Daily Carillon Performances

Friday, January 15 Birthdays of Albert Schweitzer and Martin Luther King, Jr.

Performer: George Matthew Jr.

Middlebury College Alma Mater (Traditional)

Sleepers wake, a voice is calling (J. S. Bach)

Largo from Concerto for 2 violins (J. S. Bach)

Twelve favorite hymns of Dr. King

Mini Shabbat

Three Sephardic tunes to Psalm 29 (Turkish, Spanish, Portuguese)

Psalm 23 (Hassidic)

Mexican Folksongs (Traditional)

Spirituals in honor of Black Lives Matter (Traditional)

 

 

Saturday, January 16

Performer: George Matthew Jr.

Middlebury College Alma Mater (Traditional)

Suite for Carillon (Menotti)

Fantasia (Alinda B. Couper)

Toccata (George Matthew Jr.)

Mexican Folksongs (Traditional)

Spirituals in honor of Black Lives Matter (Traditional)

 

 

Sunday, January 17 World Religion Day

Performer: George Matthew Jr.

Middlebury College Alma Mater (Traditional)

St. Francis and the Sultan (Jo Coenen)

Attah el Kabbir (Traditional Arabic melody with Hebrew words)

Song of the Buffalo Robe Ceremony (Traditional Comanche song)

Kirtana (Tyagaraja)

Mexican Folksongs (Traditional)

Spirituals in honor of Black Lives Matter (Traditional)

 

 

Monday, January 18 Martin Luther King Day

Performer: George Matthew Jr.

Middlebury College Alma Mater (Traditional)

Dr. King’s favorite hymns and songs of the Black Lives Matter Movement

Mexican Folksongs (Traditional)

Spirituals in honor of Black Lives Matter (Traditional)

 

Tuesday, January 19 Spanish Transcriptions

Performer: George Matthew Jr.

Middlebury College Alma Mater (Traditional)

Capricho Arabe (Franciso Tarrega)

Andante Largo (Fernando Sor)

Zortzico (J. Albeniz)

Capricho Catalan (J. Albeniz)

Alferretan (Basque folksong)

Spanish Dance #12 (Enrique Granados)

Mexican Folksongs (Traditional)

Spirituals in honor of Black Lives Matter (Traditional)

 

Wednesday, January 20 Inauguration Day

Performer: George Matthew Jr.

Middlebury College Alma Mater (Traditional)

Traditional Patriotic Melodies

Mexican Folksongs (Traditional)

Spirituals in honor of Black Lives Matter (Traditional)

 

Thursday, January 21 American composers

Performer: George Matthew Jr

Middlebury College Alma Mater (Traditional)

Allegro from harp Sonata (Alan Hovhaness)

Caprice (Frank Péchin Law)

Baroque Suite (Raymond Keldermans)

Mexican Folksongs (Traditional)

Spirituals in honor of Black Lives Matter (Traditional)

 

Friday, January 22

Performer: George Matthew Jr.

Middlebury College Alma Mater (Traditional)

English Dance, Liebeslied, Dutch Dance (Edward B. Manning, Canadian/American)

Belfry Sketches (Liling Huang, Taianese)

Mini Shabbat

Seven settings of the Hebrew Sabbath hymn, “Adon Olam”

Two Spanish, Portuguese, Bulgarian, Two Jerusalem melodies, Yemenite

Mexican Folksongs (Traditional)

Spirituals in honor of Black Lives Matter (Traditional)

 

Saturday, January 23 International Program

Performer: George Matthew Jr.

Middlebury College Alma Mater (Traditional)

Prelude I (Matthais van den Ghen – Dutch)

The Skye Boat Song (Scottish Traditional)

Du har sör jil no igen (Swedish)

Meunier, to dors (French, arranged Edmond De Vos)

3 Children’s pieces for the Vina (K. Subramanian, India)

Red Peppers Rag (Imogene Giles, USA)

Mexican Folksongs (Traditional)

Spirituals in honor of Black Lives Matter (Traditional)

 

Sunday, January 24

Performer: George Matthew Jr.

Middlebury College Alma Mater (Traditional)

Pastorale, parts 2 & 3 (J. S. Bach)

Viennese Sonata I (W. A. Mozart)

Prelude on the hymn tune “Ashgrove” Geert D’Hollander

Mexican Folksongs (Traditional)

Spirituals in honor of Black Lives Matter (Traditional)

 

Monday, January 25

Performer: George Matthew Jr.

