Monday, December 9th, 2019 Carillon Tune
O Come, All Ye Faithful Tune name: Adeste Fideles According to The New Oxford Book of Carols, “The genesis of this universally loved Christmas hymn is shrouded in obscurity.” This delights my musicologist side because… Read More
Friday, November 1st, 2019 Carillon Tune
We Gather Together Tune name: Kremser As Thanksgiving comes at the end of November, I thought that I would pick one of the most traditional hymns for the American holiday: “We Gather Together.” The tune… Read More
Tuesday, October 1st, 2019 Announcements Carillon Tune
Jewish High Holidays Melody Tune name: Yamim Noraim Ma’ariv Bar’chu (Call to Worship for the Evening of the Days of Awe) The change from the month of September to October in the modern calendar this… Read More
Monday, August 26th, 2019 Announcements Carillon Tune
Carillon Notes for September 2019 All Creatures of our God and King Tune name: Laßt uns erfreuen To start out a new year, I turn to a favorite hymn tune. That tune is “Laßt uns… Read More
Friday, April 19th, 2019 Carillon Tune
Goddard Chapel Carillon Tune April/May 2019 “Thine be the Glory, Risen conquering Son” In the Protestant and Catholic traditions, in Easter 2019 falls on April 21, and in the Eastern Orthodox tradition, Easter comes a… Read More
Monday, March 4th, 2019 Announcements Carillon Tune
In the Christian church, March 6th begins Lent, the period of forty days (plus Sundays) before Easter. It is, along with Advent, one of the two penitential seasons in the church calendar, and common practices… Read More
Tuesday, January 15th, 2019 Announcements Carillon Tune
For what remains of January and for February, the carillon will play the hymn “Abide with Me.” The text was written by Henry Francis Lyte, an Anglican priest from Scotland, probably in 1847, just a… Read More
Monday, December 3rd, 2018 Announcements Carillon Tune
This year, the first Sunday in December marks the beginning of two special times in two different faith traditions. It is the first Sunday in Advent, the four week period of waiting before Christmas in… Read More
Thursday, November 1st, 2018 Announcements Carillon Tune
In the Christian calendar, the month of November begins with All Saints’ Day, which is also known as the Feast of All Saints, or occasionally as All Hallows’ Day (All Hallows’ Eve is, of course,… Read More
Monday, October 1st, 2018 Carillon Tune Featured Stories
The tune Repton was written by the English composer Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry in 1888 as a contralto aria for queen Meshullemeth in his oratorio Judith. In the oratorio, a group of children asks the… Read More
