
  • From Fiddle Tunes for Fidgetty Digits, by E. Adger Williams, arranged by Samuel Hammond
  • Spring Saunter
  • The Lilac Tree
  • We’ll Gather Lilacs in the Spring Again, by Ivor Novello, arranged by John Knox
  • Southern Magnolia, by Amy Black
  • Evening Meditation, from Southern Triptych, by Geert D’hollander

Tuesday, May 7, 2013; from 12:00 p.m. to 12:15 p.m.

Birthday of Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) & Pyotr Ilich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)

  • O Canada
  • From “Album for the Young”, by Pyotr Tchaikovsky, arranged by Arie Abbenes
  • My New Dolly
  • Dolly is Ill
  • Dolly’s Funeral
  • Waltz
  • Music by Johannes Brahms
  • Schmücke Dich, O Liebe Seele, arranged by Mark Holmberg
  • Waltz, arranged by Gordon Slater
  • Lullaby, arranged by Gordon Slater

Wednesday, May 8, 2013; from 12:00 p.m. to 12:15 p.m.

Birthday of Louis Moreau Gottschalk (1829-1869)

  • O Canada
  • Valsa-Chôro, by Heitor Villa-Lobos, arranged by Liesbeth Janssens
  • Gracias a la vida, by Violetta Parra, arranged by Andrea McCrady
  • El Vito, arranged by Sally Slade Warner
  • La Savane, Ballade Créole, by Louis Moreau Gottschalk, arranged by Marco de Goeij

Thursday, May 9, 2013; from 12:00 p.m. to 12:15 p.m.

  • O Canada
  • Carillon de village, by Nicolas Vallet, arranged by John Knox
  • I Left My Heart in San Francisco, by George Cory, arranged by Andrea McCrady
  • Bells over Sydney: Variations on “Waltzing Matilda”, by Emma Lou Diemer
  • Love This Town, by Joel Plaskett, arranged by Jonathan Hebert

Friday, May 10, 2013; from 12:00 p.m. to 12:15 p.m.

Birthday of Jean Marie Leclair (1697-1764) & Anatoli Liadov (1855-1914)

  • O Canada

Arrangements by Ronald Barnes:

  • Sarabande, by Jean Marie Leclair
  • Music of Anatoli Liadov
  • Prelude, Op. 40, no. 3
  • Pastorale, Op. 17, no. 2
  • Little Waltz, Op. 26

Monday, May 13, 2013; from 12:00 p.m. to 12:15 p.m.

Birthday of Sir Arthur Sullivan (1842-1900)

  • O Canada

Music from Gilbert & Sullivan operas

  • From The Mikado:
  • “Entrance of the Mikado and Katisha, arranged by Larry Weinstein
  • From The Yeomen of the Guard:
  • “I Have a Song to Sing, O! arranged by Richard Giszczak
  • From The Gondoliers:
  • “Roses White and Roses Red”, arranged by Sally Slade Warner
  • From HMS Pinafore:
  • For He is an Englishman, arranged by Andrea McCrady
  • From The Pirates of Penzance:
  • “With Catlike Tread, arranged by John Ellis

Tuesday, May 14, 2013; from 12:00 p.m. to 12:15 p.m.

The carillon is silent

Wednesday, May 15, 2013; from 12:00 p.m. to 12:15 p.m.

  • O Canada
  • Ceriser rose et pommier blanc, by Louiguy, arranged by Andrea McCrady
  • The Violet, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, arranged by Eugen Uten
  • The Rose, by Amanda McBroom, arranged by Margo Halsted and Andrea McCrady
  • Z Nowa Wiosna, by Mieczyslaw Karlowicz, arranged by Gordon Slater

Thursday, May 16, 2013; from 12:00 p.m. to 12:15 p.m.

  • O Canada
  • Prelude for Lute, by Johann Sebastian Bach, arranged by Frank Deleu
  • Hymn “Ein feste Burg”, by Martin Luther, arranged by Sally Slade Warner
  • Fantasia XII per il violino senza basso, by Georg Philipp Telemann, arranged by Ronald Barnes
  • Moderato
  • Vivace
  • Presto

Friday, May 17, 2013; from 12:00 p.m. to 12:15 p.m.