Middlebury College Alma Mater (Traditional)

Paraphrase on a French popular song (Addie de Jong)

(7 movements: Maestoso, Fugato, Allegro, Tango, Toccata, Siciliano, Toccata)

Mexican Folksongs (Traditional)

Spirituals in honor of Black Lives Matter (Traditional)

 

Tuesday, January 26 International Customs Day

Performer: George Matthew Jr.

Middlebury College Alma Mater (Traditional)

Cowherds Song (Norwegian)

The Good Natured Man (Irish)

An Chúilfhiunn (Irish, 1786)

Monsieur Duenollet (French, arranged Edmond De Vos)

Ruthenian Song (Arranged Béla Bartók)

The Cottage may seem small (Danish)

In Arcadia I once did wander (Swedish)

A Thousand thing I ponder (Swedish)

Jewish-Hungarian Wedding Dance

Lo Vida par el Raki (Ladino)

The Blue Waters (Korean)

Drape Down (Chinese, arranged Xi Hua)

Mon Merle (French Canadian)

Mexican Folksongs (Traditional)

Spirituals in honor of Black Lives Matter (Traditional)

 

Wednesday, January 27 Holocaust Remembrance Day

Performer: George Matthew Jr.

Middlebury College Alma Mater (Traditional)

Herschele (Mordecai Gebertig)

Vi ahin zol ich geyn (D. Strok & Korn Tuer)

El Mole Rachamin (Traditional)

Am Yisroel Chai (Traditional)

Zog nit Keynmol (Traditional)

Quando el Rey Nimrod (Traditional)

Ani ma amim (Traditional)

Mexican Folksongs (Traditional)

Spirituals in honor of Black Lives Matter (Traditional)

 

Thursday, January 28 Tu B’Shvat

Performer: George Matthew Jr.

Middlebury College Alma Mater (Traditional)

In Memory of Trees (Enya)

The Sacredness of Trees (Ellen Lindquist, ’93)

The Tree House (Mathieu Daniel Polak)

Rosh Hashono Loilono (Mathieu Daniel Polak)

Eyts Chayim (Mathieu Daniel Polak)

Weeping Willow Rag (Scott Joplin)

Mexican Folksongs (Traditional)

Spirituals in honor of Black Lives Matter (Traditional)

 

Friday, January 29

Performer: George Matthew Jr.

Middlebury College Alma Mater (Traditional)

Passacaglia (Lalande)

2 violin duos (Reinhold Glière)

Mini Shabbat

Four settings of “Ya Ribon” (Spanish, Oriental, Iraqi, Jerusalem tunes)

Five settings of “Tzur Mishelo” (Calcutta, four Spanish/Portuguese)

Mexican Folksongs (Traditional)

Spirituals in honor of Black Lives Matter (Traditional)

 

 

Saturday, January 30

Performer: George Matthew Jr.

Middlebury College Alma Mater (Traditional)

Variations on a melody of G. Paisello (L. van Beethoven)

“Nel cor più non sento”

Mexican Folksongs (Traditional)

Spirituals in honor of Black Lives Matter (Traditional)

 

 

Sunday, January 31 Observance of Covid-19 Suffering

Performer: George Matthew Jr.

Middlebury College Alma Mater (Traditional)

Stay Home! (Frank Voltz)

Shelter Me (Michael Joncas)

Healing Bells (Pamela Ruiter-Feenstra & Jef Schouten)

Va Pensiero (Guiseppi Verdi)

Mexican Folksongs (Traditional)

Spirituals in honor of Black Lives Matter (Traditional)

 

 

Earlier performances …

Saturday, December 5

Performer: George Matthew Jr.

Middlebury College Alma Mater (Traditional)

Fantasia II for violin (G. P. Telemann)

Two settings of Mizmore l’David havu ladonai b’elim        

1. Turkish
2. Spanish-Portuguese

Va Pensiero from Nabucco (Verdi)

Sonata #7 in F (G. F. Handel)

Mexican Folksongs (Traditional)

Spirituals in honor of Black Lives Matter (Traditional)

 

Sunday, December 6

Performer: George Matthew Jr.

