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Is the Tower ever open to the Public?Members at the Donor level and above can view the Founder's Room on one of four
tours conducted each year.
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1. Founder’s Room2. Chao Research Center
(Archives)3. Maintenance Workshop
4. Anton Brees Carillon Library
5. Carillonneur’s Studio6. Keyboard Room7. Carillon (60 bells)
Architect: Milton B. Medary (Philadelphia)
Purpose: To house the carillon; serve as a centerpiece for the Gardens; the private use of the Bok family
Built: 1927-1929
Height: 205 feet (62.5 meters)
Weight: 5,500 tons (5,000 metric tons)
Structure: Steel frame with brick walls; outer facing of pink and gray Georgia marble and Florida coquina, a limestone of shell and coral fragments
Foundation: 118 reinforced concrete piles, 13-24 feet (4-7 meters) underground with a concrete cap of 2.5 feet (0.8 meter)
Sculpture: Lee Lawrie (New York City); herons at the top, eagles at the base of the bellchamber; all sculptures were carved on-site
Colorful Grilles near the top: Ceramic tiles designed by J.H. Dulles Allen (Philadelphia)
Brass Door and Wrought-iron Gates with Birds: Samuel Yellin (Philadelphia); depicts the Biblical story of Creation
Inscription under the Sundial: This Singing Tower with its adjacent Sanctuary was dedicated and presented to the American people by Calvin Coolidge, President of the United States, February 1, 1929.
Bellfounder: John Taylor Bellfounders, Ltd. (Loughborough, England)
Size: 60 bronze bells
Bell weight: Smallest bell at 16 lbs. Largest bell at 11+ tons (10+ metric tons) Total of 63+ tons (57+ metric tons)
Inside the Singing TowerTower
Carillon
863-676-1408 - Lake Wales, FL
www.boktowergardens.org
DAILY CARILLON MUSICOctober 22-25, 2020
Carillon Concerts at 1:00 and 3:00 p.m.
Clock MusicAnnouncing the hour strike: What Child Is This English
9:00 I Wonder As I Wander Appalachian
9:30 Come, All Ye Children Spanish, Castilian
10:00 Deck The Halls Welsh
10:30 Pat-a-pan French
11:00 We Three Kings John Hopkins, Jr.
11:30 Now It Is Jul Again Scandinavian
12:00 The Holly And The Ivy English
12:30 Angels We Have Heard On High French
1:00 CONCERT
2:00 O Desired Day Catalonian
2:30 Sweetest Night Of All Flemish, 1728
3:00 CONCERT
4:00 Come, All Ye Shepherds Bohemian
4:30 Gabriel’s Message French, Basque
5:00 O Little Town Of Bethlehem Louis H. Redner
5:30 Let All Mortal Flesh French, Picardy Keep Silence
Adaptations for carillon of melodies or of music written for other instruments have been made by the recitalist, except for those arrangers identified by the following:
* Anton Brees
Thursday at 1:00 p.m.Live performance by Geert D’hollander
Music from the Belgium Royal Carillon SchoolAndante Cantabile Jef Denyn 1862-1941 Siciliana
Selections from the 1746 De Gruijtters Carillon Book AntwerpL’Angloise Joseph-H. Fiocco (1703-1741)Menuet Champêtre – Allegro H.-J. de Croes
1705-1786Andante Ioannes de Gruijtters 1709-1772
Improvisation
Thursday at 3:00 p.m.Live performance by Geert D’hollander
Spanish MusicTango Op. 65 No. 2 Isaac Albeniz (1860-1909)Capricio Catalan
Music from the Romantic Era Melody Lyrical Pieces Op. 47 No. 3 E. Grieg 1843-1907Salut d’Amour 1888 Edward Elgar 1857-1934Espana Emmanuel Chabrier 1841-1894 Arr. J. Callaerts
Variations Sjef van Balkom 1922-2004on a theme by Johann Krieger, for carillon, 1993
Improvisation
Friday at 1:00 p.m.Live performance by Geert D’hollander
Original Carillon MusicAndante Antwerp, 1746 D. Raick 1703-1764Giuliania theme & 7 variations, 1984 R. Barnes
1927-1997
French Romantic MusicPizzicato from the ballet Sylvia Leo Delibes Pas des Fleurs from the opera Lakme 1836-1891
Improvisation
Friday at 3:00 p.m.Live performance by Geert D’hollander
Prelude for carillon, 1952 Ronald Barnes
Two Baroque AriasSebben Crudele Antonio Caldara 1670-1736Io Crudele?
A composition by the PerformerBell Canto Rondo in Ravel’s Style, 2010
French Film Music from AmelieThe Waltz Yann Tierssen b. 1970The Afternoon
Improvisation
Saturday at 1:00 p.m.Live performance by Geert D’hollander
From Father and Son Jan de Mulder Suite 1972 J. D’hollander b. 1934 Gavotte – Burlesque Adagio espressivo – Finale Take a break 2012 Geert D’hollander b. 1965
Music from the Tower’s Archive arr. Anton BreesSonate Daniel Steibelt 1765-1823 Allegro Risoluto – Andante – Rondo Turc
Improvisation
Saturday at 3:00 p.m.Live performance by Geert D’hollander
Original Carillon MusicCecilia theme and variations, circa 1755 AnonymousSarabande 1952 Ronald Barnes 1927-1997
Romantic Piano MusicPrelude Op. 40 No. 3 1897 Anatoli Liadov 1855-1914Little Waltz Op. 26 1891 arr. R. Barnes
Music from the Tower’s Archive arr. Anton BreesChaconne Auguste Durand 1830-1909
Improvisation
Sunday at 1:00 p.m.Live performance by Geert D’hollander
Baroque SelectionPrelude III M. Vanden Gheyn 1721-1785La Rosa Aria Antonio Caldara 1670-1736
Music from the Belgium Royal Carillon SchoolRhythmical Dance 1924 Staf Nees 1901-1965Suite 1975 Kristiaan Van Ingelgem b. 1944 Andante – Minuet Musette – Gigue
Improvisation on Songs of Love and Sentiment
Sunday at 3:00 p.m.Live performance by Geert D’hollander
Original Carillon MusicIntroduction and Musette Jacques Lannoy b. 1931Paraphrase Ronald Barnes 1927-1997 on a Siciliana of Pasquale Ricci 1984Bell Book II – No. 3 Peter Vermeersch b. 1959
Operatic Selections Pas des Fleurs Lakme Leo Delibes (1836-1891)Hindu’s Song Sadko N. Rimsky-Korsakov
1844-1908
Improvisation on Folksongs
Belgian-American composer and carillonneur Geert D’hollander
was named Bok Tower Gardens’ fourth full-time carillonneur in October 2012. He has studied, performed, taught, arranged and composed carillon music for more than 35 years.
Geert has held permanent and guest teaching
positions of carillon performance and composition at the Royal Carillon School in Mechelen, Belgium, the Dutch Carillon School in Amersfoort and at the University College Roosevelt in Middelburg, both in The Netherlands. From 1997-1999,
Geert D'hollanderResident Carillonneur
Carillonneur and Professor of Carillon at the University of California at Berkeley, succeeding Ronald Barnes.
He has made numerous carillon arrangements and composed more than 50 works for carillon, published world-wide.