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Seasonal Carillon Concert on Sunday
School Carillonneur Buck Lyon-Vaiden will play a concert
of
traditional and popular seasonal music on Sunday, December 11 at 1:00 p.m. in
McDonogh School’s Tagart Memorial Chapel. If you prefer to listen to the concert
from your warm, comfortable home, the concert can be viewed and heard live
online via this link: www.mcdonogh.org/carillon. Please
note that sometimes the
live-streaming works better on an iPad or smartphone rather than on a
computer.
The McDonogh Carillon, one of approximately 180 in North America and
only
two in Maryland, includes 48 bells weighing a total of nearly 10 tons. The
smallest is 24 pounds and has a diameter of 7 ½ inches; the largest weighs more
than 1.6 tons and has a diameter of 53 inches. The cast bronze bells are
connected with mechanical wires to a keyboard and a pedalboard. The keyboard
is similar to that of a piano; it is split into two rows of spindle-like wooden keys
that are struck by half-closed fists. The pedalboard, similar to that of an organ,
controls the two lowest octaves. Repertoire ranges from original compositions to
arrangements of classical music, hymns, and popular melodies.
School Carillonneur Buck Lyon-Vaiden will play a concert of traditional and popular seasonal music on Sunday, December 11 at 1:00 p.m. in McDonogh School’s Tagart Memorial Chapel. If you prefer to listen to the concert from your warm, comfortable home, the concert can be viewed and heard live online via this link: www.mcdonogh.org/carillon. Please note that sometimes the live-streaming works better on an iPad or smartphone rather than on a computer.
The McDonogh Carillon, one of approximately 180 in North America and only two in Maryland, includes 48 bells weighing a total of nearly 10 tons. The smallest is 24 pounds and has a diameter of 7 ½ inches; the largest weighs more than 1.6 tons and has a diameter of 53 inches. The cast bronze bells are connected with mechanical wires to a keyboard and a pedalboard. The keyboard is similar to that of a piano; it is split into two rows of spindle-like wooden keys that are struck by half-closed fists. The pedalboard, similar to that of an organ, controls the two lowest octaves. Repertoire ranges from original compositions to arrangements of classical music, hymns, and popular melodies.