Please note that effective Monday June 25th-Friday July 27th 2007 public access around the Netherlands Centennial Carillon Tower at Belleville and Government Streets will be temporarily restricted as the carillon undergoes refurbishment. The tower's base will fully reopen for visitors in early August once the work is completed. The normal carillon recital schedule is also expected to resume as usual the first to second Sunday in August. Your consideration and understanding is appreciated.
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The Netherlands Centennial Carillon hasn't chimed the hours or played regular concerts since 2003, but will ding- dong merrily on high again starting tomorrow afternoon, at the corner of Government and Belleville streets.
Forty years after its unveiling, the reactivated instrument will again play the Westminster chimes every hour from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. in the summer, and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. in winter -- thanks to a local donor who gave $55,000 for the modernization project.
"The carillon is the sound part of this whole complex and we've really missed that important aspect," said Royal B.C. Museum CEO Pauline Rafferty, who said the donor's name will be announced at the unveiling.
This province's Dutch community raised the original money to build the carillon in honour of Canada's 100th birthday, and she added: "We're so pleased that some of those same Dutch friends will be with us again for this week's celebration. It's also worth noting that the carillon was originally built because of the generosity of private citizens, and it has now been refurbished and modernized thanks to another private donation."
The carillon was installed in 1968 and included a kind of "player piano" that allowed for pre-programmed music. The system wore out in 2003 and has been replaced with state-of-the-art technology. The new "player piano" keyboard is computerized and loaded with 100 different tunes, which will play during daylight hours on a rotating basis.
There will also be live performances by carillonneur Rosemary Laing, most Sundays at 3 p.m., but also on occasional Saturdays and holiday Mondays at the same time. The musician will climb the 75-step circular staircase and short ladder that takes her up 27 metres (90 feet).
"I used to be really terrified, white knuckles all the way up, but now it doesn't bother me much," she said, adding the 62 bells have not been changed. "The sound is the same as it was before, but the instrument is far easier to play."
"I am absolutely ecstatic about the new clavier," said Laing, who teaches at the University of Victoria. "Not only is it beautiful, it is the very latest in carillon design.
"Many improvements have been made over the previous design, rendering the instrument more responsive and a joy to play. It's more regulated, more even to the touch."
She noted the 100 tunes stored in the automatic player reflect a cross-section of many styles of tunes, ranging from folk, to classical and modern -- but she adds that when she plays, only four notes are struck at any one time. "I play with two fists and two feet. The notes are played on things that look like wooden batons, like the end of broom handles," said the expert, who has been playing the carillon for 22 years and is thrilled to be the official performer on the Netherlands Centennial Carillon, which is Canada's largest.
Laing, who is a member of the Guild of Carillonneurs in North America, was appointed carillonneur in 1993 after Herman Bergink retired. She has a bachelor's degree in music education, a master's and a doctorate in metaphysical science; she is an associate of the Royal Canadian College of Organists.
The Westminster chimes are a classic melody used by sets of clock bells to strike the hour. Also known as the Cambridge chimes, from their place of origin, they were later used at the clock tower of Big Ben, at the Palace of Westminster.
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