Middlebury College Alma Mater (Traditional)

Bereit dich Zion from the Christmas Oratorio (J. S. Bach)

Suite for Carillon (seven movements) (Romke De Waard)

Three Sephardic Folksongs (Traditional)

Mexican Folksongs (Traditional)

Spirituals in honor of Black Lives Matter (Traditional)

 

Monday, December 7

Performer: George Matthew Jr.

Middlebury College Alma Mater (Traditional)

Sonata in g minor (G. F. Handel)

Four Swedish polkas (Traditional)

Three Sephardic songs (Traditional)

Mexican Folksongs (Traditional)

Spirituals in honor of Black Lives Matter (Traditional)

 

Tuesday, December 8

Performer: George Matthew Jr.

Middlebury College Alma Mater (Traditional)

Cantata: Uns ist ein Kind geboren (J. S. Bach, BWV 142)

Mexican Folksongs (Traditional)

Spirituals in honor of Black Lives Matter (Traditional)

 

Wednesday, December 9

Performer: George Matthew Jr.

Middlebury College Alma Mater (Traditional)

Sonata in G Major (G. F. Handel)

Dorian Mazurka (Anatoly Liadov)

Tzur ya el(God is my Rock) (Hebrew words to an Arabic melody)

Mexican Folksongs (Traditional)

Spirituals in honor of Black Lives Matter (Traditional)

 

Thursday, December 10

Performer: George Matthew Jr.

Middlebury College Alma Mater (Traditional)

Chanukiah (nine branched candelabra) (Mathieu David Polak)

Yehuda Ha Malakai (Mathieu David Polak)

Oy Chanukah! (Traditional)

Sevivov, Dreidel song, Ner Li, Hanerot Halulu (Traditional)

Maoz Tzor, Who can retell?

Mexican Folksongs  (Traditional)

Spirituals in honor of Black Lives Matter (Traditional)

 

Friday, December 11

Performer: George Matthew Jr

Middlebury College Alma Mater (Traditional)

Chanukiah (nine branched candelabra) (Mathieu David Polak)

Yehuda Ha Malakai (Mathieu David Polak)

Oy Chanukah! (Traditional)

Sevivov, Dreidel song, Ner Li, Hanerot Halulu (Traditional)

Maoz Tzor, Who can retell?

Mexican Folksongs (Traditional)

Spirituals in honor of Black Lives Matter (Traditional)

 

Saturday, December 12

Performer: George Matthew Jr.

Middlebury College Alma Mater (Traditional)

Selections from the Nutcracker Suite (Tchaikovsky)

Novena di Natale (Nino Rota)

Noel #10 (Claude Louis D’Aquin)

Mexican Folksongs (Traditional)

Spirituals in honor of Black Lives Matter (Traditional)

 

Sunday, December 13

Performer: George Matthew Jr.

Middlebury College Alma Mater (Traditional)

Medley of songs of the Feast of St. Lucia (Traditional)

Mexican Folksongs (Traditional)

Spirituals in honor of Black Lives Matter (Traditional)

 

Monday, December 14

Performer: George Matthew Jr.

Middlebury College Alma Mater (Traditional)

Preludes on “How Brightly Shines the Morning Star” (D. Buxtehude, G. Bohm and J. S. Bach)

Harp Concerto (G. F. Handel)

Mexican Folksongs (Traditional)

Spirituals in honor of Black Lives Matter (Traditional)

 

Tuesday, December 15

Performer: George Matthew Jr.

Middlebury College Alma Mater (Traditional)

Traditional carol arrangements by Belgian composers Frank Delue, Rene Vanstreels, Jos D’Hollander and Amé Lombaert

Mexican Folksongs (Traditional)

Spirituals in honor of Black Lives Matter (Traditional)

 

Wednesday, December 16

Performer: George Matthew Jr.

Middlebury College Alma Mater (Traditional)

Andante from organ concerto (G. F. Handel)

Let the Merry Bells ring round

Pastoral Symphony

Sleepers Wake! (J. S. Bach)

Largo from concerto for two violins

Sinfonia from Christmas oratorio

Mexican Folksongs (Traditional)

Spirituals in honor of Black Lives Matter (Traditional)

 

Thursday, December 17 — Beethoven’s 250th birthday!

Performer: George Matthew Jr.

Middlebury College Alma Mater (Traditional)

Variations on a theme by Gretry (Beethoven)

Kurfursten Sonata (Beethoven)

Mexican Folksongs (Traditional)

Spirituals in honor of Black Lives Matter (Traditional)

 

Friday, December 18

Performer: George Matthew Jr.

