Twilight Carillon Recital

DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC

Twilight Carillon Recital
David Christensen, University Carillonneur

Ring in Spring with music from Holland, Spain, Portugal, Germany, and the United States. The composers Fernando Sor, Francisco Tarrega, Carlos Seixas, and Mateo Albeniz  will be represented in the Iberian portion of the program.  Also scheduled is the Festival Prelude by Leen't Hart, Asteroids by Gary White, Professor of Music Emeritus and former head of the music theory and composition department at Iowa State University, Three Songs by Stephen Foster, and two compositions from UCR composers:  Wondrous Love by Donald Johns, and Highlander Bells by Robert Giracello.
Also on the program will be a delightful piece from the 18th-century composer and carillonneur Matthias Van Den Gheyn, Allegro No. 2 in G major.

Housed in the bell tower, the carillon is a musical instrument comprised of 48 magnificent cast-bronze, cup-shaped bells. The bells are arranged chromatically and precisely tuned so that several can be sounded harmoniously together. The bells are sounded by striking a series of wooden levers with the side of the hand or fingers and with the feet.

To view a duet performance on the carillon, go to the YouTube website and type "UCR carillon" in the search box.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDB_o2QkZOI

Program

1. Festival Prelude - Leen't Hart

2. Music from Spain - Arr. Beverly Buchanan
Adagio - Dionisio Aguado (1784-1849)
Four Pieces by Fernando Sor (1778-1839)
Allemande
Musette
Old French Song
Soliloquy
Maria - Francisco Tárrega (1852-1909)

3. Air from Suite in D - Johann Sebastian Bach, Arr. Leen't Hart

4. Two American Hymntunes
Wondrous Love - Donald Johns
Allegro - Adagio - Broadly
Promised Land - David Christensen

5. Folk Song Arrangements
John Anderson, My Jo, John - Scottish, Arr. John Knox
All Through the Night - Welsh, Arr. David Christensen
Black Oak Tree - Kentucky, Arr. Ronald Barnes
The Ash Grove - Welsh, Arr. Richard Giszczak

6. Highlander Bells - Robert Giracello

7. Asteroids - Gary White

8. Three Songs by Stephen C. Foster - Arr. Sally Slade Warner
Come Where My Love Lies Dreaming
Gentle Annie
Old Folks At Home

9. Two Songs - Harold Arlen
I've Got the World on a String
Stormy Weather

10. Allegro in G Major - Matthias Van Den Gheyn



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David Christensen has been University Carillonneur at UC Riverside for 25 years and plays regular weekly concerts throughout the school year.  He has performed at many carillons throughout the United States and Canada, including the University of Michigan, University of Toronto, UC Santa Barbara, University of Chicago, Longood Gardens, and Princeton University.  Mr. Christensen also gives instruction in carillon and organ to UCR students.  Several of his arrangements for carillon and handbell choir are published.

Quarterly carillon recitals are presented by the UCR Department of Music with the generous support of Friends of the Carillon.  Contact Friends of the Carillon to become a member and find out about special fundraising events.  
www.belltower.ucr.edu
(951) 827-2739
mjenkins@ucr.edu

Parking: $5 permits available at the University Kiosk