1968 Marcussen organ at the Community Church, Ikast, Denmark

1926 Henry Willis & Sons organat the Anglican Cathedral in Liverpool, England, UK

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

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

1926 Skinner organ at Jefferson Avenue Presbyterian, Detroit, MI

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.

Listen to the program

Program Broadcast dates:

• Week of December 05, 2005

Links and Resources:

• History of the Bells
• Printable program listings

Music played in the program

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

GIOVANNI MORIANDI (arranged by William Thomas Best): Bell-Rondo –Simon Lindley (1905 Abbott & Smith/Town Hall, Leeds, England, UK) OxRecs CD-71

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

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

HENRI MULET: Campanille, from Byzantine Sketches –Thomas Murray (1990 Austin/National Shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa, Doylestown, PA) Arkay AR6111

HENRI MULET: Carillon-Sortie –Noel Rawsthorne (1926 Henry Willis & Sons/Anglican Cathedral, Liverpool, England, UK) EMI Classics CDC 67291

LOUIS VIERNE: Les Angelus, Opus 57 –Margaret Roest, soprano; Ben van Oosten (1981 Oberlinger/St. Joseph Church, Bonn-Beuel, Germany) Dabringhaus und Grimm MDG 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, Detroit, MI) JAV CD-133

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

LUDVIG NIELSEN: Fantasy on the Bells of the Nidaros Cathedral in Trondheim, Opus 37 –Willibald Guggenmos (1999 Eule/St. Michael Church, Schwabmünchen, Germany) Unda Maris UM-20091

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.