Carillon

A carillon is set up like a keyboard, with black and white keys and foot pedals that can help produce different kinds of sound. Each key is connected by wire to a bell clapper so different bells are rung depending on which key is struck. It is a 75-step climb up to Middlebury’s bell tower, atop Middlebury Chapel. The Middlebury Carillon is considered a traditional carillon of 48 bells. The pitch of Middlebury’s heaviest bell is E in the middle octave. It is a 2,300-pound bell; roughly the same weight as the Liberty Bell. In 1915, the instrument was begun with eleven bells by the Meneely bellfoundry in Watervliet, New York. Nine bells remain from that work. In 1986, the instrument was enlarged to its present size with bells made by Paccard-Fonderie des Cloches in Annecy, France. The enhanced carillon was presented as a gift from then Chairman of the Board of Trustees Allen Dragone ‘50 (and his wife Jane) in 1986. 27 bells remain from that work. In 2001, 12 bells were recast or replaced in 2001 by Meeks & Watson of Georgetown, Ohio.

All performances by Middlebury College Carillonneur George Matthew, Jr., unless otherwise noted. They are best enjoyed on the lawns surrounding the chapel.

Please note: With care for the entire college carillon audience, we are refraining from playing anything that could be provocative or harmful without proper context or explanation.

Tuesday, April 16 

• Scherzo    F. J. Haydn
• Scherzo    E. B. Manning
• Scherzo    Franz Schubert
• The Clarinet    L. Muck
• Scherzo    J. Maasen
• Olé Guapa!    A. Malando
• Traditional Ukrainian Melodies
• Traditional Mexican Folksongs
• Traditional Afghanistan Melodies
• Medley of Spirituals

• Selections from “Romantiek II”  Leen’t Hart’s transcriptions of operatic melodies
• Traditional Ukrainian Melodies
• Traditional Mexican Folksongs
• Traditional Afghanistan Melodies
• Medley of Spirituals

• Selections from “Airs à Danser”  Frank Law’s transcriptions of operatic melodies by
• Lully, Lalande, Destouches and Desmarets
• Traditional Ukrainian Melodies
• Traditional Mexican Folksongs
• Traditional Afghanistan Melodies
• Medley of Spirituals

• Four Capreccetten by Jacob Wilhem Lustig (1706-1796)
• Medley of Sephardic Melodies
• Traditional Ukrainian Melodies
• Traditional Mexican Folksongs
• Traditional Afghanistan Melodies
• Medley of Spirituals

• Reflections from the Tower    Emma Lou Diemer, 1990
• Prior to Landing    Chin Chin Chen, 2001
• Spirals      Kathryn Mischell, 2000
• Carillon Piece     Halle Shephard ’22 Midd
• Toccata: Jubilate Deo       Sister Joyce Evans, 1986
• Red Peppers Rag     Imogene Giles, 1915
• Traditional Ukrainian Melodies
• Traditional Mexican Folksongs
• Traditional Afghanistan Melodies
• Medley of Spirituals

• Lute Suite III, BWV 296    J. S. Bach
• Traditional Ukrainian Melodies
• Traditional Mexican Folksongs
• Traditional Afghanistan Melodies
• Medley of Spirituals

• Desert Wind      Margo Halsted
• The Sacredness of Trees     Ellen Lindquist ‘93
• The Memory of Trees    Enya
• Tree Sketches   Michelle Black
• The Tower by the Sea  Gerard Boedijn
• Traditional Ukrainian Melodies
• Traditional Mexican Folksongs
• Traditional Afghanistan Melodies
• Medley of Spirituals

• Fantasias 11 and 12   Georg Philipp Telemann
• Variations on Folksongs from Rotterdam      Leen’t Hart
• Traditional Ukrainian Melodies
• Traditional Mexican Folksongs
• Traditional Afghanistan Melodies
• Medley of Spirituals

• Fantasias 5, 6,7 and 8       Georg Philipp Telemann
• Traditional Ukrainian Melodies
• Traditional Mexican Folksongs
• Traditional Afghanistan Melodies
• Medley of Spirituals

• Fantasia on a theme of Marcel Pappanaud,1978
• Variations on a Spanish Folksong “Segaba ya aquelle tarde”, 1980
• In Memoriam: Claude Graber, campanologist, 1998
• Fantasia on the Easter hymn “O Filii et Filiae”, 1977
• “Thirteen Sixteenths” Slightly jazzy with a touch of Klezmer, Rosh Hashanah, 1999
• Toccata for carillon, 1986
• Traditional Ukrainian Melodies
• Traditional Mexican Folksongs
• Traditional Afghanistan Melodies
• Medley of Spirituals

• Fantasias 9 and 10    Georg Philipp Telemann
• Medley of Sephardic Melodies
• Traditional Ukrainian Melodies
• Traditional Mexican Folksongs
• Traditional Afghanistan Melodies
• Medley of Spirituals

• Lute Suite II, BWV 995       J. S. Bach
• Sheep May Safely Graze   J. S. Bach
• “My heart ever faithful” from cantata #70      J. S. Bach
• Traditional Ukrainian Melodies
• Traditional Mexican Folksongs
• Traditional Afghanistan Melodies
• Medley of Spirituals

• Caland Suite     Gerard Boedijn
• Variations on a Kortrijk folksong      H. Servais
• Romantic Suite (three movements)     Willem Franken
• Traditional Ukrainian Melodies
• Traditional Mexican Folksongs
• Traditional Afghanistan Melodies
• Medley of Spirituals

• Triptiek      Alex van Amerongen
• Concertina 1      Eugene Uten
• Concertina 2      Eugene Uten
• Traditional Ukrainian Melodies
• Traditional Mexican Folksongs
• Traditional Afghanistan Melodies
• Medley of Spirituals