I remember meeting Jo Haazen in Antwerp in the 70's . He is a master.thanks for posting, more more please

Skillful playing of a beautifully constructured music composition. Brilliant. Takes one back in time. Unusual musical instrument as well.

🎉 great Job!

c'est magnifique ! ça c'est du pur et vrai carillon

Lot's of thanks!

wow, amazing!

Fantastic!!!! It's look like there are some very far bell playing!!!! Wonderfull!!!

the scale at 7:10 impresses and then the next bit at 7:29 impresses the pants off me!

I remember listening to Jo practice about 30 years ago in Antwerp. It used to be at lunchtime. He was playing in the cathedral. It used to give a lovely atmosphere. On monday evenings(?) there used to be a concert.

Composer is Flemisch musician Matthias Vanden Gheyn (1721-1785), carillonneur of Leuven. Look for "carillonschool".be (Jef Denyn Royal Carillon School at Mechelen Belgium) for information about the notes. Ask for Jo Haazen Director of the school. Good luck.

This piece is a great accompaniment to the "A Carillon is ..." video. Hearing someone skilled play the instrument makes for a great demonstration. And it kinda makes me wanna play one of these :-D

Man, I can listen to this all day!

I live outside a church with a chime that plays all day long, I love it!

Spectacular! Definitively enjoyable to listen to.

This is amazing.

A Grand Performance, I only wish that in the USA there was a lot more acceptance of this great art which has nearly been lost here.

If you want to see those IRL, come to the Netherlands. We got more in total then the USA for example. Come to the low lands, they're all over the place here ;-)

My god, how is such skill on such an instrument even possible...

Simply amazing...

That is fascinating.. I wasn't even aware of this instrument's existence until today.

In a word, yes. But why would you ever want to? There's something wonderful about the fact that different instruments have very different means of producing sound. Would you want a clarinet with a piano keyboard? Aside from the initial novelty, there's something special about the way an instrument already is

WOW this guy is crazy!!!!!

E' veramente spettacolare! It's really wonderful!

Piano keys have same pressure all over the keyboard. Carillon keys have pressure going from 0 gram up to 10 kg depending speed you play. Clapper weight vary from about 2 to 10% of bell weight. Big bells of 8000 kg can have a clapper of 200kg which you can't move with one finger anymore; you need your wrists to start moving these masiv blocks of metal clappers...(the smallest bell of around 10 kg has a clapper of around 1 kg).

Amazing job.

The Carillonneur of Barcelona 'Anna-Maria Reverte' married the Flemish Carillonneur 'Koen Van Assche' some years ago. They both play in Barcelona, I presume. The Barcelona Carillon itself has been built by Petit&Fritsen Bellfounders from Asten(NL). In Spain there are only 3 carillons: Barcelona, Villa Real (Valencia) and El Escorial (Madrid). Flanders has about 100 carillons, at least one in every city. e.g. Mechelen(B) has 4 carillons, Leuven(B) has 3 carillons.

the carillon is obviously meant to be heard from a long way off, whereas a piano is meant to be heard from within the room in which it is being played, so, fists versus fingers...

bloody glorious

It takes some getting used to because the bells naturally have a lot of overtones, including minor overtones. After awhile you can listen past these, and they become just part of the character of the music. A lot of more modern carillon music is not so densely arranged, and gives the overtones less of a chance to clash. Finally...it always sounds loud and clattery inside the cabin. The best place to hear a carillon is always outside.

@xHUTSEx Did you not see his hair? That's all the insulation anyone would ever need.

This man is a master. I would have difficulty playing this piece on the organ I think, with all my fingers available for use! Thank you very much for posting your carillon pieces - a lovely instrument. We heard a good concert of carillon also in Barcelona - I'm wondering if there is a Flemish influence in Spain?

unusual=amazingly wonderful like the bit beginning at 7:50

Prachtig!

gaa kunt nog goe Mechels! ik em daa gienenkel probleem mee um aa te verstaan. Ik kom deze zomer naar USA veu draa beiaardconcerten: Wisconsin Madison, Rochester Minesota en Ames Iowa.

Incredible sound,skill, and I wonder if the players have funny names for the Key- rods???

Prelude II written by Matthias Vanden Gheyn (1721-1785), city carillonneur of Leuven (B) Sint-Pieterschurch (1745-1785) and member of famous bell founder dynasty (app. 1506->1875).

This sounds beautiful. I've just discovered what a carillon is recently, and I'm glad I did. From what I can see, playing it kinda of looks like how you would play a drum set if it had a bunch of wooden pegs connected to hit bells lol. But that's just from this observation... I have a question though if anyone would like to answer, do carillon player wear ear plugs when playing or is it not as loud in the room they play in? It seems to me they would have hearing problems.

there has been made a 2nd edition of 'A Carillon is..." ...

well...it looks like I am living in the wrong place... guess who's moving!

Luckily my neighbors, I have a piano.

About 1 century ago at the beginning of the "electrification", people tried to replace Carillon Keybaords by electrical ones... It was not successful. Why? Imagine: The big clappers of the big bells below, weigh up to about 150 à 250 kg and need a certain amount of energy to hit the bell... In addition to that, the carillonneur wants to make dynamics... and "master" the final sound of the bell... This is only possible by using pedals which has a stroke of about 2 inches. (4 à 5 cm)

What's the name of the composer, and where can you get the notes on this piece?

en kunde nog écht Mechels klappen? ikzelf ben van Leuven maar heb sedert 1968 een sterke band met Mechelen: naar 't Scheppers op de Melaan, de beiaardschool enz. Vele groetjes uit Vlaanderen!

actually there is a carillion in Arlington...not too far...nevermind...lol

His own I presume.

We do have practice keyboards with either sort of xylophone bars or electronic (bell)sound producing equipement. No need to keep the whole city awake while practicing! Don't shoot the carillonneur!

This must be very hard work to play a piece this long! Also, we know the name of the carillonneur and the composer and where the carillon is located, but what music is being played here?

Idd!

i wonder if he knows any Iron Butterfly?

@ilpiano987 Please ask Koen Cosaert, director of the Royal Carillon School Jef Denyn at Mecheeln, info@beiaardschool.be He must must be able to know where you can get the scores. The kadenza that Jo Haazen is playing on the video is pure improvisation an you won't be able to find this on paper.

What do you mean by dampers? Many "heavy" carillons can be retuned into "lighter" playing and "nicer" sounding carillons. Problem is that no one wants to admit their beloved carillon plays too heavy and too loud, no one allows changing (improving) the carillon because it has been heavy and loud for ever. Even I am not a wizard, I can say that because I impoved over a 30 carillons in Belgium and France successfully. (Carillon of Sint-Rombouts in Mechelen - you see on this video is one of them).

Did he use ear protection?

@foekevanacker8927

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Ear protection is not necessary when you play this carillon because the carillonneur plays in a complete confined space.

Sure is nicer than those pre-recorded blasphemies.

You have an active" Guild of Carillonneurs of North America" ["gcna".org] who organises GCNA-congresses every year and does many other things in favour of the Carillon.

This player seems to be very skilled, but I am not a fan of the sound of this instrument.

screw the piano this is way better!