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Three summer evenings of lovely music from the 56-bell carillon of
Draper Tower on Berea College's campus will be featured in the Berea
Summer Carillon Concert Series. Guest performers from Portugal and Poland
will join College Carillonneur John Courter in the monthly concerts.
Each concert is approximately one hour long. A video monitor at ground
level will allow listeners to view the performers in action. All concerts
are free. Bring lawn chairs or a blanket and enjoy the bell music and
the gentle breeze.
CONCERT SCHEDULE:
Sunday, June 26 at 8 p.m. - John Courter will play music ranging from Haydn,
Beethoven and Granados to Andrew Lloyd Webber's Phantom of the Opera.
Monday, July 18 at 8 p.m. - The Lvsitanvs Duo, consisting of sisters
Ana and Sara Elias from Lisbon, Portugal will play duets on the Berea
carillon. Their program ranges from Purcell and Grieg to a medley of
Walt Disney tunes. The sisters share an appointment as carillonneur to
the newest carillon in the world (May, 2005), the 74-bell instrument
in Alverca, Portugal. Both sisters have expertise in music and mining
engineering.
Monday, August 29, at 8 p.m. - Malgosia Fiebig, City Carillonneur of
Gdansk, Poland will play a program of music including Vivaldi, Chopin,
a waltz, a tango and Polish folktunes. Fiebig is preparing to co-host
the World Federation of Carillonneurs Congress in Gdansk in 2006.
The bells of Berea's carillon range in weight from 15 lbs. to 2750
lbs. Mounted on steel beams, the bells do not move. The clappers are
connected by carbon fiber rods to a keyboard played with fists and feet,
giving a full range of dynamics. The design of Berea's keyboard, combining
the best features of the European and American types, is being considered
as the prototype for a new world-standard keyboard.
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