Description
Carillonneur
Jim Fackenthal – Chicago, Ill.
Program
| TITLE | COMPOSER | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Suite I pour le Clavecin Andante Menuetto I Menuetto II Vivace |
Matthais van den Gheyn (1721-85) (arr. Leen ‘t Hart) |
| 2 | Three pieces for Vihuella “Mille Regres” Variations on “Guardama las Vacas” “Tres Alerencias por Otra Parte” |
Luys de Narvaez (1526-49) Arr. David Caldwell Arr. Arie Abbenes Arr. Arie Abbenes |
| 3 | Three pieces “Destine” “The Bronze Waltz” “Path of the Sun” |
Frank DellaPenna (1951-) |
| 4 | Scottish folk melody settings “We’ll Meet by the Dusky Glen” “John Anderson, My Jo” “My Love is Like a Red, Red Rose” “Ye Banks and Braes o’ Bonnie Doon” |
Traditional, arr. Ronald Barnes Robert Burns, arr. John Knox Robert Burns, arr. John Knox “Ye Banks and Braes o’ Bonnie Doon” Traditional, arr. Sally Slade Warner |
| 5 | “Jubilate for Carillon” Sonata Aria e Fugato Rondo |
Ennis Fruhauf (1944-) |
About the Carillonneur
Jim Fackenthal began carillon studies at the University of Rochester in Rochester, N.Y., with David Caldwell in the mid-1980s. In 1986, he passed the carillonneur’s exam in Ottawa, Canada. He played the two carillons in Bloomington, Ind., for seven years, then moved to Chicago, Ill., in 1993, where he became the assistant/associate carillonneur at the Rockefeller Memorial Chapel. He is now a cancer researcher and associate professor of biological sciences at Benedictine University and performs carillon recitals throughout the United States. Additionally, he is the carillonneur at St. Chrysostom’s Church in Chicago and serves on the carillon performance team for the Naperville Park District. As a member of the Guild of Carillonneurs in North America (GCNA), Fackenthal has served in several capacities, including examination juror, board member, Associate Carillonneur Exam Committee chair and co-editor of the newsletter “Carillon News.”