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Peace Tower Carillon: March noon-hour concert highlights

[caption id="" align=“alignnone” width=“640”] [ Parliament Hill on a chilly January morning

](https://www.flickr.com/photos/130133857@N05/15769929644) Parliament Hill on a chilly January morning by S Myers[/caption]

 

Just about every weekday at noon there’s a 15-minute concert played by the Peace Tower Carillon, the massive collection of bells that ring out from inside the tower on Parliament Hill.  Here are some program highlights this month. ( The full schedule of concerts is here. )

Wednesday, March 11, 2015; from 12:00 p.m. to 12:15 p.m.

 * 
O Canada

 * 
The Lion Sleeps Tonight, by George David Weiss, Hugo Peretti, and Luigi Creatore, arranged by Robert Schultz

 * 
“
_
 Éléphant
_
” from
_
 Carnival of the Animals
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, by Camille Saint-Saëns, arranged by Arie Abbenes

 * 
The Wonderful Crocodile, arranged by Milford Myhre

 * 
Theme from “Angry Birds”, by Ari Pulkkinen, arranged by Andrea McCrady

 * 
The Grizzly Bear Rag, by George Botsford, arranged by Andrea McCrady

Tuesday, March 17, 2015; from 12:00 p.m. to 12:15 p.m.

St. Patrick’s Day

 * 
O Canada

 * 
Three songs of Turlough O’Carolan, arranged by Adrian Patrick Gebruers

     * 
  
   —
  
  Colonel John Irwin
 
     * 
  
   —
  
  The Princess Royal
 
     * 
  
   —
  
  Captain Sudley (“O’Carolan’s Dowry”)
 


 * 
Hewlett’s, by Turlough O’Carolan, arranged for strings by Fretless, for carillon by Andrea McCrady

 * 
Kerry Dance, arranged by Arthur Bigelow

 * 
The Minstrel Boy, arranged by Charles Zettek

 * 
Medley of Irish Tunes, arranged by Sally Slade Warner

Wednesday, March 18, 2015; from 12:00 p.m. to 12:15 p.m.

 * 
O Canada

 * 
Red River Valley, arranged by Percival Price and Eugeen Uten

 * 
Alberta Bound, by Gordon Lightfoot, arranged by Andrea McCrady

 * 
Drill, Ye Tarriers, Drill, by Thomas F. Casey, arranged by Andrea McCrady

 * 
Four Strong Winds, by Ian Tyson, arranged by Andrea McCrady

 * 
Home on the Range, by Daniel E. Kelley, arranged by Albert Gerken

Friday, March 27, 2015; from 12:00 p.m. to 12:15 p.m.

 * 
O Canada

 * 
Thank God We’re Surrounded by Water, by Tom Cahill, arranged by Andrea McCrady

 * 
The Banks of Newfoundland, arranged by Leen ’t Hart

 * 
Song for the Mira, by Alistair MacGillivray, arranged by Andrea McCrady

 * 
Northwest Passage, by Stan Rogers, arranged by Andrea McCrady

 * 
Old Mokami, by Gerald Mitchell, arranged by Andrea McCrady

 * 
Farewell to Nova Scotia, arranged by Leen ’t Hart