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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 MUSICApril 15-17, 2019
Carillon Concerts at 1:00 and 3:00 p.m.
Clock MusicAnnouncing the hour strike: Lake Wales Nocturne (excerpt) Johan Franco
9:00 Prelude Johann Sebastian Bach
9:30 Sarabande (for carillon) Benoit Franssen
10:00 Somber Pavane (for carillon) Ronald Barnes
10:30 Andante Joseph H. Fiocco
11:00 Spring Morning (for carillon) Geert D’hollander Sorrowing
11:30 Andante (for carillon) Ronald Barnes
12:00 Prelude VI (for carillon) Matthias vanden Gheyn
12:30 Chaconne * Auguste Durant
1:00 CONCERT
2:00 Dreaming (for carillon) Geert D’hollander
2:30 Andante (for carillon) Ioannes de Gruijtters
3:00 CONCERT
4:00 Waltz Edvard Grieg
4:30 Cortege (for carillon) John Courter
5:00 La Volta William Byrd
5:30 Solveig’s Song * Edvard Grieg
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
Monday at 1:00 p.m.Live performance by Alex Johnson
Three HymnsPrelude on: Joyful, Joyful L. H. Whipple (1920-2005)Slane Traditional Irish
arr. L. H. WhippleSimple Gifts Joseph Brackett (1797-1882)
arr. M. Myhre
A Waltz and a PreludeOn the San Antonio River Robert Byrnes (b. 1949)Preludio No. 5 Matthias van den Gheyn (1721-1785)
Three Folk SongsShenandoah Traditional AmericanScarborough Fair Traditional English
arr. W. Westcott Low Bridge, Everybody Down Th. S. Allen (1876-1919)
To Conclude The Second Waltz Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)Praeludium (Suite for Lute No. 2) J. S. Bach (1685-1750)
Monday at 3:00 p.m. Live performance by Alex Johnson
Opening (Glassworks) Philip Glass (b. 1937)
Songs of WarYankee Doodle American arr. Milford MyhreBattle Hymn of the Republic American
arr. Leen ‘t HartChester William Billings (1746-1800)
arr. M. MyhreMetamorphosis One Philip Glass
SpiritualsPoor Wayfaring Stranger Appalachian
arr. W. WestcottPrecious Lord Thomas A. Dorsey (1899-1993)Lift Every Voice and Sing J. R. Johnson (1873-1954)Closing (Glassworks) Philip Glass
Tuesday at 1:00 p.m.Live performance by Geert D’hollander
Aria Sostenuto Geert D’hollander (b. 1965) (from Movimenti I, 1998, for carillon)
Spanish Romantic Music (arr. L. Janssens)“Bocetos” (Sketches) E. Granados (1867-1916) The Hunter’s Call – The Fairy & the Child Slow Waltz – The Afternoon BellTango Op. 165, No. 2 Isaac Albeniz (1860-1909)
Manuscripts from the Tower (arr. Anton Brees)Le Tambourin Jean-Ph. Rameau (1683-1764)My Wild Irish Rose Chauncey Olcott (1858-1932)
Four Hands, Four Feet! Rosalie & Geert playing duets!
Tuesday at 3:00 p.m. Live performance by Geert D’hollander
Air and Dance (for carillon) Alice Gomez (b. 1960)
A Composition by the PerformerAnzac Echoes (2015) Geert D’hollander (b. 1965)
Flemish Romantic Carillon MusicPreludium Quasi Una Fantasia
J. Van Hoof (1886-1959)Menuet & Trio Staf Nees (1901-1965)
Four Hands, Four Feet! Rosalie & Geert playing duets!
Wednesday at 1:00 p.m.Live performance by Geert D’hollander
Baroque SelectionChaconne (for harpsichord)
J. K. F. Fischer (1656-1746)Concerto (The Antwerp Carillon Book, 1746)
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) Allegro – Largo – Allegro
A Transcription“Bocetos” (Sketches) Enrique Granados (1867-1916) The Hunter’s Call – The Fairy and the Child Slow Waltz – The Afternoon Bell
Manuscripts from the Tower (Brees Library)“Le Tambourin” (for harpsichord)
J.-Ph. Rameau(1684-1763)Sonata in C (for pianoforte)
Daniel Steibelt (1765-1823)
Four Hands, Four Feet! Rosalie & Geert playing duets!
Wednesday at 3:00 p.m.Live performance by Geert D’hollander
Prelude ”Cuckoo” Matthias vanden Gheyn (1721-1785) Hemony Suite (1952) Albert de Klerk (1917-1998) Prelude – Etude – Siciliano – Toccata
Spring Selection“Frühlingslied” (Spring Song)
F. Mendelssohn (1809-1847)“Haru no Umi” (The Sea in Spring)
M. Miyagi (1894-1956)
Hymn Preludes for the Kirk (2009) Geert D’hollander (b. 1965)
“O Quanta Qualia”
Four Hands, Four Feet! Rosalie & Geert playing duets!
Alex Johnson grew up in a suburb
of Dallas, Texas where he began his musical training with piano at the age
of eight. Orchestral and marching percussion became his interest by age 10 and he flourished in his high school band and percussion program. He describes his percussion training– the kinesthetic awareness of how changes in muscle tension affect the sound produced – as important when he began to study the carillon as an undergraduate.
“I didn’t know what the word carillon was before beginning school at the University of Rochester, but I almost instantly became attached to the instrument,” he shared.
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 was the Carillonneur and Professor of Carillon at the University of California at Berkeley, succeeding Ronald Barnes.
Alex JohnsonSinging Tower Carillon Fellow
Geert D’hollanderResident Carillonneur