Peace Tower Carillon: May noon-hour concert highlights

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](https://www.flickr.com/photos/130133857@N05/16737375944) May 1st 2015, sun setting on the Nation’s Capital 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. ) ** Monday, May 4, 2015; from 12:00 p.m. to 12:15 p.m. ** O Canada We Are All Earthlings, by Jeff Moss and Sara Compton, arranged by Andrea McCrady Fly Me to the Moon, by Bart Howard, arranged by Andrea McCrady I Don’t Want to Live on the Moon, by Jeff Moss, arranged by Andrea McCrady Music from “Star Wars”, by John Williams — Theme from “Star Wars”, arranged by Janet Dundore — Princess Leia’s Theme, arranged by Janet Dundore and Andrea McCrady — The Imperial March, arranged by Andrea McCrady Theme from “Star Trek”, by Alexander Courage, arranged by Andrea McCrady ** Thursday, May 7, 2015; from 12:00 p.m. to 12:15 p.m. ** O Canada Vive la canadienne, arranged by Milford Myhre Fantasy Variations on “Jenny Jones”, by Ronald Barnes Oh Susannah!, by Stephen Foster, arranged by Jeff Davis Pizzicato, from the ballet Sylvia, by Léo Delibes, arranged by Auke De Boer K-K-K-Katy, by Geoffrey O’Hara, arranged by Robert Lodine Annie’s Song, by John Denver, arranged by Sally Slade Warner Suzanne, by Leonard Cohen, arranged by Gordon Slater Miss Canada, by Will J. Davis, arranged by Andrea McCrady ** Friday, May 8, 2015; from 12:00 p.m. to 12:15 p.m. ** 70th Anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe O Canada When the Lights Go On Again (All Over the World), by Eddie Seiler, Sol Marcus, and Bennie Benjamin, arranged by Andrea McCrady I’ll Be Seeing You, by Sammy Fain, arranged by Sally Slade Warner I’ll Be Home for Christmas, by Walter Kent and Buck Ram, arranged by Andrea McCrady The Last Time I Saw Paris, by Jerome Kern, arranged by Sally Slade Warner The White Cliffs of Dover, by Walter Kent, arranged by Andrea McCrady Beginning of content Top ** Wednesday, May 13, 2015; from 12:00 p.m. to 12:15 p.m. ** O Canada Medley of Fiddle Tunes: — Paddy Whack Jig (Irish/Cape Breton), arranged by Milford Myhre — The Cabinet Meeting Jig (Cape Breton), by Gordon MacLean, arranged by Andrea McCrady — St. Anne’s Reel (New Brunswick/Quebec), arranged by Andrea McCrady — The Stack of Wheat (Irish hornpipe), arranged by Andrea McCrady — Sheguiandah Bay Waltz (Manitoulin Island), by Don Pettigrew, arranged by Andrea McCrady — Hewlett’s, by Turlough O’Carolan, arranged for strings by Fretless, for carillon by Andrea McCrady ** Friday, May 15, 2015; from 12:00 p.m. to 12:15 p.m. ** Ottawa Tulip Festival O Canada When You Wore a Tulip, by P. Weinrich, arranged by Robert Lodine Chanson des fleurs, arranged by Andrea McCrady Du bist wie eine Blume, by Robert Schumann, arranged by Wendell Westcott Tulpen uit Amsterdam, by Ralf Arne, arranged by Andrea McCrady Tiptoe through the Tulips, by Joe Burke, arranged by Richard P. Strauss Beginning of content Top ** Wednesday, May 27, 2015; from 12:00 p.m. to 12:15 p.m. ** Welcoming Their Majesties King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima of the Netherlands O Canada Het Wilhelmus, arranged by Andrea McCrady Oranjerapsodie (The Orange Rhapsody), by Joop Stokkermans Sweelinck-Fantasie voor de Westertoren (Amsterdam), by Albert De Klerk Comt nu met sang, arranged by Jaap van der Ende ** Thursday, May 28, 2015; from 12:00 p.m. to 12:15 p.m. ** O Canada Perpetuum mobile, by Eugeen Uten The Loco-Motion, by Gerry Goffin and Carole King, arranged by Andrea McCrady Big Yellow Taxi, by Joni Mitchell, arranged by Andrea McCrady There’s a Boat dat’s Leavin’ Soon for New York, by George Gershwin, arranged by Gerard de Waardt Yellow Submarine, by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, arranged by Andrea McCrady Mouvement perpetuels, no1 by Francis Poulenc, arranged by Jonathan Hebert