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
- Turkish
- 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)
Charles P. Scott Center for Spiritual and Religious Life
Hathaway House
135 South Main Street
Middlebury, VT
05753