8 March 2015 / #carillon #music Peace Tower Carillon: March noon-hour concert highlights[caption id="" align=“alignnone” width=“640”] [ ](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 _ , 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