Middlebury College Alma Mater (Traditional)

Puer Nobis Nascitur   (Jan Pieterszoon Sweelink)

Two Korean folksongs

Eight settings of the Hebrew Sabbath song,

“Yigdal”:

Ashkanazic

Oriental folktune

Jerusalem tune

Turkish melody

Bulgarian melody

Spanish

Yemenite

Ashkanizic traditional

Mexican Folksongs (Traditional)

Spirituals in honor of Black Lives Matter (Traditional)

 

Saturday, December 19 – Thursday December 31

Performer: George Matthew Jr.

Middlebury College Alma Mater (Traditional)

Medley of international and familiar carols

Mexican Folksongs (Traditional)

Spirituals in honor of Black Lives Matter (Traditional)

 

 

Earlier performances …

Wednesday, Nov. 4

Performer: George Matthew Jr.
Middlebury College Alma Mater (Traditional)
“Decimo - Hispanic Songs from New Mexico” (Traditional)
Mexican Folksongs (Traditional)
Spirituals in honor of Black Lives Matter (Traditional)

Thursday, Nov. 5

Performer: George Matthew Jr.
Middlebury College Alma Mater (Traditional)
Prelude IX (Mathias Van den Gheyn)
Legend and Allegro (Samuel Barber)
Allegro from Sonata for Harp (Alan Hovhaness)
Mexican Folksongs (Traditional)
Spirituals in honor of Black Lives Matter (Traditional)

Friday, Nov. 6

Performer: Hannah Blake ‘21
 

Saturday, Nov. 7

Performer: George Matthew Jr.
Middlebury College Alma Mater (Traditional)
The Sacredness of Trees (Ellen Lindquist ‘93)
The Memory of Trees (Enya)
Weeping Willow Rag (Scott Joplin)
Mexican Folksong  (Traditional)
Spirituals in honor of Black Lives Matter (Traditional)

Sunday, Nov. 8

Performer: George Matthew Jr.
Middlebury College Alma Mater  (Traditional)
Ciacona  (Dietrich Buxtehude)
Four Korean Folksongs  (Traditional)
Mexican Folksongs  (Traditional)
Spirituals in honor of Black Lives Matter (Traditional)

Monday, Nov. 9

Performer: Abigail Stone ‘20.5
 

Tuesday, Nov. 10

Performer: George Matthew Jr.
Middlebury College Alma Mater (Traditional)
Canon in D  (Pachelbel)
English Dance  (Edward B. Manning)
Dutch Dance  (Edward B. Manning)
Three French Canadian Folksongs  (arr., Emelien Allard)
Mexican Folksongs (Traditional)
Spirituals in honor of Black Lives Matter (Traditional)

 

Wednesday, Nov. 11

Performer: Ashley Wang ‘21
 

Thursday, Nov. 12

Performer: George Matthew Jr.
Middlebury College Alma Mater  (Traditional)
Prelude VIII  (Mathias Van den Gheyn)
Fantasia and Fugue  (Robert Starer)
Caprice  (Frank Law)
Mexican Folksongs  (Traditional)
Spirituals in honor of Black Lives Matter (Traditional)

Friday, Nov. 13

Performer: George Matthew Jr.
Middlebury College Alma Mater  (Traditional)
Suite for Carillon  (Gian Carlo Menotti)
(Prelude, Pastorale, Canzona, Etude)
Five Settings of the Hebrew Sabbath Hymn, Yigdal   (Traditional)
     Oriental Folktune
     Jerusalem Melody
     From Turkey
     From Bulgaria
     Spanish/Portuguese
Mexican Folksongs  (Traditional)
Spirituals in honor of Black Lives Matter  (Traditional)

Sunday, November 15

Performer: Hannah Blake ‘21

 

Monday, November 16

Performer: Abigail Atwood Stone ’20.5 Feb

 

Tuesday, November 17

Performer: Irene Fernald ‘21

 

Wednesday, November 18

Performer: George Matthew Jr.

Middlebury College Alma Mater (Traditional)

Partita #2 for unaccompanied violin part 1 (J. S. Bach)

Mexican Folksongs (Traditional)

Spirituals in honor of Black Lives Matter (Traditional)

 

Thursday, November 19

Performer: George Matthew Jr.

