Peace Tower Carillon: April noon-hour concert highlights

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](https://www.flickr.com/photos/daveyjphoto/8373391034/) Foggy Morning by David Johnson, from the OttawaStart Flickr Group[/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. )

Monday, April 20, 2015, from 12:00 p.m. to 12:15 p.m.

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O Canada

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Puff, the Magic Dragon, by Peter Yates, arranged by Beverly Buchanan

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Imagine, by John Lennon, arranged by Andrea McCrady

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Fly Away, by John Denver, arranged by Carlo van Ulft

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Swinging on a Star, by Jimmy Van Heusen, arranged by Andrea McCrady

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Fly Me to the Moon, by Bart Howard, arranged by Andrea McCrady

Tuesday, April 21, 2015, from 12:00 p.m. to 12:15 p.m.

 * 
O Canada

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

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The Banks of Newfoundland, arranged by Leen ’t Hart

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Barrett’s Privateers, by Stan Rogers, arranged by Jonathan Hebert

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Away with the Roll of the Sea, by Allister MacGillivray, arranged by Andrea McCrady

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Song of the Sockeye, by Philip J. Thomas, arranged by Andrea McCrady

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Farewell to Nova Scotia, arranged by Leen ’t Hart

Wednesday, April 29, 2015, from 12:00 p.m. to 12:15 p.m.

Birthday of Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington (1899-1974)

 * 
O Canada

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Blues for Bells, by John Courter

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I Got Rhythm, by George Gershwin, arranged by Gordon Slater

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Mood Indigo, by Duke Ellington, arranged by Jos Lerinckx

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Don’t Get Around Much Anymore, by Duke Ellington, arranged by Andrea McCrady