Birthday of Erik Satie (1866-1925)

  • O Canada
  • Selection of the Day

Music of Erik Satie

  • Deux Gymnopédies, arranged by Karel Borghuis
  • Gnossienne I, arranged by Georg Köppl
  • Gnossienne V, arranged by Andrea McCrady

Monday, May 20, 2013

Holiday: Victoria Day

Tuesday, May 21, 2013; from 12:00 p.m. to 12:15 p.m.

Birthday of Joseph Parry (1841–1903)

  • O Canada
  • Prelude on “King’s Lynn”, arranged by Laura Whipple
  • Hymn tune “Aberystwyth”, by Joseph Parry, arrangements by John Knox and Roy Hamlin Johnson
  • Hymn tune “Houston”, by Kathleen Thomerson, arranged by Sally Slade Warner
  • Prelude on “King’s Majesty”, by Graham George, arranged by Milford Myhre

Wednesday, May 22, 2013; from 12:00 p.m. to 12:15 p.m.

  • O Canada
  • The Lion Sleeps Tonight, by George David Weiss, Hugo Peretti, and Luigi Creatore, arranged by Robert Schultz
  • “Éléphant”, from Carnival of the Animals, by Camille Saint-Saens, arranged by Arie Abbenes
  • The Frog Galliarde, arranged by George Gregory
  • Hares on the Mountains, arranged by Ronald Barnes
  • Angry Birds, by Ari Pulkkinen, arranged by Andrea McCrady

Thursday, May 23, 2013; from 12:00 p.m. to 12:15 p.m.

  • O Canada
  • Toccata from Suite for Carillon, by Mary Jeanne van Appledoorn
  • Chantey, from Three Short Pieces for Carillon, by Jean Miller
  • Riflessivo, by Joanna Estelle, arranged by Andrea McCrady
  • Jubilant Bells, by Alice Gomez

Friday, May 24, 2013; from 12:00 p.m. to 12:15 p.m.

  • O Canada
  • Land of the Silver Birch, arranged by Leen ’t Hart
  • Aboriginal Serenade (Ojibway Paddle Song & Inuit Lullaby), arranged by Andrea McCrady
  • Iroquois Dance, arranged by François Leclerc & Andrea McCrady
  • Tsimshian Spirit Song, arranged by Heather Spry
  • Huron Dance: “Watsiwe Wenota”, arranged by François Leclerc & Andrea McCrady

Monday, May 27, 2013; from 12:00 p.m. to 12:15 p.m.

  • O Canada
  • Kortjakje (“Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star”), arranged by John Courter
  • Faraway Star, by Joanna Estelle, arranged by Gordon Slater
  • Star Dust, by Hoagy Carmichael, arranged by Sally Slade Warner
  • The Theme from Star Trek, by Alexander Courage, arranged by Andrea McCrady

Tuesday, May 28, 2013; from 12:00 p.m. to 12:15 p.m.

  • O Canada
  • Concerto Grosso I for Carillon, by Ronald Barnes
  • Allegro
  • Grave e recitando
  • Andante espressivo
  • Allegro comodamente

Wednesday, May 29, 2013; from 12:00 p.m. to 12:15 p.m.

Birthday of Isaac Albéniz (1860-1909)

  • O Canada
  • Capriche Catalan, by Isaac Albeniz, arranged by Jules Vermiers
  • Selections from “Castles of Spain”, by Frederico Morreno-Torroba, arranged by Andrea McCrady
  • Torija (Elegia)
  • Sigüenza (La Infanta duerme)
  • Alba de Tormes (Trova)
  • Manzanares el Real (A la Moça Fermosa)
  • Bocetos (“Sketches”), by Enrique Granados, arranged by Liesbeth Janssens

Thursday, May 30, 2013; from 12:00 p.m. to 12:15 p.m.

  • O Canada
  • Nous n’irons plus au bois, arranged by Ronald Barnes
  • Mon merle, arranged by Émilien Allard
  • Canadian Travelling Medley, arranged by Andrea McCrady
  • Come to Canada
  • V’la l’bon vent
  • The Chapeau Boys
  • En roulant ma boule, arranged by Ray Keldermans

Friday, May 31, 2013; from 12:00 p.m. to 12:15 p.m.

Birthday of Marin Marais (1656-1728)

  • O Canada
  • Allemande, by Nicolas Vallet, arranged by Ronald Barnes
  • Tambourin, by Philippe Rameau, arranged by William De Turk
  • March: La belle Catherine, arranged by Andrea McCrady
  • Sonnerie de Ste. Genevieuve du mont de Paris (abbreviated), by Marin Marais, arranged by Gildas Delaporte