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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 MUSICOctober 08-11, 2020
Carillon Concerts at 1:00 and 3:00 p.m.
Clock MusicAnnouncing the hour strike: What Child Is This English
9:00 I Wonder As I Wander Appalachian
9:30 Come, All Ye Children Spanish, Castilian
10:00 Deck The Halls Welsh
10:30 Pat-a-pan French
11:00 We Three Kings John Hopkins, Jr.
11:30 Now It Is Jul Again Scandinavian
12:00 The Holly And The Ivy English
12:30 Angels We Have Heard On High French
1:00 CONCERT
2:00 O Desired Day Catalonian
2:30 Sweetest Night Of All Flemish, 1728
3:00 CONCERT
4:00 Come, All Ye Shepherds Bohemian
4:30 Gabriel’s Message French, Basque
5:00 O Little Town Of Bethlehem Louis H. Redner
5:30 Let All Mortal Flesh French, Picardy Keep Silence
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
Thursday at 1:00 p.m.Live performance by Geert D’hollander
Prelude No. 1 M. Vanden Gheyn (1721-1785)
From the 1746 Antwerp Carillon Book Siciliana & Allegro J. de Gruijtters ( 1709-1772)
Music from the Romantic EraMelody Lyrical Pieces Op. 47 No. 3 Edward Grieg Anitra’s Dance Peer Gynt (1843-1907)Salut d’Amour 1888 Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
Improvisation
Thursday at 3:00 p.m.Live performance by Geert D’hollander
Prelude No. 2 M. Vanden Gheyn (1721-1785)
From the 1746 Antwerp Carillon BookAndante Diedonné Raick (1703-1764)Menuet Champetre H. J. de Croes (1705-1786)Andante Ioannes de Gruijtters (1709-1772)
Music from the Romantic EraSpring Song from Songs Without Words F. Mendelssohn
(1809-1847)
Humoresque Op. 151 No. 7 A. Dvorak (1841-1904)
Improvisation
Friday at 1:00 p.m.Live performance by Geert D’hollander
EDWARD BOK’S BIRTHDAY
Improvisation on hits from the 20’s
Manuscripts from the Brees Library arr. A. BreesFantasia No. I for piano Peter Benoit (1834-1901)Golden Crown SpiritualGavotte Le Tambourin for harpsichord J. Ph. Rameau (1684-1763)
Music from the Romantic EraBerceuse Op. 24 No. 2 A. Liadov (1855-1914)Prelude Op.28 No. 15 F. Chopin (1810-1849)Nocturne Op. 9 No. 2 Waltz Lyrical Pieces Op. 12 No. 2 E. Grieg (1843-1907)
Friday at 3:00 p.m.Live performance by Geert D’hollander
EDWARD BOK’S BIRTHDAY
Improvisation on hits from the 30’s
Manuscripts from the Brees Library arr. A. BreesSolveig’s Song Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)Chaconne for piano A. Durand (1830-1909)The Old Refrain for piano F. Kreisler (1875-1962)
Music from the Romantic EraSlavonic Dance Op. 72 No. 2 A. Dvorak (1841-1904)Reveries Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Improvisation
Saturday at 1:00 p.m.Live performance by Geert D’hollander
Improvisation
North American Carillon MusicFrom Suite No. 1 John Courter (1942-2010) Toccata FestevoleFrom Suite in Popular Style John Courter Blues for Bells – Ballad – Ragtime Bells
Improvisation on hits from the 30’s
Saturday at 3:00 p.m.Live performance by Geert D’hollander
THE FRENCH CONNECTIONLa Vie en Rose Take me to your Heart, 1945 LouiguyLa Mer Beyond the Sea, 1945 Charles Trenet Les Feuilles Mortes Autumn Leaves, 1945 J. KosmaLa Chanson de Lara Somewhere, my Love, 1965 M. JarreUne Histoire d’amour Love Story, 1970 F. LaiComme d’habitude My Way, 1967 Claude François
CALIFORNIA ROCKS!Take Five 50’s Paul DesmondUnchained Melody 60’s The Righteous BrothersCalifornia Dreamin’ 60’ The Mamas & the PapasSurfin’ USA 60’s The Beach BoysHotel California 70’s The EaglesDon’t Stop Believin’ 80’s JourneyCircles 2019 Post Malone
Sunday at 1:00 p.m.Live performance by Geert D’hollander
Harpsichord Music from the Bach FamilyFrom Concerto nach Italienischen Gusto J. S. Bach Adagio (1685-1750)From Sonata in C Minor Johann C. Bach Andante (1735-1782)Chaconne Carl P. E. Bach (1714-1788)
A Disney IntermezzoFrom Pocahontas Alan Menken (b. 1949) Just around the riverbend The Virginia Company – If I never knew you
Improvisation
Sunday at 3:00 p.m.Live performance by Geert D’hollander
North American Carillon MusicPrelude (1952) Ronald Barnes (1927-1997)Ode to Saint Rombouts (1982) J. Franco (1908-1988)The Undulating Chimneys of Casa Batllo J. Courter from Gaudi’s Chimneys, 2002 (1942-2010)
Three Pop Songs from the 70’sImagine John Lennon (1940-1980)Yesterday & Michelle The Beatles
Improvisation
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 D'hollanderResident Carillonneur
Carillonneur and Professor of Carillon at the University of California at Berkeley, succeeding Ronald Barnes.
He has made numerous carillon arrangements and composed more than 50 works for carillon, published world-wide.
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