Middlebury College Alma Mater (Traditional)

Partita #2 for unaccompanied violin part 2 (J. S. Bach)

Mexican Folksongs (Traditional)

Spirituals in honor of Black Lives Matter (Traditional)

 

Friday, November 20

Performer: George Matthew Jr.

Middlebury College Alma Mater (Traditional)

Prelude IX (Matthias Van den Gheyn)

Settings of the Hebrew Sabbath Hymn Adon Olam

                  Spanish Portuguese Bulgarian

                  Jerusalem Melody

                  Ashkenazic

Mexican Folksongs (Traditional)

Spirituals in honor of Black Lives Mattee (Traditional)

 

Saturday, November 21

Performer: George Matthew Jr.

Middlebury College Alma Mater (Traditional)

Three Pieces (Eugene Uten)

                  Campana Polka

                  Jazz Divertimento

                  Marcia di Gallia

Mexican Folksongs (Traditional)

Spirituals in honor of Black Lives Matter (Traditional)

 

Sunday, November 22

Performer: George Matthew Jr.

Middlebury College Alma Mater (Traditional)

Celtic Suite (Adrian Patrick Gebruers)

Irish Folksong Medley (George Matthew Jr.)

Mexican Folksongs (Traditional)

Spirituals in honor of Black Lives Matter (Traditional)

 

Monday, November 23

Performer: George Matthew Jr.

Middlebury College Alma Mater (Traditional)

Chromatic Intermezzo (Eugene Uten)

Ave Maria (Jef Denyn)

Mexican Folksongs (Traditional)

Spirituals in honor of Black Lives Matter (Traditional)

 

Tuesday, November 24

Performer: George Matthew Jr.

Middlebury College Alma Mater (Traditional)

Concerto for Organ Opus 1 #12 (G. F. Handel)

Three Polish Fiddle Tunes (Traditional)

Music of the Calumet (Harvey Worthington Loomis)

Mexican Folksongs (Traditional)

Spirituals in honor of Black Lives Matter (Traditional)

 

Wednesday, November 25

Performer: George Matthew Jr.

Middlebury College Alma Mater (Traditional)

Going Home (Antonin Dvorak)

American Indian Melody Medley (Traditional)

Mexican Folksongs (Traditional)

Spirituals in honor of Black Lives Matter (Traditional)

 

Thursday, November 26 (Thanksgiving Day)

Performer: George Matthew Jr.

Middlebury College Alma Mater (Traditional)

Triumphal March  (Sigfrid Karg-Elert)

Medley of Thanksgiving Hymns (Traditional)

Medley of Sephardic Thanksgiving Hymns (Traditional)

Mexican Folksongs (Traditional)

Spirituals in honor of Black Lives Matter (Traditional)

 

Friday, November 27

Performer: George Matthew Jr.

Middlebury College Alma Mater (Traditional)

Prelude V  (Ernest Bloch)

Settings of the Hebrew Sabbath Hymn Yah Ribon  (Traditional)

                  Spanish Portuguese Iraqi

                  Jerusalem

Mexican Folksongs  (Traditional)

Spirituals in honor of Black Lives Matter (Traditional)

 

Saturday, November 28

Performer: George Matthew Jr.

Middlebury College Alma Mater  (Traditional)

Pieces by Middlebury composers

                  Gymnopedie  (Christopher McWilliams)

                  Variations on GMJR (Christopher McWilliams)

                  Five Pieces for Carillon (Simon Broucke)

                  Toccata (George Matthew Jr.)

Mexican Folksongs (Traditional)

Spirituals in honor of Black Lives Matter (Traditional)

 

 

Sunday, November 29

Performer: George Matthew Jr.

Middlebury College Alma Mater (Traditional)

Prelude VII (Matthias Van den Gheyn)

Medley of Advent Hymns (Traditional)

Mexican Folksongs (Traditional)

Spirituals in honor of Black Lives Matter (Traditional)

 

Monday, November 30

Performer: George Matthew Jr.

Middlebury College Alma Mater (Traditional)

Do Mi Si La Do Re (Andreas Friedrich)

Da Pacem Domine (Wilhelm Ritter)

Shelter Me (Fr. Michael Joncas)

Healing Bells (Pamela Ruiter-Feenstra & Jet Schouten)

Stay Home!  (Frank Voltz)

Mexican Folksongs  (Traditional)

Spirituals in honor of Black Lives Matter (Traditional)