Amsterdam Carillon Oude Kerk 1001_2

Carillon of the tower of the Oude Kerk in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

City Carillonneur Gideon Bodden playing the Fugue from the Ist Sonata for Violin-solo (BWV 1001) by Johann Sebastian Bach, as arranged for the carillon by Bernard Winsemius.

The Carillon of the Oude Kerk was originally cast by François Hemony in 1658. Of the original 35 Hemony bells, today only the 14 largest are still functioning. The 33 smaller bells are modern products.
The range of bells is Bb0 (3400 kg) - C1 - D1 - chromatically Bb4, and they are tuned in 1/4' mean tone tuning.

The keyboard was built by Royal Eijsbouts in 1991.

Weekly live carillon concerts at the tower of the Oude Kerk in Amsterdam:
Tuesday 14:00 by Boudewijn Zwart.
Saturday 16:00 by Gideon Bodden.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• carillon
• beiaard
• klokkenspel
• beiaardier
• bells
• glocken
• cloches
• gideon
• bodden
• amsterdam
• oude
• kerk
• Bach

[mrvisserplein]

Wicked. I love the sound of the bells. Walking in Amsterdam and hearing the bells is an esoteric experience. It brings fantasy and a feeling of history to the experience. Sometimes I just stop and listen....

[duidelijkluid]

Deze beiaard is altijd een van mijn favoriete instrumenten geweest, plechtig, ernstig, maar wanneer er Bach op wordt gespeeld dan swingt ze waarachtig ! Bravo !

[churchwhistles]

I played this piece on the organ-transcribed from the violin sonata, that is easy to play- playing a fugue either on a solo violin or on a carillon sounds like quite a feat!

[KEVWARD63]

A beautiful sound, haven't been to A'dam for a while. Echte Nederlands sound.

[robertgift]

Wonderful.

Difficult to perform this fugue on the carillon.

Would be nice to hear this from outside.

Thank you for posting this.

RWG Denver, Colorado USA

[Prianteltix]

Neee...