I found this wonderfully sound-rich piece to be very engaging and perfect for the holidays.
Short does an excellent job of capturing the sound of the bells, and the effort involved in playing the instrument.
Holiday bell sounds, beautifully recorded - with a nice musical explanation - nice palatte-cleanser for classical or news station for sounds of the season!
This piece has a local slant but the unusual topic (a blind Birmingham AL carillon player trained in Belgium and France who performs impromtu concerts as well as seasonal favorites) would appeal to a general audience. The piece has texture, smooth layers and paints interesting word pictures. But the bells harbor a harshness as well as sweetness; the carillon player must play with such force that you sense the "violence under the gentle melody," a parallelism to the strong bones and gentle demeanor of this story.
Radio should be doing a bell story every day as a matter of course. And this is a warm fuzzy to the whole matter of the carillon.
I found myself wanting answers: who thought this was the thing for Georgia? How many bells are there in this bunch? Who casted them? Where are they from?
Comments for Carols on the Carillon
Produced by Dale Short
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Cheryl-Anne Millsap
Posted on November 28, 2005 at 12:22 PM | Permalink
Review of Carols on the Carillon
I found this wonderfully sound-rich piece to be very engaging and perfect for the holidays.
Short does an excellent job of capturing the sound of the bells, and the effort involved in playing the instrument.
Marjorie Van Halteren
Posted on November 27, 2005 at 08:48 AM | Permalink
Review of Carols on the Carillon
Holiday bell sounds, beautifully recorded - with a nice musical explanation - nice palatte-cleanser for classical or news station for sounds of the season!
Deanna Larson
Posted on January 04, 2004 at 09:03 AM | Permalink
Ringing local and national bells
This piece has a local slant but the unusual topic (a blind Birmingham AL carillon player trained in Belgium and France who performs impromtu concerts as well as seasonal favorites) would appeal to a general audience. The piece has texture, smooth layers and paints interesting word pictures. But the bells harbor a harshness as well as sweetness; the carillon player must play with such force that you sense the "violence under the gentle melody," a parallelism to the strong bones and gentle demeanor of this story.
Jackson Braider
Posted on January 01, 2004 at 08:19 PM | Permalink
Review of Carols on the Carillon
I found myself wanting answers: who thought this was the thing for Georgia? How many bells are there in this bunch? Who casted them? Where are they from?