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[1968 Marcussen at the Community Church, Ikast, Denmark]
1968 Marcussen organ at the Community Church, Ikast, Denmark

1926 Willis at Liverpool Cathedral, England
1926 Willis organat the Anglican Cathedral in Liverpool, England, UK

1990 Oberlinger at Saint Joseph’s Church, Bonn-Beuel, Germany
1990 Oberlinger at Saint Joseph’s Church, Bonn-Beuel, Germany

1868 Cavaillé-Coll at Notre-Dame, Paris, France
1868 Cavaillé-Coll organ at Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris, France

1926 Skinner at Jefferson Avenue Presbyterian Church, Detroit, MI
1926 Skinner organ at Jefferson Avenue Presbyterian Church, Detroit, MI

1998 Fisk at Minato Mirai Hall, Yokohama, Japan

1999 Eule organ at Saint Michael’s Church, Schwabmünchen, Germany
1999 Eule organ at Saint Michael’s Church, Schwabmünchen, Germany

Ring Them Bells

Perhaps from hanging around in the organ lofts near those bell towers, organ composers have amassed a fine pile of bell-music.

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Program Broadcast dates:

  • Week of December 05, 2005

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Music played in the program

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JEAN-JACQUES CHARPENTIER: Carillon –Helga Schauerte (1981 Eisenbarth/Dom St. Stephan, Passau, Germany) Syrius CD-141310

GIOVANNI MORIANDI (arr. Best): Bell-Rondo –Simon Lindley (1905 Abbott & Smith/Leeds Town Hall, England, UK) OxRecs Digital CD-71

GARTH EDMUNDSON: Bells through the trees –James Hammann (1918 Steere/Baptist Temple, Brooklyn, NY) Calcante CD-012 (Calcante Records)

BERNHARD CHRISTENSEN: Variations on Now the Bells Chime at the Coming of Morn –Christian Blache Holm (1968 Marcussen/Community Church, Ikast, Denmark) Danacord CD-304 (Danacord Records)

HENRI MULET: Campanille, from Byzantine Sketches –Thomas Murray (1990 Austin/National Shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa, Doylestown, PA) Arkay CD-6111 (nla)

HENRI MULET: Carillon-Sortie –Noël Rawsthorne (1926 Willis/Anglican Cathedral, Liverpool, England, UK) EMI Classics 2CD-67291 (nla)

LOUIS VIERNE: Les Angelus, Op. 57 –Margaret Roest, soprano; Ben van Oosten (1981 Oberlinger/Saint Joseph’s Church, Bonn-Beuel, Germany) Dabringhaus & Grimm CD 316.0991

JEAN LANGLAIS: Angelus, from Huit Chants de Bretagne –Jean Langlais (1868 Cavaillé-Coll/Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris, France) Solstice CD-165

FRANZ LISZT: Angelus! Priere aux anges gardiens –Jared Johnson (1926 Skinner/Jefferson Avenue Presbyterian Church, Detroit, MI) JAV CD-133 (JAV Recordings)

WILLIAM ALBRIGHT: Carillon-Bombarde –Douglas Reed (1997 C.B. Fisk/Minato Mirai Hall, Yokohama, Japan) Equilibrium CD-35 (Equilibri)

LUDVIG NIELSEN: Fantasy on the Bells of the Nidaros Cathedral in Trondheim, Op. 37 –Willibald Guggenmos (1999 Eule/Saint Michael’s Church, Schwabmünchen, Germany) Unda Maris CD-20091 (Aeolus)

NOTE: the various sounds of actual tower bells which appear here and there in this program come from an arresting German CD production, Die Glocke und ihr Geläute Psallite CD-P60661.