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St. Colman's Cathedral

80 Years
of Recitals

Eurocarillon
2003

WCF 2002

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Welcome to St.Colman's Carillon website.

St. Colman's Cathedral

The carillon is located in the magnificent St. Colman's Cathedral overlooking Cobh town and Cork Harbour. This beautiful setting is appropriate for an instrument that is considered one of the best examples of its genre. The 49-bell Carillon of St. Colman's Cathedral in Cobh is the only such instrument in this country and is the largest in Ireland and Britain. It also includes Ireland's largest bell, named St. Colman (3.6 tons). The carillon is played from a console within the belfry, consisting of a keyboard and a pedalboard. The action is completely mechanical and there is no artificial assist.

 

84th Summer Recital Season 2011

Free hour-long recitals will take place on Sundays at 4.30 p.m. from May to September and are usually given by Adrian Gebruers KSG, Cathedral Carillonneur.

As always, there will also be a number of guest recitals presented by leading international carillonneurs, as follows:-

  • Sunday July 24th: Tiffany Ng (USA). Associate Carillonneur at Berkeley University San Francisco.
  • Sunday July 31st: Lydia Zwart (The Netherlands).
  • Sunday August 7th: Frank Steijns (The Netherlands). Carillonneur with the world-famous Andre Rieu Orchestra.
  • Sunday August 21st: Quentin Leriche (France). Carillonneur prodigy.
  • Sunday August 28th: Special recital for National Heritage Week.

    A feature of this year’s season will be a series of recitals by upcoming young carillonneurs from Ireland, France and The Netherlands under the heading THE NEXT GENERATION.

    Full programme details available at the Cathedral at time of recitals. There is no admission charge.

    Grant aided by the Arts Council, Cork County Council and Cobh Town Council.

    Log on to:-

  • The Cobh Carillon website at: http://homepage.eircom.net/~adriangebruers
  • The World Carillon Federation website at: http://www.carillon.org

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    Technical comments/enquiries to the webmaster. Copyright Cormac Gebruers, May 2011.