Saturday 19^th June 2010 will be proclaimed as ‘day of the carillon’. At 14.00 all carillons in Belgium, The Netherlands and Northern France will be playing the same piece so that the same composition will be heard on the entire territory of the Low Countries, the birthplace  of the carillon… Geert D’Hollander, home carillonneur of Antwerp, Ghent, Lier and Herentals, but also one of the best composers of carillon music of this era, has written this composition especially for the 500^th anniversary of carillon. The sound of some brass instruments will be added to the bell sounds.

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List of carillons and carillonneurs that will take part :

Wallonië:

Verviers, Liège (Cathédrale St Paul et Collégiale St Jean l'Évangéliste), Huy, Gembloux, Charleroi, Tournai, Florenville, Ath, Soignie

Vlaanderen:

STAD	BEIAARDIER
Antwerpen	Dina Verheyden
Brugge	Frank Deleu
Deinze	Charles Dairay
Diest	Wim van den Broeck
Gent	Richard De Waardt
Grimbergen	Twan Bearda
Hasselt	Jan Verheyen
Kortrijk	Koen Cosaert
Leuven - bib	Luc Rombouts
Leuven - Sint-Geertrui	Geert Hellemans
Leuven - Sint-Pieter	Piet Hamelink
Lier	Geert D'hollander
Lommel	Liesbeth Janssens
Mechelen - OLVrouwekerk	Tom Van Peer
Mol	Carl Van Eyndhoven
Nieuwpoort	Els Debevere
Roeselare	Wim Berteloot
Ronse	Dominique Wybraeke
Tienen	Luc Rombouts (13u)

The Netherlands:

The Netherlands is playing soccer at this time. Oranje boven!

 

And also in:

France, Germany, Italy, USA en Japan